ME  MORI  .A.  I,. 


GENEALOGY, 


ECCLESIASTICAL  HISTORY. 


TO    WHICH    IS    ADDEfD 


AN  APPENDIX, 'WITH  EXPLANATORY  NOTES, 
AND   A   FULL   INDEX. 


"  The  glory  of  Children  are  their  Fathers." — Solomon. 

"  Those  only  deserve  to  be  remembered  by  posterity,  who  treasure  up  the  history  of  their  Ances- 
tors."— Bur  Ice. 

"  There  is  a  Moral  and  Philosophical  respect  for  our  Ancestors  which  elevates  the  character  and 
improves  the  heart." — Webster. 


BY  ALFEED  ANDREWS, 

MEMBER  OP  CONNECTICUT   AND  WISCONSIN    HISTORICAL   SOCIETIES. 


CHICAGO,  ILL.: 
PUBLISHED  BY  A.  H.  ANDREWS. 

186T. 


PRWTKD  BT   CA1I,  LOCKWOOO  ASD   COMPASY, 
HARTFORD,  COH1T. 


PREFACE. 


WHEN  a  plain  man,  more  used  to  the  plough  than  the  pen,  turns 
author,  and  asks  to  be  read,  a  preface  may  be  used,  either  to  justify, 
apologize,  or  explain.  This  can  be  taken  for  either  of  these  pur- 
poses, as  best  suits  the  reader.  I  think  it  was  during  the  Spring  of 
1850,  that  a  gentleman  from  Ohio,  by  the  name  of  Andrews,  called 
on  the  writer,  to  inquire  after  the  early  settlers  of  that  name,  in  the 
State.  I  could  give  him  no  information  on  the  -  subject,  having  no 
history  of  my  ancestors,  back  of  my  own  grandfather.  He  passed 
on,  leaving  on  my  mind  this  reflection.  What!  lived  more  than  a 
half  century,  and  know  scarce  a  hundred  years  of  your  own  family 
history  ?  I  began  by  looking  over  old  files  of  deeds  and  papers, 
searching  family,  church,  town,  and  probate  records,  and  the  State 
archives,  until  I  had  gathered  near  four  thousand  names,  and  collect- 
ed several  of  the  branches,  into  a  regular  chain  of  families,  from  the 
early  settlement  of  the  country,  to  the  child  now  in  the  cradle.  Some 
of  my  friends,  knowing  what  I  had  done  in  this  line  of  inquiry,  pro- 
posed that  I  take  up  the  subject  of  an  Ecclesiastical  History  of  the 
First  Church  and .  Society  of  New  Britain.  The  subject  was  intro- 
duced at  an  annual  meeting,  by  the  motion  that  a  committee  be  ap- 
pointed, and  it  was  voted  at  the  adjourned  annual  meeting  of  the 
church,  held  28th  January,  1859,  that  Alfred  Andrews,  Noah  W. 
Stanley  and  Timothy  W.  Stanley,  be  a  committee  to  secure,  (if  they 
deem  it  best,)  a  copy  of  the  records  of  this  church,  set  in  order, 
and  in  a  form  fitted  for  preservation.  This  committee  have  reported 
progress  annually,  and  been  reappointed  to  carry  out  more  fully  the 
object. 


20134CO 


IV  PREFACE. 

Perhaps  no  individual  then  had  a  thought  of  doing  more  than  trans- 
cribing our  incomplete  records,  scattered  in  no  less  than  six  or  seven 
small  books,  into  one  large  manuscript  volume,  with  such  facts  ap- 
pended, in  the  form  of  notes,  as  would  explain  and  illustrate  our  his- 
tory. But  after  the  committee  had  conferred,  and  sent  a  delegation 
to  Goshen,  to  see  an  excellent  manuscript  history  of  the  First  Church 
there,  by  Deacon  Lewis  M.  Norton,  and  especially  after  an  examina- 
tion of  a  printed  history  of  the  First  Church  in  Belchertown,  Mass., 
by  Hon.  Mark  Doolittle,  it  was  thought  best  to  make  a  book  for  the 
public,  comprising  family  genealogy  with  church  history,  and  what 
might  be  found  respecting  the  early  settlement  of  the  place. 

It  was  a  favorable  circumstance  for  the  production  of  the  following 
pages,  that  there  was  a  continuous,  (though   imperfect,)  record  of  the 
First  Church  in  New  Britain,  from  its  first   organization,  to  the  pres- 
ent time.      This  ca"n  hardly  be  said  of  any  other  church  in  this  vicin- 
ity, whose  age  exceeds  a  century.      Almost   every  such  church  has  a 
break  or  gap  in  its  history.      It  is  still  a  mooted  question,  whether  a 
record  voluntarily  begun  and  continued  at  the  pastor's  own  expense  of 
time,  care,  and   stationery,  belongs   to   him   and   his   heirs,   or   to   the 
church  and   their   successors.      Hence    in    part    the    defective    church 
records  of  Connecticut,  and  other    States.      Heirs-at-law  have  retained 
them  as  their  property,  and   carried   them  to  parts   unknown.      In  all 
the  years  spent  in  gathering  materials  for  this  work,  the  compiler  ac- 
knowledges with   gratitude  a  kind   Providence,  who   has   favored  him 
in  every  weary   step.     To   say  nothing   of  a  few   officials,  who  have 
been  paid   from    oce   to    three   dollars    for  a  single    letter,  it   is  with 
pleasure  he   remembers   favors   from    Ex- Governor   Pond,  of  Milford, 
Deacon  Lewis  M.  Norton,  of  Goshen,  Hon.   Tracy  Peck,   of  Bristol, 
and  Rev.  Abner  Morse,  of  Boston,  (all  gone  to  their  final  rest  during 
the    progress    of  these   researches;)    by   Doctor    D.  TV.  Patterson,  of 
West  Winsted,  Edwin    Stearnes,  Esq.,  of  Middletown,  A.  S.  Kellogg, 
Esq.,  of  Vernon,  Ali    Andrews,  Esq.,  Bridgeport,    and    not   least,  by 
Gad  Andrews,  Esq.,  of  Southington.     The  author   takes  this  opportu- 
nity to  thank  all   the   clergy  in   this  vicinity,  who   have   kindly  given 


PKEPACE.  V 

him  access  to  church  records,  and  otherwise  aided  and  encouraged 
him  in  the  work.  He  has  received  kindness  and  courtesy  from  soci- 
ety, town,  and  probate  clerks,  and  especially  from  Messrs.  Trumbull 
and  Hoadley,  in  giving  him  access  to  the  State  archives,  as  Secretary 
of  State  and  State  Librarian.  By  the  facilities  of  correspondence,  he 
he  has  been  aided  in  this  enterprise,  in  the  exchange  of  more  than  a 
thousand  letters,  some  from  the  remote  parts  of  the  country,  and  some 
from  England.  He  will  never  forget  the  patience  of  those,  (both  in 
this  and  other  towns,)  whom  he  has  annoyed  with  a  thousand  and  one 
questions.  Especially  is  he  under  obligation  to  the  old  people  of  this 
vicinity,  not  so  much  for  dates,  as  for  connections  and  locations  of  the 
numerous  families.  It  has  been  found  that  less  than  one-third  of  the 
families  have  any  record  of  their  children,  respecting  either  births  or 
marriages;  and  such  as  are  found,  are  often  made  from  memory,  after 
the  family  has  become  so  numerous  as  to  trouble'  the  parents  in  re- 
calling the  several  dates.  It  is  found  that  some  of  the  records  thus 
made  up  do  not  agree  with  the  public  journals  nor  with  the  truth. 

The  compiler  has  spared  no  tune  nor  pains  to  be  correct,  (for  cor 
rectness  is  the  chief  excellence  in  all  history,)  yet  where  there  is  so 
much  of  uncertainty,  some  errors  must  be  expected. 

The  most  valuable  part  of  this  work,  and  that  which  will  be  most 
appreciated  in  future  years,  and  which  has  cost  the  author  the  most 
labor,  is  its  genealogical  department.  Few  know  the  amount  of  time* 
patience,  and  labor  expended  on  such  researches.  It  has  been 
shrewdly,  (if  not  wisely,)  said  by  a  "pedigree  hunter,"  that  it  was 
useless  to  tell  antiquaries  anything  about  the  cost  of  such  works,  for 
they  understood  it;  and  it  was  equally  useless  to  tell  others,  for  they 
could  not  comprehend  you.  Is  there  not  some  danger  that  families 
and  family  religion  will  be  lost  sight  of,  in  the  shadow  of  congrega- 
tions, Sunday  Schools,  and  churches  ?  God,  in  the  days  of  the  Pa- 
triarchs, made  families  the  depository  of  his  church,  and  constituted 
the  father  the  priest  of  the  household,  making  a  covenant  with  Abra- 
ham, which  was  to  be  an  everlasting  covenant  to  him,  and  his  seed 
after  him;  which  covenant  was  confirmed  to  Isaac  and  Jacob,  and 


vi  PREFACE. 

under  the  new  dispensation  to  all,  even  as  many  as  the  Lord  our  God 
should    call,  who   should    possess    like   precious    faith  with  Abraham.* 
Hence  the  author,  in   the   following  pages,  and  in  the   plan  of  the 
work,  assumes  that  the  Church  of  Christ  is  mainly  drawn  from  fami- 
lies in  which  God  is   acknowledged.      The   fact  that    over  eigh'y  per 
cent,  of  the  First   Church  in   New  Britain,  were   baptized  in  infancy, 
confirms   this    view   of   the   subject   as    correct,   and    that    God    is    far 
more  mindful  of   his  covenant,  than  his  people.      "We  prefer  no  claim 
that  this  work  is  either  complete,  or  perfect ;   indeed,  from  the  condi- 
tion of  the  records,  and  other  sources  of  information  from  which  it  is 
compiled,  it  could  not  be.      If  its   perusal   shall   incite   one   pastor  or 
church,  to  give  greater  attention   to  their  own  record ;   if  it  shall  lead 
one  follower  of   Christ  to  greater  diligence  in  fulfilling  his  mission ;  if 
it  shall  inspire  one  child  with   more  love   of  home   and  ancestors;  or 
if  it  shall  expand  the  contracted  brow  of  a  single  antiquary  in  search 
of  lore;  just  so  far   the   hopes  of  the   compiler  will  be  realized.      If, 
as  a  book  of  reference,  (and  this  will  be  its  chief  use,)  it  shall  afford 
those  who  consult  it,  a  tithe  of  the   satisfaction  the  author  has  enjoyed 
in  its  construction,  he  will   be   gratified.      In  commenting   on  the  life 
and  character  of  those  who  have   passed  away,  the   author  has  aimed 
in  all   cases   to  be   impartial.      So   far  as  the   record   of  the   church 
extended,  it  was,  of  course,  made  the  guide ;  but  where  there  has  been 
no  written  history,  nor  tradition,  nor  personal  acquaintance,  the   dead 
are  passed  in  silence.      The  compiler  is  very  sensible  of  the  delicacy 
of  the  subject  in   this  respect,   and   the   difficulty  of  doing  justice  to 
this  part   of  the  work,  and   has    aimed  to    avoid   offense   on    the  one 
hand,  and  neglect  on   the  other.      Should  the  reader  discover  want  of 
connection  in  the  events  related,  or  in  the  different  parts  of  the  work, 
he  is  reminded  that  such  must  necessarily  be  the  case,  where  so  many 
of  the  facts  and  incidents  are  entirely  disconnected  of  themselves.     In 
closing  these  prefatory  remarks,  the  subscriber  deems  it  proper  to  say 
that  he  is  under  great  obligations  to  the   committee  with  whom  he  is 

*  Acts  2,  39.     "  For  the   promise  is  unto  you,  and  to   your  children,  and  to  all 
that  are  afar  off,  even  as  many  as  the  Lord  our  God  shall  calL 


PEEFACE.  vii 

associated,  and  to  the  present  pastor  of  the  church,  for  aid  and  en- 
couragement in  his  labors,  but  not  in  any  sense  such  as  to  make 
either  of  them  responsible  for  any  errors  or  defects  that  may  appear 
in  the  work.  The  author  hereby  assumes  all  such  responsibilities, 
and  submits  the  whole  to  a  discerning,  yet  indulgent  public,  hoping 
that  generations  to  come  may  be  benefited  by  this  humble  effort 
to  perpetuate  the  memory  of  those  worthy  ancestors  of  ours,  who 
first  settled  New  Britain  and  its  vicinity. 

ALFRED  ANDREWS. 

NEW  BRITAIN,  2d  May,  1867. 


INTRODUCTION. 


THE  Ecclesiastical  history  of  that  territory,  or  part  of  ancient  Farrn- 
ington,  in  Connecticut,  lying  east  of  Farmington  mountain,  bounded  east 
by  Wethersfield  and  Middletown,  south  by  Wallingford,  now  Meriden, 
and  extending  north  to  what  we  now  call  (  Clark  Hill,)  is  very  difficult  to 
understand.  Previous  to  the  year  1705,  the  inhabitants  belonged  to  the 
parish  of  Farmington,  and  attended  public  worship,  and  paid  their  minis- 
terial taxes  there  only.  Hence  the  early  history  of  the  few  families  that 
settled  on  this  territory  previous  to  that  date,  would  be  mingled  with  that 
of  their  brethren  of  the  church  in  Farmington,  and  the  parishioners  there. 
A  brief  sketch  of  the  settlement  of  that  town,  and  the  early  history  of 
that  church  is  therefore  deemed  essential  to  the  right  understanding  of 
subsequent  events  in  their  proper  order.  The  first  settlers  in  Farming- 
ton  were  from  Hartford,  being  emigrants  from  Boston,  Newtown,  and 
Roxbury,  Mass.  They  began  the  settlement  in  1640,  being  four  years 
only  from  the  first  in  Hartford,  and  were  probably  attracted  by  the  fine 
natural  meadows  on  the  (Tunxis)  Farmington  river.  The  town  was  in- 
corporated in  1645.*  The  land  was  purchased  of  the  Tunxis  tribe  of 
natives,  a  very  numerous  and  warlike  tribe,  by  a  Comt.  and  in  1672 
divided  by  eighty-four  proprietors,  to  themselves  and  their  heirs  accord- 


John  Haynes  Esqr.,  Gov. 

Edward  Hopkins,  Esqr.,  Dep. 

Capt.  Mason 

Mr  Wolcott 

Mr  Webster 

Mr  Whiting 

Mr  Wells 

Mr  Trott 

Mr  Olliston 

James  Boosey 

Jno  Demon 


*  CHARTER  OF  1C45. 

December  ye  first  1645,  its  ordered  that  ye  plantation 
called  Tunxis  shall  be  called  ffarmington,  &  that  the 
bounds  thereof  shall  be  as  followeth  :  The  eastern 


Mr  Hull 
Mr  Stoughton 
Mr  Steel 
Mr  Talcot 


Bounds  shall  meet  with  the  western  of  these  plantations  which  are  to 
be  five  miles  on  this  sid  ye  Great  River,  &  the  Northern  Bounds  shall 
be  five  miles  from  ye  Hill  in  ye  Great  Meadow  towards  Massaco ;  & 
the  Southern  Bounds  from  ye  sd  Hill  shall  be  five  miles ;  &  they 
shall  have  liberty  to  improve  ten  miles  further  than  ye  sd  five,  and 
to  hinder  others  from  the  like,  until  the  Court  see  fitt  otherwise  to 
dispose  of  it,  and  ye  s'd  plantation  are  to  attend  the  General  Orders, 
formerly  made  by  this  Court,  settled  by  ye  Committee  to  whom  the 
same  was  referred,  &  other  ocasions,  as  the  rest  of  ye  Plantations 
upon  the  River  do  :  &  Mr  Steel  is  entreated  for  the  present  to  be  Re- 
corder there,  until  ye  Town  have  one  fitt  among  themselves ;  they 
allso  are  to  have  ye  like  Libertyes  as  ye  other  Towns  upon  ye  River 


10  FARMINGTON     PARISH. 

ing  to  their  respective  interests  or  tax  lists.  The  township  at  the  time  of 
incorporation  was  about  fifteen  miles  square.  The  early  church  records 
were  burned,*  but  the  committee  subsequently  appointed  to  gather  facts 
say  "they  have  good  reason  to  believe  it  was  organized  about  1645,  and 
that  Rev  Roger  Newton  was  then  installed  its  pastor. 

A.  D.  1654  he  was  dismissed,  and  removed  to  the  church  in  Milford. 
Rev.  Samuel  Hooker,  son  of  the  venerable  Thomas  Hooker,  of  England, 
and  Hartford,  succeeded  Mr.  Newton,  and  was  ordained  probably  in  1655. 
He  died  in  1695."  It  was  during  his  ministry  that  the  town  voted  at 
their  annual  meeting,  28th  December,  1685,  the  following  "  to  give  £30 
for  a  man  to  teach  Schoole  for  one  year,  provided  they  can  have  a  man 
that  is  so  accomplished  as  to  teach  Children  to  read  and  wright,  and  teach  the 
orammer,  and  also  to  step  into  the  pulpet  to  be  helpful  their,  in  time  of 
exegenti,  and  this  Schoole  to  be  a  free  Schoole  for  this  toun"  Such  were 
the  "  accomplishments  "  required  of  common  school  teachers  in  that  day, 
which  shows  that  our  ancestors  had  a  regard  for  the  educational  interests 
of  their  children. f  The  town  record  shows  a  similar  vote  at  a  later  date 
as  follows,  "18  Dec  1693  at  the  annual  town  meeting  was  chosen  a  com- 
mitty  to  agree  with  a  man  to  teach  Schoole  the  first  3  months,  January, 
February  and  March,  and  also  to  treat  with  a  man  yt  is  in  capacity  to 
teach  Lattin  and  English,  and  in  time  of  Exogency  to  be  help/wff  to  Mr 

for  making  orders  among  themselves ;  provided  they  alter  not  any  fundamental  agree- 
ments settled  by  ye  s'd  Committee  hitherto  attended. 

A  True  copy  of  ye  Record  exam'd 

by  Hez.  Wyllys  Secret'y 

At  a  General  Assembly  held  at  Hartford  May  llth  1671,  This  Court  Confirme 
unto  ffarmington  theyer  Bounds  Ten  miles  towards  ye  South  from  ye  Round  Hill : 
provided  Capt.  Clark  injoy  his  Grant,  without  those  exceptions  made  in  theyer  former 
Grant. 

/A  true  copy  of  Record,  exam'd 

by  Hez.  Wyllys  Secret'y 

*  This  is  happily  not  true,  as  supposed,  the  original  record  is  found,  and  it  gives  the 
date  of  the  organization  of  the  church  at  Farmington,  the  13th  of  October,  1652. 

t  "At  a  meeting  of  the  inhabitants  of  the  town  of  Farmington  held  27th  Dec.  1687, 
it  was  voted  by  the  town,  that  they  would  give  20.£  for  the  maintenance  of  a  Schoole 
for  the  year  insuing  for  the  instrocting  of  all  such  children  as  shall  be  sent  to  it,  to 
learn  to  read,  and  wright  the  English  tongue." 

"At  a  meeting  of  the  inhabitants  of  the  town  of  Farmington  held  12th  Jany,  1687-8 
Whereas  the  town  at  a  Meeting  held  27  Dec  1687  agreed  to  give  twentie  pounds,  as  is 
their  expresst,  to  teach  all  such  as  shall  be  sent,  by  vote,  the  town  declare,  that  "all 
such  as  shall  be  sent  "  is  to  be  understood  only  Mule  Children  that  are  throw  their  learn- 
ing book."  (Meaning  probably  to  con  syllables.  Ed.)  "At  the  same  Meeting  the 
towne  voted  that  they  would  have  a  town  hous  to  keep  Schoole  in,  built  this  yeare,  of 
18  foot  square,  besides  the  Chimney  space,  with  a  suitable  height  for  that  servis, 
which  hous  is  to  be  built  by  the  touns  Charg." 


INTRODUCTION.  11 

Hooker  in  the  Ministry — and  to  make  return  to  the  select-men  of  what  is 
attainable  in  yt  matter,  yt  they  maj-  speedily  acquaint  the  town  with  the 
same  &  also  in  case  such  a  man  be  not  attainable — then  to  agree  with  a 
man  to  teach  Schoole  the  other  3  months  of  October,  November,  and  De- 
cember, which  committy  is  Left  Thos  Heart,  Sargt  Saml  Wadsworth,  & 
Capt  John  Hart."  It  also  further  appears  from  the  same  record  of  like 
date,  that  our  forefathers  took  due  care  of  the  manners  and  morals  of  the 
young  people.  "At  the  same  meeting,  to  take  care,  and  have  inspection 
over  the  youth,  in  ye  meeting-house,  on  the  Sabbaths,  and  other  days  of 
pullique  Exorcises  their  was  chosen  John  Norton  junr  Stephen  Lee,  & 
Thos  Bird  of  James.  The  following  about  Indian  children  in  Farmington 
is  from  the  State  archives.  "Oct  1733  On  a  report  made  by  the  Rev. 
Saml  Whitman  of  Farmington,  relating  to  the  Indians  in  sd  town.  This 
Assembly  do  appoint  Capt  Wm  "Wadsworth  &  Capt  Josiah  Hart  of  sd 
town  to  provide  for  the  Dieting  of  the  Indian  lads  at  4  Shillings  pr  week 
for  the  time  they  attend  the  Schoole  in  sd  town,  until  the  session  of  the 
Assembly  in  May  next,  and  they  then  make  report  thereof.  Concurred 
in  the  Upper  House  Test  Geo.  Wyllys,  Sec.  passed  in  the  lower  house 
Test  Jno  Russell  Clerk." 

(Also  May  1734)  "Whereas  this  Assembly  in  Oct.  last  did  order  that 
the  charges  of  subsisting  certain  Indian  Children  at  the  Schoole  at  Far. 
should  be  paid  out  of  the  public  Treas.  Whereupon  Capt  Wm  Wads- 
worth  hath  laid  before  this  Assembly  an  ace  of  the  charges  which  amount 
to  the  sum  of  £33,  6.  s.  which  shall  be  paid  out  of  the  public  Treas,  unto 
the  sd  Wadsworth,  who  shall  answer  &  pay  the  several  sums  to  the  re- 
spective persons  mentioned  in  the  ace  passed  in  the  Upper  House  Test. 
Geo.  Wyllys  Sec. 

Concurred  with  in  the  lower  house  Test.  Jno  Russell  Clerk." 

(Also  1736)  "The  Colony  of  Connecticut  indebted  to  sundry  persons 
in  ffarmington  for  hording  Indian  boys  when  at  Schoole  in  Winter  seson 
1735-1736  to  Robert  porter  2  boys  18,  weaks  &  2  days  at  4,  s.  per  weak 
7-6-0  to  Ephraim  Smith  sen  for  keeping  one  boie  13  weaks  &  a  half  at 
4,  s.  per  weak  £2,  14,  s.  0,  d.  To  John  Wadsworth  for  hording  2  boise, 
18  weaks  at  4,  s.  pr  weak  £7,  4,  s.  0,  d.  To  Thos  Cowles  for  keeping  2 
boies  27  weaks  each  of  them  at  4,  s.  per  weak  £10,  16, 0. — £28, 0. — 0 — 

"  Whereas  this  Assembly  in  Oct.  last  did  order  that  the  charges  of  sub- 
sisting certain  Indian  Children  at  the  Schoole  at  Far.  should  be  paid  out 
of  the  public  Treas.  Whereupon  Capt  Wm  Wadsworth  hath  laid  before 
this  Assembly  an  ace  of  sd  Charges  which  amount  to  the  sum  of  £28 — 
which  is  hereby  ordered  to  be  paid  out  of  the  public  Treas.  unto  the  said 
Capt  Wadsworth,  who  shall  pay  the  several  sums,  to  the  respective  per- 
sons mentioned  with  sd  ace."  passed  in  the  Upper  house  Test.  Gao. 


12  FARMINGTON     PARISH. 

Wyllys  Secy  May  1736.  Concurred  in  the  lower  house  Test.  Jno  Buck- 
ley Clerk. 

The  above  shows  that  the  good  people  of  Farmington  were  anxious  to 
substitute  Puritan  civilization  for  Paganism  among  the  aborigines  of  the 
town,  and  that  the  General  Court  of  the  Colony  was  willing  to  aid  them. 
The  following  farther  shows  the  wise  and  provident  forethought  for  the 
children  in  general.  "An  Act  for  the  encouragement  and  better  support- 
ing the  schools  that  by  Law  ought  to  be  kept  in  the  several  towns  and 
parishes  in  the  colony,  (May  1733.)  Be  it  enacted  &c  that  the  seven 
towns  lately  laid  out  in  the  western  lands  (as  commonly  called)  shall  be 
disposed  of  &  settled  according  to  such  time  &  regulations  as  this  Assem- 
bly shall  order,  and  that  the  money  that  shall  be  given  by  those  that  may 
be  allowed  to  settle  in  sd  towns  for  the  land  there,  shall  be  improved  for 
the  support  of  the  aforesaid  Schooles  (viz)  those  schooles  as  ought  to  be 
kept  in  those  towns  that  are  now  settled,  and  that  did  make,  &  complete 
Lists  of  their  Polls  &  Estates  in  the  year  last  past,  and  such  towns  shall 
receive  sd  monies,  every  town  according  to  the  proportion  of  sd  Lists 
given  in  as  aforesaid  the  last  year,  all  which  money  shall  be  let  out  &  the 
interest  thereof  improved  for  the  support  of  the  respective  Schooles  afore- 
said forever,  &  for  no  other  use,  &  the  committee  of  each  parish  (or 
town  where  there  is  but  one  parish)  shall  receive  the  proportion  of  money 
arising  as  aforesaid,  &  give  a  receipt,  that  they  have  received  such  a  sum 
of  money,  to  be  let  out  and  improved  for  the  support  of  a  school  in  such 
town  or  parish  where  they  are  a  committee  as  aforesaid,  &  that  if  at  any 
time  the  sd  money,  or  interest  thereof  shall  be  by  order  of  such  town  or 
parish,  or  the  committee  chosen  by  them,  put  to  or  employed  by  them  for 
any  other  use,  than  for  the  support  of  a  school  there,  that  then  such  sum 
.  shall  be  returned  into  the  Treas.  of  the  Colony,  &  the  Treas.  of  the  Col- 
ony shall  upon  refusal  thereof,  recover  the  same  sum  of  such  town  or  par- 
ish, that  have  misemployed  such  money  shall  forever  lose  the  benefit 
thereof."  past  by  the  upper  house  Test  H<ez.  Wyllys  Sec'y.  Concurred 
in  the  lower  house  Test  Jno  Russell,  Clerk.  The  above  is  introduced 
here  because  in  order  of  time,  and  will  be  referred  to  hereafter. 

The  ancient  church  in  Farmington  was  noted  for  piety,  wealth,  and  in- 
fluence, and  since  no  list,  or  catalogue  of  the  original  members  (to  the 
compiler's  knowledge,)  has  ever  appeared  in  print,  he  takes  the  liberty  to 
quote  from  the  original  record  the  following  historical  facts,  only  premis- 
ing that  the  church,  as  well  as  the  town  records  were  kept  at  that  early 
date,  by  that  noted  man  and  recorder,  Mr.  John  Steele. 


INTRODUCTION.  13 


"CHURCH  MEMBERS 

ANXO  DOM  1652  UPON  THE  13TH  OP  OCTOBER. 
Mr  Roger  Newton 
Stephen  Hart 
Thomas  Judd 
John  Bronson 
John  Coll 

Thomas  Thompson,  and 
Robert  Porter  joined  in  covenant  in  Farmington,  * 

About  one  month  after,  myself,  (meaning  John  Steele.    Ed.)*joined  with  them 
About  one  month  after, 
Mrs  Newton,  the 
Wife  of  Stephen  Hart,  the 
Wife  of  Thomas  Judd,  the 
Wife  of  John  Cole,  and  the 
Wife  of  Thomas  Thompson,  did  also  join  with  them. 

A  little  before  this 
John  Loomis  was  joined  to  this  church. 

About  the  30th  of  January  1652  (3) 
Nathaniel  Kellogg  and  his  wife  John  Steel  John  Standley 
Thomas  Newell,  and 
Thomas  Barnes  were  also  joined  to  the  congregation. 

Upon  February  the  7th 
John  Lankton  was  joined  to  the  congregation. 

July  the  12th  1653 
Thomas  Newell's  wife,  and 
John  Standley's  wife,  and 
Robert  Porter's  wife,  were  joined  to  the  congregation. 

On  July  19,  1653 
Thomas  Porter  and  his  wife,  and 

Richard  Branson's  wife,  were  joined  to  the  congregation,  and 
Moses  Venires  was  joined  with  them  the  said  19  July  1653. 
Joseph  Kellogg  and  his  wife,  and 
Simon  Wrotham,  and  the 
Wife  of  John  Hart,  and  the 
Wife  of  John  Wyatt  were  joined  to  the  Church  October  the  9th,  1653. 

Upon  April  the  2d  1654 
Richard  Bronson,  and 

John  Hart  were  joined  to  the  church.     On  that  day 

Samuel  Steele,  and  his  daughter  Mary  Steele  about  the  age  of  16  months  were 
joined  to  the  Church.     And  on  that  day 

Hannah  Woodruff  the  wife  of  Matthew  Woodruff,  and  his  daughters 
Hannah  Woodruff  age  about  5  years,  and 

Elizabeth  Woodruff  about  the  age  of  2  years  5  months,  were  also  joined  to  the 
Church. 

And  on  that  day 

Mary  Andrews,  the  wife  of  John  Andrews,  and  her  son 
Abraham  Andrews,  about  the  age  of  6  years,  3  months,  and 
Daniel  Andrews,  about  the  age  of  3  years,  10  months,  and 
Joseph  Andrews,  about  the  age  of  2  years,  3  months,  were  joined  to  the  churcf . 


14 


FARMIXGTON     PARISH. 


Thomas  Orton,  and  his  wife  were  joined  to  the  Church  Dec  the  22d,  1656. 

John  Warner,  and 

William  Smith,  and  the 

Widow  Stans,  and  the 

Wife  of  William  Lewis,  and  the 

Wife  of  John  North  and  the 

Wife  of  Samuel  Loomis,  were  joined  to  the  Ch.  15  Mar  1656-7. 

On  January  the  22d  1657-8. 
Anthony  Howkins,  and 
William  Lewis,  were  joined  to  the  Church. 

On  the  9th  May  1658^ 

John  Andrews,  joined  the  Church  in  the  covenant. 
John  Lee,  and 
William  Judd,  were  joined  to  the  Ch.  July  the  15th  1660." 

Here  follows  on  the  record  a  list  of  families  with  children  from  seven- 
teen years  to  one  day  old  called  "  Children  of  the  Church  "  with  dates  of 
baptisms. 

We  pass  over  these  lists  and  dates,  and  come  down  in  the  record  to  1st 
March,  1679-80,  when  we  find  a  full  roll  of  church  members  in  "  full 
communion  "  *  in  the  church  in  Farmington.  This  roll  or  list  seems  to 
be  numbered  and  graded  according  to  rank,  standing,  or  dignity,  in  the 
community,  beginning  with  1,  down  to  42  heads  of  families.  It  is  thought 
our  fathers  in  these  nice  distinctions  took  for  a  basis,  "age,  list,  titles,  and 
whatever  else  makes  a  man  honorable."  Let  not  the  reader  be  surprised 
at  this  practice  in  the  olden  time.  It  was  only  a  necessary  preparation 
for  the  assignment  of  seats  in  the  meeting  house.  If  you  say  such  com- 
parisons would  not  be  tolerated  in  this  age,  it  might  be  replied,  we  have 
no  such  necessity,  for  our  seats  are  rented  to  the  highest  bidder. 


1  Deacon  Hart 

2  Deacon  Jadd 

3  Thos  Newel  &  his  wife 

4  Capt  Standley  &  his  wife 

5  Robert  Porter 

6  Thos  Porter  &  his  wife 

7  Richard  Branson  &  his  wife 

8  John  Lancton  &  his  wife 

9  Thomas  Barnes  &  his  wife 
JO  Moses  Ventrus 

1  1   Wm  Lewis  jun  &  his  wife 

12  Thos  Orton  &  his  wife 

13  John  North  sen  &  his  'wife 

14  John  Andrews  sen  &.  his  wife 

15  Isaac  More  &  his  wife 

16  John  Norton  sen  &  his  wife 
7  Mr  Wrotham 

18  Samuel  Hooker  &  his  wife 

19  John  Lee  &  his  wife 


20  Wm  Jucld  &  his  wife 

21  John  Wadsworth  &  his  wife 

22  Matthew  Woodruff  &  his  wife 

23  Stephen  Hart  jun 

24  Samuel  Coales  &  his  wife 
35  John  Root  sen  £  his  wife 

26  John  Judd  &  his  wife 

27  Thomas  Hart  &  his  wife 

28  John  Thompson  &  his  wife 

29  John  Standley  jun  &  his  wife 

30  Joseph  Bird  &  his  wife 

31  John  Cole  &  his  wife 

32  Benjamen  Judd  &  his  wife 

33  John  Woodruff  &  his  wife 

34  John  Clark  &  his  wife 

35  Thos  Porter  jun  &  his  wife 

36  Thomas  Thompson 

37  Thos  Bull  &  his  wife 

38  Wm  Lewis  sen: 


*  Implying  that  others  were  under  the  "  half  way  Covenant  "  as  it  was  called. 


INTRODUCTION.  15 

39  Jacob  Bronson  &  his  wife  41  Thos  Judd  jun  &  his  wife 

40  James  Bird  &  his  wife  42  Obadiah  Richards  &  his  wife 
Mrs  Howkins  Samuel  North's  wife 
Samuel  Gridley's  wife                                  Richard  Seamer's  wife 
John  Orton's  wife                                         Joseph  Woodford's  wife 
Widow  Warner                                             Thomas  Warner's  wife 
John  Norton  jun's  wife                                 Joseph  Hiccock's  wife 
Edmund  Scott's  wife  Samuel  Hiccock's  wife 
Mehitabel  Smith                                            John  Scovil's  wife. 

John  Warner's  wife 

DEACONS. 
Stephen  Harl  (d.  1683) 
Thomas  Judd  (removed  to  Northampton) 
John  Langdon  d.  1689) 
Isaac  Moore 
Thomas  Bull  (d.  1708) 
John  Standley  (d.  1729) 
John  Wadsworth  (d.  1718) 
Samuel  Porter  (d.  1707) 
Left  Thomas  Porter  (d.  1718)  I 
John  Hart  (d.  1753)  '  f  elected  19  Nov  1718 

Nathaniel  Newell  (d.  1753) 

6  January  1668-9  It  was  voted  by  the  Church  assembled  at  Deacon 
Hart's  that  with  respect  to  the  sacrament,  each  brother  of  the  Church 
should  send  in  to  the  Deacons,  a  peck  of  Wheat,  or  the  worth  of  a  shil- 
ling in  current  pay,  for  the  defraying  of  the  next  sacrament,  and  also  for 
the  clearing  of  that  little,  which  according  to  the  Deacons  report,  was  yet 
due  for  the  sacrament  already  past. 

As  also  that  for  the  future,  every  brother  of  the  Church  should  for  each 
sacrament  allow  6,  d.  except  such  of  the  brethren  whose  wives  come  not 
to  the  Supper,  because  not  members  of  the  Church ;  and  to  them  it  was 
permitted  to  pay  in  3,  d ;  or  6  d.  which  they  pleased,  for  each  sacrament. 

The  compiler  supposes  that  most  of  the  families  now  living  in  these 
States  bearing  the  names  of  the  above  might  trace  their  pedigree  back  to 
these  worthy  sires  and  mothers. 

It  was  during  the  ministry  of  Mr.  Hooker,  and  the  interim  to  the  ordi- 
nation of  Rev.  Samuel  Whitman,  1706,  that  the  families  in  the  "  south- 
eastern boundary "  of  Farmington  at  a  place  called  "  Great  Swamp," 
walked  with  their  children  in  their  arms,  some  eight  or  ten  miles  to  attend 
the  public  worship  of  God  in  Farmington  village,  the  men  with  well 
loaded  guns  in  front  and  rear  of  the  company.  It  shows  how  much  they 
desired  the  sincere  milk  of  the  word.  It  affords  a  striking  evidence  of 
their  zeal  for  religion,  and  that  the  word  and  ordinances,  were  indeed  pre- 
cious in  those  days. 

Richard  Seymour  and  others  began  this  settlement  about  A.  D.  1686, 


16  FARMINGTON     PARISH. 

at  a  place  now  called  "  Chrishan  Lane."  Here  stood  the  Seymour  Fort, 
or  Palisades,  within  which  the  cabins  were  constructed,  and  to  which  all 
the  settlers  repaired  at  nightfall,  for  safety  against  the  Indians,  and  for 
quiet  rest.  The  well  at  which  they  quenched  their  thirst,  still  furnishes 
the  best  water.  It  was  dug  in  the  center  of  the  fort.  Stephen  Lee  had 
a  grant  by  the  town  A.  D.  1689,  of  five  roods  of  land,  on  the  west  side 
of  the  highway,  provided  it  doth  not  hinder  former  grants  and  the  water- 
ing place.* 

Sergeant  Benjamin  Judd  was  located  some  sixty  rods  north  of  Captain 
Stephen  Lee,  where  now  (1862,)  Richard  Judd  owns,  Joseph  Smith, 
senior,  was  a  neighbor  about  half  a  mile  south  of  Captain  Lee,  and  all  on 
the  east  street.  Isaac  Lewis  had  his  house  where  now,  (18G2,)  stands  the 
house  of  John  Ellis.  It  was  said  to  be  the  oldest  within  the  present  lim- 
its of  the  town  of  New  Britain,  and  Robert  Boothe,  senior,  had  his  home 
next  west  where  now,  (1802,)  Enoch  Kelsey  is  located.  Deacon  An- 
thony Judd  where  William  Ellis  lives ;  John  "Woodruff  near  that  little 
grove  east  of  the  alms  house,  the  highway  to  it  long  since  sold  and  shut 
up.  Daniel  Dewey  a  few  rods  south  of  Deacon  Anthony  Judd.  Thomas 
North,  (ancestor  of  our  North  families,)  the  Seymours  and  Gilberts  clus- 
tered about  the  Stockade.  Dr.  Joseph  Steele,  the  Standleys,  Rootes, 
Harts,  Nortons,  Cowles  or  Coles,  Nehemiah  Porter,  Joseph  Lankton, 
Newel,  Gridley,  Bronsons,  were  located  south  of»the  Palisades,  making 
some  fourteen  families  in  all.  This  valley  upon  which  these  pioneers  set- 
tled was  a  rich  alluvial  soil,  and  might  be  termed  bottom  land.  The  chief 
objection  was  its  being  too  low,  hence  its  name  "  Great  Swamp."  It  was 
part  of  the  hunting  grounds  of  the  Mattabesett  tribe  of  Indians,  and  tra- 
dition says  their  lodge  or  settlement  was  at  the  place  called  now  and  has 
been  for  many  years,  "  Beckley  quarter."f  Their  Trail  passed  near  the 
"Seamer  Fort,"  past  "half-way  Hill  "to  Tunxis,  with  which  tribe  they 
had  mutual  intercourse. 

*  This  location  was  next  north  of  the  present  Skinner  house,  (so  called,)  and  gen- 
erally known  by  old  people  as  the  "  Hinsdale  place." 

t  The  first  English  settler  of  this  locality  was  Sergeant  Richard  Beckley,  a  planter 
in  New  Haven  Colony,  1 639,  but  moved  to  this  part  of  Wethersfield,  which  from  his 
day  has  been  called  "  Beckley  quarter."  The  following  shows  his  title  to  the  land, 
and  is  from  the  records  of  lands  for  Wethersfield,  viz.,  "  25  Feb  1680  Lands  belong- 
ing to  Sergt  Richard  Beckley  &  to  his  heirs  and  assigns  forever,  lying  in  Wethers. 
field,  upon  Conecticott  river,  which  he  purchased  of  terramoogus  (Indian)  with  the 
consent  of  the  Court,  and  town  of  Wethersfield." 

"It  is  at  the  south  end  of  sd  purchase  &  grant  the  whole  containing  310  acres, 
be  it  more  or  less,  whereon  his  housing  &  bam  stands,  k  is  bodnded  on  land  not  layd 
out,  or  not  granted  South,  East,  &  North,  &  a  highway  between  the  west  lots,  &  the 
aforesaid  land  west." 


FARJIINGTOX     PARISH.  17 

This  locality  at  the  "southeastern  boundary  of  ffurmington "  called 
above  "  Great  Swamp,"  had  an  early  English  name,  which  seems  to  have 
been  abandoned  for  this  of  u  Great  Swamp,"  viz.,  Jlferidun,  Meridan,  or 
Mieridon,  a  name  finally  given  1725  to  the  present  town  of  Meriden,  to 
take  the  place  of  "  Pilgrims  Harbor."  Rev.-  George  W-.  Perkins  in  his 
History  of  Meriden,  says  "  When  Farmington  was  settled  by  the  English 
there  was  a  band  of  the  Mattabesitt  tribe,  in  the  southeast  part  of  that 
town,  probably  near  Kensington."  In  his  Appendix  he  quotes  a  deed  of 
Seankett  (Indian)  of  a  large  tract  of  Land  in  the  woods  towards  New 
Haven,  att  &  about  the  land  now  in  possession  of  Mr  Jonathan  Gilbert, 
intitled  &  known  by  the  name  Merideen,  bounded  by  marked  trees  &  by 
the  land  of  say'd  Jonathan  Gilbert,  dated  15  Oct  1664. 

The  same  author  quotes  another  deed  given  as  mortgage  to  John  Tal- 
cott  (which  seems  to  cover  the  same  land,)  by  Adam  Puit,  Indian,  dated 
10  Aug  1684,  (which  is  date  of  record,)in  which  the  land  is  sd  to  lie  on 
the  road  to  New  Haven,  beyond,  &  next  adjoyneing  to  Jonathan  Gilbarts 
farme.  But  to  settle  the  question  of  the  old  name  to  this  locality,  I 
quote  from  a  deed  of  Captain  Daniel  Clark,  of  Windsor,  to  Jonathan 
Gilbert,  dated  22  Apl  1672,  of  300  Acres  of  land  (forty  of  which  was  to 
be  meadow,  by  Grant  of  the  Colony  to  sd  Clark,)  lying,  situate,  and  laid 
out  at  a  place  called  Moridam  where  Mr  Jonathan  Gilbert's  farm  is,  & 
bounded  partly  on  the  Mattabesick  River  where  it  may  be  allowed  of  the 
town  of  Farmington.  Signed  by  Daniel  Clark,  and  witnessed  by  Nathnl 
Bissel,  and  John  Plumbe.  This  deed  is  in  possession  of  the  Gilbert  fam- 
ily, living,  1867,  on  the  same  farm  said  above  to  be  owned  by  Jonathan 
Gilbert,  previous,  to  1644. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  inhabitants  of  the  town  of  Farmington,  23d  Dec. 
1707,  it  was  voted  and  agreed  that  those  who  inhabit  in  the  limits  granted 
to  be  a  new  Society  at  "  Great  Swamp,"  that  their  dues  to  the  support  of 
a  minister  here  be  abated,  from  March  last,  provided  the  selectmen  cer- 
tify who  those  persons  are  who  have  there  covenanted  to  each  other,  to 
support  the  present  means  they  have  there.  Also, at  the  next  annual  meet- 
ing, 14th  Dec — 1708  a  Committee  was  appointed  to  consider  of  the  petition 
of  our  neighbors  at  the  "  Great  Swamp  "  granted  to  be  a  society,  they 
petitioning  to  be  a  distinct  town,  &  make  report  of  their  opinion  in  that 
case  to  the  next  town  meeting.  The  next  meeting  seems  to  have  been 
held  on  the  20th  Dec.  1708,  when  the  town  by  vote  gave  their  consent 
that  all  those  that  do  or  shall  personally  inhabit  within  the  limits  formerly 
allowed  to  the  Society  at  the  place  called  the  "  Great  Swamp,"  that  all 
those,  and  for  what  estates  they  have  there,  should  pay  their  proportions 
of  charge  in  setting  up,  and  maintaining  the  public  worship  of  God 
there,  to  that  society,  as  also,  all  those  who  shall  improve  lands  within  the 
sd  Society  limits,  shall  pay  according  to  law  for  those  lands  to  sd  Society, 
2 


18  INTRODUCTION. 

althoug  they  personally  inhabit  elsewhere.  The  above  votes,  with  what 
follows  of  the  action  of  Farmington,  as  a  town,  and  the  special  act  of  the 
Worshipful  General  Court  of  the  Colony,  show  the  liberty  and  authority 
of  these  people  in  a  remote  "  corner  of  the  wilderness "  to  set  up  for 
themselves. 

"At  a  town  meeting  in  Farmington  28  September  A.  D.  1705,  the 
Town  by  vote  did  manifest  their  consent,  that  so  many  of  their  Inhabit- 
ants, that  do  or  shall  personally  inhabit,  at  a  place  called  "  Great  Swamp," 
and  upland  belonging  thereto,  aud  in  the  divisions  of  land  on  the  East 
side  of  the  Blow  Mountains,  and  in  those  lots,  called  the  Batchellor  lots, 
and  so  much  of  the  division  of  land  against  Wethersfield,  as  shall  extend 
Northward  from  the  "  Great  Swamp,"  until  it  shall  include  the  lot  that 
was  William  Judd's  and  no  more,  so  many  of  them,  as  see  cause  (none 
to  be  compelled)  that  they  become  a  Ministerial  Society,  when  they  do 
gain  a  capable  Minister  amongst  them,  and  continue  so  to  be,  so  long  as 
they  shall  in  a  competently  constant  way,  maintain  such  a  Minister 
amongst  them,  and  whom  so  long  as  they  shall  so  do,  themselves,  and 
what  estate  they  have  there  shall  be  freed  from  the  charge  of  the  Ministry 
elsewhere,  always  provided  that  they  shall  for  their  own  proportion  of  labcr 
in  the  Highways,  maintain  the  passages  and  highways  they  have  occasion  for 
there  amongst  themselves,  without  involving  the  Town  in  general  there- 
with, as  also  that  they  shall  at  no  time  endeavor  to  surprise  their  neigh- 
bors, by  endeavouring  to  obtain  of  the  General  Court  other  advantages, 
in  which  the  town  in  general  may  be  concerned,  without  first  acquainting 
the  Town  therewith,  nor  claim  nor  chalenge  any  interest  in  the  seques- 
tered lands,  for  the  maintenance  of  the  Ministry  there.  A  true  Copy 
Test  John  Hooker  Registrar  taken  this  9  day  of  Oct  A  D  1705  Farm- 
ington." 

"  To  the  Right  Honourable  and  Worshipful  General  Assembly  now 
sitting  at  New  Haven  this  11  day  of  October  A  D  1705  Greeting.  We 
the  subscribers  hereunto,  do  humbly  request  this  Hon.  Assembly  to  grant 
unto  your  humble  petitioners  a  Settlement  and  confirmation  of  a  Society 
at  a  place  called  the  "  Great  Swamp  "  within  Farmington  bounds,  having 
obtained  a  liberty  from  said  Farmington  for  that.  Your  Honours  will 
determine  the  bounds  for  said  Society  accordingly.  The  principal  and 
only  moving  cause  of  this  our  humble  petition,  is  the  remoteness  from 
any  town,  whereby  we  are  under  great  disadvantage  for  our  souls  good, 
by  the  Ministry  of  the  word,  and  in  that  your  humble  petitioners  may  be 
under  the  better  advantage  to  set  up  and  maintain  ye  worship,  &  ordi- 
nance of  Jesus  Christ,  in  that  desolate  corner  of  the  wilderness,  we  hum- 
bly request  that  your  honors  will  please  to  annex  into  our  bounds,  for  the 
only  use  of  said  Society,  all  those  lands  that  are  between  our  bounds 
southward,  and  Wallingford  bounds  Northward,  for  the  benefit  of  the 


GREAT     SWAMP     PARISH.  19 

Taxes  of  said  lands,  for  ye  support,  of  ye  public  charge,  of  said  Society, 
and  our  unanimous  desire  is  that  the  Worshipful  Capt  Thos  Hart,  will 
prefer,  and  declare,  this  our  humble  petition,  and  the  circumstances  of 
the  case  in  said  court,  all  which  your  Honor's  petitioners  Humbly  sub- 
mit. Dated  16  Oct  1705  "  signed 

John  Hart  sen  Stephen  Lee 

Kichard  Seymour  Daniel  Dewey 

Stephen  Roote  Samuel  Seymour 

John  Lee  Ebenezer  Seymour 

Daniel  Andrus  jun  Joseph  Lankton 

Thos  North  Thomas  Hart 

Nehemiah  Porter  Samuel  Newel 

Jacob  Bronson  jun  Isaac  Norton 

Isaac  Cowles  John  Norton 

Samuel  Smith  Anthony  Judd 

John  Cole  Benjn  Judd 

Samuel  Cowles  Caleb  Cowles 

Isaac  Lewis  John  Stanley 

Joseph  Smith  Thos  Gridley 
Nathl  Cowles 

This  petition  was  granted.  And  the  parish  proceeded  to  build  a  Meet- 
ing House,  but  at  what  precise  date  is  not  known  ;  the  location  is  however 
known  to  be  on  the  high  ground  in  "  Christian  Lane,"  just  south  of  the 
present  Middletown  railroad,  and  back  of  the  dwelling  house  of  Edward 
Deming,  and  near  his  barn,  on  the  east  side  of  the  present  road.  (The 
road  at  that.time  passing:  further  east  in  front  of  the  meeting  house,  but 
in  same  course.)  A  portion  of  the  timber  used  in  its  construction  is  still 
to  be  seen  supporting  the  cow  house  of  Moses  Gilbert.  A  piece  of  land 
was  given  to  the  Society  by  Richard  Seymour  for  a  place  to  bury  their 
dead,  (so  tradition  says,  yet  it  seems  doubtful,)  near  the  meeting  house, 
on  the  west  side  of  the  road,  which  is  the  oldest  cemetery'  either  in  Ber- 
lin, or  New  Britain,  and  contains  the  bones  of  most  of  the  signers  of  the 
above  petition,  and  their  families.  The  first  person  interred  there  was 
Mr.  Richard  Seymour,  the  donor  of  the  land,  killed  by  the  fall  of  a  tree,* 
he  was  one  of  the  petitioners  for  the  new  Society,  came  from  Farming- 
ton  with  others,  1686,  and  settled  in  the  Great  Swamp,  and  became  the 
keeper  of  the  Fort  which  bore  his  name,  and  which  stood  just  back  and 
south  of  the  residence  of  the  late  Mr.  John  Goodrich  deceased.f  This 

*  The  prudent  liberality  of  the  old  town  of  Farmington  is  shown  in  voting  to  Capt 
Richard  Semor,  in  full  town  meeting,  1  £  as  compensation,  or  gratuity  for  planting 
this  Colony.  And  at  a  subsequent  period  a  like  encouragement  to  other  piondfcrs,  viz., 
8  Dec  1718  the  town  voted  and  agreed  to  pay  to  Dea  Anthony  Judd  &  Dea  Thos 
Hart  for  killing  a  panther  the  sum  of  6,  a. 

t  This  Fort  was  made  of  palisades  sixteen  feet  long,  sharp  at  the  top,  and  firmly  set 
in  the  ground  near  together.  Capt  Richard  Semor  probably  died  1710,  for  the  Pro- 


20  INTRODUCTION. 

new  Society  (said  to  be  the  second  "set  off"  in  the  State*)  were  fortu- 
nate in  securing  an  able  and  intelligent  minister  in  Mr.  William  Burn- 
ham.  The  words  following  show  when  and  by  whom  his  services  were 
secured,  viz.  ^. 

"  The  Inhabitants  of  the  society  in  the  southeastern  bounds  of  the 
Township  of  Farmington  commonly  known  by  the  name  of  the  Great 
Swamp,  in  the  County  of  Hartford  and  Colony  of  Connecticut  in  New 
England,  America,  fyc"  agreement  between  said  Society  and  William 
Burnham  respecting  his  settlement  as  a  Minister  of  the  Gospel,  Dated 
Farmington  Village  20  Sep  1709  Signed  William  Burnham  and  John 
Hart  sen,  and  Benjn  Judd  Comt. 

He  was  Ordained  10  Dec  1712,  and  a  Church  was  organized  the  same 
day.  It  consisted  of  ten  members  the  first  of  which  was  Rev  Mr  Burn- 
ham,  himself. 

2d  Stephen  Lee,  3d  Thos  Hart,  4th  Anthony  Judd,  5th  Samuel  Sey- 
mour, 6th  Thos  North,  7  Caleb  Cowles, — these  were  the  7  pillars.  The 
•wife  of  Stephen  Lee,  the  wife  of  Saml  Seymour,  and  Sarah  the  wife  of 
Thos  Hart,  and  these  constituted  the  Church,  to  which  others  were  soon 
added.  Here  follows  a  copy  of  their  doings  as  a  Church  in  the  matter 
of  Choosing  a  Deacon.  At  a  meeting  of  the  Church  10  March  1712-13 
Anthony  Judd  was  chosen  to  do  the  work  of  a  Deacon  and  to  stand  as  a 
probationer  for  the  Deacons  office.  At  a  meeting  of  the  Church  it  was 
agreed  that  the  members  of  the  same  should  hold  conference  Meetings  on 
the  first  days  of  every  Month  in  the  year,  to  begin  about  2  hours  before 
sunset  at  the  Meeting  house,  the  sd  meeting  shall  begin  with  prayer  by 
one  of  the  Brethren,  who  also  shall  propose  a  Text  of  Scripture,  &  a 
question  or  questions,  on  the  same,  in  writing,  then  to  be  discoursed  on, 
by  his  next  brother,  by  House  row,  by  word  or  by  writing,  if  sd  Brother 
shall  see  cause.  And  the  Pastor  of  the  Church,  and  the  sd  brother  from 
whom  an  answer  is  expected  at  any  Meeting,  shall  at  the  same  meeting 
lay  down  the  Text  of  Scripture,  and  the  question  or  the  questions  thereon 
arising  to  be  discoursed  on  at  the  next  meeting,  to  his  next  neighbor  suc- 
cessively, till  every  brother  in  the  Church  has  taken  his  turn,  then  he  shall 
begin  again  who  first  proposed  the  question,  and  so  on  successively.  It 
was  slso  agreed  that  none  should  be  present  at  sd  conference,  but  those 
in  full  communion,  but  by  liberty  from  the  Church.  It  was  agreed  that 
Stephen  Lee  should  begin  the  first  Meeting  with  Prayer,  &  lay  down  the 

bate  record  at  Hartford  says  that  Administration  on  the  Estate  was  granted  4  Dec  17\0 
to  Hannah  the  Widow,  &  to  Samuel  a  son  of  Richard  Semor  late  of  Farmington  De- 
ceased. *An  Inventory  was  presented  27  Nov  1710  of  the  Estate  amounting  to  £416, 
13,  8.  3,  d.  by  Thos  Seymore,  Thos  Hart  &  Thos  Curtice. 
*The  first  being  East  Windsor. 


GREAT     SWAMP     PARISH.  21 

Text,  &  propose  the  question  or  questions  to  be  discoursed  on.  "  The 
Church  in  North  Middletown  sent  to  our  Church  in  some  cases  of  Diffi- 
culty amongst  them,  in  a  letter  bearing  date  15  Feb.  1714—15  wherein 
they  desire  of  us  our  aid  and  assistance  in  sd  cases,  upon  which  occasion, 
At  a  meeting  of  the  Church  25d  Feb.  the  same  day  wherein  the  Council 
began,  our  Church  chose  Deacon  Anthony  Judd  their  Messenger." 

"Lord's  day  afternoon  28  Nov  1714  Anthony  Judd  having  been  chosen 
as  before  mentioned  and  stood  as  a  probationer  for  the  Deacons  office,  at 
the  desire  of  the  Church,  he  was  confirmed  in,  and  Ordained  to  the  said 
office  according  to  the  rule  of  the  Gospel,  with  the  following  charge. 
"  In  the  name  of  our  Lord  Jesus  Christ,  I  ordain  thee,  Anthony  a  Deacon 
of  this  Church ;  a'nd  I  charge  thee  before  God  and  the  Lord  Jesus  Christ, 
who  shall  judge  both  the  quick  and  the  dead  at  his  appearing  and  king- 
dom, that  thou  be  faithful  to  the  trust  that  is  committed  unto  thee,  thou 
art  made  a  steward  of  the  external  good  things  of  this  Church,  and  it  is 
required  of  stewards  that  they  be  found  faithful,  see  that  thou  art  grave, 
not  double  tongued,  not  given  to  much  wine,  not  greedy  of  filthy  lucre, 
hold  the  mystery  of  the  faith  in  a  pure  conscience,  Rule  well  thine  own 
house,  and  if  thou  shall  use  the  office  of  a  Deacon  well,  thou  shalt  pur- 
chase to  thyself  a  good  degree,  and  great  boldness  in  the  faith  which  is 
in  Christ  Jesus."  Another  Deacon  was  early  chosen,  son  of  the 
"  Worshipful  Captain  Thomas  Hart"  whose  home  was  in  Stanley 
quarter,  spoken  of  in  the  petition,  his  Deacon  Thomas  ;  location  was 
on  the  present  corner,  some  sixty  rods  southeast  of  the  Berlin  depot,  and 
from  his  day  has  been  known  as  the  "  Thos  Hart  place"  He  was  a  man 
of  great  dignity  and  influence,  represented  the  town  of  Farmington  often 
in  the  General  Court.  The  four  Deacon  Hart's  of  the  church  in  New 
Britain,  in  as  many  generations,  were  descendants  from  him.  He  lost 
his  wife,  Mary,  late  in  life,  But  m,  2d,  Wid,  Elizabeth  Norton  whose  age 
was  79,  and  his  own  84, — they  were  married  before  Rev  Mr  Clark  11 
Jan  1764.  The  Rev.  Win  Burnham  made  a  faithful  and  successful  pas- 
tor, had  a  small  salary,  but  accumulated  a  large  estate,  and  raised  a  large 
family;  his  blood  through  his  descendants,  is  mingled  with  our  Judds' 
Norths'  Stanleys'  Lees'  and  Wells'  families.  His  residence  was  at  the 
Norman  Porter  place.  Now  just  here,  and  at  this  period,  opens  to  the 
mind  a  wide  field  for  History,  Biography,  and  Genealogy.  The  author 
would  be  glad  to  enlarge,  the  materials  are  ample,  the  period  prolific,  but 
as  this  is  merely  an  Introduction,  as  preliminary  to  the  History  of  the 
Church  in  New  Britain,  which  came  into  being  some  half  century  later, 
he  feels  constrained  to  be  general  in  his  remarks.  It  should  however  be 
remembered  by  the  old  families  of  New  Britain,  and  their  descendants, 
that  the  pious  zeal  of  our  ancestors  for  the  public  worship  of  God,  was 
peculiar,  and  their  self-denial,  and  struggles  against  poverty,  bad  roads, 


22  INTRODUCTION. 

and  "  long  distances,"  were  great,  were   difficulties  which  to  less  cour- 
ageous men,  would  have  been  insurmountable. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  church,  27th  January,  1718-19,  upon  the  desire 
of  Deacon  Anthony  Judd  that  another  deacon  might  be  chosen,  the  ques- 
tion was  asked  whether  they  would  proceed  to  the  choice  of  another  dea~ 
con,  and  it  was  voted  in  the  affirmative,  and  Thos  Hart,  son  of  Capt 
Thos  Hart,  was  chosen  deacon,  (and  after  some  time  of  probation,  was 
ordained  to  the  office  of  deacon.) 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Church  20th  Nov.  1729,  it  was  agreed  by  the 
Church  that  the  Psalm  should  be  sung  in  the  Public,  half  the  time  in 
what  is  called  the  old  way  of  singing,  and  half  the  time  in  the  New,  in- 
terchangably,  for  the  space  of  a  year  from  the  fore-mentioned  date,  and 
so  far  beyond  that  time,  till  the  Pastor  shall  think  there  are  five 
more  voters  for  one  way,  than  the  other.  And  they  chose  Capt 
Isaac  Hart,  to  set  it  when  it  is  to  be  sung  in  the  New  way,  and  Mr  Na- 
thaniel Hart  to  set  it  when  it  is  to  be  sung  in  the  old  way. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Church  17  Feb  1730-31  the  Church  signified 
their  minds  by  vote,  that  the  Psalm  for  the  time  to  come,  should  be  set 
in  the  Public  Assembly  only  by  Rule,  or  what  is  called  the  New  way. 

The  reader's  attention  is  now  called  to  the  early  doings  of  this  settlement 
as  a  parish  or  Ecclesiastical  Society.  And  fortunately  we  can  refer  to  a 
manuscript  record  in  a  good  degree  of  preservation,  and  quite  full,  covering 
the  whole  period  with  the  exception  of  the  building  the  first  (Church) 
meeting-house  I  should  say,  for  our  fathers  never  used  that  name  for  the 
building. 

Although  no  record  of  definite  action  of  the  parish  can  be  found  about 
the  place  where  the  building  stood,  or  how  or  when  erected  and  covered, 
yet  incidental  allusions  and  references  to  both  time  and  place,  confirm  tra- 
dition, that  it  stood  on  land  of  Dr.  Joseph  Steele,  leased  to  the  Society, 
for  which  in  after  years  they  voted  him  compensation,  that  the  building 
had  been  erected  and  covered,  and  a  floor  laid,  at  or  before  the  close  of 
the  year  1712. 

The  church  was  organized  10th  December,  1712,  and  Mr.  Burnham 
was  ordained  the  same  day,  and  the  first  month  of  the  next  year  we  find 
them  voting  to  have  a  pulpit.  It  further  appears  by  inference  that  "  peter 
blin"  of  Wethersfield,  was  the  carpenter,  for  the  parish  some  time  after 
seem  to  be  indebted  to  him  some  £60  for  labor  on  the  meeting-house. 
We  have  taken  the  liberty  to  quote  and  make  selections  from  this  ancient 
record,  quite  extensively,  and  for  several  reasons,  among  which  is  this. 
There  is  no  duplicate  of  them,  and  in  case  they  should  be  burned,  all 
would  be  lost  Besides  they  are  curious  and  quaint,  and  some  of  them 
unique.  To  those  of  us  who  are  descendants,  these  doings,  experiences, 
and  history  of  our  own  ancestors,  will  be  peculiarly  interesting. 


GREAT     SWAMP      PARISH.  23 

Mr.  William  Burnham  was  grandson  of  Thos.  of  Hartford,  and  Ann 
his  wife.  Graduated  1702,  at  Harvard  College,  Mass.*  He  was  son  of 
Wm.,  of  Wethersfield  and  Elizabeth  his  wife,  b.  about  1684  at  Wethers- 
field.  His  house  and  location  have  already  been  referred  to,  but  the  fol- 
lowing in  his  own  words,  will  show  his  style  of  writing,  and  mode  of 
doing  business.  The  conditions  upon  which  he  came  are  in  his  own 
words  viz;  First  5  June  1709  Articles  proposed  by  Wm  Burnham  of 
Farmington  village  as  conditions  required  in  order  to  my  continuance  in 
the  work  of  the  Ministry  in  that  society ;  that  the  land  of  John  North 
that  hath  been  discoursed  of,  be  made  over  to  me,  by  a  firm  conveyance 
speedily,  I  paying  five  pounds  in  current  money  to  John  North,  for  the 
exchange,  as  also  that  on  the  North  end  of  Nehemiah  Porters  lot,  as  also 
that  the  society  take  care  that  the  50  Acres  of  laud,  that  the  town  of 

*Rev  Mr  Burnham  m  18  May  1704  Hannah  Wolcott  of  Wethersfield  b.  19  Mar 
1684  to  Saml  &  Judith  (Appleton)  his  wife  who  d.  16  Mar  1747  when  he  2d  m  Wid 
Buckingham  of  Hartford  who  d.  soon  after,  His  Children  were 

Wm  b  5  Apl  1705  m  13  Feb  1728-9  Ru.h  Norton  dau  of  Isaac  &  Elizabeth  (Gal- 
pin)  had  his  house  next  west  of  his  fathers. 

Samuel  b.  28  May  17J7  at  Wethersfield  died  at  Farmington  22  Jan  1707-8 

Hannah  b.  18  Nov  1708  m  7  Jan  1730  Rev  Jeremiah  Curtiss  of  Southington 

Josiah  b.  28  Sep  1716  m  Ruth  dau  of  John  Norton  &  Anna  (Thompson)  his  wife 

Sarah  b.  28  May  1719  d  23  Nov  1726  Ae  8  y. 

Mary  b.  7  Feb  1721-2  m  John  Judd  No  (45) 

Appleton  b.  28  Apl  1724  m  Mary  Wolcott  of  Litchfield 

Lucy  b  m  Jacob  Root  of  Hebron 

Abigail  b.  14  Sep  1713  m  Leut  Robert  Wells  of  Newington 

Substance  of  the  original  Will  of  Rev  Wm  Burnham  dated  15  July  1748  which 
was  accepted  by  Probate  Court  first  Tues,  of  Apl  1759  but  never  recorded — in  which 
he  gives  his  eldest  son  Wm  %  of  his  real  Estate,  to  Josiah  ^,  and  to  Appleton  J/£ — 
names  his  4  daughters  Hannah  wife  of  Rev.  Jeremiah  Curtis  of  Southington,  Lucy 
wife  of  Jacob  Root  of  Hebron,  Abigail  wife  of  Lieut  Robert  Wells  of  Newington,  & 
Mary  wife  of  John  Judd  of  Farmington.  Gives  all  the  remainder  of  his  Estate,  viz, 
Servants,  Household  stuff,  money,  plate,  Books,  horned  cattle,  Horses,  Sheep,  Swine, 
Team  Tackling.  &  any  instruments  of  Husbandry  whatsoever,  Corn  upon  the  ground, 
or  gathered,  linen,  wearing  clothes  of  any  sort,  Horse  Tackling,  any  other  tools  or  in- 
struments besides  those  of  husbandry  &  all  my  movable,  &  personal  estate,  whatso- 
ever, excepting  that  concerning  my  Spanish  Indian  woman,  Maria,  my  Will  is  that 
after  my  decease  she  shall  have  liberty  to  dwell  with  any  of  my  children,  where  she  likes 
best,  &  if  at  any  time  she  bhould  not  be  able  to  earn  a  living,  that  she  be  comfortably 
provided  for  in  sickness,  and  health  during  life  at  the  cost  of  all  my  children,  &  such 
as  represent  them — &  concerning  my  Mulatto  Boy  James,  my  will  is,  that  according 
to  my  deceased  wife's  desire,  my  daughter  Abigail  may  have  liberty  to  take  him  at 
the  price  he  shall  bo  valued  at. 

Item    I  appoint  my  eldest  son  Wm  to  be  my  sole  Executor. 

Signed  &  sealed  by  Wm  Burnham  in  presence  of 

John  Root         j 

John  Root  jnn  £     proved  by  the  witnesses  1st  Oct  1750 

Eunice  Root       ) 


24  INTRODUCTION. 

Farmington  as  is  reported,  propose  for  my  encouragement,  be  in  some 
suitable  manner  made  sure  to  me  and  my  heirs,  &c  upon  my  settlement.* 
Second  That  the  house  begun  by  2d  society  be  finished  in  the  manner  & 
to  the  degree  that  is  ordinary  in  this  country  for  such  sort  of  houses,  be 
finished  by  them  speedily,  that  is  to  say  the  two  "  Loer  "  rooms,  at  or  be- 
fore the  last  day  of  March  that  shall  be  in  the  year  1710,  the  remainder 
within  twelve  months  after,  I  only  finding  Glass  &  nails. 

Third  That  for  the  four  first  years  inclusively  of  the  year  past,  my 
Salary  be  50,  £.  per  annum  in  grain,  that  is  to  say  Wheat,  Indian  corn, 
or  "  Ky  "  such  as  is  Merchantable,  at  the  prices  that  the  General  Court 
shall  annually  state  them  at,  &  from  the  period  of  the  above  mentioned 
time,  65,  £.  at  the  same  prices,  till  such  time  as  the  Society  shall  see 
cause  to  raise  it. 

Fourthly  That  so  much  labor  be  done  for  me  by  the  Society  as  may 
amount  to  the  value  of  5,  £.  per  Annum  for  the  four  first  years  inclu- 
sively of  the  year  past,  &  that  a  Comt  be  from  time  to  time,  during  sd 
term  appointed  to  see  to  the  accomplishment  of  sd  labor  for  me  on  that 
part  of  the  land  that  I  shall  esteem  most  convenient. 

Fifth  That  the  Society  from  time  to  time  procure  me  a  sufficient  sup- 
ply of  fire  wood  for  my  family  use,  brought  home  and  made  fit  for  the 
fire.  (Here  follows  the  response  of  the  society  five  days  later.)  At  a 
meeting  of  the  society  at  Great  Swamp  in  the  southeastern  bounds  of 
"  ffarmington  "10  June  1709  it  was  by  vote  unanimously  agreed,  freely 
and  heartily  to  accept  of  the  above  written  Articles  offered  by  the  much 
esteemed  "  Mr  william  burnham  "  unto  the  above  sd  Society  as  conditions 
required  in  order  to  his  continuance  in  the  work  of  the  Ministry,  pro- 
vided the  above  sd  Mr  Burnham,  at  the  confirmation  of  the  lands  men- 
tioned in  the  Articles,  do  give  sufficient  security  to  sd  society.* 

*  That  the  above  50  acres  of  land  was  made  sure  appears  by  the  following  from 
the  land  records  of  Farmington. 

"At  a  meeting  held  in  Farmington  23  Dec  1707  At  the  same  meeting  there  was 
granted  to  Mr.  Wm  Burnham  50  Acres  .of  land  to  be  taken  up  in  our  sequestered 
lands,  not  prejudicing  highways,  or  former  grants  and  after  Mr  Whitman  hath  made 
his  pitch,  for  what  the  town  hath  granted  him,  this  grant  is  upon  conditions  that  ye 
said  Mr  Burnham  shall  settle  a  pastor  of  Church,  in  ye  Society  of  ye  Great  Swamp— 
The  above  grant  was  laid  out  to  the  Rev.  Mr.  Wm  Burnham  Pastor  of  ye  Church  at 
ye  Great  Swamp  upon  the  plains  beyond  ye  Boggy  meadow  Southward  &  lyelh  in 
length  8  Score  rods,  Butting  East  on  ye  highway  160  rods,  West  on  common  laud, 
North  &  South  on  common  land  50  rods. 

It  is  laid  out  this  10  day  of  April  A  D  1713 


A  c 

A  true  Copy  John  Hooker  Register 

Farmington  11  Apl  A.  D  1713. 

•Whereas,  the  inhabitants  in  the  southeastern  bounds  of  the  township  of  Farming- 
ton,  commonly  known  by  the  name  of  the  Great  Swamp,  in  the  County  of  Hart'd  & 


GREAT     SWAMP     PARISH.  25 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Society  of  Great  Swamp  ye  llth  Jan  1713  Benjn 
Judd  &  Stephen  Lee  were  chosen  a  Committee  to  provide,  &  see  to  the 
erecting  of  a  Pulpit,  &  suitable  seats  in  the  Meetinghouse.  "  The  pulpit 
&  pews  to  be  built  in  batten  fashion." 

Now  comes  the  Annual  meeting  viz.  8^  Dec  1713  John  Woodruff  was 
chosen  Moderator  for  the  year  ensuing — Thos  Hart  recorder,  Issac  Hart 
collector,  Nathnl  Winchel  to  take  care  and,  get  fire  wood  for  Mr  Burnham, 
Isaac  Norton  &  Thos  Hart  chosen  to  be  Rate  makers.  At  the  same 
meeting  there  was  chosen  Benjn  Judd,  Saml  Smith  &  Thos  Hart,  to  pre- 
serve our  former  records,  on  loose  papers,  &  transcribe  such  as  they  think 
needful  into  this  book.*  Thos  North  was  paid  12,  s.  for  sweeping  tfie 
Meetinghouse,  Nehemiah  Porter  was  chosen  to  dig  graves  for  such  as 
have  occasion  from  time  to  time.  Another  Annual  meeting  viz.  8  Dec 
1714  Nathnl  Winchel,  Daniel  Andrus,  &  Thos  North  chosen  Moderators 
for  the  year  ensuing. 

Jonathan  Lee,  chosen  Lister  for  the  year  ensuing,  and  Jonathan  Lee. 
and  Thos.  Curtice  Rate-makers — John  Woodruff  "Brandor,"  and  at  the 
same  meeting,  the  Society  made  choice  of  John  Norton  and  Win.  Judd 


Col.  of  Conn,  in  New  Eng.  in  America,  Have  called  William  Burnham  now  resident 
within  the  bounds  of  the  said  Soc.  aforementioned,  to  dispense  the  word  of  God 
amongst  them,  and  for  his  encouragement  unto  the  work,  have  according  to  one  of 
the  articles  in  the  agreement  bearing  date  20  Sept.  1709,  confirmed  and  settled  upon 
him  3  parcels  of  land  within  the  bounds  of  said  Soc.,  do  further  agree  as  followeth  : 
That  provided  the  said  Win.  Burnham  shall  continue  with  said  Soc.  for  the  space  of 
9  years  to  be  ended  and  completed,  beginning  the  account  thereof  from  llth  N.  1707, 
then  the  abovesaid  House  and  land  shall  be  and  remain  in  the  possession  of  the  said 
Wm.  Burnham  and  his  heirs  and  assigns  forever  without  any  demand  of  the  said  Soc. 
for  any  retribution  to  be  made  by  him,  or  them  for  the  same  :  But  if  it  so  happen  that 
the  said  Wm.  Burnham  cannot  see  it  his  way  to  abide  in  the  work  the  whole  time 
abovementioncd,  then  he  shall  either  relinquish  and  make  over  all  the  right  and  title 
he  hath  unto  the  house  and  land  to  the  said  Soc.  again  if  he  esteem  it  best,  they  returning 
him  all  his  own  expenses  upon  it  ;  or  else  he  shall  pay  to  said  Soc.  such  a  sum  of 
money  or  other  specie  as  shall  by  indifferent  and  able  persons  be  judged  sufficient  and 
convenient,  the  one-half  of  which  arbitrators  shall/be  chosen  by  the  said  Soc.  or  one 
or  more  in  their  behalf;  and  the  other  half  by  the  said  Wm.  Burnham,  or  such  as 
shall  represent  him.  In  virtue  whereof,  we  John  Hart,  sen.  and  Benj'n  Judd  a  com- 
mittee chosen  by  said  Soc.  to  subscribe  this  agreement,  and  the  said  Wm.  Burnham 
have  hereunto  set  our  hands  this  20  day  of  Sep.  in  the  year  of  our  Lord  i709. 

Wm.  Burnham, 
John  Hart,  Sen., 
Benj'n  Judd. 
Signed  sealed  and  delivered  in  presence  of  us 


t  It  was  done  by  Dea  Thos  Hart  5  Jan  1721-2  on  his  own  responsibility  he  says, 
for  which  service  he  received  3  shillings. 


26  INTRODUCTION. 

Smith,  to  be  fence-viewers.  Annual  Meeting,  1st  Dec.,  1715,  they  agreed 
by  vote  to  give  Mr.  Burnham  £70  money,  or  grain,  as  "  as  it  passeth 
from  one  year  after  another,  at  the  first  of  May,  provided  Mr.  Burnham 
will  release  us  from  our  former  obligations,  wherein  we  were  bound  to 
provide  his  fire  wood" — also  made  choice  of  Sam'l  Seymour  for  Consta- 
ble, and  Sargt.  Isaac  Hart  for  Surveyor ;  also  made  choice  of  John 
Woodruff  for  brander — made  choice  of  Stephen  Lee  and  Issac  Norton  to 
demand  and  receive  of  Benj'n  Judd*  their  proportion  of  Society  money, 
"to  be  layed  out  as  prudence  shall  suggest."  Agreed  by  vote  to  grant  to 
Thos.  North  10  s.  for  sweeping  the  meeting  house,  and  Thos.  Hart  made 
choice  of  to  provide  for,  and  give  public  Entertainment  to  travellers  and 
others  as  the  Law  directs,  and  Stephen  Lee,  and  Benj'n  Judd  chosen  to 
make  up  the  Society's  account  with  Capt.  John  Hart,  and  make  return  to 
the  Society. 

"At  a  meeting  of  the  society  at  the  southeastern  bounds  of  Farmington 
20  May,  1715,  The  question  being  put  whether  the  sd  society  did  desire 
that  the  Southward  part  of  the  bounds  of  the  Western  Society  in  the 
township  of  Wethersfield  should  be  annexed  to  the  sd  southeastern  Soci- 
ety in  the  township  of  Farmington,  and  some  part  of  the  township  of  sd 
Farmington  to  be  annexed  to  the  Western  Society  of  Wethersfield  in 
Lieu  thereof,  it  was  voted  in  the  affirmative,  and  the  sd  meeting  made 
choice  of,  Sarg't  Benj'n  Judd  to  signify  their  above  written  desire,  to  the 
Gen.  Assembly  of  this  Colony."  It  is  supposed  that  this  is  the  origin  of 
setting  to  Newington  Ecclesiastical  Society,  formerly  called  Wethersfield 
West  Society.  Stanley  quarter  (now  so  called)  as  far  south  as  the  pres- 
ent residence  of  Henry  Pratt,  with  the  exception  of  Daniel  Hart,  John 
Clark  and  Thos.  Standley  2d,  with  their  farms  at  the  extreme  North  end, 
who  went  to  Farmington  Village  for  public  worship.  And  also  a  portion 
of  the  south  part  of  Newington,  being  set  (for  convenience)  to  the  Great 
Swamp  Society,  f  This  no  doubt  was  a  great  convenience  to  these  fami- 

*This  implies  that  Benj'n  Judd  was  at  that  time  Agent  or  Treasurer  of  the  Colony 
for  Farmington,  to  hold  the  Country  money,  [at  a  later  period  called  excise  money] 
for  the  encouragement  of  schools  in  that  town. 

tFor  the  better  regulating  and  accommodating  those  people  that  do,  or  may  hereafter 
live  upon  the  lands  within  the  west  Division  in  Wethersfield  West  Soc.  of  Wethers- 
field so  called— &  those  that  do  now,  or  shall  hereafter  live  upon  several  lots  in  Farm- 
ington, butting  on  Wethersfield  West  Soc.  which  lots  of  Farmington  are  hereafter 
described— 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  Gov.  &  Council  &  Rep.  in  Gen.  Court  sssembled  and  by  the 

authority  thereof,  that,  that  part  formerly  deemed  to  be  of  Wethersneld  West  Soc. 

rom  the  North  side  of  Hurlburt's  lot,  &  the  North  side  of  Stephen  &  John  Kelsey's 

iletown  bounds,  including  the  Beckley  land,  shall  be  annexed  to  the 

t  Swamp  Society,  &  obliged  with  all  persons  &  Estates,  requirable  by  law  to  pay 


GREAT      SWAMP     PARISH.  27 

lies,  but  made  in  after  years  much  trouble  and  perplexity,  in  making 
Rates;  because  the  Lists  of  each  inhabitant  were  of  course  made  in  the 
town  to  which  he  or  she  belonged. — 6  Dec.,  1716.  At  the  same  meeting 
it  was  voted  by  the  Society  to  give  Nath'l  "Winchell  ten  shillings  for  his 
sou's  beating  the  drum  on  the  Sabbath  for  the  year  past,  to  be  paid  in 
Mr.  Burnham's  rate  this  year — Also  granted  to  Jonathan  Hurlbert  19  s. 
for  a  journey  to  New  Haven  to  "cort,"  and  to  Hartford  and  other  ex- 
penses, as  witness  our  hands. 

THOS.  NORTH. 

THOS.  HART. 

7  Jan.,  1716-17.  Thos.  North  andTho?.  Hart  were  chosen  a  committee 
to  take  a  deed  of  conveyance  of  the  piece  of  land  formerly  obtained  of 
the  Rev  Mr  Win  Burnham  for  a  burying  place  for  ye  said  society  in  the 
behalf  of  said  society,  and  cause  it  to  be  entered  in  the  book  of  records 
for  land  at  Farmington,  that  it  may  be  secured  to  them  and  their  Heirs 

all  Ministerial  or  parish  charges,  wiih  the  Great  Swamp  people,  to  that  society,  Pro- 
vided that  the  said  people  of  that  part  of  the  West  Soc.  of  Wethersfield  above  men- 
tioned shall  help,  &  do  their  proportionable  part  with  the  rest  of  Wethersfield  West 
Soc.  in  the  finishing  the  Meeting  house  in  said  West  Soc.,  &  pay  the  said  West  Soc. 
in  Wethersfield  £50  according  to  their  agreement  under  their  hand  and  seal  lodged  in 
the  Secretaries  office. 

And  be  it  further  enacted,  by  the  authority  aforesaid,  that  the  lots  in  Farmington 
butting  upon  Wethersfield  West  Soc.  or  township,  that  is  to  say,  all  the  lands  in  the 
several  lots  in  Farmington  bounds,  from  the  south  side  of  John  Norton's  Lot  on  Wolf 
plain,  to  the  North  side  of  the  bounds  of  the  Great  Swamp,  shall  be  and  are  hereby 
annexed  to  the  West  Soc.  of  Wethersfield,  &  shall  pay  in  propostion  with  the  said 
West  Soc.  in  Wethersfield,  in  all  Ministerial  and  parish  charges. 

Done  at  New  Haven  at  the  session  held  13  Oct.  1715. 


Tax  payers  in  Farmington  part — 
Thos.  Hart,  sen. 
Jonathan  Smith,  sen. 
Thos.  Bird, 
John  Thompson, 
Thos.  Thompson, 
Daniel  Judd, 
Anthony  Judd, 
Jonathan  Smith,  Jun. 
John  Root. 


Tax  payers  in  Wethersfield  part  and  in 
Beckley  landa.t 

Benj'n  Beckley, 
Richard  Beckley, 
Stephen  Kelsey, 
John  Kelsey, 
Jonathan  Hurlburt, 
Sam'l  Belding, 
Leonard  Dix, 
Thos.  Morton, 
Jonathan  Buck, 
Daniel  Andruss, 
John  Andrus. 


tA  Gen.  Assembly  held  at  Hartford  8  Oct.  1668.     This   Court  grants  Serg't  Rich- 
ard Beckley  300  acres  of  land  lying  by  Mattabeset  River,   half  a  mile  wide  of  both 
sides  the  river,  &  to  run  up  from  New  Haven  path  so  far  till  it  doth  contain  three  hun- 
dred Acres — Serg't  John  Not  &  Serg't  Hugh  Wells  are  desired  to  lay  out  the  land. 
A  true  copy  of  record.     Examined  by 

Geo.  Wyllys,  Sec. 


28  INTRODUCTION. 

forever,  for  the  above  said  use.*  At  the  same  meeting  Insign  Isaac 
Norton  was  appointed  to  take  care  for  the  obtaining  a  fashionable  and  decent 
"cushing"  for  the  desk  of  our  Meeting  house  upon  the  society  charge. — 
17  Nov.,  1717,  was  chosen  for  a  school  committee  Ins.  Isaac  Norton, 
Ser«t.  Benj.  Judd  and  Mr.  Ebenezer  Gilbird,  to  advise  and  consider  what 
way  may  be  most  proper  and  convenient  to  order  the  prudentials  of  a 
School  in  this  Society,  for  the  time  the  Law  directs,  and  offer  their  advice 
about  it  at  the  next  meeting. 

7  January  1716—17  This  Society  finding  &  considering  at  this  meet- 
ing that  all  former  methods  and  acts,  taken  &  recorded  in  order  to  a  reg- 
ular seating  our  Meeting  house,  being  not  effectual  in  order  to  said  end, 
but  many  objections  being  made  against  them,  &  much  disquietness,  &  dis- 
order appearing  notwithstanding — It  was  at  the  same  Meeting  agreed  & 
voted  to  seat  the  Inhabitants  of  said  Society  in  our  Meetinghouse  as  fol- 
loweth,  viz — In  the  first  "  pue"  next  the  Pulpit 

1st  Benjn  Beckley,  Lft  Steven  Lee,  Benjn  Judd,  Mr  Ebenezer  Gilbird, 
Samuel  Smith,  Isaac  Norton,  Thos  Hart. 

2d  pue  John  Woodruff,  John  North,  Thos  North,  Saml  Seamer,  Hez. 
Hart. 

3d  pue,  Samuel  Bronson  Cooper,  Joseph  Smith,  Thos  Curtice,  Jonath 
Hurlbut,  John  Standley,  Jonathan  Lee. 

*That  this  committee  attended  to  their  duty,  is  shown  by  the  following  from  Farm- 
ington  town  records  for  lands  :  1st  Nov.  1718.  Rev  Wm  Burnham  for  the  regard  he 
had  for  the  public  welfare  of  the  parish  at  Great  Swamp,  in  the  Southeast  part  of 
Farmington  &  the  Southwest  part  of  Wethersfield,  &  in  consideration  of  the  society 
releasing  him  from  20  s.  he  promised  to  encourage  the  building  the  Meeting  house,  he 
gave,  sold,  conveyed  &  set  over  to  Thos.  Hart  &  Thos.  North  a  committee  of  said  so- 
ciety a  piece  of  land  containing  by  estimation  half  an  Acre  more  or  less,  in  length  10 
rods  &  in  breadth  8  rods.  It  is  part  of  the  same  lot  that  originally  was  James  Bird's, 
and  which  I  purchaced  of  Sam'l  Semer,  and  it  is  understood  that  it  is  for  the  use  of 
said  Society,  for  a  possession,  for  a  Burying  ground  forever — said  society  is  to  main- 
tain a  good  fence  at  their  own  cost,  and  I  am  not  to  be  taxed  for  any  part  of  the  ex- 
pense of  a  division  fence  as  the  law  in  other  cases  provide*,  and  further  until  such 
division  fence  is  made,  the  said  society  are  not  to  feed  the  ground  or  any  way  use  it 
except  to  bury  their  dead.  Said  land  is  situate  on  a  knowl  of  up  land  lying  a  little  to 
the  North  of  a  stream  called  "  Gilbert's  River,"  and  abutteth  east  on  the  highway 
that  passeth  Northward  from  the  Meeting  House  and  butts  North  on  land  of  Nath'l 
Not,  West  &  South  on  my  own  land. 

Signed,  Wm  Burnham. 

Stephen  Lee,         )  __    - 
Ebenezer  Gilbert,  }  Wlt" 

This  time  honored  Cemetery,  so  minutely  described  above,  had  been  sadly  negleeted 
for  many  years  previous  to  1845,  when  by  the  enterprise  and  liberality  of  Mr.  John 
Ellis,  some  few  subscriptions  were  obtained  from  individuals,  and  an  appropriation  of 
830  from  the  parish  of  Worthington,  in  which  it  is  located,  and  a  neat  white  fence, 
erected  on  sunk  stones  with  Iron  braces,  at  a  cost  of  $1 60,  an  undue  proportion  of 
which  expense  was  paid  by  himself. 


GREAT    SWAMP    PARISH.  29 

4  pue  East  side,  Isaac  Hart,  Samuel  Thompson,  Joseph  "  Steale,"  Isaac 
Lee,  Gersham  Hollister,  Jonathan  "Seamer,"  Robert  "boothe" — 

The  1st  seat  in  the  square  Body,  Thos  Hancox  sen,  Nehemiah  Porter, 
Nathl  Winch  el  sen,  Saml  Bronson,  miller,  Thos  moreton,  Richard  beckley. 

2d  seat,  Saml  peeke,  Saml  hubbard,-  daniel  andrus,  Steven  Cellsey 
(Kelsey,)  Jacob  deming,  Caleb  couls.  (Cowles.) 

3d  seat,  Geo.  Hubbard,  John  norton,  John  Cellsie,  (Kelsey,)  Thos  Grid- 
ley,  Saml  Galpin,  .Ebenezer  Seamer. 

4th  seat,  Wm  Bronson,  Saml  Couls,  John  Gridley,  John  Roote,  John 
Andrus. 

5th  seat,  daniel  beckley,  Joseph  becly,  Joseph  harris,*  Saml  Gridley, 
Daniel  hancox. 

In  ye  pue  at  the  North  end  East  side,  John  Rue,  Saml,  hart,  Wm 
hancox,  John  Gilbird,  Saml  Bronson  jun. 

In  the  fore  seat,  Widow  "  becly,"  goodde  "  buck,"  &  Widdow  "  duey," 
Dea.  Judd  in  the  Deacons  Seat,  &  his  wife  in  ye  fore  "  pue." 

1st  December,  1718,  at  the  Annual  Meeting  Nathaniel  knot  was  ap- 
pointed to  provide  a  convenient  Lock  &  "  kee"  for  ye  Meeting  house 
"  dore"  &  put  it  on  ye  said  dore  on  the  charge  of  the  society. 

At  the  same  meeting  it  was  voted  and  agreed  that  the  "  sheepe"  in  thi? 
society  shall  run  at  large  in  the  common  the  year  in  suing — At  the  same 
meeting  Mr  Ebenezer  Gilbird  was  appointed  to  provide  a  convenient 
"  cushen"  for  our  meeting  house  Desk,  at  the  charge  of  "  ye  Societie" — 
And  the  Comt  on  Schools  report  as  follows,  viz — "  This  society  being  so 
very  scattering  in  distances,  &  our  ways  so  very  difficult,  for  small  Chil- 
dren to  pass  to  a  general  School  in  the  Society  great  part  of  the  year,  We 
the  Subscribers  advice  is,  that  this  society  be  divided  into  5  parts  or 
"  Squaddams"  for  the  more  convenient  schooling  the  children,  Advice 
respecting  the  establishment  of  schools  in  each  "  squaddam"  &c. — That 
the  first  part  or  squaddam  be  all  the  Inhabitants  south  of  the  river  called 
"  betses"  "  Honhius  or  Honehas"  river  (meaning  we  suppose  Mattabesic 
or  Mattabesset)  including  Middletown  neighbors  with  them — And  the 
Inhabitants  in  Wethersfield  bounds  be  another  part  or  squaddam — And 
that  all  from  "  betses"  River  to  the  River  called  Gilbirds,  Northward  be 
Another  part, — &  that  from  Gilbirds  River  Northward,  till  it  includes 
Dea  Judd,  &  John  Woodruff  be  another  part,  &  that  the  rest  of  the  society 
North  be  another  part,  &  further  that  the  money  allowed  by  the  country 
be  divided  to  each  "  squaddam"  according  to  the  List  of  the  Inhabitants 
within  the  limits  thereof,  &  the  rest  of  the  charges  so  arising  sha^l  be 
leaved  on  ye  parents  or  Masters  of  ye  Children  who  are  "  taut" — 

*  This  man  moved  to  Litchfield  and  was  killed  there  by  Indians,  August,  1723.  He 
had  been  appointed  town  collector  there  17th  December,  1722.  The  town  record  of 
Hartford  says  Mary  Harris  married  16th  December,  1725,  Stephen  Sedgwick  ;  (proba- 
bly she  was  then  widow  of  Harris.)  Ed. 


30  INTKODUCTIOX. 

The  following  may  be  of  interest  to  tlie  curious.  It  purports  to  be 
credits  to  Rev.  Mr.  Burnham's  parishioners,  entered  by  the  collector, 
John  Root,  on  his  rate  Bill  for  1720  and  shows  how  the  Ministers'  rates 
were  paid  in  those  days  when  money  was  scarce. 

John  Standley  by  1  bush  Wheat, 

Isaac  Hart  by  1|  bush  Corn, 

Samuel  Hart  by  2   "     Wheat,  11  0" 

Thos  Hart  by  1  bush.  Corn,  £  bush  Wheat,  5  3 

Jonathan  Root  by  2|  bush  &  1  peck  of  Wheat  his  rate, 

and  part  of-Wm  Hancox  rate,  118 

Nathl  Hart  1  bush  Wheat,  5  6 

Saml  Smith  by  3  bush  Wheat,  166 

Saml  Hubbard  by  3£  bush  wheat  wanting  1  pt, 

4s  of  it  on  Jonathan  Nott's  ac,  179 

Benjn  Bronson  by  3  pecks  Wheat,  4  1 

Thos  Porter  by  1£  bush  Corn,  3s  on  his  own  ac,  3 

and  9d  on  Thos  Harts  ac,  9 

Jonathan  Burnham  by  H  bush  Wheat,  8  3 

Jacob  Deming  by  £  bush  corn  &  1^  pt,  12^ 

NOTE.    It  is  supposed  the  persons  named  above  were  located  south  of  the  Meeting 

house. 

But  to  return  from  this  digression  about  the  "  squaddams,"  to  the  living 
activities  of  this  people,  and  their  new  Meeting  House,  so  happy  in  being 
relieved  from  their  former  fatiguing  walk  to  Farmington  with  their  chil- 
dren in  their  arms,  flow  many  of  these  families  could  see  the  place  of 
worship  (were  it  not  for  the  tall  and  dense  forest)  from  the  doors  of  their 
dwellings,  Then  they  followed  the  trail  of  the  Tunxis  &  Mattabesset  In- 
dians, traces  of  which  are  still  supposed  to  be  seen  in  a  direct  line  from 
the  Stockade  to  Osgood  Hill  (or  "  Half-way-hill,"  as  it  was  then  called.) 
Now  the  place  .becomes  attractive,  families  cluster  in  and  about  the  local- 
ity ;  a  Blacksmith  shop  and  a  store  and  the  place  is  known  the  state  over 
as  "  Great  Swamp  Village."  Some  years  have  passed,  &  the  good  people 
feel  a  little  stronger,  and  greatly  encouraged.  They  talk  of  putting  Gal- 
leries into  their  Meetinghouse,  and  finishing  it  up.  The  following  is  a 
copy  of  an  agreement  for  this  purpose  :* 

"This  covenant  made  this  18  day  of  Oct.  1720,  between  Daniel  An- 
drus,  of  Wethersfield,  in  the  county  of  Hartford,  &  colony  of  Connecticut, 
in  NeV  England,  &  John  Root,  son  of  Stephen,  &  Samuel  Bronson  jun. 

*  This  document  was  kindly  furnished  by  Mr.  Timothy  Boot,  a  descendant  of  one 
of  the  Committee.  It  has  been  wisely  preserved  by  the  care  of  himself  and  his  ances- 
tors, has  fallen  into  the  hands  of  a  descendant  of  another  of  the  Committee  and  thus  is 
brought  to  light  and  use. 


GREAT   STVAMP  PARISH.  31 

of  Farmington,  in  said  county,  being  a  Committee  for  the  parish  or  society 
in  said  county,  called  the  Great  Swamp  on  the  one  part,  &  Richard  Aus- 
tin &  Moses  Bull  both  of  the  town,  &  county  of  aforesaid  Hartford  on  the 
other  part  witnesses — that  the  said  Richard  Austin  &  Moses  Bull  have 
covenanted  &  agreed,  &  do  hereby  covenant  &  agree  to,  both  jointly  and 
severally  to  finish  the  Galleries  in  the  Meetinghouse  erected  for  the  pub- 
lic worship  of  God  in  said  parish  or  society  called  the  Great  swamp,  in 
manner  following,  viz.  to  lay  the  floor  of  the  said  Galleries,  planing  the 
joice  whereupon  the  said  floor  is  laid,&  the  under  side  of  the  said  floor,  to 
build  four  seats  in  each  of  the  side  Galleries,  running  through  the  whole 
length  of  them  &  8  seats  in  the  front  Gallery  the  foremost  of  which  is  to 
extend  the  whole  length  of  said  Gallery  and  to  raise  the  high  Ground  for 
all  the  hinder  seats  in  a  due  proportion,  &  also  to  ceil  the  walls  between 
the  said  Gallery  floor  &  the  plates  &  beams  of  said  Meetinghouse  &  to 
case  all  the  w  indows  that  are  above  said  Gallery  floor  &  make  fastenings 
for  their  casements  &  to  lay  the  floor  double  under  the  three  foremost 
seats  in  said  Gallery,  and  to  put  and  trim  decently  4  pillars  to  be  set 
under  the  beams  of  said  Galleries  &  to  set  them  up  in  their  places,  the 
said  committee  providing  suitable  pieces  of  timber,  for  the  said  pillars 
hewed  square.  The  whole  of  said  work  above  mentioned  to  be  done 
workmanlike,  &  after  the  manner  of  the  work  in  the  Galleries  in  Farm- 
ington Meetinghouse,  &  all  to  be  finished  &  completed  at  or  before  the  last 
day  of  March  next  ensuing  the  date  hereof.  And  the  said  Daniel  Andrus, 
John  Root,  &  Saml  Bronson  have  covenanted  &  agreed  &  do  hereby 
covenant  &  agree  both  jointly  and  severally  to  provide  &  bring  to  the  said 
Meetinghouse  all  needful  materials  for  the  said  work  above  mentioned, 
seasonably,  such  as  nails,  boards,  slitwork  &  other  timber,  &  as  a  reward 
for  the  above  mentioned,  to  pay  or  cause  to  be  paid  to  the  said  Richard 
Austin  &  Moses  Bull  or  either  of  them,  at  or  before  the  10  day  of  May 
next  ensuing  the  date  hereof  the  full  sum  of  £31  in  Bills  of  credit  of  the 
aforesaid  colony  or  the  Neighboring  provences  or  else  in  good  Mercht 
Wheat,  rye,  or  Indian  Corn,  at  the  price  the  Merchants  generally  in  Hart- 
ford or  Wethersfield  will  accept  the  said  sorts  of  grain  in  way  of  payment 
of  debts  due  to  them,  between  the  first  &  10th  days  of  May  next  ensuing 
the  date  hereof — in  Witness  whereof  the  said  Committee  and  the  said 
Richard  Austin  &  Moses  Bull  have  hereunto  set  their  hands  &  seals  the 
day  &  year  above  written. 
Signed,  s  aled  and  delivered  in  presence  of 

Wm  Burnham,  sen.  Daniel  Andrus, 

Win  Burnham,  jun.  John  Root, 

Samuel  Bronson, 
Richard  Austin, 
Moses  Bull. 


32  INTRODUCTION. 

The  above  instrument  so  <jomplete  in  all  its  parts,  I  would  here  observe, 
seems  to  be  written  by  the  same  hand  and  pen  that  signed  as  witness, 
Wm.  Burnham,  sen.  It  shows  alike  the  beauty  of  his  hand  writing,  the 
tact  and  talent  he  had  for  business,  and  the  interest  he  took  in  the  matter 
in  hand.  And  now  a  year  or  two  has  passed  and  the  village  has  come  to 
its  culminating  point,  has  a  finished  Meetinghouse  with  Galleries  like 
Farrnington,  may  be  the  House  painted  white,  and  they  are  prepared  for 
a  better  name,  probably  they  asked  for  it.  The  State  Archives  show 
what  and  when. 

«  Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  2d  Society  in  Farmington,  with 
what  of  Wethersfield  &  Middletown  is  by  this  Assembly  annexed  thereto, 
shall  for  the  future  be  called  and  known  by  the  name  of  Kensington. 

Passed  by  both  Houses,  May,  1722. 

It  is  supposed  that  the  galleries  are  now  done,  the  carved  pillars  erected 
for  their  support,  and  the  house  otherwise  much  improved.  They  hold  a 
society  meeting  23d  May,  1721,  where  it  was  voted  and  agreed  that  the 
meeting  house  should  be  seated,  on  these  rules,  viz.  age,  list,  and  whatever 
else  makes  a  man  honorable.  They  also  met  again  12fh  July,  1721,  to 
"dignify"  the  house.  At  this  meeting  it  was  voted  and  agreed  that  the 
fore  seats  in  the  square  Body  in  ye  meeting  house  of  this  society,  shall  for 
the  time  to  come,  be  equal  in  dignity  with  those  seats  called  the  fore 
"  pues,"  and  that  the  pews  next  to  the  east  door,  shall  be  equal  in  dignity 
with  those  called  the  middle  or  second  pews.  At  the  same  meeting  voted 
to  grant  Corporal  Lee,  for  the  irons  to  the  Communion  Table,  3s.  The 
annual  meeting  7  Dec.  1724,  it  was  voted  &  agreed  that  Thos  Hart  & 
Saml  Bronson  jun  should  oversee  ye  Youth  on  ye  Sabbaths  in  the  time  of 
exercise,  to  Restrain  them  from  unreverent  behaviours  therein,  for  the 
year  ensuing.  At  the  same  meeting  10  shillings  was  voted  to  "Wm.  Ellis 
for  making  a  "beere"  for  the  Society.  5  Dec.  1726  was  .granted  to 
Sargt  Benjn  Judd  1£  5s.  for  a  Cloth  for  the  Society.  2  Dec.  1728,  Ins 
Jonathan  Lee,  "Wm  Burnham,  Ebenezer  Hart  &  John  Hinsdale  were 
chosen  Rate  makers.  "  At  the  same  meeting  it  was  agreed  by  vote  of  the 
society  to  be  their  mind  to  call  in  the  assistance  of  some  wise,  able  &  in- 
different persons,  to  hear,  consider,  and  determine,  the  differences  there 
are  among  them  relating  to  a  Meeting  house  for  them." 

Let  the  reader  now  take  a  birds-eye  view  of  this  apparently  happy 
community.  The  parish  has  now  had  an  existence  of  about  twenty  years 
under  the  title  of  Great  Swamp,  and  of  about  ten  with  the  name  of  Ken- 
sington. Its  territory  extends  from  Benjamin  (now,  1867,)  Richard 
Judd's  on  the  north,  far  enough  south  to  embrace  the  Blow  Hills,  and 
Blow  Mountains,  to  Wallingford,  (Meriden  line.)  It  has  the  mountainous 
range  of  Farmington  on  the  West,  Wethersfield  and  Middletown  on  the 
east,  yet  Middletown  then  embraced  almost  the  entire  locality  of  the  pres- 


KENSINGTON   PARISH.  33 

ent  village  of  Worthington,  (Berlin,)  even  west  to  "  lower  lane,"  (or  Hart 
street,)  and  "VVethersfield ;  the  east  part  of  that  rich  valley  lying  north 
through  which  the  Hartford  and  New  Haven  turnpike  passes.  The  peo- 
ple of  Stanley  quarter,  as  far  south  as  Benjamin  (now  Richard  Judd's,) 
with  the  exception  of  three  families  at  the  extreme  north  end,  who  went 
to  Farmington,)  attended  public  worship  at  Newington.*  The  few  fami- 
lies located  in  the  present  New  Britain  village  and  west  of  it,  never  did 
belong  to  the  Great  Swamp,  or  Kensington  parish,  but  to  the  old  society 
of  Farmington,  as  will  fully  appear  as  we  advance  in  our  sketches  of  the 
history  of  Kensington.  The  families  had  multiplied  towards  the  "  Blow 
Mountain,"  and  the  wealth  had  increased  with  the  Burnham's,f  Hart's, 
Norton's,  and  Coles'  families  near  the  center.  By  a  natural  process  of 
reasoning,  while  passing  to  and  fro,  over  bad  roads,  "  long  distances,"  and 
mostly  on  foot,  they  had  discovered  that  their  meeting  house  was  too  small, 
its  locality  too  far  east,  and  too  far  north,  and  another  important  fact  they 

*  At  a  General  Court  held  in  Hartford,  9th  October,  1712,  a  portion  of  Wethersfield 
extending  two  miles  and  fifty  rods  east  of  Farmington  bounds,  was  made  a  Ministerial 
society,  bounded  north  by  Hartford  bounds,  and  south  by  Middletown.  It  was  called 
"  Wethersfield  West  Society." 

A  petition  was  also  presented  to  the  town  of  Wethersfield  by  the  subscribers,  who 
say  in  their  petition  that  they  live  in  the  west  part  of  feid  town,  in  which  they  ask  to 
be  set  off  by  themselves  as  a  parish  or  new  society.     Dated  24th  December,  1712. 
Ezekiel  Buck,  Nathaniel  Hun, 

Nathaniel  Churchill,  Eliphalet  Whittlesey, 

Abraham  Warren,  Jonathan  Wright, 

Jonathan  Buck,  Stephen  Buck, 

Richard  Boardman^  John  Kelsey, 

Enoch  Buck,  Stephen  Kelsey, 

Ephraim  Whaples,  Daniel  Andrus, 

John  Whaples,  ,     Jonathan  Hurlbut, 

Joseph  Andrus,  Jonathan  Back, 

Ephraim  Andrus,  Thomas  Morton, 

Simon  Willard,  Richard  Beckley, 

Benjamin  Andrus,  John  Deming, 

John  Stoddar,  Ephraim  Deming, 

Joseph  Camp,  Jabez  Whittlesey, 

John  Camp,  Benjamin  Beckley. 

Samuel  Hun, 

This  petition  was  granted  by  vote  of  the  town,  24th  December,  1712.  The  General 
Court  sent  Mr.  Joseph  Talcot  and  Mr.  Aaron  Cook  to  fix  a  location  for  the  meeting 
house,  and  they  reported  as  the  proper  place,  on  the  common,  about  thirty  rods  from 
the  house  of  Dr.  Joseph  Andrus,  May,  1715.  They  (the  west  society,  now  Newing- 
ton^)  got  a  bonus  of  ,£50  for  damage  of  the  south  part  of  the  parish,  when  they  were 
annexed  to  "  Great  Swamp."  Also  £100  16s.  of  Yale  College,  for  relinquishing  Mr. 
Williams,  their  first  minister,  to  be  President  of  Yale.  Also,  from  those  annexed  from 
Farmington  £100  towards  a  settlement  of  Mr.  Williams. 

t  Capt.  William  Burnham  who  died  12th  March,  1748,  eldest  son  of  Rev.  Mr. 
Burnham,  left  an  estate  of  £8,246  10s.  lid.,  old  tenor  (supposed.) 
3 


34  INTRODUCTION. 

had  also  learned  by  actual  experiment,  that  the  south  part  of  the  parish 
could  out  vote  the  north  part. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  society  of  Kensington  legally  warned  and  held  26th 
January,  1729-30,  it  was  voted  to  build  a  new  meeting  house  in  some 
convenient  place,  on  Sargt  John  Norton's  lot,  on  the  north  side  of  the  Mill 
River,*  there  being  42  votes  in  the  affirmative,  &  36  in  the  negative,  as 
was  then  declared.  Troubles  now  multiply  from  this  period  rapidly  in  "  poor 
Kensington,"  (as  our  ancestors,  the  petitioners  used  to  call  it.)  They  had, 
as  appears  from  the  record,  still  extant  and  in  good  condition,  been  annoyed 
by  the  perplexity  of  making  Rate  Bills  for  their  neighbors  from  Wethersfield 
&  Middletown,  who  belonged  to  their  ecclesiastical  society,  but  not  to  the  town 
of  Farmington,  as  they  did.  For  several  years  in  succession,  they  had  ap- 
pointed Committees  to  negociate  with  them  &  to  ask  the  Gen.  Court  for  relief 
in  this  matter,  but  no  material  relief  came  until  years  had  passed.  The 
above  vote  to  build  a  new  Meeting  house,  with  so  small  a  majority,  & 
withal  to  go  so  far  west  for  a  location,  ("which  is  supposed  to  be  about 
where  Milo  Hotchkiss'  new  house  stands,)  kindled  a  flame  of  jealousy, 
passion  and  prejudice,  which  seems  never  to  have  been  quenched,  until 
the  final  division  and  incorporation  of  a  separate  society.  These  fathers 
of  ours  had  a  great  reverence  and  love  for  the  honor  and  worship  of  God, 
had  a  constant  care  for  the*  education  of  their  children,  were  sensitive  and 
jealous  of  their  rights  to  a  fault  perhaps,  were  no  doubt  greatly  tempted  to 
be  stubborn  and  self-willed,  yet  they  were  patriotic,  hospitable,  industri- 
ous and  frugal.  They  abhorred  popery,  infidelity,  prodigality,  laziness 
and  indebtedness.  They  were  patient  of  labor,  persevering  and  indomit- 
able in  energy.  Their  living  was  obtained  from  the  products  of  the  soil, 
in  a  new  country,  and  in  an  unsubdued  wilderness.  With  the  exception 
of  Mr.  Burnham  they  had  but  one  Mr.  in  the  whole  community,  viz.  Mr. 
Ebenezer  Gilbird  (Gilbert,)  his  inventory  1726,  Dec.  17th,  amounted  to 
£3,824  12s.  8d.,  this  is  less  than  some  of  his  cotemporaries  who  died  a 
little  later.  Sarnl  Bronson,  Miller,  who  sawed  the  timber  for  both  the  1st 
&  2d  Meeting-houses  was  located  on  that  branch  of  the  "  betsis"  (Matta- 
besset)  river,  later  called  Mill  river,|  and  owned  the  Barret  place,  and 

*  This  Serg.  John  Norton  lived  by  the  well,  at  the  southwest  corner  of  Milo  Hotch- 
kiss'  house  lot,  the  old  house  still  well  remembered  by  the  oldest  living.  It  was  on  the 
corner  of  the  main  road  from  Farmington  to  Middletown,  and  is  said  on  the  record  to 
be  opposite  the  foot  crossing  on  Mill  river,  Creference  doubtless  to  the  locality  of  the 
present  foot  crossing.  (Eo.) 

t  This  Mill  river  had  a  special  interest  in  the  minds  of  the  colonists  some  half  cen- 
tury later,  inasmuch  as  it  afforded  lead  with  which  to  kill  the  British  red  coats. 

"  Col.  Selah  Hart  was  appointed  on  a  committee,  1775,  in  May,  to  provide  such 
stores  of  lead  as  they  shall  judge  necessary  for  the  use  of  the  Colony,  to  contract  for 
&  take  lead  ore  that  should  be  raised  out  of  the  Mine  of  Matthew  Hart  in  Far.  &  to  dig 
&  raise  ore  in  said  mine  if  profitable  &  necessary  for  the  Colony." 


KENSINGTON     PARISH.  35 

the  Mills,  which  fell  to  Charles,  his  youngest  son,  and  after  to  Asahel,  his 
grandson,  known  for  many  years  as  "  Percival's  Mills,"  but  (now,  1867,) 
the  site  of  a  large  manufacturing  establishment  of  J.  T.  Hart  &  Co.  The 
estate  of  this  Samuel  Bronson,  (miller,)  who  died  22d  April,  1752, 
amounted  to  £6,874  8s.  3d,  Samuel  Thompson  and  Samuel  Lankton  ap- 
praisers, 5th  May,  1752.  Among  the  items  of  the  inventory  are  one 
negro  man,  Lot,  £400,  one  negro  wench,  Hannah,  £300,  eldest  boy,  Saul, 
£200,  youngest  boy,  Pharoh,  £130,  and  he  bequeathed  by  his  will  to 
Sarah,  his  grand-daughter,  all  his  sheep,  and  an  unborn  child  of  Hannah, 
the  wench.  I  have  alluded  in  another  place  to  the  estate  of  Capt.  William 
Burnhara,  and  will  instance  but  one  more,  that  of  Deacon  Anthony  Judd. 
He  was  a  large  farmer,  lived  in  the  north  part,  was  a  man  of  influence, 
represented  the  town  of  Farmington  in  the  General  Court  many  times, 
from  1717  to  1739,  perhaps  later,  his  residence  where  (now,  1867,)  Mr. 
William  Ellis  lives,  and  used  the  same  well — his  will  made  1750,  the  in- 
ventory of  his  estate  dated  26th  November,  1751,  amounted  to  £5,360  old 
tenor.  Did  space  allow,  the  author  would  delight  in  giving  the  location 
and  a  brief  history  of  each  of  these  worthies.  But  we  return  to  some  far- 
ther extracts  from  the  ancient  record  of  the  society,  since  it  is  one  of  the 
principal  sources  of  information.  If  the  reader  discovers  a  strange  mix- 
ture of  Church  History,  doings  of  the  Ecclesiastical  and  School  Society, 
with  town  matters  intermingled,  it  only  shows  the  necessity  of  the  times 
and  circumstances  into  which  they  were  thrown.  Remote  from  the  cen- 
ter of  power  and  influence,  (Farmington  village,)  they  felt  their  own 
wants  and  took  the  responsibility  of  supplying  them  the  best  way  they 
could.  If  they  occasionally  chose  a  surveyor,  a  constable,  a  taverner,  or 
voted  that  their  sheep  shall  run  on  the  common,  or  divided  their  parish 
into  squaddams,  (naturally  the  legitimate  business  of  the  town  only,)  yet 
they  deemed  it  expedient  to  help  themselves.  We  find  a  full  record  of  a 
yearly  appointment  of  a  committee  to  look  after  the  schools,  to  demand 
and  receive  the  "country"  money  for  their  encouragement. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  society  of  Kensington,  7th  Dec.  1730,  Nathl  Coler 
John  Standley,  Sarg.  Geo.  Hubbard,  &  Jonathan  Lewis,  were  chosen  a 
committee  to  order  the  prudentials  for  a  school  for  this  society  for  the  year 
ensuing.  At  the  same  meeting  the  society  agreed  by  vote  to  give  to  the 
Rev.  Mr.  Wm.  Burnham  for  his  labor  in  the  Ministry  the  year  past,  the 
sum  of  £100  in  Bills  of  public  Credit,  or  in  grain  at  the  market  price  in 

This  lead  mine  is  located  on  this  Mill  river,  (a  branch  of  the  Betsis  or  Mattabesic,)  on 
its  west  bank,  a  little  distance  below  Moore's  Mills,  and  the  residence  of  Matthew  Hart 
was  the  one  now,  1863,  owned  and  occupie'd  by  Shelden  Moore,  Esq.  These  diggings 
appear  on  the  west  bank  of  the  stream  at  the  right  hand  below  the  bridge,  on  the  road 
as  you  pass  from  Kensington  Church  to  the  Mills.  The  Moore  family  have  specimens 
of  the  ore.  (£D.) 


3C  INTRODUCTION. 

May  next.     And  Jacob  Deming  &  Sarj.  John  Andrus  were  chosen  pru- 
dential comt.  in  addition  to  the  present  comt.  for  the  year  ensuing. 

A  curious  document  on  a  matter  of  conscience  we  here  find  on  record, 
dated  Kensington  12th  February,  1730-1. 

We  whose  names  are  here  unto  published,  having  been  desired  by  fifty 
nine  of  the  Inhabitants  of  Kensington  in  writing  subscribed  with  their 
names,  to  give  a  resolution  upon  this  question,  viz.  "  Whether  the  Lot  cast 
among  us  as  it  was,  considering  how  the  affairs  thereof  were  managed 
from  first  to  last,  ought  to  be  acounted  by  the  whole  society,  binding  to 
their  consciences,  there  to  erect  ye  Meeting  house,  viz.  where  the  said  Lot 
fell."  And  having  each  of  them  in  ye  writing  promised  that  they  will  act 
agreeable  to  the  Resolution  we  shall  give  of  said  Question  under  our 
hands  (unles  it  be  manifestly  contrary  to  the  rule  of  God's  word,)  as  by 
the  said  writing  may  appear,  We  Resolve  the  said  question  in  the  affirm- 
ative, that  it  is  our  Judgement,  that  the  Lot  cast  among  them,  as  it  was 
considering  how  the  affairs  thereof  were  managed  from  first  to  last,  ought 
to  be  accounted  by  ye  whole  society,  binding  to  their  consciences  there  to 
erect  their  Meeting  house,  viz.  where  the  said  Lot  fell,  and  do  advise  that 
in  a  tender  Regard  to  the  honor  of  God,  &  for  peace  sake,  their  Meeting 
house  be  built  there  (where  the  said  Lot  fell,)  by  ye  said  society  that  they 
may  avoid  all  danger  of  being  involved  in  guilt. 

As  witness  our  hands  (signed)  Nathaniel  Chauncey, 

Jonathan  Marsh, 
Samuel  Whittlesey, 
Samuel  Hall. 

From  other  pages  of  the  book  of  records  it  appears  that  these  are  Rev. 
Mr.  Jonathan  Marsh,  of  Windsor,  Rev.  Mr.  Nathaniel  Chauncey,  of  Dur- 
ham, Rev.  Mr.  Samuel  .Whittlesey,  of  Wallingford,  Rev.  Mr.  Samuef  Hall 
of  Cheshire,  and  that  this  is  the  second  council  in  this  matter  of  the  cast- 
ing the  Lot  The  Lot  seems  to  have  been  resorted  to  in  order  to  a  settle- 
ment of  the  extremes  of  a  Location  for  the  new  Meeting-house.  The 
east  point  was  the  southwest  corner  of  John  Root's  house  lot,  nearly 
opposite  Rev.  Mr.  Burnham's  (now,  1862,)  Mr.  Norman  Porter's.  The 
other  extreme  west  seems  to  have  been  the  south-west  corner  of  Sargent 
John  Norton's  lot,  on  the  north  side  of  Mill  river,  against  the  "Milffoot 
Bridge,"  about  fourteen  or  fifteen  rods  from  the  highway  northward,  (as 
then  described.)  It  appears  that  the  society  by  vote  had  previously 
agreed  to  decide  the  controversy  by  lot,  provided  it  could  be  done  in  a 
reasonable  way  and  before  sunset.  It  seems  that  Rev.  Mr.  Burnham  was 
present,  and  after  due  caution  and  solemn  invocation  to  God  to  give  a  per- 
fect lot,  the  first  lot  was  drawn  and  it  fell  on  the  east  side,  and  also  the 
second  lot  was  drawn,  and  it  fell  on  the  southwest  corner  of  John  Root's 
lot  The  opposers  of  the  eastern  locality  claimed  that  the  matter  was  un- 


KENSINGTON     PARISH.  37 

reasonable,  and  done  after  sunset.  In  looking  over  the  list  of  the  fifty- 
nine  who  agreed  to  abide  the  judgment  of  the  council  in  this  matter  of  the 
lot,  there  is  the  name  of  but  one  man  from  the  northern  section  of  the 
parish. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Inhabitants  of  the  Society  of  Kensington  22d  Sept. 
1731,  then  convened  by  order  of  the  worshipful  Mr.  Nathl  Standley,  Esq. 
agreeable  to  the  act  of  the  Gen.  Assembly  at  Hartford,  May  last,  the 
aforesaid  Mr,  Standley  being  present  at  the  meeting,  the  society  made 
choice  of  Thos  Hart  for  Clerk,  also  made  choice  of  Left  Isaac  Norton, 
Sargt  Hez.  Hooker  &  Stephen  Kelsey  for  a  committee  to  warn  &  Lead 
Society  meetings  for  the  remainder  of  the  year,  also  made  choice  of  Nathl 
Cole,  John  Standley,  Sargt  Geo.  Hubbard  &  Jonathan  Lewis  a  committee 
to  order  the  prudentials  of  the  School  for  the  remainder  of  the  year. 

At  the  same  meeting  it  was  tried  by  vote  whether  the  society  would 
proceed  to  build  a  new  Meeting  house  for  this  Society  or  no,  &  it  was 
negatived.  x 

At  the  same  meeting  Matthew  Hart  was  chosen  Collector  of  the  Min- 
isters' Rate  this  year. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  society  of  Kensington  19th  Oct.  1731,  they  voted 
&  agreed  to  prefer  a  Memorial  to  the  Gen.  Assembly  now  convened  at 
New  Haven,  praying  them  to  order,  appoint  &  affix  the  place,  where  on, 
our  Meeting  house  shall  be  Erected. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  society  of  Kensington  25th  Oct.  1733,  a  Rate  of 
twelve  pence  on  the  pound,  was  granted  for  the  purpose  of  building  a  new 
Meeting  house,  &  Joseph  Porter  was  chosen  collector  of  the  same. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Society  of  Kensington,  2d  Dec.  1734,  Capt.  Ste- 
phen Lee  was  chosen  Moderator,  &  Thos  Hart  Clerk,  granted  to  Joseph 
Steele  for  sweeping  the  old  Meeting  house  for  ye  year  past  £1  7;.'.  6d. 

The  same  meeting  made  choice  of  Deacon  Anthony  Judd,  Wm  Burn- 
ham  &  Left  Isaac  Norton  to  settle  account  with  the  Committee  for  building 
the  new  Meeting  house,  &  report. 

At  the  same  meeting  it  was  agreed  by  the  society  that  no  vote  should  be 
taken  after  the  Sun  is  set,  for  the  space  of  2  years. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Society  of  Kensington  3d  Dec.  1735,  Capt.  Stephen 
Lee  Moderator  &  Thos  Hart  Clerk,  granted  to  Rev.  Mr.  Wm  Burnham 
for  his  services  in  the  Ministry  the  year  past  a  salary  of  £140,  to  be  paid 
in  money  or  good  &  merchantable  grain  at  the  prices  following,  viz.  wheat 
at  10s.  rye  at  6s.  &  Indian  Corn  at  5s. 

Parish  of  Ken.  1  Dec.  1736,  Capt  Stephen  Lee  Moderator,  Thos  Hart 
Clerk,  Deacon  Anthony  Judd  &  Capt  Thos  Curtiss  chosen  a  Comt,  to 
agree  with  Thos  Hart  about  the  price  of  the  land  on  which  our  new  Meet- 
ing house  stands,  &  to  agree  about  the  fence  around  the  Meeting  house. 

At  a  society  meeting  Ken.  7th  Dec.  1737,  Dea  Anthony  Judd  Moder- 


38  INTRODUCTION. 

ator,  Thos  Hart  clerk,  granted  to  Ins.  Saml  Lankton  for  sweeping  the 
Meeting  house,  voted  that  the  Comt,  of  the  society,  provide  a  suitable 
Drum,  and  procure  some  meet  person  to  beat  it  on  Sabbath  days,  for  the 
year  ensuing,  &  also  provide  an  hour  glass,  with  a  suitable  frame  for  it,  & 
put  them  up  on  the  pulpit,  in  ye  Meeting  house.  Voted  that  Zebulon 
Curtice,  Josiah  Lee,  &  Daniel  Dewy,  be  the  Rate  makers  for  the  year 
ensuing. 

At  a  Society  Meeting  6th  Dec.  1 738,  Left  Saml  Hart  Moderator,  Thos 

Hart  Clerk,  granted  Thos  Hart  £4  for  sweeping  the  meeting  house,  &  to 

Ins  Saml  Lankton  5s.  for  an  hour  glass,  &  to  Nathl  "Winchel  30s.  for 

'  beating  the  drum  the  past  year,  &  to  John  Hinsdil  for  a  frame  to  the 

Meeting  house  glass,  12s. 

At  the  same  meeting  it  was  agreed  by  vote,  that  Dea.  A.  Judd  &  Dea. 
Thos  Hart,  be  a  comt,  to  seat  as  speedily  as  may  be,  the  Inhabitants  of  this 
society  in  the  Meeting  house  at  their  best  discretion. 

At  the  same  meeting  was  granted  to  Wm  Ellis  7s.  6d.  &  to  Allen 
Goodrich  2s.  6d.  for 'framing  a  bier  to  carry  the  dead.  It  was  also  voted 
&  agreed  that  Elisha  Goodrich  may  take  within  his  own  enclosure  the 
burying  yard  of  this  society,  for  five  years,  provided  the  said  Elisha  Good- 
rich clear,  &  keep  the  said  yard  clear  from  brush,  &  keep  swine  from  root- 
ing the  same.  - 

Society  meeting  9th  May,  1739,  chose  Dea.  Thos  Hart  in  their  behalf 
to  go  before  the  Gen.  Assembly  Instantly  holden  at  Hartford,  there  to 
show  reason  if  any  be  why  the  Memorial  of  Capt.  Stephen  Lee  &  Dea. 
Judd  &c.  now  depending  before  said  Assembly  should  not  be  granted. 

Annual  meeting  of  Ken.  Soc.  3d  Dec.  1740,  Capt  Stephen  Lee  Moder- 
ator, Thos  Hart  Clerk,  Society  granted  to  Rev.  Mr.  Wm  Burnham*  a 
Salary  of  £1 60  to  be  paid  in  money  or  grain  at  the  market  price,  for  his 
good  service  in  the  Ministry  the  year  past. 

These  ancestors  of  ours  were  made  of  stern  stuff;  perhaps  they  could 
bend,  but  did  not  accustom  themselves  to  do  so  very  often.  And  now 
comes  the  tug  of  war.  They  became  restless,  and  apparently  contentious 
and  unhappy  for  a  long  series  of  years.  Their  chief  troubles  seem  to 
arise  from  the  difficulty  in  fixing  on  a  location  for  the  new  meeting-house. 
The  following  shows  the  sad  plight  into  which  they  had  fallen  : 

"  General  Court  holden  at  New  Haven,  October,  1732. 

"  Whereas  the  Inhabitants  of  the  parish  of  Kensington  applied  them- 
selves by  their  Committee  to  this  Assembly  at  their  session  in  May  last, 
praying  that  a  Committee  might  be  appointed  to  fix  a  place  for  setting  a 
Meeting  house  in  said  parish,  and  whereas  the  said  Assembly  did  then 

*  Rev.  Wm  Burnham  was  chosen  Moderator  of  the  Gen.  Association  of  Ct.  at  their 
meeting  in  Stratford,  A.  D.  1738 ;  his  name  ia  first  on  the  list  of  Moderators  of  Gen. 
Association  of  Ct. 


KENSINGTON    PARISH.  39 

appoint  Capt  John  Rigs,  Capt  Isaac  Dickerman,  &  Mr.  Ebenezer  West  to 
repair  to  said  parish,  view  the  circumstances,  &  fix  the  place  for  building 
a  Meeting  House  &c.  And  whereas  said  Comt,  reported  to  the  said  As- 
sembly that  they  in  pursuance  of  the  trust  reposed  in  them  had  affixed  the 
place  for  building  a  Meeting  house  in  said  parish,  and  the  Assembly  there- 
upon Enacted  that  a  Meeting  House  in  said  Society  or  parish  shall  be 
erected  in  Deacon  Thos  Hart's  home  lot,  on  the  north  side  of  the  High 
way  but  adjoining  thereto,  to  stand  about  one  rod  south  of  an  apple-tree 
which  is  partly  dead,  at  which  place  the  said  Rigs,  Dickerman  &  West 
have  pitched  down  a  stake,  and  the  Inhabitants  of  said  Society  are  hereby 
directed  &  ordered,  with  all  convenient  speed  to  proceed  to  raise  &  finish 
the  said  house,  at  the  above  described  place,  &  Whereas  it  has  been  cer- 
tified to  this  Court  by  Mr.  Thos  Hart,  Clerk  of  said  Society,  that  at  a 
Meeting  of  the  Inhabitants  of  said  Society  on  the  14th  day  of  June  last 
past,  it  was  Resolved  by  their  vote  that  they  would  not  appoint  suitable  & 
meet  persons  to  be  a  Committee  to  set  up,  build,  &  finish  a  house  proper 
&  suitable  for  said  Society  to  attend  God's  public  worship  in,  on  the  place 
the  General  Assembly  hath  lately  appointed  for  the  same. 

"  Be  it  therefore  Enacted  by  the  Governor  &  Council  &  Representa- 
tives at  Genl  Court  Assembled,  &  by  the  Authority  of  the  same,  that  the 
Treasurer  of  this  Colony  shall  in  his  warrant  for  gathering  the  next  coun- 
try rate,  direct  and  Command  the  Constable  of  the  Town  of  Farmington 
to  collect  with  the  same  of  the  inhabitants  of  Kensington,  Nine  pence  upon 
the  pound  of  the  Polls  &  ratable  Estate  of  said  Society,  &  the  said  Consta- 
ble is  hereby  ordered,  directed  &  impowered,  to  assess  &  gather  the  same 
of  said  Inhabitants  of  said  Society,  &  the  same  being  so  gathered  he  shall 
deliver  to  the  Treasurer,  who  is  hereby  ordered  &  directed  upon  the 
receipt  thereof,  to  pay  out  the  same  to  Capt.  John  Marsh,  Mr.  James 
Church  &  Capt.  Thos  Seymour,  all  of  Hartford,  who  are  hereby  appointed 
&  impowered  to  be  a  Committee  or  any  two  of  them,  to  erect  &  finish  a 
Meeting  House  at  the  place  aforesaid,  for  the  Society,  aforesaid.  And 
said  Comt,  are  hereby  also  ordered  &  directed  to  make  all  convenient 
speed  in  the  business  aforesaid,  &  give  an  account  to  the  Assembly  of 
their  disbursements  of  the  money  aforesaid,  &  how  far  they  have  proceeded 
therewithal  in  the  business  aforesaid,  that  the  Assembly  may  order  what 
money  may  be  further  necessary  for  the  finishing  said  house  to  be  gathered 
of  the  Inhabitants  of  said  Society  &  to  be  by  said  Comt,  improved  for  that 
end. 

We  have  now  come  to  the  autumn  of  the  year  1733,  the  Committee 
from  Hartford  (as  will  hereafter  more  fully  appear,)  have  "set  up  &  fin- 
ished a  Meeting  house  by  the  appletree  in  Deacon  Thos  Hart's  home  lot ;" 
it  is  said  to  be  "  60X45  ft.  &  capable  of  holding  1500  persons."*  The 

*  We  are  not  informed  how  they  were  seated,  or  whether  seated  at  all. 


40  INTRODUCTION. 

constable  is  still  drawing  forth  the  hard  earned  coin  from  the  reluctant 
pockets  of  the  parishioners,  and  from  the  northern  section  it  comes  forth 
at  last  and  is  laid  upon  the  table  for  the  collector  to  count,  with  a  kind  of 
will  and  snap  which  signifies,  "  Well,  you  shall  see  what  comes  of  this  by 
and  by."  And  yet  they  make  haste  slow,  for  it  is  some  six  years  before  we 
hear  from  them  in  the  following  petition  : 

"  To  the  Hon.  Gen.  Assembly  of  his  Majesties  Eng.  Colony  of  Connec- 
ticut in  New  Eng.  to  be  convened  at  Hartford  10  May  1739  which  is  to 
show  that  we  the  Subscribers  hereunto,  Inhabitants  of  the  North  part  of 
Kensington  parish  in  Farmington,  are  under  great  difficulty  to  attend  the 
public  Worship  of  God,  by  reason  of  the  length  &  badness  of  travel,  espe- 
cially at  some  seasons  of  the  year — Whereupon  your  Memorialists  humbly 
pray  that  this  Hon.  Assembly  would  consider  our  difficulty  &  afford  us 
some  relief,  by  granting  us  the  liberty  of  four  Months  to  meet  at  some 
convenient  place  for  the  ease  of  our  travel  to  attend  the  public  worship  of 
God — for  the  time  above  specified,  we  humbly  pray  that  we  may  be  re- 
leased from  paying  one  third  part  of  the  year  to  our  present  Minister,  pro- 
vided we  procure  some  suitable  person  to  preach  to  us  the  time  above 
specified,  or  to  find  some  other  way  as  this  Hon.  Assembly  in  their  great 
wisdom  shall  think  best  for  our  ease  &  comfort  to  attend  the  public  Wor- 
ship, &  we  are  as  our  duty  is  shall  ever  pray — 
Dated  at  Kensington  9  May  1739 — 

Stephen  Lee  Benjn  Judd  jun  Ebenezer  North 

Benjn  Judd  John  Judd  John  Kelsey 

Uriah  Judd  Phineas  Judd  Joseph  Smith 

James  Judd  Anthony  Judd  Joseph  Smith  jun 

Zeb.  Curtice  Daniel  Dewy  Azariah  Smith 

Thos  Curtice  Saml  Hollister  Jedediah  Smith 

Isaac  Lee  jun  Elijah  Bronson  Josiah  Lee 

Joshua  Mather  Joseph  Woodruff  Simmons  Woodruff 

•         ,      Jonathan  Lewis  Isaac  Lee 

The  parish  of  Kensington  was  notified  and  subpoened  to  attend  and 
show  cause  why  the  above  should  not  be  granted.  The  question  was  put 
to  the  lower  house  and  negatived.  The  question  was  put  to  the  upper 
house  and  negatived.  A  single  remark  is  called  for  just  here,  viz.  the 
signers  to  the  above  petition  are  supposed  to  have  (at  that  date)  lived  at 
and  south  of  the  present  house  of  Richard  Judd's,  and  all  east  and  south 
of  the  present  village  of  New  Britain,  and  also  within  the  limits  of  the 
present  town  lines  ;  all  other  families  within  the  present  limits  of  this  town 
went  either  to  Newington  or  Farmington  for  public  worship.  These  peti- 
tions not  only  show  the  conflicting  opinions  of  the  different  sections,  but 
also  the  locality  of  the  subscribers.  The  oldest  living  descendants  will 


KENSINGTON    PARISH.  41 

see  that  the  following  petitioners  lived  near  the  meeting  house  referred  to 
in  the  petition,  or  central  part  of  the  parish. 

"  To  the  Hon.  Gen.  Assembly  of  his  Majesties  English  Colony  of  Con- 
necticut, now  sitting  at  Hartford.  The  humble  Memorial  of  Thos  Heart, 
John  Norton,  &  others  subscribers  hereunto  all  Inhabitants  of  Kensington 
parish  in  Farmington  in  Hartford  county  humbly  showeth — That  after  a 
long  contention  in  said  parish  about  a  place  of  Divine  service,  this  Hon. 
Assembly,  did  at  their  session  in  May  1732  by  their  committee  ascertain 
the  place  for  the  same,  but  on  the  Inhabitants  neglecting  to  build  a  house, 
though  in  extreme  want  thereof,  this  Assembly  at  their  next  session  did 
appoint  and  authorize  a  committee  to  build  said  house  which  they  speedily 
and  effectually  performed  of  the  dimensions  of  sixty  feet  in  length  and  45 
in  breadth  containing  in  the  whole  about  1500  persons,  this  notwithstand- 
ing that  part  of  said  parish  that  dwell  in  the  Middletown  bounds,  have 
been  and  are  endeavoring  now  to  draw  off  from  us  (as  your  Honors  are 
very  sensible)  &  have  parish  privileges  by  themselves  elsewhere,  although 
the  North  corner  of  their  bounds  be  within  f  Mile  of  said  Meeting  house 
&  the  greatest  part  of  the  parish  is  within  2  miles  thereof  traveling  in  the 
highways,  &  that  the  Northern  part  of  the  Inhabitants  of  the  parish  of 
Kensington,  that  dwell  much  farther  from  the  place  of  public  worship 
than  those  mentioned  in  Middletown,  &  their  travel1  there  too  in  general 
as  bad  as  the  other,  did  in  December  last  at  the  annual  meeting  of  the  In- 
habitants pray  that  they  might  all  within  such  &  such  bounds  have  leave 
to  obtain  of  this  Assembly,  parish  privileges  for  themselves — which  prayer 
aforesaid  the  Inhabitants  granted  as  followeth  viz — Voted  that  Deacon 
Anthony  Judd  be  a  committee  in  behalf  of  said  Society  to  address  the 
Hon.  Gen.  Assembly  at  their  session  in  May  next,  to  appoint  a  committee 
of  able  &  disinterested  persons,  at  the  charge  of  the  parish,  to  repair  to 
the  same,  view  the  circumstances  with  relation  to  said  prayer,  &  report  to 
the  Assembly  of  what  they  think  proper  to  be  done  in  the  case,  but  said 
Dea.  Judd  neglecting  to  move  in  the  affair  (for  what  reason  we  know  not 
except  to  help  off  our  south  quarter  at  this  time  &  to  break  up  the  whole 
parish)  whereupon  with  our  committee  neglecting,  or  rather  refusing  to 
warn  a  Society  meeting  at  this  time,  your  Honor's  Memorialists  are'obliged 
in  this  manner  to  address  this  Assembly,  humbly  praying  your  Honors 
once  more  to  take  the  broken  &  divided  circumstances  of  "jooor  Kensington" 
into  your  wise  consideration,  &  if  consistent  with  your  wisdom  appoint  & 
authorize  a  judicious  committee  (at  the  Societies  charge)  to  come  and 
view  our  whole  circumstances  as  to  the  affairs  above  mentioned  &  make 
return  of  what  they  think  best  to  be  done  for  the  best  good  of  each  quarter 
of  said  parish,  or  some  other  way  prevent  the  confusion,  we  are  in  danger 
otherwise  of  falling  into,  &  your  Memorialists  as  in  duty  bound  shall  ever 
pray.  Kensington,  17  May,  1742.  Signed, 


42  INTRODUCTION. 

Thos  Heart  John  Root  John  Cowles, 

Jacob  Deming  Gasham  Hollister  Nathl  Cole 

Joseph  Steele  Daniel  Cowles  Job  Cole 

Elisha  Goodrich  Jonathan  Lee  Saml  Cowles 

James  North  Wm  Burnhara  jun  Saml  Thompson 

Moses  Gilbert  Ebenezer  Heart  Allen  Goodrich 

Samuel  Seymour  Isaac  North  Joseph  Porter 

Saml  Lankton         •         Nathl  Heart  Saml  Bronson 

To  the  Hon.  Gen.  Assembly  of  his  Majesties  Colony  in  Connecticut 
now  sitting  in  Hartford,  Thos  Hart,  Saml  Seymour,  Hezekiah  Hart,  Saml 
Lankton,  Joseph  Porter  &  many  others  the  major  part  of  the  Inhabitants 
of  the  parish  of  Kensington  in  the  town  of  Farmington  Humbly  beg  leave 
to  show  that  the  Rev.  Wm  Burnham  our  worthy  Pastor  having  had  long 
&  great  bodily  infirmity  accordingly  on  the  18th  of  Inst  May  signified  to 
our  Society  Committee  his  inability  longer  to  discharge  his  pastoral  office 
among  us  &  thereupon  as  soon  as  possible,  viz,  on  the  26  Inst  said  Society 
met  &  agreed  &  voted  if  necessary  to  call  some  person  on  probation  in 
order  to  settle  among*  us  in  the  Ministry,  the  vote  is  on  record,  &  also  it 
being  put  to  vote  whether  they  should  apply  to  the  Association  &c  for 
more  special  advice  it  was  in  fact  voted  in  the  affirmative,  but  yet  sundry 
persons  declaring  it  to  be  doubtful  &  moved  it  might  be  tried  again,  the 
moderator,  Capt.  Isaac  Hart  said  it  was  impossible  to  know  whether  it 
was  a  vote  or  not,  refused  any  farther  trial  of  it  &  so  no  entry  thereof  was 
made  on  the  record,  thereupon  further  there  being  a  proposal  in  writing 
exhibited  to  said  meeting,  whether  it  was  the  mind  of  said  Society  to  apply 
to  the  South  Association  of  Hartford  County  for  advice  touching  their 
divided  &  unsettled  state,  it  being  read  it  was  voted  that  the  matters  in 
said  writing  should  be  tryed  by  vote  of  said  Society.  Immediately  where- 
upon may  it  please  your  Honors  &  before  that  matter  so  agreed  upon  was 
or  could  be  tried  or  put  to  vote,  the  said  moderator  stood  up  and  declared 
he  dismissed  the  said  meeting,  all  respecting  the  vote  above  excepted 
appear  on  the  records  of  the  society.  Whereupon  we  would  further  ob- 
serve to  your  Honors  that  as  the  said  meeting  was  dismissed  as  aforesaid, 
nothing*  to  purpose  being  done,  so  is  the  said  Society  under  no  advantage 
of  having  any  thing  done  in  the  premises  till  our  next  annual  meeting  in 
December  next,  our  Society  Committee  neglecting  or  declining  to  warn 
any  meeting,  before,  so  fliat  such  and  so  unhappy  are  our  circumstances 
as  not  only  to  be  actually  destitute  of  the  Gospel  Ministry  among  us,  but 
by  any  regular  means  we  can  use  unable  to  obtain  a  Man  upon  probation 
for  the  Ministry,  or  so  much  as  by  any  public  vote  or  act  of  the  Society 
to  manifest  our  desire  to  have  or  call  one.  Our  humble  and  earnest  re- 
quest therefore  to  your  Honors  is  that  some  one  or  more  of  said  Society 
may  be  specially  empowered  to  warn  a  Society  meeting  in  said  parish  to 


KENSINGTON    PARISH.  43 

be  held  on  such  day  as  your  Honors  shall  appoint  and  also  to  appoint  some 
suitable  person  to  lead,  &  be  the  moderator  of  such  meeting  in  &  respect- 
ing all  such  matters  as  they  may  act  end  do,  &  so  we  need  not  be  need- 
lessly &  unreasonably  delayed  in  a  matter  of  such  importance,  &  we  as  in 
duty  bound  shall  ever  pray,  &c. 

Dated  at  Hartford,  this  27th  day  of  May,  1743. 

Thos  Hart 
Saml  Seymour 
Hezekiah  Hart 
Saml  Lankton 
Joseph  Porter. 

Upon  the  memorial  of  Deacon  Thomas  Hart,  Saml  Seymour,  Hezekiah 
Hart,  and  others  inhabitants  of  the  parish  of  Kensington,  setting  forth  the 
great  disorder  and  confusion  in  said  parish,  praying  for  relief. 

Resolved  by  this  Assembly  that  the  said  Dea.  Thos  Hart,  Samuel 
Thompson  and  Nathaniel  Hart,  of  said  Kensington,  shall  warn  all  the  in- 
habitants of  said  society  that  have  a  right  to  vote  in  parish  meeting,  to 
meet  on  the  6th  day  of  June  next,  at  ten  o'clock  in  the  forenoon  of  said  day, 
at  the  meeting  house  in  said  parish,  then  and  there  to  transact  in  such 
affairs  as  may  relate  to  said  society,  and  this  Assembly  do  appoint  and 
fully  empower  Mr.  Joseph  Buckingham  of  Hartford,  to  conduct  and  lead 
said  meeting  as  their  moderator,  and  the  said  moderator  is  hereby  directed 
to  lead  said  meeting  in  all  such  matters  and  things  as  he  shall  think  proper, 
that  so  peace  and  order,  (if  possible,)  may  be  restored  to  said  society  and 
those  people  conducted  in  a  proper  method  to  the  gaining  a  suitable  per- 
son to  settle  with  or  supply  the  place  of  their  aged  and  infirm  minister, 
who  hath  acquainted  that  parish  that  he  is  not  able  to  serve  them  longer, 
to  be  done  at  the  cost  of  said  parish. 

Concurred  in  ye  Lower  House,   passed  in  the  upper  House. 

Test  James  Fowler,  Clerk.  Test  Geo.  Wyllys,  Sec. 

It  will  be  seen  that  the  following  petition  emanates  from  "  outsiders," 
for  they  complain  of  "  long  distances"  and  bad  roads. 

To  the  Hon.  the  Gen.  Assembly  of  his  Majesties  Colony  of  Connecticut, 
to  be  convened  at  New  Haven  on  the  second  Thursday  of  October  next, 
viz.  1745,  the  memorial  of  the  subscribers  hereto,  being  inhabitants  of  the 
parish  of  Kensington,  in  Farmington,  in  Hartford  County,  humbly  show- 
eth,  that  your  honor's  memorialists  are  some  of  them,  inhabitants  of  the 
south  part  of  said  parish,  are  at  a  great  distance  from  the  place  of  worship 
in  said  parish,  viz.  some  three,  some  four,  some  six  miles  therefrom,  by 
which  means  it  comes  to  pass  that  your  honor's  memorialists  with  great 
difficulty  get  to  the  place  of  public  worship  with  their  families  in  good 
weather,  and  in  the  winter  season  have  been  obliged  to  hire  preaching 
among  themselves,  for  which  they  have  expended  some  hundreds  of  pounds. 


41 


INTRODUCTION, 


Your  Honor's  Memorialists  would  also  further  inform  that  the  said  parish 
are  now  about  to  settle  a  minister  among  tlrem,  and  your  honor's  memori- 
alists think  it  very  hard  for  them  to  be  obliged  to  bear  their  proportion  of 
the  extraordinary  charge  of  the  same  in  their  present  situation,  especially 
when  that  part  of  said  parish  who  live  near  the  meeting-house  are  well 
able  to  do  the  same,  and  since  a  part  at  least  of  those  inhabitants  of  said 
parish  who  live  near  the  meeting-house  as  aforesaid  being  convinced  of  the 
reasonableness  of  our  being  eased  of  the  aforesaid  burdens,  are  willing  to 
have  us  set  off  as  a  parish  by  ourselves,  whereupon  your  honor's  Memori- 
alists humbly  pray  that  as  to  equity  appertains,  your  Honors,  in  your 
wonted  wisdom  and  goodness  would  take  into  consideration  the  case  of 
your  Honor's  Memorialists,  appoint  a  committee  to  view  said  parish,  and 
report  to  your  Honors  where  and  in  what  manner  would  be  most  conven- 
ient and  proper  for  your  Honor's  Memorialists  to  be  set  off  as  a  parish  by 
themselves,  and  that  your  Honors  accordingly  grant  that  your  Honor's 
Memorialists  be  set  off  and  made  a  society  by  themselves,  and  your  Honor's 
Memorialists  as  in  duty  bound  shall  ever  pray. 

The  question  being  put  to  the  lower  House  they  concurred. 
Joseph  Hills,  Amos  Judd,  Stephen  Lee, 

Joseph  Hopkins,  John  Chivers,  Benjamin  Judd,  jun., 

Isaac  Parsons,  Josiah  Lee,  Isaac  Lee, 

Jonathan  Hills,  Watts  Hubbard,  Stephen  Lee,  jun., 

Abraham  Hills,  Abijah  Peck,  Simmons  Woodruff, 

Moses  Hills,  Daniel  Smith,  Jonathan  Lewis, 

Moses  Peck,  Samuel  Peck,  John  Cole, 

Samuel  Peck,  jun.,          Isaac  Peck,  Isaac  Norton,  jun., 

Timothy  Bronson,  Elisha  Peck,  Samuel  Smith, 

John  Standley,  Anthony  Judd,  John  Kelsey, 

Aaron  Bronson,  Phineas  Judd,  Elisha  Cole, 

Isaac  Hart,  Joseph  Smith,  jun.,          Hezekiah  Bronson, 

Nathan  Cole,  Jedediah  Smith  Abraham  Parsons, 

Stephen  Cole,  Benjamin  Judd,  George  Hubbard, 

Amos  Peck,  Nathan  Judd,  Daniel  Dewy, 

Matthew  Cole,  James  Judd,  Aaron  Aspinwall. 

Noah  Smith,  Uriah  Judd, 

The  question  being  put  to  the  upper  house  it  was  voted  Nay. 
We  have  here  a  sketch  of  a  petition  from  a  few  persons  in  the  location 
of  the  present  village  of  New  Britain,  and  those  living  west  of  it. 

April  27th,  1752.  Memorial  of  the  subscribers  who  say  they  belong 
to  the  first  Ecclesiastical  Society  in  Farmington,  say  they  are  from  six  to 
eight  miles  from  the  place  of  public  worship  in  Farmington,  say  they  have 
heretofore  paid  Ministerial  Taxes  to  that  society,  ask  now  to  be  set  to  Ken- 
sington. 


KENSINGTON     PARISH.  45 

The  Assembly  voted  Nay. 

Nathan  Booth,  Moses  Andrus, 

John  Judd,  Job  Bronson, 

Joshua  Mather,  Widow  Hannah  Root, 

Nathaniel  Judd,*  Elijah  Hart, 

James  Hosington,*  Ephraim  Boardman,* 

Judah  Hart, 

Six  and  a  half  years  have  now  passed  and  we  hear  again  from  the  out- 
siders and  about  their  difficulties. 

To  the  Hon.  Gen.  Assembly  of  the  Colony  of  Connecticut,  to  be  con- 
vened and  holden  at  Hartford,  in  the  said  Colony,  on  the  second  Thursday 
of  May,  1752. 

The  Memorial  of  us  the  subscribers,  some  of  us  living  in  the  southwest 
part  of  the  parish  of  Kensington,  in  the  town  of  Farmington,  in  the  county 
of  Hartford,  and  others  of  us  living  in  the  north  part  of  said  parish  of 
Kensington,  in  the  town  of  Farmington,  humbly  showeth : 

That  the  situation  of  the  said  society  is  such  that  those  inhabitants  liv- 
ing in  the  extreme  parts  thereof,  for  a  great  part  of  the  year  can  not  with- 
out the  utmost  difficulty  attend  the  public  worship,  where  the  Meeting 
house  now  is,  that  by  reason  thereof  great  difficulties  have  subsisted  in 
said  Society  for  many  years  past,  and  applications  have  been  repeatedly 
made  to  this  Assembly  in  order  to  a  division  of  said  society,  and  Commit- 
tees have  been  appointed,  and  they  have  reported  in  favor  of  such  divis- 
ion, and  your  Memorialists  are  now  assured  that  no  expedient  remains 
that  will  restore  peace,  resettle  the  gospel  among  us  to  general  satisfaction, 
and  put  an  end  to  our  expensive  and  baneful  controversy,  but  to  have 
such  division  accomplished. 

We  therefore  hereby  intreat  the  interposition  of  this  Hon.  Assembly 
that  they  will  once  more  employ  their  wisdom  and  power  to  extricate  us 
from  our  still  subsisting  troubles,  that  they  will  at  least  grant  a  Committee 
to  view  our  circumstances  to  judge  of  the  expediency  of  dividing  our  soci- 
ety, and  if  they  judge  that  to  be  expedient  and  necessary  as  other  Com- 
mittees heretofore  appointed  for  that  purpose  have  done,  that  then  they  be 
directed  to  draw  the  lines  for  such  division  and  make  their  report  to  this 
Assembly  at  this  present  session,  or  at  their  session  in  October  next,  and 
as  in  duty  bound  ever  pray. 

Dated  27th  day  of  April,  1752. 

This  negatived. 

Josiah  Lee,  Stephen  Lee  2d,  James  Judd, 

Benjamin  Judd,  jun.,       Nathan  Judd,  Uriah  Judd, 

*  Those  three  with  this  mark  lived  .at  the  west  part  of  "  Blew  Hills"  at  the  south 
end  of  the  mountain,  near  the  present  residence  of  Gad  Andrews,  and  all  lived  on  the 
"  Reserved  lands"  of  Farmington. 


46  INTRODUCTION. 

Ezra  Belden,  Elisha  Cole,  Stephen  Lee, 

Jedediah  Smith,  David  Hills,  Joseph  Smith, 

Joseph  Smith,  jun.,         Abraham  Hills,  Joseph  Woodruff, 

Ladwick  Hotchkiss,        Aaron  Bronson,  Simmons  "Woodruff, 

Matthew  Cole,  Isaac  Lee,  Stephen  Hollister, 

Elijah  Woodruff,  Elijah  Bronson,  Ebenezer  Hart, 

Jonathan  Lewis,  Amos  Judd,  John  Kelsey, 

Stephen  Cole,  Abraham  Parsons,  Al.  Grimes, 

Peck,  Robert  Booth,  Daniel  Dewy, 

Isaac  Parsons,  Elisha  Booth,  Adonijah  Lewis, 

Solomon  Winchell,  Barnes,  Phineas  Judd, 

Hez.  Winchell,  jun.,        Benjamin  Judd,  Hezekiah  Winchell. 

At  a  meeting  of  Ken.  Society  2d  Dec.  1741,  Sar't  Samuel  Thompson, 
Wm  Burnham,  jun.  and  Ebenezer  Hart  were  chosen  a  committee,  in  be- 
half of  the  society,  to  receive  into  their  hands  all  that  estate  in  bonds  and 
money  that  is  or  may  be  divided  to  that  part  of  this  society  that  dwell  in 
the  bounds  of  Farmington,  as  their  part  or  proportion  of  the  money  that  is 
or  shall  be  given  by  the  purchasers  of  the  seven  townships,  called  the 
"  western  lands,"  to  be  loaned  out  by  said  committee  from  time  to  time,  as 
occasion  shall  require,  always  disposing  of  the  interest  thereof  for  the  sup- 
porting a  lawful  school  in  this  society,  according  to  the  acts  and  laws  of 
government  relating  thereto,  and  be  accountable  to  said  society  for  their 
doings  when  required  thereto. 

At  the  same  meeting  upon  the  motion  of  Capt.  Stephen  Lee -and  others 
living  in  the  northern  part  of  this  parish,  praying  that  they  might  with  the 
leave  of  the  Hon.  Gen.  Assembly  be  released  from  ministerial  charges  in 
this  society,  and  be  a  society  by  themselves,  it  was  agreed  by  vote  that 
Dea.  Anthony  Judd  be  a  committee  in  behalf  of  the  society  to  address  the 
Hon.  Gen.  Assembly  at  their  session  in  May  next,  to  appoint  a  committee 
of  able  and  disinterested  persons,  at  the  charge  of  the  parish,  to  come  into 
the  parish,  view  its  circumstances  with  relation  to  said  motion,  and  make 
report  of  what  they  think  is  proper  to  be  done  in  the  case. 

At  a  meeting  of  Kensington  parish  1st  Dec.  1742,  Capt.  Stephen  Lee 
moderator  and  Samuel  Hart  clerk,  granted  to  Rev.  Wm  Burnham  £160 
old  tenor  for  his  service  in  the  ministry  the  past  year,  and  to  Mr.  Judson 
for  his  service  in  the  ministry  £18  old  tenor. 

At  the  same  meeting  was  granted  to  Joseph  Porter  for  his  journey  to 
Stratford  for  Mr.  Judson  and  entertaining  Mr.  Judson  and  his  horse,  £7 
16s.  old  tenor. 

At  the  same  meeting  it  was  voted  that  the  "  schoole"  committee  for  the 
time  being,  should  by  their  major  vote  determine  the  particular  place  for 
each  schoole  in  ye  several  "squadrons,"— (an  improvement  in  spelling,) — 
in  said  society. 


KENSINGTON     PARISH.  47 

At  the  same  meeting  voted  to  pay  Mr.  David  Judson  for  preaching  the 
word  among  us  for  the  space  of  four  months  after  the  1st  of  Dec.  inst.  in 
proportion  as  we  paid  when  he  preached  before,  and  that  his  rate  be  gath- 
ered distinct,  by  itself. 

At  a  society  meeting  26th  May,  1743,  Capt.  Isaac  Hart,  moderator,  a 
vote  was  taken  whether  they  thought  it  necessary  to  call  in  some  suitable 
person  on  probation  ;  voted  in  the  affirmative. 

At  a  meeting  of  Kensington  society  lawfully  warned,  held  26th  August, 
1743,  it  was  agreed  by  vote  that  all  male  persons  over  eighteen  years  of 
age,  and  all  females  from  sixteen  years  old  and  upward,  shall  be  seated  in 
the  meeting-house  by  the  following  committee,  viz. :  Isaac  North,  David 
Sage,  Moses  Peck,  Joseph  Porter,  Joseph  Smith,  jun.,  and  John  Hooker, 
and  Capt.  Jonathan  Lewis,  at  their  discretion. 

At  a  meeting  of  Kensington  society  13th  Sept.,  1744,  voted  to  endeavor 
to  call  in  some  suitable  person  to  preach  the  gospel  amongst  us,  provided 
Eev.  Mr.  Wm  Burnham  will  oblige  himself  to  relinquish  his  salary  at  or 
before  ye  settlement  of  said  person,  by  77  votes  affirmative,  and  43  nega- 
tive, and  at  the  same  meeting  it  was  voted  to  call  the  much  esteemed  Mr. 
Edward  Dorr  on  probation,  provided  the  Rev.  Elders  of  the  South  Asso- 
ciation advise  thereto. 

Kensington  parish  meeting  22d  Nov.  1744.  Voted  to  call  and  settle  if 
it  may  be  Mr.  Edward  Dorr,  (now  laboring  in  the  society,)  in  the  work  of 
the  ministry,  according  to  gospel  order,  there  being  94  votes  in  affirmative 
and  56  in  the  negative. 

At  a  meeting  3d  Wednesday  of  Dec.  1744,  it  was  voted  if  Mr.  Edward 
Dorr  be  ordained  to  the  work  of  the  ministry  in  this  society,  he  shall  have 
a  salary  of  £50  lawful  money  for  six  years,  after  that  £60  lawful  money, 
or  grain  equivalent  thereto. 

At  the  same  meeting  it  was  voted  to  desire  and  entreat  the  Rev.  Mr. 
Samuel  Whitman  of  Farmington,  the  Rev.  Mr.  Wm  Russel  and  Mr.  Ed- 
ward Eells  of  Middletown,  the  Rev.  Mr.  Ashbel  Woodbridge  of  Glasen- 
bury,  and  the  Rev.  Mr.  James  Lockwood  of  Wethersfield,  as  soon  as  may 
be  to  come  into  this  society  and  hear  and  consider  the  circumstances  and 
pleas  of  the  inhabitants  thereof  in  relation  to  the  settlement  of  a  minister 
among  us,  and  in  their  wisdom  advise  us  in  the  two  following  particulars  : 
viz.  first,  whether  it  be  for  the  honor  of  God  and  the  interest  of  religion 
for  us  under  our  particular  circumstances  to  endeavor  to  settle  a  minister 
among  us  over  the  whole  parish,  and  second,  whether  it  be  our  duty  to  pro- 
ceed in  our  endeavors  to  have  Mr.  Edward  Dorr  settled  in  the  gospel  min- 
istry among  us  or  no.  The  above  council  met  at  Kensington  2d  Jan. 
1744,  Rev.  Mr.  Samuel  Whitman,  moderator,  and  Rev.  Mr.  Edward 
Eells,  scribe. 

We  being  called  by  the  society  of  Kensington  to  advise  you  with  respect 


48  INTRODUCTION. 

to  the  settlement  of  a  gospel  minister  among  you,  and  particularly  to  re- 
solve the  two  following  questions,  viz.  1st  question,  Whether  it  be  for  the 
honor  of  God  and  the  interest  of  religion,  for  us,  under  our  present  cir- 
cumstances, to  endeavor  to  settle  a  minister  among  us  over  the  whole 
parish.  Second  question,  Whether  it  be  our  duty  to  proceed  in  our  en- 
deavors to  have  Mr.  Edward  Dorr  settled  in  the  gospel  ministry  among 
us,  or  no. 

Having  heard  your  pleas,  and  considered  your  circumstances,  with  re- 
spect to  the  first  question,  we  are  of  opinion  you  are  one  entire  body  under 
the  obligations  of  maintaining  the  public  worship  of  God  among  you  so 
long  as  he  in  his  Providence  continues  you  so,  it  is  for  the  honor  of  God 
and  interest  of  Religion  among  you  that  there  be  a  Pastor  over  the  whole 
parish.  With  respect  to  the  second  question,  considering  your  divided 
circumstances,  we  advise  that  Mr.  Edward  Dorr  be  continued  to  preach 
among  you  till  June  next,  by  which  time  it  may  be  God  in  his  Providence 
may  more  open  and  clear  the  way  of  his  and  your  duty  with  respect  to 
his  settlement  among  you,  and  that  then  application  be  made  to  the  Asso- 
ciation for  their  advice  in  your  further  proceeding. 

Voted  affirmative,  Samuel  Whitman, 

Signed,  Wm  Russell, 

Ashbel  Woodbridge, 
Edward  Eels, 
James  Lockwood. 

A  true  copy,  test  Edward  Eells,  scribe. 

At  a  parish  meeting,  6th  Feb.  1744-5, 

Voted  to  comply  with  the  advice  of  council,  and  also  to  desire  Mr.  Dorr 
to  continue  his  labors  with  us  till  June,  and  Thos  Hart  appointed  to  apply 
to  Association  on  our  behalf  for  advice ;  said  committee  waited  on  the 
Association  and  obtained  the  following  advice,  viz. : 

The  Society  at  Kensington  applying  to  us  for  advice  in  respect  to  Mr. 
Edward  Dorr,  we  advise  them  to  proceed  to  his  settlement,  with  the  care, 
deliberation,  and  caution  needful  in  so  weighty  an  affair,  it  not  appearing 
to  us,  there  is  any  sufficient  objection  against  their  proceeding  to  his  set- 
tlement, in  case  on  a  proper  examination  he  appears  suitably  qualified  for 
the  work  of  the  ministry. 

Signed  Edward  Eells,  Scribe. 

Colchester,  5th  June,  1745. 

At  a  meeting  10th  Oct.  1745,  the  society  offered  Mr.  Dorr  as  a  settle- 
ment £700,  old  tenor,  and  £50  salary  for  six  years,  and  £60  yearly  after 
six  years ;  also  chose  at  the  same  meeting  Thos  Hart  on  behalf  of  the 
society  to  go  to  the  Gen.  Assembly  at  New  Haven,  there  to  answer  to  the 
memorial  of  Capt.  Stephen  Lee  and  others,  praying  for  a  pariah  by  them- 
selves. 


KENSINGTON     PARISH.  49 

The  answer  of  Mr.  Dorr  to  the  offer. 

"  To  the  inhabitants  of  the  society  of  Kensington,  with  respect  to  the 
terms  and  proposals  you  have  made  to  me  in  your  votes  bearing  date  10th 
Oct.  1745,  both  for  the  settlement  and  annual  salary,  in  case  I  be  ordained 
and  settled  among  you,  my  final  answer  is,  that  I  do  hereby  accept  of  each 
and  every  of  the  sums  therein  granted,  according  to  the  time  and  times 
therein  mentioned  as  sufficient  encouragement,  both  for  settlement  and  an 
annual  salary,  as  witness  my  hand."  Edward  Dorr. 

Dated  in  Lyme,  30th  Oct.  1745. 

To  cut  short  the  history  of  this  protracted  controversy,  let  me  briefly 
say  that  the  society  somewhat  changed  their  position  in  regard  to  Mr. 
Dorr ;  they  reconsidered  all  former  votes  about  his  salary,  and  offered  him 
by  a  major  vote,  20th  August,  1746,  a  sum  equal  to  one-eighth  of  the  sum 
of  the  salaries  of  the  eight  neighboring  parishes,  and  called  another  coun- 
cil to  consider  and  advise  in  the  matter.  In  the  mean  time  Capt.  Stephen 
Lee  and  others,  of  the  north  part  of  the  parish,  were  pressing  their  peti- 
tions to  the  General  Court  for  a  separation,  and  the  Rev.  Mr.  Burnham, 
whose  health  had  failed  somewhat  by  infirmity,  had  greatly  improved,  so 
that  the  council  upon  these  considerations  discouraged  the  settlement  of 
Mr.  Dorr,  and  advised  the  society  to  sustain  Mr.  Burnham.  Their  record 
shows  their  regard  to  the  advice,  for  at  the  annual  meeting,  December  3d, 
1746,  they  voted  him  £190,  in  bills  of  public  credit,  or  grain  at  market 
price,  for  his  salary  for  the  past  year,  and  in  1747  he  was  paid  £200,  old 
tenor,  and  in  1748  they  granted  Rev.  Mr.  Burnham  £350,  old  tenor. 

At  the  annual  meeting  of  Kensington  parish  6th  December,  1749,  John 
Hooker,  moderator,  Thomas  Hart,  clerk,  Samuel  Smith  and  Phineas  Judd, 
collectors  of  Mr.  Burnham's  rate  that  may  be  granted,  the  said  Phineas 
Judd  to  collect  that  pertaining  to  Farmington,  and  the  said  Samuel  Smith 
to  collect  that  part  of  the  rates  that  pertain  to  Middletown  and  Wethers- 
field  inhabitants  to  pay ;  granted  to  Rev.  Mr.  William  Burnham,  for  his 
service  in  the  work  of  the  ministry  the  past  year,  as  his  salary,  £300  in 
money  of  the  old  currency,  or  in  wheat  at  £1  15s.  per  bushel,  or  "ry"  at 
£1  50,  or  Indian  corn  at  15s.  per  bushel. 

At  a  meeting  of  Kensington  parish,  18th  October,  1750,  Capt.  Amos 
Porter,  moderator,  the  inhabitants  agreed  by  vote  to  address  themselves 
unto  the  present  General  Assembly  of  this  government,  to  send  us  a  com- 
mittee to  view  our  circumstances,  whether  we  shall  divide  or  continue  as 
we  are,  and  if  said  committee  think  fit  in  their  wisdom  to.  divide  us,  then 
for  said  committee  to  draw  lines  for  said  division,  and  at  the  same  meeting 
Capt.  Joseph  Porter  and  Mr.  Daniel  Smith  were  chosen  a  committee  to  go 
to  the  General  Assembly,  and  endeavor  to  obtain  the  above  said  committee. 

At  the  annual  meeting  oth  December,  1750,  Capt.  Amos  Porter,  mod- 
erator, Thomas  Hart,  clerk,  it  was  voted  to  raise  a  rate  of  £175  to  '^e 
4 


50  INTRODUCTION. 

speedily  gathered  and  paid  to  the  administrator  of  the  estate  of  Rev.  Mr. 
William  Burnliam,  deceased,  for  his  service  in  the  ministry  the  year  past, 
to  be  paid  in  money,  old  tenor,  or  grain  at  the  market  price,  first  of  May 
next. 

At  the  same  meeting  Capt  Samuel  Cowles,  Capt.  Joseph  Porter,  Elisha 
Bronson,  and  Ins.  Nathaniel  Hart  were  chosen  rate  makers.  Also  agreed 
that  the  prudential  committee  for  the  year  ensuing  have  full  power  at  the 
society  charge  to  provide  a  Minister  or  Ministers  to  preach  with  us  until 
the  last  day  of  May  next. 

At  the  same  meeting  it  was  voted  that  Elijah  Bronson  take  due  care  of 
stray  sheep  in  ffarmington  part  of  the  Society. 

December  llth,  1751,  it  was  voted  to  get  the  advice  of  the  Rev.  Asso- 
ciation to  call  some  suitable  candidate  upon  probation,  there  being  82 
votes  in  ye  affirmative  &  63  in  the  negative. 

At  the  same  meeting  it  was  signified  by  vote  that  it  was  their  minds  to 
call  in  Mr.  Ezra  Stiles  as  a  candidate,  if  the  Association  shall  so  advise, 
&  Ins.  Nathaniel  Hart  &  Joseph  Porter  were  chosen  a  committee  to  seek 
their  advice. 

On  the  19th  May,  1752,  John  Hooker,  Esq.  was  chosen  Moderator, 
being  74  votes  in  the  affirmative  &  64  in  the  negative;  question  was  tried 
whether  the  society  would  appoint  any  person  or  persons  to  go  to  General 
Assembly  now  sitting  at  Hartford,  to  show  reason  why  the  several  Memo- 
rials now  made  to  said  Assembly  relating  to  the  division  of  this  society  into 
several  Ecclesiastical  societies,  &  it  was  voted  in  the  affirmative  by  81  to 
64  in  the  negative,  &  Thomas  Hart  &  John  Hooker  were  chosen  a  com- 
mittee to  go  &  Remonstrate  against  said  Memorials  by  a  vote  of  77  affirm- 
ative &  64  negative ;  the  question  was  tried  whether  the  society  would 
continue  one  entire  parish  &  endeavor  to  settle  a  Minister  for  the  whole 
or  not  Voted  in  the  affirmative  by  81  to  66  negative. 

At  this  meeting  the  Heirs  &  Administrator  of  Rev.  Mr.  Burnham,  de- 
ceased, presented  a  claim  for  arrearages  of  salary  due  the  Estate ;  the  So- 
ciety voted  against  paying  the  claim  &  appointed  Sarg.  Caleb  Galpin,  John 
Hooker,  Esq.  &  Sarg.  Moses  Peck  to  do  what  they  may  to  obstruct  the 
claim,  at  court. 

At  an  adjourned  meeting  of  the  society  held  3d  Tuesday  of  Dec.  1752, 
it  was  signified  by  a  full  major  vote,  that  it  was  their  desire  to  have  the 
much  esteemed  Mr.  Aaron  Brown,  called  to  preach  the  Gospel  among  us 
as  a  probationer,  in  order  to  a  settlement,  &  Ins.  Jonathan  Lee,  Jobe  Cole, 
&  Isaac  North  were  chosen  a  committee  to  supply  the  pulpit  the  year  en- 
suing, at  the  cost  of  the  society,  &  to  apply  to  the  South  Association  for 
their  advice  as  occasion  shall  call  for. 

At  a  meeting  1st  March,  1753,  Ins.  Daniel  Dewy,  Moderator,  it  was 
agreed  to  call  &  settle  ye  much  Esteemed  Mr.  Aaron  Brown,  and  Sarg. 


KENSINGTON    PARISH.  51 

Caleb  Galpin,  Capt.  Joseph  Porter  &  Isaac  Lee  were  appointed  a  com- 
mittee to  treat  with  Mr.  Brown  about  his  settlement  &  Salary — the  meet- 
ing then  adjourned  to  the  next  Monday,  when  the  said  Mr.  Brown  having 
informed  the  Inhabitants  that  he  thought  it  not  convenient  so  suddenly  to 
propose  to  the  society  the  said  terms,  whereupon  at  the  same  meeting  the 
society  voted  to  pay  to  Mr.  Brown  the  full  sum  of  £2000  in  money  of  the 
old  tenor,  provided  he  be  settled  with  us,  &  it  was  also  voted  to  give  him 
as  a  yearly  salary  for  the  first  two  years  fifty-five  pounds  per  year  in  pro- 
clamation money,  &  the  third  year  after  his  settlement  as  aforesaid,  £65 
in  proclamation  money,  and  after  the  expiration  of  the  third  year  his  salary 
shall  be  £70  proclamation  money,  during  the  whole  term  of  time  he  shall 
continue  in  the  Ministry  with  us,  to  be  paid  in  silver  money  or  Bills  of 
Credit  equivalent  thereto,  or  in  grain  equivalent  to  proclamation  money. 

At  a  meeting  of  Kensington  society  held  8th  May,  1753,  John  Hooker, 
Esq.  Moderator,  voted  that  John  Hooker,  Esqr.  &  Sarg't  Isaac  North  be  a 
committee  to  Remonstrate  against  the  Memorial  of  Capt.  Jonathan  Lewis 
&  others  of  this  society  that  may  be  preferred  or  offered  to  the  General 
Assembly  of  this  government  to  be  convened  the  2d  Thursday  of  May 
Inst. 

September  5th,  1753,  A  society  Meeting  was  held  in  which  the  question 
was  tried  by  vote  whether  it  was  their  minds  to  keep  together  in  one  entire 
parish,  and  the  vote  was  59  affirmative  &  53  Negative. 

October  19th,  1753,  At  a  meeting  lawfully  warned,  it  was  voted  to  em- 
ploy John  Hooker  &  Isaac  Lee  to  remonstrate  at  the  Gen.  Assembly  now 
sitting  at  New  Haven,  against  the  Memorial  of  Josiah  Burnham,*  now 
depending  before  said  Court. 

December  14th,  1753,  at  a  society  meeting  it  was  voted  that  John 
Hooker  &  Isaac  Lee  be  a  committee  to  appear  before  the  Gen.  Assembly 
to  be  holden  at  Hartford  May  next,  and  remonstrate  against  the  petition  of 
Josiah  Burnham  against  this  Society  on  account  of  arrearages  of  Mr. 
Burnham's  Salary. 

To  the  Hon.  Gen.  Assembly  of  the  Colony  of  Connecticut  sitting  at 
Hartford  on  the  2d  Thursday  of  May,  1754.  Whereas  this  Assembly  did 
at  their  sessions  at  New  Haven  in  October  last,  upon  the  Memorial  of  the 
Inhabitants  of  the  parish  of  Kensington  showing  to  this  Assembly  the 
great  difficulty  they  were  under  with  respect  to  their  settling  a  Gospel 
Minister  among  them  by  reason  of  the  Inhabitants  of  said  Society  being 
divided  in  their  sentiments  with  respect  to  their  being  divided  into  several 
Societies,  appointed  us  the  subscribers  a  Committee  &  empowered  us  with 

*  This  is  the  man  whom  Mrs.  Willard,  in  her  beautiful  poem  entitled  "  Stealing  the 
Bride,"  makes  the  hero  of  the  stealing  party,  and  in  a  note  at  the  margin,  represents 
him  as  having  murdered  and  been  hung  in  Haverhill,  New  Hampshire.  Her  mistake 
is,  in  putting  the  father  for  the  son,  as  the  murderer,  (both  having  the  same  name.) 


52  INTRODUCTION. 

instructions  to  go  into  said  parish  of  Kensington  &  call  a  Society  Meeting 
or  meetings  of  the  Inhabitants  of  said  Society  and  to  lead  &  Moderate  in 
said  meeting  or  meetings  &  also  to  use  all  proper  measures  to  know  the 
minds,  names  &  number  of  said  Inhabitants  that  are  of  the  mind  to  divide 
«aid  Society  into  several  Societies,  and  also  the  forms  &  lines  that  those 
that  were  for  dividing  said  Society  would  have  drawn  to  divide  said  Soci- 
ety &  to  view  the  Society  of  Kensington  &  the  Inhabitants  near  to  the 
parish  of  Kensington  &  adjoining  Kensington,  &  also  to  hear  the  pleas  of 
all  parties,  &  upon  the  whole  to  judge  &  determine  whether  or  no  it  would 
be  for  the  best  good  &  welfare  &  peace  of  said  parish  to  continue  in  one 
entire  Society  or  otherwise,  Whether  it  would  be  so  to  divide  said  parish 
into  several  Societies,  &  if  upon  the  whole  we  should  judge  that  it  might 
conduce  most  for  the  peace  &  welfare  &  interest  of  said  Society  and  the 
interest  of  Religion  there,  to  divide  said  Society,  then  to  divide  said  Soci- 
ety into  so  many  Societies  and  draw  such  lines  as  we  should  judge  might 
conduce  most  to  the  peace,  good  &  welfare  of  said  Society,  &  that  if  we 
should  judge  it  best  that  said  parish  should  be  divided  into  two  or  more 
Societies,  then  we  should  give  due  attention  into  such  adjoining  parishes 
any  part  of  which  we  might  think  best  to  be  added  to  such  Society,  by 
signifying  to  the  committee  of  said  Society  our  desire  that  they  would  call 
a  meeting  of  such  society,  if  they  should  think  fit  &  acquaint  them,  that 
they  might  appear  by  their  Committee  appointed  by  such  Society  &  be 
heard  thereon,  if  they  see  cause  &  make  our  report  thereon  to  this 
Assembly.  Whereupon  we  take  leave  to  report  to  this  Assembly,  that  in 
pursuance  to  the  instructions  aforesaid  we  caused  a  society  meeting  to  be 
legally  warned  in  said  parish  of  Kensington  to  meet  on  the  27th  day  of 
November  last  past,  and  they  accordingly  met,  and  we  attended  and  mod- 
erated in  said  meeting,  and  took  the  number  and  names  of  those  who  were 
for  continuing  in  one  society,  and  there  was  the  number  of  96,  and  the 
number  and  names  of  those  who  were  for  dividing  into  more  societies  than 
one  were  31  of  the  legal  voters  in  said  Society,  and  the  two  next  follow- 
ing days,  we  viewed  the  said  Society  in  the  circumstances  of  it  and  then 
adjourned  to  the  third  Tuesday  of  April  next  following,  and  gave  notice 
unto  the  parish  of  Newington  and  first  parish  of  Farmington,  and  first  So- 
ciety of  Middletown,  and  the  parish  of  Meriden,  to  appear  in  the  parish  of 
Kensington  on  the  said  third  Tuesday  of  April,  by  their  Committee,  to 
show  reasons  if  they  see  cause,  why  there  should  not  be  some  part  of  these 
adjoining  parishes  taken  off  from  them  to  be  added  to  accommodate  the 
dividing  the  parish  of  Kensington  into  several  parishes  and  all  parties 
then  and  there  met,  by  their  committee  except  Meriden,  and  were  fully 
heard  by  us  in  the  premises,  and  upon  consideration  we  judge  it  would  be 
for  the  best,  and  most  for  the  peace  of  the  said  parish  of  Kensington  to  be 
divided  into  three  distinct  Ecclesiastical  societies,  with  some  small  addi- 


KENSINGTON     PARISH.  53 

tions  from  other  societies,  and  have  drawn  the  lines  for  the  several  socie- 
ties in  the  manner  and  form  following,  viz :  The  bounds  of  the  North  part 
or  Society,  to  be  a  line  drawn  across  the  Bridge  called  the  Beach  Swamp 
bridge,  and  to  be  on  a  line  due  East  &  West  from  Wethersfield  town  line 
to  Southington  parish  line,  and  on  Wethersfield  line  Northward  until  it 
comes  to  the  North  side  of  Daniel  Hart's  land,  where  he  now  lives,  and 
from  Wethersfield  line  to  run  on  the  North  side  of  said  Hart's  lot  to  the 
Northwest  corner  thereof,  and  thence  to  run  southerly  to  the  old  fulling- 
mill  place,  so  called,  on  Pond  River,  and  from  thence  to  a  lot  of  land  be- 
longing to  the  heirs  of  Timothy  Hart,  deceased,  near  Bares  hollow,  on  the 
east  side  of  the  lot,  and  from  thence  South  until  it  meets  with  the  North 
line  of  Southingtou  parish,  then  by  Southington  line  as  that  runs  until  it 
meets  with  the  west  line  afore  mentioned. 

And  the  South  part  or  Society  we  have  bounded  and  described,  begin- 
ning at  the  middle  of  the  highway  where  they  cross  each  other,  between 
the  house  of  Elisha  and  Stephen  Cole,  and  from  thence  to  run  Northwest- 
erly to  the  Southwest  corner  of  John  Coles'  lot,  where  he  now  dwells,  and 
from  thence  a  west  line  to  Southington  parish,  thence  Southerly  by  South- 
ington parish  line  to  the  Southeast  corner  thereof,  then  running  Easterly 
to  Farmiugton  Southeast  corner  bounds,  in  such  form  as  to  include  those 
families  in  Meriden  that  are  living  North  of  the  Mountains,  and  from 
Farrnington  corner  to  the  Southeast  corner  of  that  part  of  Kensington 
that  was  taken  off  from  Middletown,  then  Westerly  to  the  Southwest  cor- 
ner of  said  Middletown  part  of  Kensington,  and  then  a  straight  line  to  the 
place  first  mentioned. 

And  that  the  middle  part  of  said  Kensington  between  aforesaid  two 
described  places  or  Societies  be  and  remain  one  entire  Society,  and  that 
the  middle  society  exclusive  of  that  part  annexed  from  Wethersfield,  pay 
unto  the  said  parish  of  Newington  the  sum  of  £20  a  year  lawful  money 
three  successive  years  next  coming,  with  the  interest  arising  thereon,  and 
that  the  improved  lands  in  each  parish  shall  be  rated  in  the  parish  where 
it  lieth. 

And  further  that  the  South  part  or  parish  have  the  liberty  and  privilege 
of  meeting  with  the  Middle  Society  six  months  in  each  year  until  they 
shall  be  accommodated  with  a  Meeting  house  and  Minister  among  them- 
selves ;  all  which  is  submitted  to  this  Hon.  Assembly  by  your  Honor's 
humble  and  obedient  servants. 

Signed,  Jonathan  Trumble, 

Jonathan  Huntington, 
Shubel  Conont. 

Hartford,  16th  May,  1754. 

The  question  was  put  whether  this  report  be  accepted  and  approved. 

Resolved  in  the  Negative. 


54  INTRODUCTION. 

May  1754.  An  Act  Limiting  the  bounds  of  the  Parish  of  Kensington, 
and  for  establishing  one  other  Ecclesiastical  Society  in  Farmington,  in  the 
county  of  Hartford. 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  Governor  fy  Council  $  Representatives  in  Gen. 
Court  assembled,  and  by  the  authority  of  the  same,  That  the  bounds  of  the 
parish  of  Kensington  for  the  future  «hall  extend  no  farther  North  than  to 
an  East  and  West  line  drawn  across  the  Bridge  called  the  Beach  Swamp 
Bridge  from  Wethersfield  town  line  to  Southington  parish  line ;  Easterly 
by  the  Ancient  line  of  said  Kensington,  including  those  two  pieces  of  land 
taken  off  from  Wethersfield  &  Middletown ;  and"  from  the  South  West 
corner  of  the  said  Middletown  part  of  Kensington,  to  run  Westerly  until 
it  comes  into  the  middle  of  the  highway  where  they  cross  each  other,  be- 
tween the  houses  of  Elisha  Cole  &  Stephen  Cole,  from  thence  Westerly 
until  it  comes  to  the  south  West  corner  of  John  Coles  home  lot,  from 
thence  due  west  to  said  Southington  Society  line,  thence  Northerly  as  that 
line  runs,  to  the  line  first  mentioned,  &  that  the  parish  Taxes  arising,  or 
that  shall  be  levied  on  the  improved  lands  in  said  Kensington  shall  be 
paid  to  said  Society  only. 

And  it  is  further  enacted  by  the  authority  aforesaid,  that  said  parish  of 
Kensington  shall  have  full  power  &  Authority,  &  full  power  &  authority 
is  hereby  granted  to  said  parish,  at  their  legal  meetings  to  tax  all  such  In- 
habitants as  live  South  of  said  Society,  &  within  the  ancient  bounds  of 
Kensington,  equally  with  themselves  for  defraying  the  charge  of  preaching 
only,  &  that  their  collectors  have  full  power  to  collect  the  same  until  this 
Assembly  shall  order  otherwise. 

And  it  is  further  Enacted,  by  the  authority  aforesaid,  that  the  said  Soci- 
ety of  Kensington,  exclusive  of  those  Inhabitants  that  live  in  the  Wethers- 
field part  shall  pay  to  the  Society  of  Newington  the  sum  of  £20  lawful 
money  on  the  1st  day  of  May,  1755,  &  £20  more  on  the  1st  May,  1756, 
&  £20  more  1st  May,  1757,  each  payment  to  be  made  with  the  lawful  in- 
terest arising  on  such  sum,  from  such  sum,  from  the  1st  day  of  June  next, 
&  said  Society  of  Kensington,  exclusive  of  said  Wethersfield  part,  shall 
have  full  power  at  their  legal  meetings,  to  tax  themselves  for  the  payment 
of  said  £60  &  interest  thereof,  &  that  said  Society  Committee  make  a  Rate 
bill  accordingly,  &  that  the  collector  chosen  in  said  Society  shall  have  full 
power  to  collect  the  same  as  other  Society  Rates  by  law  are  collected,  & 
pay  the  same  to  the  Society  Committee  for  the  use  aforesaid. 

And  the  Inhabitants  living  South  of  said  parish  of  Kensington  shall 
have  free  liberty  to  attend  the  public  worship  with  the  said  Society  of 
Kensington,  till  this  Assembly  order  otherwise. 

And  be  it  further  Enacted  by  the  Authority  aforesaid,  that  there  shall 
be  one  other  Ecclesiastical  Society  erected  &  made  &  is  hereby  created  & 
made  within  the  bounds  of  the  town  of  Farmiugton,  &  described  as  follows, 


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viz :  South  on  the  North  bounds  of  Kensington  parish,  &  Easterly  on 
Wethersfield  town  line  as  far  North  as  the  North  side  of  Daniel  Hart's  lot, 
where  his  Dwelling  House  now  stands,  &  from  thence  to  run  West  on  the 
North  side  of  said  Hart's  lot  to  the  West  end  of  that  tier  of  lots,  from 
thence  to  run  Southerly  to  the  old  fulling  Mill  so  called  on  Pond  river,  & 
from  thence  Southerly  to  the  east  side  of  a  Lot  of  land  belonging  to  the 
heirs  of  Timothy  Hart  late  deceased,  near  "  Bares  Hollow,"  &  from  thence 
due  south  until  it  meets  with  the  North  line  of  Southington  parish,  thence 
by  said  Southington  line,  as  that  runs,  until  it  comes  to  Kensington  North 
line,  Excluding  Thomas  Stanley,  Daniel  Hart  &  John  Clark  &  their  farms 
on  which  they  now  dwell,  lying  within  the  bounds  above  described,  &  the 
same  is  hereby  created  &  made  one  distinct  Ecclesiastical  Society,  &  shall 
be  known  by  the  name  of  "  New  Briton,"  with  all  the  powers  &  priviledges 
that  other  Ecclesiastical  Societies  by  law  have  in  this  Colony,  &  that  all 
the  improved  lands  in  said  society,  shall  be  rated  in  said  Society  excepting 
as  before  excepted. 

It  is  to  be  regretted  that  we  have  no  history  of  the  church  in  Kensing- 
ton from  the  pen  of  Rev.  Mr.  Burnham  himself,  and  that  the  catalogue  of 
members  is  so  incomplete.  We  have  to  rely  on  the  record  and  remarks  of 
Rev.  Samuel  Clark,  who  succeeded  Mr.  Burnham  *14th  July,  1756,  and 
on  the  testimony  of  Rev.  John  Smalley,  of  New  Britain,  who  began  his 
record  19th  April,  1758,  of  the  organization  of  that"  Church,  by  a  list  of 
members  from  Newington  Church,  and  a  like  list  of  members  from  Ken- 
sington Church.  This  last  is  the  only  source  we  have  to  supply  the  gap 
in  the  record  of  Mr.  Burnham,  which  was  lost  or  carried  away,  except  the 
list  of  Rev.  Mr.  Clark,  of  the  resident  and  living  members,  he  says,  when 
he  came. 

We  give  here  his  account  of  the  condition  of  the  record,  with  a  list  of 
his  living  resident  members,  and  also  a  list  of  those  who  withdrew  to  help 
constitute  the  church  in  New  Britain ;  (we  find  no  record,  but  onlv  an  in- 
timation by  Rev.  Mr.  Clark  that  they  were  ever  dismissed  from  Kensing- 
ton Churoh.)  We  give  these  lists  and  this  account  on  the  ground  that  the 
history  of  Kensington  is  a  part  of  the  history  of  those  portions  that  seceded, 
to  the  date  of  their  organization,  or  time  of  assuming  another  name. 

Rev.  Mr.  Clark's  record  and  remarks. 

Kensington,  14th  July,  1756.     I  was  this  day  set  apart  to  the  sacred 
office  of  the  Gospel  Ministry,  by  the  laying  on  of  the  hands  of  the  Pres- 
bytery, and  the  Reverend  Ministers  assisting  were, 
Ashbel  Woodbridge,  of  Glastenbury. 
Daniel  Russel,  of  Stepney. 
Grindel  Rossen,  of  Hadlyme. 
Edward  Eells,  of  Middletown,  upper  houses. 


56  INTRODUCTION. 

Moses  Bartlet,  of  East  Middletown. 
Samuel  Newel,  of  New  Cambridge. 
Joshua  Belden,  of  Newington. 
James  Lockwood,  of  Wethersfield. 
Elijah  Latrop,  of  Gilead. 
Timothy  Pitkin,  of  Farmington. 

And  I  took  the  solemn  charge  of  the  church  of  Christ  my  Blessed  Lord 
and  Master,  in  this  place,  (signed)  Samuel  Clark.  And  I  received  the 
records  of  the  church  which  were  very  imperfect  and  broken,  on  the  16th 
day  of  the  above  said  month ;  and  by  those  records  I  find  the  following 
relating  to  the  affairs  and  state  of  the  Church  in  this  place.  The  Rev- 
Mr.  William  Burnham,  my  predecessor,  was  ordained  in  this  place  on  the 
tenth  of  December,  1712,  and  the  Reverend  Ministers  assisting  were, 
Mr.  Timothy  Woodbridge  and  Mr.  Thomas  Buckingham,  of  Hartford. 
Mr.  Stephen  Mix,  of  Wethersfield,  &  Mr.  Samuel  Whitman,  of  Farmington. 
The  names  of  persons  taken  into  the  Church  since  the  first  forming  of; 
as  to  those  taken  in  before  I  came,  I  can  find  but  an  imperfect  account;  I 
have  their  names  for  a  little  while  at  first,  and  such  as  were  members 
•when  I  was  settled,  except  a  large  number  which  belonged  to  "  New  Brit- 
ton"  Society  when  I  was  settled,  but  were  not  embodied  or  dismissed  from 
this  Church  till  afterwards. 

December  10th,  1712,  the  Church  was  formed  and  consisted  of  the  fol- 
lowing members: 

Rev.  William  Burnham,  Pastor. 
Stephen  Lee  and  his  wife. 
Anthony  Judd,  Deacon. 
Samuel  Seymour  and  his  wife. 
Thomas  North. 

Thomas  Hart,  Deacon,  and  his  wife. 
Caleb  Cowles. 

March  2d,  1712-13,  accepted  from  other  Churches, 
Isaac  Norton  and  his  wife,  Elizabeth. 
Benjamin  Judd  and  his  wife,  Susannah. 
February,  1718-19,  accepted  from  other  Churches, 

Samuel  Bronson,  sen.  and  his  wife,  Abigail,  from  Farmington. 

Daniel  Andrus  and  Samuel  Hubbard,  from  Hartford. 

Ebenezer  Gilbert,  from  Hartford. ; 

Samuel  Peck  and  Abigail,  his  wife,  from  Hartford. 

The  wife  of  Samuel  Hubbard,  from  Hartford. 

"  Such  as  were  Members  when  I  came." 
Supposed  to  be  living  and  resident.     (Eo.)     1756. 
Timothy  Hubbard  and  Abiah  his  wife. 
John  Beckley  and  Mary,  his  wife. 


KENSINGTOX     PARISH.  57 

Isaac  North  and  Mary,  his  wife. 

Ann  Steele,  daughter  of  Joseph;  (she  married  John  Root) 

Ann  Burnham,  Widow. 

Ashbel,  (Negro.) 

Ebenezer  Hart  and  Elizabeth,  his  wife. 

Isaac  Hart  and  Elizabeth,  his  wife. 

Samuel  Thompson  and  Sarah,  his  wife. 

Martha  Norton,  Widow. 

Jedediah  Norton  and  Acsah,  his  wife. 

Elnathan  Norton  and  Rachel,  his  wife. 

Joseph  Deming. 

Thomas  Goodwin  and  Sarah,  his  wife. 

John  Gridley  and  Ruth,  his  wife. 

Jonathan  Gilbert  and  Kesia,  his  wife. 

Samuel  Peck. 

Elisha  Peck  and  Lydia,  his  wife. 

Mary  Hooker,  wife  of  Andrew. 

Mary  Beckley,  wife  of  Benjamin. 

Mary  Andrus,  widow  of  John. 

Eunice  Andrus,  wife  of  Daniel. 

Jerusha,  wife  of  John  Bartholomew,  (removed.) 

Ann  Porter,  daughter  of  John,  (married  Stephen  Mix.) 

Samuel  Galpin. 

Samuel  Galpin,  jun.,  and  Abigail,  his  wife. 

Lois  Peck,  widow. 

Aaron  Bronson. 

Samuel  Gridley,  jun. 

Hezekiah  Winchel  and  Mary,  his  wife ;  (she  married  Samuel  Lankton.) 

Luke  Stebbins. 

Abigail  Bronson,  widow. 

Elisha  Bronson  and  Sarah,  his  wife. 

Mary,  widow  of  Deacon  Jonathan  Lee. 

Lucy,  daughter  of  Jonathan  Lee. 

John  Lee  and  Sarah,  his  wife. 

Elijah  Peck  and  Mary,  his  wife. 

Abigail  Cowles,  widow. 

Daniel  Cowles  and  Martha,  his  wife. 

John  Gilbert  and  Eunice,  his  wife. 

Josiah  Boardman  and  Rachel,  his  wife. 

Isaac  Norton  and  Elizabeth,  his  wife ;  (she  married  to  Deacon  Thomas 

Hart ;  age  79.) 

Abram  Pierson  and  Sarah,  his  wife. 
Samuel  Peck,  jun. 


58  INTRODUCTION. 

Hannah  Porter,  widow. 

Ruth  Porter,  wife  of  William. 

John  Cole  and  his  wife. 

Elizabeth  Gridley,  widow. 

Judith  Gridley. 

Joseph  Porter  and  Hannah,  his  wife. 

Hannah  Newel. 

Job  Norton  and  Susannah,  his  wife,  (removed.) 

John  Kisby. 

John  Squire  and  Elizabeth,  his  wife. 

Elisha  Goodrich  and  Rebecca,  his  wife,  (removed.) 

Abijah  Peck  and  Abigail,  his  wife. 

Elizabeth  Galpin,  widow. 

James  Steele  and  Mercy,  his  wife. 

Daniel  Beckley,  jun.  and  Ruth,  his  wife  ;  (married  to  Abram  Harris.) 

Josiah  Burnham  and  Ruth,  his  wife. 

Charles  Kelsey  and  Mehitabel,  his  wife. 

Watts  Hubbard  and  Mary,  his  wife,  (removed.) 

David  Sage  and  Bathsheba  (Judd,)  his  wife. 

Richard  Hubbard. 

Roger  Norton. 

Huit  Strong,  (chosen  Deacon,  1756.) 

Ruth  Burnham,  widow. 

Elisha  Burnham. 

James  Hurlbut  and  his  wife. 

Ebenezer  Gridley. 

Amos  Gridley. 

Nathaniel  Winchel. 

Nathaniel  Winchel.  jun. 

Moses  Deming  and  Sarah,  his  wife. 

Thomas  Standley  and  Martha,  his  wife. 

Charles  Bronson. 

Samuel  Smith. 

Josiah  Bronson. 

Martha,  wife  of  Daniel  Beckley. 

Nathaniel  Dickinson. 

William  Allis. 

August  8th,  1756,  Members  to  Church  from  this  date. 
Jerusha  (Lee,)  wife  of  Elisha  Burnham. 
Lydia,  wife  of  George  Hubbard,  received  from  Hartford. 
October  3d,  Sarah,  wife  of  Richard  Hubbard. 

September  19th,  Servia  Allis,  wid.  of  John,  (mar.  David  Webster,  Esq.) 
Joel  Mitchel. 


KENSINGTON    PARISH.  59 

October  10th,  Seth  Hooker. 
December  19th,  Job  Heart  and  Eunice,  his  wife. 
Aaron  Porter. 

Thomas  Gridley  and  Hannah,  his  wife. 
February  6th,  1757,  Hezekiah  Winchel. 

Elizabeth,  wife  of  Joseph  Deming. 
Azuba  (Orvice,)  wife  of  Ebenezer  Gridley. 
Deborah,  wife  of  Samuel  Gridley,  jun. 
April  10th,  Jonathan  Lankton. 
Daniel  Elderkin. 

Sarah  (Sage,)  wife  of  Ebenezer  Steele. 
June  19th,  Azuba  (Eno,)  wife  of  Amos  Gridley. 
August  28th,  Keziah,  wife  of  Elisha  Cole. 
December  25th,  Elijah  Heart,  of  New  Britain. 

Thus  far  from  Rev.  Samuel  Clark's  record  and  remarks.  (The  inter- 
linings  by  the  Editor.) 

Here  follows  a  list  from  the  record  and  remarks  of  Rev.  John  Smalley, 
D.  D.,  in  the  words  and  order  in  which  he  recorded  them,  viz : 

April  19th,  1758.  A  Church  was  gathered  in  the  parish  of  New  Brit- 
ain, John  Smalley  being  Ordained  to  the  pastoral  office  in  &  over  the 
same.  From  the  Church  in  Kensington,  (Rev.  Samuel  Clark,  Pastor.) 
The  widdow  Hannah  Seymor,  the  Widdow  Mary  Andrus,  the  Widdow 
Anna  Booth,  Benjamin  Judd  &  his  wife,  Widdow  Elizabeth  Lee,  Joseph 
Smith,  Rebecca,  wife  of  Daniel  Dewy,  Hannah,  wife  of  Gideon  Griswold, 
Martha,  wife  of  Samuel  Goodrich,  Joseph  Smith,  jun.  &  his  wife,  Jedediah 
Smith  &  his  wife,  Josiah  Lee  &  his  wife,  Isaac  Lee  &  his  wife,  Stephen 
Lee,  James  Judd,  Uriah  Judd  &  his  wife,  Nathan  Judd  &  his  wife,  Phin- 
eas  Judd  &  his  wife,  John  Judd  &  his  wife,  Joshua  Mather  &  his  wife, 
Elijah  Hart  &  his  wife,  Judah  Hart,  Elijah  Hart,  jun.,  Moses  Andrus  & 
his  wife,  William  Patterson,  Widdow  Hannah  Root,  John  Kelsey  &  his 
wife,  Joseph  Woodruff  &  his  wife,  Simmons  Woodruff  &  his  wife,  Nathan 
Booth  &  his  wife,  Ladwick  Hotchkiss  &  his  wife. 

The  compiler  has  inserted  the  above  list  because  the  persons  originally 
belonged  to  the  Kensington  Church,  and  the  early  history  of  that  church 
is  not  complete  without  them,  and  even  with  them  there  will  be  wanting 
the  names  of  such  as  died,  or  otherwise  removed,  not  only  during  the  in- 
terim between  Rev.  Mr.  Burnham  and  Rev.  Mr.  Clark,  but  also  from  the 
last  entry  of  Mr.  Burnham,  February,  1718-19,  to  the  settlement  of  Mr. 
Clark,  July  14th,  1756,  a  period  of  some  thirty-seven  years.  This  omis- 
sion or  gap  in  the  record  never  can  be  supplied  unless  Mr.  Burnham'g 
record  can  be  found.  A  few  of  the  names  might  be  supplied,  however,  by 
a  thorough  antiquarian,  from  neighboring  church  records,  scraps  of  family 


60  INTRODUCTION. 

history,  and  incidental  notices  of  individuals,  titles  of  officers,  and  by  tra- 
dition. 

A  century  and  a  half  has  expired  since  the  organization  of  this  church, 
and  December,  1862,  the  present  pastor,  Rev.  E.  B.  Hillard,  very  appro- 
priately noticed  the  occasion  by  a  historical  sermon  to  his  congregation,  the 
closing  reflections  of  which  the  compiler  has  begged  leave  to  quote  for 
this  work. 

"  Mr.  Burnham  continued  to  be  the  minister  of  the  Society  till  the  time 
of  his  death,  September  23d,  1750.  His  remains  lie  buried  in  the  old 
burying-ground,  his  gift  to  the  Society,  in  Christian  Lane,  the  stone  that 
marks  his  grave  bearing  the  following  inscription :  "  Here  lies  interred  the 
body  of  the  Rev.  William  Burnham,  Senior,  first  pastor  of  the  church  of 
Christ  in  Kensington,  who  having  served  his  generation  according  to  the 
will  of  God  fell  on  sleep  September  the  23d,  1750,  in  the  sixty-sixth  year 
of  his  age,  and  the  thirty-eighth  of  his  ministry."  The  foot-stone  is  in- 
scribed, "The  Rev.  Mr.  William  Burnham,  1750."  The  grave  is  near 
the  western  end  of  the  ground,  the  stone  an  upright  slab  of  freestone,  the 
inscription  on  the  east  side  facing  the  road.  There,  together,  in  that 
sacred  enclosure,  sleep  the  fathers ;  the  martial  leader  of  the  settlement, 
in  his  nameless  but  not  forgotten  grave  ;  the  first  pastor  surrounded  by  his 
flock ;  the  staid  and  thoughtful  men  with  whom  he*  took  serious,  manly 
counsel,  their  tombstone  telling  the  simple  story  that  they  lived  and  died, 
"  Serving  their  generation  according  to  the  will  of  God  and  then  falling  on 
sleep,"  but  in  that  simple  inscription  telling  the  whole  story  of  their  pious 
faithfulness,  their  modest  worth ;  the  wives  who  loved  them  and  helped 
them  by  their  side ;  and  the  little  children  who  came  with  them  into  the 
wilderness,  no  longer  trembling  at  the  wolf's  howl  or  the  Indian's  yell ; 
there,  clustered  on  the  knoll  beside  the  still-flowing  river,  they  lie,  their 
faces  to  the  east,  in  readiness  to  greet  him  whose  coming  shall  be  as  the 
coming  of  the  morning ;  their  tombstones  lettered  on  the  side  towards  the 
road,  as  though  in  their  old  human  love  still  longing  to  greet  with  the  old 
words  of  kindness  the  passer-by.  I  visited,  a  short  time  since,  that  sacred 
spot.  I  stood  beside  the  ancient  graves.  I  looked  around  upon  the 
scenes  on  which  the  silent  sleepers  in  them  used  to  look.  I  turned  my 
eyes,  as  the  sun  was  setting,  to  the  summit  of  the  western  mountain, 
whither,  at  sunset,  their  eyes  had  so  often  turned  when  home  and  friends 
lay  beyond,  and  all  was  forest-wild  between.  In  sight  and  near  at  hand 
was  the  swell  on  which  stood  the  old  meeting-house,  in  which  they  first 
covenanted  together  to  walk  with  Christ  and  with  each  other;  where  they 
heard  the  lessons  that  took  from  death  its  sting,  and  cheered  the  gloom  of 
the  grave  with  the  light  of  immortality ;  within  sound  of  the  Sabbath- 
psalm  sung  in  concert  by  those,  the  living,  that  loved  them  still,  and  which, 
mingling  in  the  stillness  of  the  holy  day,  with  the  whispering  of  the  forest 


KENSINGTON     PARISH.  61 

foliage  and  the  murmuring  of  the  forest  stream,  soothed  their  pious  rest. 
The  trees  were  bare.  The  snow  lay  on  the  ground,  as  a  century  and  a 
half  before  it  had  lain  there  on  the  December  day  when  they  first,  collect- 
ing from  their  scattered  homes,  had  gathered  at  the  meeting-house  to  see 
him  whom  they  had  chosen  to  be  their  shepherd  in  the  wilderness,  set 
apart  to  his  sacred  work,  and  to  covenant  with  him  to  be  his  people.  That 
early  covenant  they  kept  with  him,  and  he  with  them,  and  now  they  sleep 
together  near  by,  in  hope  of  a  glorious  resurrection.  As  I  stood  there  and 
looked  around  me,  these  thoughts  in  my  heart,  I  felt  that  the  ground  on 
which  I  stood  was  holy  ground.  Reverently  I  trod  amid  the  ashes  of  the 
fathers.  Silently  I  prayed  that  I  might  be  faithful  to  the  charge  they  had 
transmitted  to  me,  and  that  when  like  them  I  had  done  my  life's  work,  I 
too  might  die  the  death  of  the  righteous  and  my  last  end  be  like  theirs. 

The  spot  where  they  sleep  seems  fit  place  for  their  long  rest.  It  is  re- 
tired and  lonely,  as  is  now  the  history  of  their  lives.  The  age  in  which 
they  lived  has  passed  away.  The  present  is  new  and  strange.  It  is  meet 
that  in  their  final  rest  they  should  be  withdrawn  from  it,  their  slumbers 
be  undisturbed  by  its  tumultuous  whirl.  And  so  it  is.  They  sleep  in 
peace.  The  age  is  busy  around  them  but  it  leaves  them  lonely  still.  The 
"  desolate  corner  of  the  wilderness"  in  which  they  planted  their  lonely 
settlement,  has  become  the  centre  of  a  region  of  life  and  activity ;  their 
business  vexes  it ;  their  sounds  disturb  it ;  but  the  scene  of  their  early 
homes  is  still  almost  as  quiet  as  when  no  sounds  were  heard  there  save 
those  of  the  Indian's  footfall  or  the  forest  cry.  There  let  us  leave'them 
to  their  sleep,  beneath  the  trees,  beside  the  river. 

"  Each  in  his  narrow  cell  forever  laid." 

Or  if  we  visit  their  graves  let  it  be  to  breathe  the  peace  that  calmed 
their  souls,  and  learn  the  lessons  which  their  virtues  teach  us." 


62  NEW     BEITAIK. 

NEW    BRITAIN. 

NEW  BRITAIN  as  an  incorporated  Ecclesiastical  Society.  May  session, 
1754,  its  name,  in  honor  of  Great  Britain,  given  by  Col.  Isaac  Lee. 

The  etymology  of  the  word  is  bright,  shining,  tin  or  pewter ;  hence  the 
island  of  Great  Britain  was  called  so  from  the  abundance  of  tin  found  in 
adjacent  islands.  It  is  not  supposed  that  our  ancestors  ever  dreamed  it 
was  destined  to  be  a  village,  or  even  a  town.  The  height  of  their  ambi- 
tion was  to  make  it  an  ecclesiastical  and  school  society,  where  the  preach- 
ing of  the  gospel  might  be  sustained,  a  church  organized,  its  ordinances 
observed,  and  convenient  schools  established  for  their  children.  The  same 
lines  bound  it  now,  1867,  that  bounded  it  when  it  took  its  name,  (except  a 
small  addition  to  its  northern  limit,)  embracing  a  territory  only  about  three 
and  a  half  miles  by  four  and  a  half;  the  surface  much  broken  with  moder- 
ate hills  and  corresponding  valleys,  well  watered  with  springs  and  small 
rivulets,  but  no  rivers.  It  has  a  much  greater  elevation  than  is  generally 
supposed  ;  is  the  summit  of  the  railroad  from  Hartford  to  Plainville ;  the 
source  of  the  little  river  emptying  at  Hartford ;  of  the  Mattabesset,  dis- 
charging at  Middletown,  and  the  Quinnipiac,  falling  into  the  Sound,  at 
New  Haven.  Its  natural  advantages  are  not  greatly  in  its  favor.  Its 
streams  are  barely  sufficient  to  turn  its  grist  and  saw-mills ;  its  valleys  on 
the  eastern  portion  adjoining  the  parish  of  Newington  are  rich  and  produc- 
tive of  good  hay  and  grain,  and  the  western  portions  for  good  and  thrifty 
•wood  and  grazing.  Fruits  and  grains  in  great  variety  have  been  produced 
from  the  soil,  from  the  first  settlement  of  the  place,  but  it  has  been  done 
with  great  pains  and  labor,  for  the  soil  in  general  is  hard  and  gravelly,  as 
is  seen  by  our  hard  and  smooth  roads.  It  occupies  a  central  position  in 
the  State,  being  eight  miles  west  of  Connecticut  river,  and  full  twenty-five 
miles  north  of  New  Haven.  At  the  date  of  its  incorporation  or  divorce 
from  Kensington  and  Newington,  the  society  had  about  sixty  dwellings 
scattered  over  its  surface  ;  some  of  them  would  not  be  very  inviting  to  the 
taste  of  the  present  generation,  mere  lodges  or  huts ;  yet  within  were  warm 
hearts  and  busy  hands.  The  reader  will  see  towards  the  close  of  the  long 
introduction  to  this  work,  that  the  incorporating  act  of  the  General  Court 
excluded  (no  doubt  from  their  own  choice  strenuously  urged,)  three  prom- 
inent families  at  the  northern  extremity  of  the  parish,  with  their  large 
farms.  This  was  a  grief  and  trial  which  we  see  they  soon  felt,  and  strove 
to  remedy  by  their  applications  to  the  General  Assembly.  Two  of  the 
principal  patriarchs  of  this  struggling  community  had  now  passed  away  by 
death  ;  Capt.  Stephen  Lee  and  Deacon  Anthony  Judd.  Their  names  no 
more  appear  at  the  head  of  petitions  for  "  aid,  ease,  comfort,  or  relief  of 
heavy  burdens."  Capt.  Lee's  sword  now  rests  in  ts  scabbard,  (unless 


NEW    BEITAIN.  63 

perchance  used  by  his  stalwart  sons  or  grand-sons.)  Deacon  Anthony  no 
more  distributes  the  memorials  of  the  broken  body  of  his  Saviour,  and  the 
voices  of  these  prominent  men  are  no  more  heard  moderating  in  church, 
town  or  society  meetings.  But  they  have  left  large  families,  large  estates, 
and  what  is  still  more  enduring,  good  examples  and  name. 

They  left  still  living  Sergeant  Benjamin  Judd,  active  in  both  church 
and  society,  and  Capt.  Jonathan  Lewis,  prominent  in  military,  town  and 
society  affairs,  with  a  goodly  number  of  younger  men,  with  stout  hearts 
and  strong  arms.  Their  first  society  meeting  was  held  June  13th,  1754, 
when  they  voted  and  agreed  that  it  was  necessary  to  build  a  house  for 
public  worship,  and  at  the  same  meeting  appointed  a  committee  to  apply 
to  the  County  Court  to  affix  the  place  where  to  build.  Also  a  committee 
to  procure  a  suitable  candidate  to  preach  the  gospel  amongst  us. 

At  the  same  meeting  Josiah  Lee  was  chosen  clerk,  and  Isaac  Lee, 
treasurer,  and  Josiah  Leje  and  others  a  committee  to  order  the  prudentials 
of  the  parish. 

October  25th,  1754,  a  committee  was  appointed  to  assist  the  surveyor 
to  make  a  map  of  the  parish,  and  find  the  center  of  the  society,  as  near  as 
they  can.  Also  the  committee  directed  to  endeavor  to  procure  Rev.  Ste- 
phen Holmes  to  preach  amongst  us  as  a  candidate  for  settlement. 

Rev.  Stephen  Holmes*  was  first  invited  to  preach  as  a  candidate  for 
settlement ;  he  was  paid  £10  old  tenor  per  Sabbath  ;  he  preached  thirteen 
Sabbaths.  For  some  unknown  reason  to  us,  he  failed  to  gain  the  parish, 
but  he  secured  a  wife  in  the  person  of  Deacon  Patterson's  third  daughter, 
Anna,  to  whom  he  was  united  in  marriage  January  24th,  1759,  before 
Rev.  John  Smalley,  and  she  had  bequeathed  to  her  as  part  of  her  portion 
of  her  father's  estate,  Rose,  a  servant  girl. 

December  2d,  1754,  a  meeting  of  the  parish  voted  thakthey  desire  the 
committee  to  endeavor  to  procure  the  Rev.  John  Bunnel  to  preach  amongst 
us  as  a  candidate  for  settlement  in  the  gospel  ministry. 

At  a  society  meeting  December  16th,  1754,  voted  to  proceed  and  build 
a  house  for  religious  worship.f 

*  He  was  settled  November,  1757,  at  Center  Brook,  in  Essex,  (Pautapaug,)  where 
he  died  September,  1773. 

t  That  the  parish  had  religious  services  previous  to  having  a  meeting-house,  is  shown 
from  the  following  extracts  from  the  Church  Kecord  of  Rev.  Joshua  Belden,  Newing- 
ton:  "Elias  Hart  and  wife  'owned  the  covenant'  at  New  Britain,  September,  1754." 
From  the  Church  Record  of  Rev.  Ebenezer  Booge,  of  Northington  :  "  Baptized,  at  New 
Britain,  September  22d,  1754,  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Joseph  Clark."  The  reader  will 
observe  this  last  Sabbath  service  was  the  next  after  Rev.  Mr.  Belden  held  his.  Again, 
Rev.  Mr.  Belden,  at  a  later  date,  "  July  27th,  1755  :  Elijah  Smith  and  Jacob  Brandigee 
'  owned  the  covenant'  at  New  Britain,  and  at  the  same  time  and  place,  William  Horton 
owned  the  covenant'  and  was  baptized."  Again,  two  weeks  before  New  Britain  Church 
was  organized,  Rev.  Ebenezer  Booge  says  in  his  Church  Record  :  "  I  baptized  at  New 
Britain,  April  5th,  1758,  Solomon,  son  of  Joseph  Clark." 


64  NEW    BRITAIN. 

March  17th,  1755,  at  a  meeting  of  the  society  of  New  Britain  legally 
warned,  voted  to  proceed  to  settle  the  Rev.  John  Bunnel,  provided  we  can 
agree  on  terms,  and  also  provided  the  approbation  of  the  Reverend  South 
Association  of  Hartford  county  can  be  obtained. 

At  the  same  meeting  voted  as  a  settlement  £1,200  old  tenor,  with  this 
proviso,  viz.  that  if  he  cease  to  be  our  minister  through  his  defect,  he  shall 
refund  his  settlement.  Also  voted  as  a  salary  £55  per  annum,  lawful 
money.  Mr.  John  Bunnel*  declines  the  call,  but  at  a  meeting  held  May 
15th,  1755,  a  committee  is  appointed  to  pray  him  that  he  reconsider  the 
request  of  this  society,  and  that  he  consider  our  needy  circumstances,  and 
the  ill  consequences  consequent  on  his  denial,  and  ascertain  if  there  is  any 
way  of  removing  the  objections  in  the  way  of  his  settling  among  us,  &c., 
but  if  unsuccessful,  to  procure  some  other  candidate. 

December  1st,  1755,  at  a  meeting  of  the  parish  it  was  voted  to  appoint 
a  committee  to  apply  to  the  Reverend  South  Association  of  Hartford 
county  for  their  advice,  that  they  recommend  some  suitable  orthodox  can- 
didate to  preach  the  gospel  amongst  us  with  a  view  to  a  settlement. 

At  the  next  meeting  the  committee  were  instructed  to  endeavor  to  pro- 
cure Rev.  Amos  Fowler  to  preach  for  them  as  a  candidate  for  settlement. 
And  here  the  author  is  constrained,  (though  reluctantly,)  to  disclose  the 
fact  that  we  have  no  authenticated  record  of  the  society  doings  and  acts  in 
regard  to  building  the  house  or  supplying  the  pulpit.  That  we  had,  as  a 
society,  such  a  record,  kept  by  the  clerk  or  recorder,  is  evident,  for  we 
copy  this  early  history  of  the  parish  from  notes  purporting  to  be  taken 
from  the  record  book  referred  to.  The  original  record,  we  fear,  is  irrev- 
ocably "lost."  The  notes  are  by  Doctor  Thomas  G.  Lee,  an  eminent 
physician,  who  had  in  early  life  been  elevated  to  the  superintendence  of 
the  McLane  Asylum  for  the  Insane,  at  Charlestown,  Mass.,  but  died  1836, 
at  the  age  of  twenty-eight.  While  studying  with  Dr.  Todd,  of  Farming- 
ton,  and  spending  some  time  at  his  home  in  this  place,  having  a  great  taste 
for  antiquarian  lore,  he  gathered  these  notes,  and  we  are  chiefly  indebted 
to  his  taste  and  diligence,  and  to  the  kindness  of  his  brother,  Dr.  John  R. 
Lee,  for  the  use  of  them  in  the  preparation  of  this  work,  and  thus  also  for 
the  early  history  of  the  parish.  We  have  however  a  treasurer's  record, 
from  1765  to  this  date,  and  a  clerk's  from  November  5th,  1793,  to  the 
present  time,  which  will  be  quoted  from  as  occasion  requires.  These  re- 
marks will  show  the  reader  why  so  many  incidentals  are  introduced  to  cor- 

*  His  native  place,  West  Haven,  waa  licensed  1738,  by  New  Haven  East  Associa- 
tion ;  the  church  in  New  Britain  had  previously  applied  to  Hartford  South  for  advice 
respecting  some  proper  person  to  preach  to  them  as  a  candidate  for  settlement,  as  ap- 
pears from  the  associational  record  of  a  meeting  held  at  Stepney,  February  4th,  1755, 
at  the  house  of  Rev.  Mr.  Daniel  Russel,  where  they  say  they  have  advised  the  society 
of  New  Britain  to  Mr.  John  Bunnel  to  preach  with  them  upon  probation. 


NE\V     BRITAIN.  65 

roborate  the  main  history.  The  following  is  an  instance  of  incidentals 
from  Farmington  town  records: 

February  1st,  1755,  Dr.  Isaac  Lee,  of  Middletown,  deeded  to  Farming- 
ton,  for  a  highway,  three  pieces  of  land  in  the  parish  of  New  Britain,  the 
first  piece,  one  rod  wide,  and  half  a  mile  and  six  rods  long,  butted  east  on 
the  highway  that  runs  by  the  house  where  my  son  Stephen  now  dwells, 
south  on  land  lately  conveyed  to  the  town  by  my  brother  Josiah,  north  on 
my  own  land.*  The  second  piece  runs  "  cross"  my  said  lot,  and  is  butted 
north  on  land  conveyed  to  Farmington  by  Benjamin  Judd ;  east,  part  on 
my  own  land  and  part  on  land  of  Josiah  Lee,  to  be  eight  rods  wide  at  .the 
north  end,  and  six  at  the  south ;  butts  west  on  the  ledge  next  west  of  the 
place  appointed  for  to  build  the  meeting-house."  The  third  piece  begins 
at  the  path  at  the  top  of  the  ledge,  and  runs  northerly  across  the  Mill 
Brook,  three  rods  below  the  bridge,  thence  to  Benjamin  Judd's  land,  and 
is  in  length  thirty-five  rods. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  society  February  29th,  1756,  it  was  voted  and 
agreed  that  Capt.  John  Patterson  and  Isaac  Lee  be  a  committee  to  apply 
to  the  General  Assembly,  moving  that'  those  families  which  were  excluded 
in  the  north  part  of  our  parish,  be  admitted  to  the  society. 

The  following  in  order  of  time  is  from  the  State  archives:  .,  ^ 

At  a  meeting  of  the  inhabitants  of  ye  parish  of  New  Britain,  holden  on 
the  25th  day  of  February,  1756,  lawfully  warned,  at  the  same  meeting 
Capt.  John  Patterson  and  Mr.  Ladwick  Hotchkiss  were  chosen  a  commit- 
tee to  prepare  a  memorial  to  the  Honorable  General  Assembly,  praying  to 
grant  a  tax  on  unimproved  lands  in  the  society,  to  be  improved  in  build- 
ing a  meeting-house,  and  the  settling  a  gospel  minister  amongst  us. 

A  true  copy  of  record.     Test,  Isaac  Lee,  Society  Clerk. 

The  above  appointment  and  duty  of  Capt.  John  Patterson  and  Mr.  Lad- 
wick  Hotchkiss  was  duly  attended  to,  and  their  petition  presented  to  the 
Assembly,  which  granted  a  tax  of  one  penny  an  acre  on  all  unimproved 
lauds,  for  the  purpose  proposed,  for  the  term  of  four  years  next  ensuing. 

Done  at  May  session,  1756. 

We  now  return  to  the  negotiations  of  this  young  society  in  regard  to 
settling  a  minister ;  they  have  no  meeting-house  yet  to  preach  in,  and  their 
candidates,  though  numerous,  seem  coy.  Rev.  Amos  Fowler  has  been 
preaching  for  them  as  a  candidate,  and  at  a  meeting  of  the  society  April 
25th,  1756,  they  voted  and  agreed  to  give  Mr.  Fowler  as  a  settlement 
£140,  lawful  money,  and  voted  to  grant  him  as  a  salary  £50  a  year  for 
three  years,  and  £60  as  annual  salary  after  that. 

At  a  meeting  held  June  7th,  1756,  voted  by  almost  a  unanimous  vote 
that  we  still  desire  Mr.  Fowler  to  settle  with  us.  And  July  19th,  1756, 
Mr.  Amos  Fowler  accepts  the  proposals  of  the  parish,  with  slight  altera- 

*  This  is  the  north  half  of  "  burying  yard  lane." 
5 


66  NEW     BRITAIN. 

tions  in  respect  to  salary ;  and  ("  provided  you  continue  well  united  and 
prosperous,  there  appears  nothing  which  I  shall  look  upon  sufficient  to 
render  my  settling  with  you  not  my  duty.)  I  shall  endeavor  to  do  my 
part  in  taking  the  properest  steps  in  order  to  settle  in  the  work  of  the  min- 
istry with  you ;  though  as  the  work  is  great  and  arduous,  I  choose  some 
length  of  time  before  I  actually  undertake  it." 

At  the  same  meeting  July  19th,  1756,  the  society  agree  by  vote  to  com- 
ply with  the  alterations  proposed.  And  a  committee  appointed  to  consult 
about  a  settlement.  And  at  a  meeting  August  30th,  1756,  it  is  decided  by 
vote  that  the  society  are  still  desirous  that  Mr.  Fowler*  will  settle  with 
them.  But  at  a  subsequent  meeting,  viz.  November  1st,  1756,  a  commit- 
tee is  chosen  and  appointed  to  endeavor  to  procure  Mr.  James  Taylor  to 
preach  as  a  candidate ;  and  also  to  apply  to  the  South  Association  of  Hart- 
ford county  for  advice. 

At  the  annual  meeting  they  continue  to  pass  votes  expressive  of  their 
satisfaction  with  Mr.  Taylor ;  and  February  7th,  1757,  voted  to  settle 
Mr.  Taylor  as  soon  as  may  be  convenient,  and  a  committee  appointed  to 
agree  respecting  terms,  &c. 

March  28th,  1757,  voted  to  Mr.  James  Taylor  as  a  settlement,  £270 
lawful  money,  in  two  several  payments.  And  May  17th,  1757,  voted  as 
annual  salary  £45,  to  be  raised  to  £60,  together  with  eighteen  cords  of 
wood,  and  also  voted  to  call  in  Reverend  Council  for  advice. 

June  7th,  1757,  the  parish  held  a  meeting  and  voted  that  they  desire 
Mr.  Taylor  to  settle  with  them,  and  also  voted  to  call  another  council  for 
further  advice.  June  27th,  1757,  a  committee  was  appointed  to  do  all 
things  proper  for  them  to  do  previous  to  the  ordination.f 

At  the  annual  meeting  December  5th,  1757,  voted  to  apply  to  the  Rev- 
erend Association  of  Hartford  South  for  advice  respecting  some  suitable 
candidate  for  the  ministry,  and  a  committee  was  appointed  to  use  their  en- 
deavors to  procure  Rev.  John  Smalley  to  preach  as  a  probationer.  This 
eeems  to  be  the  first  mention  of  his  name.  He  was  licensed  to  preach  by 
the  Association  of  Litchfield  South,  the  same  year,  1757.  It  appears  from 
the  votes  of  the  society  above  referred  to,  and  the  deeds  of  land  for  high- 
ways to  accommodate  travel,  that  the  location  of  the  "  meeting-house"  was 
fixed  previous  to  February  1st,  1755.  Whether  the  county  court  sent  a' 
committee  to  fix  the  location  and  find  the  center  of  the  parish,  don't  appear 

*His  native  place,  North  Guilford.  He  settled  June,  1758,  over  the  first  Church 
in  Guilford,  and  died  there  February,  1800.  He  was  son  of  Daniel  Fowler,  of  Guil- 
ford, a  descendant  of  William,  of  Guilford,  the  emigrant. 

tMr.  James  Taylor  settled  March,  1758,  over  the  Congregational  Church  in  New 
Fail-field,  Conn.,  and  Fairfield  East  Association  May  29th,  1703,  at  Bethel,  heard  a 
complaint  versus  him  and  others,  for  false  doctrine,  (Sandemanianism,)  and  the  Con- 
sociation silenced  him,  when  he  was  dismissed  June,  1764. 


• 

NEW    BRITAIN.  67 

on  the  court  records  after  diligent  search.  The  record  shows,  however, 
numerous  instances  of  the  kind  in  other  parishes  where  there  were  adverse 
parties  or  opposition.  In  the  absence  of  all  record  and  tradition  to  the  con- 
trary, we  conclude  our  ancestors  were  harmonious  in  fixing  the  location  on 
the  ledge  near  the  "Mill  Pond"  referred  to.  It  stood  on  the  present  main 
road  to  Hartford  from  New  Britain  village,  about  half  a  mile,  and  just 
north-east  of  the  present  "  cattle  pound"  of  the  town.  It  had  a  pleasant 
front  view  and  was  beautified  by  surrounding  oak  and  hickory  trees  left 
of  the  primitive  forest.  It  is  supposed  ample  provision  was  made  for 
building,  during  the  year  1756,  and  that  the  house  was  raised  and  covered 
the  summer  of  1757,  and  yet  as  late  as  1769  and  1770,  bills  were  pre- 
sented by  Timothy  Stanley  as  collector,  and  also  by  Capt.  Lemuel  Hotch- 
kiss,  for  window  springs  for  finishing  the  "  meeting-house."  The  house 
was  very  plain,  about  eighty  by  sixty-four  feet  in  size,  with  steep  roof, 
without  bell  or  belfry,  or  cupola,  and  resembled  in  size  and  shape,  except 
for  the  doors  and  windows,  a  nice  large  barn.  We  have  not  the  means  of 
knowing  how  it  was  finished  inside,  at  its  first  building.  It  was  "  built 
over"  outside,  and  painted,  immediately  after  the  great  revival  of  1784—5, 
at  an  expense  of  some  £90  or  more.  The  house  had  large  galleries ;  the 
two  "  high  pews,"  one  at  each  extreme  corner  to  the  right  and  left  of  the 
pulpit,  in  the  galleries,  were  so  much  raised  as  to  require  stairs  to  ascend 
and  descend,  and  so  high  that  a  tall  man  could  scarcely  stand  in  the  pew 
erect  without  touching  his  scalp  to  the  wall  over  head.  The  pulpit  was 
built  on  the  side  of  the  house,  (opposite  a  large  double  front  door,  with 
large  bull's  eyes  inserted,)  and  had  a  huge  "sounding  board"  impending; 
the  inclosure  was  small,  and  had  a  door  each  side,  with  a  wood  button ; 
and  stairs  on  each  side,  with  railing.  The  body  of  the  pulpit  was  orna- 
mented with  carved  vine,  with  leaves  and  grapes,*  (a  wonder  to  the  chil- 
dren.) A  seat  for  the'  deacons,  directly  under  the  front  of  the  pulpit,  be- 
tween it  and  the  communion  table,  which  table  was  made  by  a  plain  board 
hung  with  hinges  on  the  railing  of  the  seat,  and  when-  raised  was  supported 
with  two  curiously  twisted  "iron  braces."  A  large  but  single  door  opened 
at  each  end  of  the  house,  and  stairs  led  to  the  male  side  of  the  gallery,  at 
the  extreme  right  corner  of  the  minister,  and  a  corresponding  flight  to  the 
female  side,  on  his  left  hand.  The  broad  aisle,  (leading  from  the  broad 
front  door  to  the  pulpit,)  in  which  stood  our  grand-fathers  and  mothers, 
when  they  entered  into  covenant  with  God  and  the  church,  was  a  solemn 
place.  It  was  not  carpeted,  but  it  received  many  tears  of  penitence,  both 
from  those  joining  the  church,  and  from  such  as  fell  into  gross  sins,  and 
stood  there  while  their  public  confession  was  being  read.  Then  there  was 
a  narrow  aisle  leading  quite  round  the  house,  leaving  one  tier  of  pews 

*  This  was  done  by  subscription,  circulated  by  Capt.  Ladwick  Hotchkiss,  to  raise 
the  money. 


68  NEW     BRITAIN. 

joining  the  wall,  and  leaving  inside  two  squares  called  the  "  square  body." 
These  pews  or  pens  were  made  square,  with  straight  backs;  top  made  with 
open  work  and  banisters  inserted  some  eight  inches  apart,  and  seats  ex- 
4  tending  quite  round  on  every  side,  except  barely  the  door,  which  was  nar- 
row, and  fastened  with  a  wood  button.  The  occupants  faced  inwards,  of 
course  some  would  sit  with  their  backs  to  the  speaker,  and  hence  the  habit 
of  standing  part  of  the  time  during  the  sermon,  which  was  in  the  olden 
time  from  one  to  two  hours  long.*  *  The  hour-glass  which  stood  on  the 
pulpit,  was'  turned  at  the  reading  of  the  text,  and  the  audience  felt  slighted 
if  the  sermon  ended  before  the  sands  had  all  dropped.  The  meeting- 
house was  warmed  chiefly  by  the  sun,  for  a  chimney,  stove,  or  furnace 
was  unknown  for  that  purpose  in  those  days.  A  poor  substitute,  however, 
was  resorted  to  from  necessity,  namely,  the  "  foot  stove,"  and  the  "  Sabada 
house."  The  matron  of  each  family  was  careful  in  the  coldest  weather  to 
have  the  foot-stove  well  prepared  with  living  coals  from  the  home  hearth- 
stone. The  Sabba-dayf  houses  were  about  sixteen  feet  square,  with  a 
small  window  on  three  sides,  and  chimney  built  of  stone,  or  perhaps  part 
brick,  on  the  outside,  with  a  large  fire-place  attached.  This  room  was 
furnished  with  rough  seats,  and  hore  the  short  intermission  between  the 
services  was  spent  in  mutual  greetings,  inquiries  after  health,  and  perhaps 
comments  on  the  morning  sermon.  The  sheds  to  protect  the  horses,  stood 
near  by,  and  with  all  these  appendages  at  the  right  and  left  wings  to  the 
meeting-house,  the  grand  old  oaks,  (already  referred  to,)  the  rocks  and 
boulders  cropping  out  in  great  profusion,  the  "  meeting-house  yard"  was  a 
place  of  great  interest.  It  was  the  holy  "  hill  of  Zion"  to  the  parish ; 
"  thither  the  tribes  went  up"  by  five  different  roads  or  "  lanes"  which  cen- 
tred there.  It  was  never  called  the  park,  or  the  green,  but  the  "parade," 
and  was  used  as  a  military  parade,  from  the  days  of  the  French  war  of 
1762,  through  the  Revolution,  and  down  to  the  clos"e  of  the  war  with  Eng- 
land, February,  1815,  except  occasionally  the  central  park  where  the 
fountain  has  been  built.  And  while  we  are  describing  this  locality,  we 
must  not  pass  by  in  silence  the  "  burying  yard."  This  ground  was  early 
part  of  Capt.  Stephen  Lee's  farm,  and  descended  to  his  grand-sons,  Ste- 
phen and  Isaac,  who,  tradition  says,  gave  the  land  to  the  society  of  New 
Britain,  for  a  place  to  bury  their  dead,  j  The  town  record  in  Farmington 

*  President  Stiles  says  of  Mr.  William  Robinson  s  ordination,  that  himself  was  "  in 
sermon  two  hours."  • 

t  "  At  a  town  meeting  held  in  Farmington,  December  10th,  1759,  voted  liberty  to 
Thomas  Stanley  and  Noah  Stanley,  to  build  a  small  house  in  the  highway,  near  tha 
meeting-house  in  New  Britain  parish,  in  the  most  convenient  place  for  their  conven- 
iency  on  Sabbath  days." 

J  At  an  adjourned  meeting  of  the  inhabitants  of  the  town  of  Farmington,  held  De- 
cember 23d,  1771,  the  town  voted  that  the  committee  for  exchanging  highways,  be 
empowered  to  convey  to  Isaac  Lee,  Esq.,  so  much  of  said  highway  as  may  be  best 


NEW     BRITAIN.  69 

shows  how  this  land  came  to  the  parish,  by  whom,  and  how  he  was  com- 
pensated. It  was  directly  east  of  the  meeting-house,  about  eighty  rods. 
We  have  seen  that  Dr.  Isaac  Lee,  then  of  Middletown,  deeded  to  Farm- 
ington  one-half  the  lane  that  led  to  it,  while  the  same  year,  1755,  his 
brother,  Deacon  Josiah  Lee,  who  built  the  Skinner  house,  deeded  the 
other  half,  making  two  rods  wide.  The  burials  began  soon  after,  for  the 
oldest  stones  found,  date  1756.  This  place  designed  by  our  fathers  as  a 
city  for  the  dead,  was  wisely  chosen,  as  to  soil  and  locality.  It  has  been 
greatly  enlarged  from  time  to  time,  and  of  late,  cared  for  and  beautified, 
greatly  to  the  credit  of  the  town. 

We  have  supposed  the  meeting-house  was  built  in  1757,  but  I  find  a 
deed  given  by  Uriah  Judd,  of  a  piece  of  land  for  a  highway  to  the  town  of 
Farmington,  dated  1756,  in  which  he  says,  "to  run  south  from  the  meeting- 
house ;  said  highway  to  be  three  rods  wide,  running  through  my  farm,  and 
past  my  house."*  We  have  then,  1756,  or  at  the  latest,  1757,  a  plain  but 
decent  meeting-house,  with  surrounding  appendagesf  and  approaches,  and 
upon  the  whole  it  looks  inviting,  if  not  attractive. 

We  will  now  return  to  the  doings  of  the  society,  for  the  church  is  not 
yet  "  gathered."  At  a  society  meeting  held  on  the  9th  day  of  January, 
1758,  it  was  voted  unanimously  in  favor  of  proceeding  to  settle  Rev.  John 
Smalley,  provided  the  approbation  of  the  Reverend  Association  can  be 
obtained.  Voted  as  a  settlement  £150  lawful  money.  Voted  as  an  an- 
nual salary  £50  for  the  three  first  years,  and  afterwards  £60,  and  in  addi- 
tion a  yearly  grant  of  twenty  cords  of  wood. 

This  candidate,  who  became  afterwards  so  rich  a  blessing  to  this  people, 
was  son  of  Benjamin  Smalley,  an  Englishman  by  birth,  and  a  weaver  by 
trade.  He  married  Lydia,  sister  of  Joseph  Allen,  who  was  father  of  Col. 

Ethan.  She  died,  when  second,  he  married  Mary ,  who  became  the 

mother  of  John,  June  4th,  1734,  at  Lebanon  Crank,  Conn.,  parish  of  Co- 
spared,  as  shall  make  him  a  meet  recompense  for  the  burying-place  he  has  found  for 
said  society  of  New  Britain." 

Another  page  of  the  record  discloses  who  this  committee  were. 

"  At  a  town  meeting  in  Farmington,  held  the  9th  day  of  December,  1771,  Noah 
Stanley,  Elijah  Francis  and  David  Mather,  were  chosen  for  exchanging  highways  and 
removing  nuisances  in  New  Britain." 

*  His  house  stood  where  Alvin  North's  house  now  stands,  1864. 

t  It  should  be  observed  that  among  the  common  appendages  of  a  country  town  or 
parish,  is  a  prison  for  unruly  cattle.  Such  a  place  was  provided  for  this  society,  at  the 
expense  of  the  town  of  Farmington,  as  follows,  viz  :  "  At  a  meeting  of  the  town  of 
Farmington,  the  llth  April,  1768,  voted  the  society  of  New  Britain  have  liberty  to 
erect  a  pound  in  said  society,  at  the  town's  cost,  and  Isaac  Lee,  Esq.  and  Capt.  Phineas 
Judd  are  chosen  a  committee  to  appoint  a  place  to  erect  the  same,  and  Noah  Stanley 
and  Ladwick  Hotchkiss  are  appointed  to  erect  it,  and  JBlnathan  Smith  was  appointed 
keeper,  the  current  year."  It  was  built  on  the  east  street,  ner.r  the  residence  of  Elna- 
than  Smith,  now,  1862,  the  "Rhodes  farm."  ED. 


70  NEW     BRITAIN. 

lumbia.  The  parents  were  esteemed  pious,  especially  the  mother,  who 
early  gave  her  only  son  good  instructions,  which  made  a  lasting  impression, 
especially  his  finding  her  kneeling  and  praying  in  a  secluded  part  of  the 
house.  When  young  he  was  put  out  to  a  mechanical  trade,  but  his  pas- 
tor, Rev.  Eleazer  Wheelock,  perceiving  him  to  be  a  youth  of  fair  promise, 
fitted  him  for  college,  and  he  entered  Yale  at  the  age  of  eighteen.  "While 
at  college  his  father  lost  his  property,  and  while  the  son  expected  to  re- 
linquish his  studies,  found  a  patron  in  Mr.  Stiles,  who  after  became  the 
President  of  that  institution.  Rev.  Mr.  Wheelock  thought  he  became 
pious  in  early  boyhood,  but  he  experienced  while  in  college  what  he  him- 
self called  a  second  conversion.  The  Smalley  family  moved  to  Vermont, 
where  the  father  died.  The  son  graduated  1756,  and  studied  theology 
with  Rev.  Dr.  Bellamy,  at  Bethlehem.  Both  mother  and  son  became 
members  of  the  church  in  Cornwall,  Conn.,  Rev.  Mr.  Gold,  pastor.  After 
the  settlement  of  her  son  in  New  Britain,  and  while  living  on  the  Patter- 
son place,  she  kept  house  for  him  a  short  time,  but  May  8th,  1759,  she 
married  Ensign  Samuel  Galpin,  of  Kensington  parish,  in  Farmington,  and 
she  was  united  to  that  church  August  12th,  1759,  by  letter  from  church 
in  Cornwall.  She  died  October  23d,  1762,  in  the  sixty-fourth  year  of  her 
age.  She  was  second  wife  of  Mr.  Galpin,  and  he  died  December  25th, 
1771,  aged  eighty-five;  their  head-stones  in  the  old  Hill  Cemetery,  of 
Berlin.  We  will  now  return  to  the  doings  of  the  Ecclesiastical  Society,  in 
their  efforts  to  procure  a  minister. 

January  9th,  1758,  voted  unanimously  in  favor  of  pi'oceeding  to  settle 
Rev.  John  Smalley,  provided  the  approbation  of  the  Association  can  be 
obtained.  Voted  to  give  him  £150  lawful  money,  as  a  settlement.  Voted 
to  give  him  a  salary  of  £50  per  annum  for  three  first  years,  and  after- 
wards £60  and  twenty  cords  of  wood. 

March  6th,  1 758,  Mr.  Smalley  signifies  his  acceptance  of  the  terms  pro- 
posed. We  have  not  been  able  to  find  the  letter  of  acceptance,  or  record 
of  it,  but  we  find  on  the  records  of  the  South  Association  of  Hartford 
county,  the  following  brief  account  of  the  action  of  that  body  in  the  matter 
of  "  gathering  a  church"  and  ordaining  the  minister. 

At  an  Ecclesiastical  Council  convened  at  New  Britain,   to  gather  a 
church  of  Christ  there,  and  to  ordain  Mr.  John  Smalley  to  the  work  of  the 
gospel  ministry  there,  April  18th,  1758,  present, 
The  Rev.  Messrs.  William  Russel,  Moderator, 

Ashbel  Woodbridge, 

Moses  Bartlet, 

Edward  Eeels, 

James  Lockwood,  Scribe, 

Joshua  Belden, 

Timothy  Pitkin, 


NEW    BRITAIN.  71 

Rev.  Samuel  Clark, 

Deacon  William  Rockwell  and  Deacon  Isaac  Lee, 

Capt.  John  Rich, 

Mr.  Nathaniel  Chauncey, 

Col.  Thomas  Wells  and  Col.  Elizur  Goodrich, 

Deacon  Joshua  Andrus  and  Deacon  William  Wadsworth, 

Deacon  Thomas  Hart  and  Deacon  Hewit  Strong. 
Voted,  that  Mr.  John  Smalley,  agreeably  to  the  votes  and  call  of  this 
society,  and  his  acceptance,  be  ordained  to  the  work  of  the  gospel  minis- 
try, according  to  Saybrook  platform,  and  he  was  so  ordained  by  this  coun- 
cil, this  nineteenth  day  of  April,  1758,  by  the  imposition  of  the  hands  of 
the  Presbytery,  with  fasting  and  prayer. 

Test,  James  Lockwood,  Scribe. 

Recorded  by  Benjamin  Bowers,  Scribe  of  the  Association." 
The  name  of  John  Smalley  next  appears  on  the  record  of  this  Associa- 
tion at  the  bottom  of  the  list,  October  3d,  1758,  at  their  meeting  in  Middle 
Haddam,  (indicating  that  he  was  the  youngest  member,  or  the  latest  set- 
tled.) October  7th,  1760,  "Voted  at  Marlborough,  that  Rev.  Mr.  John 
Smalley  preach  the  next  Association."  October  5th,  1762,  the  record 
says  the  Association  met  at  Stepney,  at  the  house  of  Rev.  Mr.  Daniel 
Russel,  and  Rev.  Benjamin  Pomroy  was  moderator,  and  Rev.  Elijah  La- 
throp,  scribe ;  that  Rev.  John  Smalley  preached  the  sermon,  and  joined 
that  body,  (which  it  may  be  observed,  consisted  of  from  sixteen  to  twenty 
ministers  at  that  date.) 

April  1st,  1763,  the  Ecclesiastical  Society  voted  to  increase  Mr.  Smal- 
ley's  salary  to  the  sum  of  £90 ;  but  from  that  time  to  1766  the  society 
continues  to  be  annually  agitatc-d  by  the  opposition  of  certain  members  to 
the  grant,  and  on  account  of  the  uneasiness,  Mr.  Smalley  proposed  an 
abatement  of  £10  annually. 

January  7th,  1768,  at  a  meeting  of  Hartford  County  South  Association, 
at  the  house  of  the  Rev.  Mr.  James  Lockwood,  in  Wethersfield,  Rev.  J. 
Belden,  moderator,  and  Eleazer  May,  scribe,  Rev.  Jilm  Smalley  and 
Enoch  Huntington  were  appointed  delegates  to  attend  the  General  Con- 
vention to  be  holden  at  Newark,  in  "  New  Jersey,"  the  first  Wednesday  of 
October  next. 

June  6th,  1769,  Association  met  in  Kensington,  at  the  house  of  Rev. 
Mr.  Samuel  Clark,  Rev.  Benjamin  Pomroy,  moderator,  and  John  Eells, 
scribe,  voted  that  the  Rev.  Mr.  Smalley  prepare  a  concio,  to  be  delivered 
at  the  next  Association,  on  the  following  question,  viz :  "  What  kind  of 
profession  is  required  of  adult  persons  in  order  to  admission  into  the  visi- 
ble church  ?"* 

*  Mr.  Smalley  had  discontinued  the  "  half-way  covenant,"  after  January  25th,  A.  D. 
1767,  in  his  society. 


72  NEW     BRITAIN. 

June  3d,  1777,  the  South  Association  of  Hartford  County  met  in  Mid- 
dlefield,  at  the  house  of  Rev.  Abner  Benedict,  Dr.  Pomroy,  moderator, 
Rev.  Enoch  Huntington,  scribe.  Mr.  Smalley  was  chosen- to  make  a  concio 
at  the  next  Association,  upon  this  question,  viz  :  "  Whether  it  is  right  in 
any  cases,  and  if  in  any,  in  what  cases  to  admit  persons  of  adult  years  to 
the  enjoyment  of  one  of  the  sacraments  and  not  to  the  other  ?" 

In  February,  1779,  his  people  voted  him  an  increase  to  his  salary  on 
account  of  depreciation  of  paper  currency. 

June  5th,  1781,  Association  met  at  the  house  of  Rev.  David  Hunting- 
ton,  in  Marlborough,  Rev.  Ephraim  Little,  moderator,  E.  Huntington 
scribe;  Association  opened  with  prayer,  and  a  sermon  by  Rev.  Mr. 
Smalley,  and  he  with  three  other  ministers  were  appointed  a  committee  to 
advise  on  a  difficulty  in  Chatham,  where  some  complained  of  Mr.  Strong 
for  declining  to  baptize  children  of  parents,  neither  of  whom  came  to  the 
Lord's  Supper. 

October  5th,  1784,  Association  met  at  New  Britain,  at  the  house  of 
Rev.  J.  Smalley,  Rev.  E.  Huntington,  moderator,  and  Strong,  scribe. 
On  motion  of  New  Haven  County  Association  to  appoint  one  of  a  commit- 
tee, to  join  a  like  committee  from  that  and  other  Associations,  to  inspect 
and  assist  Mr.  Barlow  in  the  new  impression  of  Watts'  psalms,  the  Rev. 
Mr.  Smalley  was  appointed.  It  will  be  observed  that  this  year,  1784, 
occurred  the  principal  revival  of  religion  during  Mr.  Smalley's  long  min- 
istry ;  some  forty  or  fifty  persons  were  added  to  the  church,  as  fruits  of 
this  work. 

The  General  Association  of  Connecticut  met  in  New  Britain,  June  5th, 
1787,  when  Mr.  Smalley  was  appointed  moderator,  having  been  previously 
appointed  a  delegate  to  that  body. 

October  7th,  1788,  Association  met  at  Chatham,  at  the  house  of  Rev. 
Cyprian  Strong,  Rev.  J.  Smalley,  moderator,  and  Mr.  Strong,  scribe ;  Mr. 
Smalley  preached  the  sermon.  He  was  appointed  at  this  meeting  a  mis- 
sionary from  this  Association  "  into  the  State  of  Vermont,"  agreeable  to 
the  recommendation  of  General  Association  in  June  last. 

June  1st,  1790,  Association  met  at  the  house  of  Rev.  John  Marsh,  in 
Wethersfield,  Rev.  Joshua  Belden,  moderator,  E.  Huntington,  scribe. 
Mr.  Smalley  preached  the  sermon,  from  John  6,  29.  Mr.  Smalley  and 
Mr.  Fenn  chosen  delegates  to  next  General  Association.  Voted  to  re- 
quest Mr.  Smalley  to  itinerate,  according  to  the  advice  of  General  Asso- 
ciation in  1788.  He  published  two  sermons  on  natural  and  moral  inabil- 
ity, 1769.  (These  were  republished  in  London;)  also  two  sermons  on 
universal  salvation,  preached  at  Wallingford,  and  printed,  the  one  in  1785, 
the  other  in  1786,  and  a  sermon  delivered  in  the  College  chapel,  at  New 
Haven,  on  the -Perfection  and  usefulness  of  the  Divine  Law,  1787.  His 
celebrated  election  sermon,  published  in  1800.  But  his  principal  works 


NEW    BRITAIN.  73 

were  two  volumes  of  sermons,  the  first  published  in  1803,  the  second  in 
1814.  These  works  are  now  nearly  out  of  print,  and  rare  to  be  found. 
His  papers  have  been  borrowed,  filched,  lost  and  scattered  until  little  or 
nothing  is  left  to  indicate  the  style  of  his  writings,  or  the  channel  in  which 
his  vigorous  mind  ran.  The  record  he  kept  of  the  "gathering"  and  growth 
of  his  church,  was  in  the  fewest  possible  words,  (and  too  many  omissions 
at  that ;)  his  letters  even  to  family  friends  must  have  been  few  and  far 
between,  and  we  have  been  able  to  find  only  the  brief  note  following,  on 
file  among  the  church  files  of  Kensington,  viz  : 

"  New  Britain,  September  4th,  1778.  Beloved  Brethren,  these  are  to 
certify  that  Anna  Bronson,  professing  a  serious  desire  to  join  with  the 
church,  and  a  hope  that  she  has  experienced  the  grace  of  God  in  truth, 
has  applied  to  me  to  examine  her,  and  that  having  examined  her  as  to  her 
knowledge,  I  apprehend  she  is  not  so  far  deficient  in  that  regard  but  that 
she  may  and  ought  to  be  admitted  to  communion,  if  by  her  life  and  con- 
duct she  appears  to  be  truly  serious  and  pious.  Wishing  you  grace,  mercy 
and  peace,  I  remain  yours  in  the  faith  and  fellowship  of  the  gospel." 

(signed)  John  Smalley. 

The  reader  will  infer  that  the  above  named  woman  was  a  resident  of 
the  parish  of  Kensington,  and  during  the  interim  between  Rev.  Samuel 
Clark  and  the  ordination  and  settlement  of  Mr.  Benoni  Upson,  she  made 
the  application  to  Rev.  Mr.  Smalley  at  New  Britain,  and  doubtless  was 
the  bearer  of  the  certificate  in  person  to  the  brethren  in  Kensington.  His 
object  was  so  to  word  the  paper  as  to  induce  the  brethren  to  receive  her 
to  their  communion,  while  at  the  same  time,  to  avoid  all  flattery  to  the 
woman.  Hence  we  perceive  the  shrewdness  and  wisdom  of  the  man,  in 
putting  into  her  hands,  in  a  few  words,  a  sermon  to  herself,  and  a  greeting 
and  blessing  to  the  church  with  which  she  sought  to  be  united.  We  will 
now  return  to  the  doings  of  the  society.  The  following  shows  their  inten- 
tion of  being  prompt  and  just. 

At  an  annual  meeting  of  the  Society  of  New  Britain,  in  December, 
1771,  it  was  agreed  by  vote  that  Isaac  Lee,  jun.,  Capt.  Ladwick  Hotch- 
kiss,  Dr.  Isaac  Lee,  Mr.  Noah  Stanley,  and  John  Patterson  be  a  commit- 
tee to  reckon  with  the  several  collectors  of  the  Rev.  Mr.  Smalley's  salary, 
since  the  year  1763,  and  settle  the  same.  Also  to  reckon  with  the  Rev. 
Mr.  Smalley,  and  settle  his  salary  from  the  said  1763,  according  to  the 
several  votes,  and  take  his  discharge,  and  if  the  several  rate  bills  be  not 
sufficient,  to  order  the  treasurer  to  pay  the  balance  to  Mr.  Smalley,  but  if 
there  be  any  overplus,  to  deliver  the  same  to  the  treasurer,  to  be  applied 
for  the  benefit  of  the  society.* 

A  true  copy  of  record,  examined  by  Isaac  Lee,  jun.,  Society  Clerk. 

*  The  following  found  on  the  town  record  of  Farmington,  shows  the  careful  interest 
our  fathers  took  in  the  welfare  of  their  pastor. 


74  NEW    BRITAIN. 

The  above  shows  the  modus  operandi  of  paying  the  minister.  A  rate 
bill  was  put  into  the  hands  of  a  collector,  supposed  to  be  sufficient  to  pay 
the  yearly  salary.  Abatements  on  this  bill  were  made  from  time  to  time 
for  "  Separates,"  Churchmen,  and  the  poor.  It  was  the  duty  of  the  col- 
lector to  see  that  the  salary  was  collected  and  paid  to  the  minister,  on  or 
before  the  expiration  of  the  year,  and  the  balance  of  his  rate  bill  to  pay 
over  to  the  treasurer  of  the  society.  This  seems  to  be  a  sacred  and  sepa- 
rate tax  bill,  called  the  "  Minister's  Kate,"  separated  from  ^hat  of  the  other 
expenses  of  the  society,  for  which  they  issued  yearly  what  they  style  on 
the  treasurer's  book,  a  "  Society  Rate,"  and  had  a  distinct  collector.  Some 
curious  transactions  appear  on  this  book  or  record  of  the  treasurer.  The 
debit  side  is  made  up  of  sums  paid  to  individuals  per  order  of  the  society 
committee,  for  school  teaching,  for  repairs  to  school-houses,  for  "  burying 
yard"  fence,  repairs  to  the  meeting-house,  for  teaching  singing,  sweeping 
the  meeting-house,  for  collecting  taxes,  for  boarding  the  school-master  and 
the  "  school-dame,"  to  John  Stedman,  Elihu  Burritt,  and  Lemuel  Kilborn, 
for  soldiers'  bounty,  1782,  &c.  The  contra  side  is  mostly  made  up  of 
credits  for  country  money,  colony  money,  salt  money,  excise  money,*  grain 
for  the  benefit  or  improvement  of  highways,  and  in  1780,  at  sixty  dollars 
per  bushel,  (continental ;)  also  credits  for  the  taxes  of  the  society  rate  bill, 
and  generally  a  small  balance  or  overplus  of  the  minister's  rate  bill.  Mr. 
Smalley's  salary  was  fixed  at  £80,  and  so  continued  to  the  settlement  of 
Mr.  Skinner,  1810. 

To  show  who  paid  these  taxes,  who  composed  the  male  adults  of  the 
congregation,  and  who  were  the  bone  and  sinew  of  the  parish  at  the  com- 
mencement of  the  Revolution,  we  insert  the  following  tax  list  for  the  year 
1772,  copied  from  the  Farmington  records,  for  the  parish  of  New  Britain. 
It  is  premised  that  the  polls  were  set  in  the  Grand  List  at  that  date,  at 
£18,  or  sixty  dollars. 

"At  a  meeting  of  the  inhabitants  of  the  town  of  Farmington,  held  the  llth  day  of 
December,  1758,  upon  the  memorial  of  Capt.  Jonathan  Lewis,  Mr.  Daniel  Dewy,  and 
Deacon  Elijah  Hart,  as  agents  for  the  parish  of  New  Britain,  the  town  granted  to  Rev. 
Mr.  John  Smalley  about  twelve  acres  of  land  in  the  forty  rod  highway,  to  be  in  two 
pieces,  if  it  may  there  be  had  without  damaging  the  road,  and  also  made  choice  of 
Left.  John  Strong,  Capt.  Williafia  Wadsworth,  and  Mr.  Elijah  Porter,  as  a  committee 
to  lay  out  said  land,  and  deed  it,  so  as  may  be  best  for  said  Mr.  Smalley,  and  least 
damagable  to  the  said  highway."  This  land  was  sold  subsequently  to  Col.  Lee,  by 
Mr.  Smalley,  and  was  commonly  called  Col.  Lee's  old  field ;  it  extended  from  the  foot 
of  Dublin  Hill  to  the  present  railroad,  and  adjoined  Main  street  on  the  west.  Col.  Lee 
built  a  house  at  the  south  end  for  bis  son  Theodore. 

*  This  seems  to  be  a  tax  of  four  pence  per  gallon  on  imported  spirits,  1755,  for  the 
benefit  of  schools. 


NEW    BRITAIN. 


75 


Tax  List  of  Neu 

i  Britain  Parish,  1772. 

£ 

s. 

d. 

£ 

s. 

d. 

Moses  Andrus, 

110 

17 

0 

Judah  Heart,  jun., 

54 

8 

0 

Jacob  Andrus, 

39 

14 

0 

Lemuel  Hotchkiss, 

38 

0 

0 

Hezekiah  Andrus, 

68 

12 

0 

Benj.  and  Joseph  Heart, 

115 

18 

0 

Levi  Andrus, 

66 

0 

0 

Widow  Sarah  Heart, 

27 

6 

0 

Samuel  Andrus, 

38 

12 

0 

James  Hills, 

18 

0 

0 

Phineas  Andrus, 

10 

16 

0 

Gideon  Hun, 

5 

1G 

0 

Ichabod  Andrus, 

23 

0 

0 

Gideon  Hollister, 

47 

17 

0 

Seth  Arnold, 

18 

0 

0 

Capt.  Phineas  Judd, 

129 

'? 

0 

Nathan  Booth, 

172 

10 

0 

James  Judd, 

76 

10 

0 

Elijah  Bronson, 

64 

1C 

0 

Left.  John  Judd, 

94 

1G 

0 

Job  Bronson, 

66 

10 

0 

John  Judd,  jun., 

28 

0 

0 

Ezra  Belden, 

27 

18 

0 

Levi  Judd, 

58 

13 

0 

Elisha  Booth, 

121 

10 

0 

John  Kilborn, 

18 

10 

0 

Leonard  Belden, 

40 

0 

0 

Timothy  Kilborn,- 

17 

4 

X) 

Ezra  Belden,  jun., 

24 

10 

0 

Josiah  Kilborn, 

60 

1C 

0 

Jonathan  Belden, 

31 

0 

0 

Joshua  Kilborn, 

45 

15 

16 

John  Clark, 

135 

18 

0 

Daniel  Kilborn, 

6 

19 

'<> 

Nathaniel  Churchill, 

48 

8 

0 

Richard  Kilborn, 

25 

7 

0 

Janna  Churchill, 

49 

1 

0 

John  Root, 

1 

4 

0 

John  Chester, 

2 

0 

0 

Capt.  Jonathan  Lewis, 

30 

10 

0 

Widow  Sarah  Clark, 

21 

18 

0 

Deacon  Josiah  Lee, 

112 

18 

0 

Deacon  Daniel  Dewy, 

43 

14 

0 

Col.  Isaac  Lee, 

136 

19 

0 

Samuel  Dickinson, 

43 

18 

0 

Ensign  John  Lankton, 

129 

8 

0 

David  Dewey, 

98 

7 

0 

Stephen  Lee, 

63 

12 

0 

Cornelius  Dunham, 

39 

0 

0 

David  Lusk, 

119 

2 

0 

Moses  Deming, 

7 

5 

0 

Adonijah  Lewis, 

54 

G 

0 

Jonathan  Eno, 

45 

8 

6 

William  Lewis, 

69 

6 

0 

Elijah  Francis, 

100 

14 

0 

John  Lusk, 

43 

12 

0 

Zebulon  Goodrich, 

58 

6 

0 

Isaac  Lankton, 

62 

£ 

G 

Jedediah  Goodrich, 

64 

4 

0 

Andrew  Lusk, 

43 

3 

0 

Gideon  Griswold, 

149 

10 

0 

Theodore  Lee, 

46 

8 

•0 

Benjamin  Goodrich, 

9 

18 

0 

Timothy  Lee,  2d, 

21 

0 

0 

Zebulon  Goodrich,  jun., 

34 

6 

0 

Ashbel  Lee, 

27 

0 

0 

Wd.  Experience  Griswold,  12 

0 

0 

Joshua  Mather, 

18 

2 

0 

Capt.  Ladwick  Hotchkiss,  73 

3 

0 

David  Mather, 

40 

18 

0 

Judah  Hart, 

49 

8 

0 

Timothy  Merrills, 

8 

1C 

0 

Stephen  Hollister, 

56 

12 

CT 

James  North, 

43 

16 

0 

Elijah  Heart, 

64 

18 

0 

Elnathan  North, 

18 

0 

0 

Thomas  Hart, 

78 

d! 

0 

Jeremiah  H.  Osgood, 

66 

0 

0 

John  Heart, 

69 

8 

0 

John  Patterson, 

74 

4 

0 

Jehudah  Heart, 

50 

2 

0 

Nathaniel  Pennfield. 

49 

10 

0 

76 


NEW    BRITAIN. 


John  Richards, 
Elijah  Rose, 
William  Smith, 
Thomas  Stanley, 
Joseph  Smith, 
Jedediah  Smith, 
Noah  Stanley, 
Elijah  Smith, 
Timothy  Stanley, 
Left.  Gad  Stanley, 
Ebenezer  Steele, 
Samuel  Smith, 
Elnathan  Smith, 
John  Stedman, 
Joseph  Woodruff, 


£      S.    d. 

78  16  0 

23     0  0 

46  10  0 

103     60 

121     80 

44  19  0 

157     20 

70  12  0 

170  16  0 

172     5  0 

21     0  0 

66  10  0 

86     00 

18     00 

78     8  0 


£      S.    d. 

118     80 

30  15  0 
48  12  0 
22     00 

31  19  0 
36     00 

420 
18     00 


Ens.  Robert  Woodruff, 

Judah  Wright, 

Ezekiel  Wright, 

Simeon  Wright, 

Samuel  Wainwright, 

Amos  Woodruff, 

John  Wood, 

Joseph  Wright, 

Reuben  Wright,  18     0  0 

Joshua  Webster,  18     0  0 

Levi  Warner,  18     0  0 

Daniel  Heart,  77  14  0 

Ebenezer  Porter,  12     50 

Fourfold  assessment, 
Daniel  Whaples,  11     20 

Examined  by  Solomon  Whitman,  Town  Clerk. 

NOTE.    The  above  are  supposed  to  be  residents  of  the  parish  at  that  date.    ED. 
At  the  annual  meeting  of  the  society  December  25th,  1779,  Col.  Lee, 
Col.  Stanley,  and  Elnathan  Smith,  were  appointed  a  committee  to  unite 
with  Kensington,  and  that  part  of  Worthington  in  Farmington,  to  petition 
the  General  Assembly  for  a  new  town. 

In  May,  1781,  we  find  the  names  of  Selah  Heart,  I.  Lee,  Gad  Stanley, 
Mathew  Cole,  and  Elnathan  Smith,  signed  as  agents  to  a  petition  addressed 
to  the  General  Assembly,  (then  sitting  at  Hartford,)  for  a  new  town,  the 
name  to  be  Kensington.  The  subject  was  pressed  and  agitated  until  the 
spring  of  1785,  when  the  object  was  obtained,  and  a  part  of  Wethersfield 
and  Middletown  added,  and  the  whole  called  Berlin.  Several  bills  of  ex- 
pense were  paid  by  the  society  to  Col.  Lee  and  Col.  Gad  Stanley,  for 
"  procuring  the  new  town." 

When  the  war  of  the  Revolution  broke  out,  Mr.  Smalley's  people  dis- 
covered that  his  sympathies  were.  inclined  to  the  side  of  royalty.  An  in- 
cident has  come  down,  not  only  by  tradition,  but  in  writing,  to  illustrate 
and  show  the  state  of  feeling.  Two  British  vessels  appeared  off  New 
London,  and  an  express  was  sent  to  alarm  the  people  of  the  colony.  It 
arrived  in.  New  Britain  on  the  Sabbath,  just  before  the  close  of  the  after- 
noon service.  As  soon  as  the  blessing  was  pronounced,  Capt.  Gad  Stan- 
ley gave  notice  to  his  company  to  appear  on  the  parade  the  next  morning, 
and  when  Mr.  Smalley  passed  out  at  the  front  door,  from  his  pulpit,  many 
of  his  people  had  gathered  there  in  great  excitement,  when  he  (impru- 
dently) made  the  following  remark:  "What!  will  you  fight  your  king?" 
The  people  were  offended,  and  some  few  here,  and  more  in  the  old  society 
of  Farmington,  threatened  violence  ;  but  Col.  Lee  (who  had  unbounded 


NEW     BRITAIN.  77 

influence,)  came  to  the  rescue  of  both  parties,  and  the  tempest  was  hushed 
and  passed  off  without  any  serious  outbreak.  Mr.  Smalley's  views  were 
somewhat  modified,  and  the  final  results  of  the  great  struggle  happily  sat- 
isfied all  parties. 

That  the  talents  and  acquirements  of  Mr.  Smalley  were  appreciated  by 
his  cotemporaries  in  this  vicinity,  appears  by  the  records  of  the  South 
Association  of  Hartford  County,  already  quoted  to  some  extent  on  the 
foregoing  pages,  where  his  appointments  to  preach  were  numerous,  as 
well  as  to  write  on  knotty  and  practical  questions.  He  was  twice  chosen 
moderator  of  the  General  Association  of  Connecticut,  at  Windham,  1797, 
and  at  New  Britain,  1787. 

We  find  in  Sprague's  Annals  of  the  American  Pulpit,  an  article  from 
the  pen  of  Professor  Park,  of  Andover,  in  which  he  says,  speaking  of  Dr. 
Emmons,  that  he  placed  himself  under  the  instruction  of  Rev.  John  Smal- 
ley, who  had  then,  (1769,)  the  reputation  of  being  one  of  the  ablest  divines 
in  New  England.  We  confess  our  surprise  at  this  remark,  so  early  in  his 
career,  only  eleven  years  of  experience  in  the  ministry,  and  before  he  had 
published  any  of  his  efforts,  except  his  two  sermons  on  Natural  and  Moral 
Inability.  If  it  was  an  appropriate  remark  of  his  popularity  at  that  early 
period  of  his  history,  how  much  more  so  after  the  great  awakening  of  1784, 
when  the  General  Association  of  Connecticut  invited  him  to  labor  as  a 
missionary  in  Vermont,  and  when  his  theological  researches  had  been 
elaborated  and  perfected  at  a  later  date.  Probably  his  palmiest  days 
were  from  1780  to  1795,  when  his  talents,  piety,  and  character  were  most 
fully  developed.  In  1800,  he  had  conferred  upon  him,  by  the  College  in 
New  Jersey,  the  title  of  D.  D. ;  his  friend,  Rev.  Mr.  Strong,  of  Hartford, 
rallied  him  on  the  title  as  of  little  worth ;  but  the  same  College  the  next 
year,  conferred  the  like  honor  upon  Mr.  Strong.  The  first  time  Dr. 
Smalley  met  his  friend  afterwards  was  on  the  side  walk  in  Hartford,  when 
he  took  him  by  the  hand  with  the  remark,  "  I  congratulate  you,  Dr.  Strong, 
on  the  title  which  a  short  time  since  you  so  much  affected  to  despise." 

During  the  revival  of  1784,  Father  Mills,  of  Torringford,  was  invited 
to  spend  some  time  in  this  parish,  and  did  so,  to  great  profit ;  his  efforts 
are  still  remembered  by  a  very  few  who  have  survived  the  ravages  of  time. 
He  was  a  revival  preacher,  and  was  early  sent  as  a  missionary  from  Con- 
necticut to  Vermont.  It  has  already  been  stated  that  Mr.  Smalley  had 
been  invited  to  labor  in  Vermont,  as  a  missionary,  and  requested  to  itine- 
rate as  late  as  1790.  All  these  itinerate  labors  looked  towards  the  later 
•organization  of  the  Connecticut  Missionary  Society,  and  other  kindred  in- 
stitutions,* though  unconsciously  to  the  actors.  Mr.  Smalley  was  not 

__  *  The  "  Missionary  Society  of  Connecticut"  was  first  the  General  Association, 
which  adopted  a  constitution  as  a  Missionary  Society,  1798,  incorporated,  1802,  but 


78  NEW   BRITAIN. 

attractive  as  a  preacher,  although  tall  and  large,  with  a  dignified  and  com- 
manding appearance,  yet  destitute  of  that  easy  and  graceful  manner  so 
desirable  in  a  public  speaker.*  His  voice  was  nasal  and  harsh,  his  man- 
ner stiff,  and  his  gestures  awkward.  Yet  notwithstanding  these  natural 
disadvantages,  the  acuteness  and  discrimination  of  his  mind,  would  show 
in  every  sermon,  and  sound  reasoning  and  rich  instruction  rewarded  every 
hearer. 

Concerning  the  people  of  the  parish  during  the  last  quarter  of  the 
eighteenth  century,  it  may  be  said  no  people  were  more  constant  in  attend- 
ance on  public  worship,  and  none  better  fed  and  instructed.  He  was  very 
sensitive  and  jealous  of  any  neglect,  remissness  or  wandering  of  his  peo- 
ple, and  they  were  very  proud  of  his  talents  and  celebrity.  In  his  social 
and  domestic  relations  he  was  somewhat  reserved  and  uncongenial;  so 
naturally,  and  constitutionally,  as  well  as  from  close  study  and  constant 
research. 

Either  from  the  smallness  of  his  salary,  or  from  the  love  of  imparting 
knowledge,  (probably  from  both,)  he  took  from  time  to  time,  a  few  stu- 
dents in  theology  into  his  family  to  board,  and  into  his  study  to  recite. 
Doubtless  this  was  a  source  of  some  income  to  his  family,  and  literary 
satisfaction  to  himself.  Some  of  these  divinity  students  made  a  mark  in 
the  world,  and  with  a  hope  of  adding  some  little  to  the  common  stock  of 
general  history,  we  venture  to  make  a  list  of  some  of  those  known  to  be 
under  his  tutelage. 

Oliver  Ellsworth,  of  "Windsor,  Conn.,  son  of  David  and  his  wife,  Jemi- 
mah,  born  April  29th,  1745,  graduated  1766,  at  Nassau  Hall,  began  the 
study  of  divinity  with  Mr.  Smalley,  1767 ;  he  left  the  next  year,  however, 
the  study  of  theology  for  the  study  of  law,  and  became,  1784,  Judge  of  the 
Superior  Court  of  his  native  State,  and  March  4th,  1796,  Chief  Justice  of 
the  United  States.  He  died  at  Windsor,  Conn.,  November  26th,  1807,  in 
the  sixty-third  year  of  his  age.  He  was  one  of  the  stars  of  Connecticut. 

Nathaniel  Emmons,  born  April  12th,  (O.  S.,)  1745,  at  East  Haddam, 
Conn.,  to  Samuel  and  his  wife,  Ruth  (Cone,)  graduated  at  Yale  College, 
1767,  became  a  theological  student  of  Rev.  Mr.  Smalley,  1768,  licensed 
to  preach  by  Hartford  County  South  Association,  October  3d,  1769,  at 

began  to  act  by  committee  and  otherwise,  1792,  and  is  the  oldest  in  the  country.  See 
Rev.  Horace  Hooker's  Contribution  to  Ecclesiastical  History  of  Connecticut. 

*  Dr.  Upson,  of  Kensington,  was  fond  of  a  joke,  and  often  exchanged  with  Dr. 
Smalley.  When  old  Mr.  Eldad  Peck,  of  "  Blue  Hills,"  a  section  of  Mr.  Upson's  par- 
ish, paid  his  silver  coin  to  the  parish  collector,  for  Dr.  Upson's  rate,  he  said  to  him," 
"  Tell  Dr.  Upson  that  no  part  of  that  is  for  the  preaching  of  Mr.  Smalley,  for  I  don't 
like  him."  When  Mr.  Upson  heard  of  it,  he  made  up  his  mind  to  enjoy  the  joke  on  Dr. 
Smalley,  the  first  fit  opportunity.  "  Ah  !"  (was  the  quick  reply,)  "  Ah  !  brother  Up- 
son, evidence  that  your  people  think  more  of  the  manner  than  the  matter." 


NEW    BRITAIN.  79 

New  Britain,  Conn.,  was  settled  in  Franklin,  a  parish  of  Wrentham,  Mass., 
1773.  Dartmouth  College  gave  him  the1  title  of  D.  D.,  1798.  He  died 
September  23d,  1840,  aged  ninety-five  years  and  five  months.  It  is 
wholly  unnecessary  to  speaS  of  the  standing  of  Dr.  Emmons.  He  says, 
"  When  I  first  went  as  a  pupil  to  Dr,  Smalley's  I  was  full  of  old  Calvin- 
ism, and  thought  I  was  prepared  to  meet  the  Doctor  on  all  points  of  his 
new  divinity.  For  some  time  all  things  went  on  smoothly.  At  length 
he  began  to  advance  some  sentiments  which  were  new  to  me,  and  opposed 
to  my  former  views.  I  contended  with  him,  but  he  quietly  tripped  up  my 
heels,  and  there  I  lay  at  his  mercy.  .But  I  had  no  thought  of  giving  up 
so.  I  arose  and  commenced  the  struggle  anew,  but  before  I  was  aware  of 
it  I  was  floored  again.  Thus  matters  proceeded  for  some  time ;  he  gradu- 
ally leading  me  along  to  the  place  of  light,  and  I  struggling  to  remain  in 
darkness.  At  length  he  gained  the  victory ;  I  began  to  see  a  little  light ; 
it  was  a  new  point  and  seemed  distant ;  by  degrees  it  grew  and  came 
nearer.  From  that  time  to  this  the  light  has  been  increasing,  and  I  feel 
assured  that  the  great  doctrines  of  grace  which  I  have  preached  for  fifty 
years,  are  in  strict  accordance  with  the  law  and  the  testimony."  His  pub- 
lished works  were  about  one  hundred  and  fifty  volumes. 

Nathan  Fenn,  of  Milford,  graduated  at  Yale,  1775,  ordained  and  installed 
over  the  church  and  society  in  Worthington  parish,  Berlin,  May,  1780, 
was  a  divinity  student  of  Mr.  Smalley  about  1776,  licensed  to  preach  by 
New  Haven  East,  1776.  He  died  in  the  midst  of  his  usefulness,  April 
21st,  1799,  in  his  fiftieth  year,  and  nineteenth  of  his  ministry  in  Berlin, 
Conn.  His  widow,  Eunice,  died  August  12th,  1807,  aged  fifty-five. 
Their  graves  are  shown  side  by  side  in  the  hill  cemetery  in  Berlin. 

JEbenezer  Porter,  son  of  Ebenezer,  born  October  5th,  1772,  at  Corn- 
wall, Conn.,  graduated  at  Dartmouth,  1792,  was  a  divinity  student  of  Mr. 
Smalley,  1793-4  ;  he  was  licensed  to  preach  at  Meriden,  Conn.,  by  Hart- 
ford South  Association,  June  3d,  1794,  said  at  that  time  to  be  from  Tin- 
mouth,  Vermont.  He  was  ordained  September  6th,  1796,  and  installed 
over  the  church  and  society  in  Washington,  Conn.,  dismissed  December 
18th,  1811.  In  1814,  the  degree  of  D.  D.  was  conferred  upon  him  by 
Dartmouth  College.  In  1827,  he  became  President  of  Andover  Theolo- 
gical Seminary.  He  died  April  8th,  1834,  at  Andover,  aged  sixty-two. 
Few  men  on  the  American  Continent  ever  attained  to  higher  usefulness 
or  eminence  as  a  theologian,  or  in  correct  and  elegant  writing. 
Oliver  D.  Cook,  see  No.  (227.) 

Gad  Newell^  Southington,  son  of  Isaac  and  his  wife,  Rachel  Pomroy, 
of  Northampton.  He  was  baptized  September  llth,  1763,  at  Southing- 
ton,  by  Rev.  B.  Chapman,  pastor.  He  married  Sophia  Clapp.  He  was 
licensed  to  preackjune  2d,  1789,  at  Marlborough,  by  the  Hartford  County 
South  Association;  graduated  at  Yale,  1786;  was  a  divinity  student  of 


80  NEW     BRITAIN. 

Mr.  Smalley,  A.  D.  1787.  He  died  February  26th,  1859,  aged  ninety- 
six,  at  Nelson,  New  Hampshire. 

Isaac  Porter,  son  of  Timothy,  born  August  1st,  1766,  at  Farmington, 
graduated  at  Yale,  1788,  was  a  theology  student  with  Mr.  Smalley,  1789  ; 
he  was  examined,  approbated  and  licensed  to  preach  June  1st,  1790,  at 
Wethersfield,  by  Hartford  South.  He  was  settled  in  Granby,  Conn.  He 
married  Mary,  daughter  of  Rev.  Mr.  Smalley,  October  20th,  1794.  He 
died  April  14th,  1844,  aged  seventy-eight,  at  Granby,  Conn. 

Joseph  Eleazer  Camp,  born  April  6th,  1766,  at  Bethlehem,  Conn.,  to 
David  and  his  wife,  Margary  (Jolmson,)  of  Guilford.  He  graduated  at 
Yale,  September,  1787  ;  commenced  the  study  of  theology,  June,  1789, 
with  Mr.  Smalley.  He  was  examined,  approbated  and  licensed  to  preach, 
October  6th,  1789,  at  the  house  of  Rev.  James  Eells,  in  Eastbury,  by 
Hartford  South;  ordained  and  installed  February  17th,  1795,  over  the 
church  and  society  in  Northfield,  Litchfield  county,  Conn.  Salary  £80 
and  thirty  cords  of  wood  per  annum.  He  was  dismissed  June  27th,_1837. 
He  died  May  27th,  1838,  aged  seventy-two,  at  Northfield.  The  maiden 
name  of  his  wife  was  Rhoda  Turner,  daughter  of  Titus  and  Sarah  (Blakes- 
ley)  Turner.  See  No.  (229.) 

Timothy  Langdon,  son  of  Capt.  John,  of  New  Britain,  born  December 
4th,  1757,  graduated  at  Yale,  1781,  studied  divinity  with  Rev.  Mr.  Smalley; 
ordained  and  installed  August  31st,  1786,  over  the  church  and  society  at 
Danbury,  Conn.,  and  Rev.  Mr.  Smalley  preached  the  sermon  from  1st  Cor. 
1,  21.  Mr.  Langdon,  the  first  minister  raised  in  New  Britain.  He  died 
February  10th,  1801,  aged  forty-four,  at  Danbury.  He  had  married  Lucy 
Trumbull,  who  died,  when  second,  he  married  Elizabeth  P.  Perkins,  of 
Hartford.  He  left  several  children,  and  his  son  John  became  a  pastor  of 
the  church  in  Bethlehem,  Conn.,  and  died  1830. 

Israel  B.  Woodward,  son  of  Israel,  of  Watertown,  and  his  wife,  Abigail 
(Stoddard,)  born  1767,  graduated  at  Yale,  1789,  was  a  divinity  student  at 
Rev.  Mr.  Smalley's,  1790;  was  examined,  approbated  and  licensed  to 
preach,  June  7th,  1791,  at  the  house  of  Rev.  John  Lewis,  of  (Stepney,) 
Rocky  Hill,  Conn.,  by  Hartford  South.  He  was  settled  at  (Farmingbury,) 
Wolcott,  June,  1792.  He  married  October  22d,  1792,  Sarah,  the  fifth 
daughter  of  his  instructor  in  divinity.  He  died  October,  1810,  aged  forty- 
three,  leaving  no  posterity. 

Isaac  Maltby,  see.No.  (228.) 

Bezaleel  Pinneo,  born  July  28th,  1769,  at  Lebanon  Crank,  Conn.,  grad- 
uated at  Dartmouth,  1791,  studied  divinity  with  Rev.  Mr.  Smalley,  1792 
and  1793,  was  examined,  approbated  and  licensed  by  Hartford  South, 
October  1st,  1793^at  the  house  of  Rev.  Mr.  Miner,  of  Westfield,  Conn. ; 
ordained  pastor  of  the  church  in  Milford,  Conn.,  1796_  He  died  Septem- 
ber 18th,  1849. 


NEW     BRITAIN.  81 

Jeremiah  Mason,  born  April  27th,  1768,  at  Lebanon,  Conn.,  graduated 
at  Yale,  1788,  studied  theology  with  Rev.  Mr.  Smalley  for  a  time,  but  like 
Oliver  Wolcott  thought  the  science  of  law  would  be  more  congenial  to 
his  taste.  His  legal  knowledge  he  obtained  partly  in  Connecticut,  and 
partly  in  Vermont ;  his  residence,  1797,  was  at  Portsmouth,  New  Hamp- 
shire. He  became  one  of  the  most  eminent  American  lawyers  of  his  time ; 
was  appointed  attorney-general  of  New  Hampshire,  1802  ;  he  was  elected 
United  States  Senator,  1813,  but  in  1817,  he  resigned  his  seat.  In  1832, 
he  removed  to  Boston,  where  the  opportunities  for  the  lucrative  practice 
of  his  profession  were  more  numerous.  Mr.  Webster  ascribed  much  of 
his  own  success  to  the  discipline  he  received  by  being  brought  in  contact 
with  him,  and  by  witnessing  his  system  of  practice,  and  he  said  of  Mr. 
Mason,  that  he  became  great  by  the  exercise  of  strong  sense  and  sound 
judgment,  by  the  comprehensive  views  which  he  took  of  things,  and  by 
the  pursuit  of  high  and  elevated  purposes.  He  was  physically  as  well  as 
mentally  great,  being  almost  a  giant  in  stature.  Jeremiah  Mason,  LL.  D. 
died  at  Boston,  November  14th,  1848,  being  then  over  eighty  years  of 
age. 

William  Hart,  son  of  Thomas,  of  New  Britain,  the  second  minister 
raised  in  the  parish,  see  No.  (208.) 

Thomas  Rich,  see  No.  (305.) 

James  Kasson  Garnsey,  see  No.  (230.) 

Pitkin  Cowles,  see  No.  (304.) 

Abijah  Carrington,  see  No.  (303.) 

Mark  Mead,  born  November  6th,  1782,  to  Jonas,  of  Greenwich,  Conn., 
and  his  wife,  Sarah  (Howe.)  Mr.  Mead  graduated  at  Yale,  September, 
1802,  studied  divinity,  1803,  with  Rev.  John  Smalley,  D.  D.,  taught  dis- 
trict school  in  Stanley  quarter,  one  season,  was  examined,  approbated  and 
licensed  to  preach  June  5th,  1804,  at  the  house  of  Rev.  Calvin  Chapin,  at 
(Stepney,)  Rocky  Hill,  by  Hartford  South ;  was  for  a  time  a  Domestic 
Missionary  in  the  State  of  New  York.  He  was  ordained  and  installed 
pastor  of  the  church  in  Middlebury,  New  Haven  county,  November  1809; 
dismissed,  March,  1830;  is  now,  1862,  residing  in  his  native  town  of 
Greenwich,  from  which  he  says  in  a  letter  to  the  compiler,  "  I  shall  not 
probably  remove  until  I  am  called  to  my  everlasting  home."  He  is  a  half- 
century  minister. 

Andrew  Rawson,  born  March  10th,  1773,  at  Mendon,  Masj.,  to  Perne 
and  his  wife,  Mary  (Aldrich,)  licensed  to  preach,  1804,  by  New  Haven 
East,  at  Cheshire,  Conn.,  having  graduated  at  Brown  University,  Rhode 
Island,  and  studied  theology  for  a  time  with  Rev.  Mr.  Smalley,  in  this 
place,  and  he  is  still  remembered  by  a  few  old  members  of  this  church,  as 
an  ardent  revival  preacher.  It  was  his  custom  to  invite  the  people  here 
to  hold  small  meetings  in  the  evening  in  different  sections  of  the  parish, 
6 


82  NEW    BRITAIN. 

where  and  when  he  exercised  his  talents  in  prayer  and  exhortation.  Some 
are  still  living  who  date  their  first  religious  impressions  to  his  earnest  ap- 
peals.* He  married  January  21st,  1807,  Jerusha,  daughter  of  Deacon 
Skinner,  of  Hartford,  Conn.,  by  whom  he  had  four  children,  viz  : 

Mary,  born  July  31st,  1809,  married  1827,  Alvah  Lewis,  of  Ohio,  son 
of  Deacon  John. 

Samuel  A.,  born  August  23d,  1811,  at  Pompey,  N.  Y.,  now  Rev.  Sam- 
uel A.  Rawson,  of  Jasper,  Steuben  county,  New  York;  married  1839, 
Susan  Hubbard,  of  New  York  city.  » 

Lydia  E.,  born  September  28th,  1813,  residing  at  Oberlin,  Ohio,  now, 
1862,  with  her  mother. 

Martha  W.,  born  April  16th,  1825,  at  Barre;  married  1849,  George 
W.  Congdon,  of  Peru,  and  resides  at  Oberlin. 

The  father  died  March  28th,  1835,  at  Barre,  Orleans  county,  New  York. 

His  widow  married  second,  Elisha  Parish,  Esq.,  of  Ohio,  and  is  still, 
1862,  living  at  Oberlin,  Ohio,  aged  seventy-six,  from  whom  the  above 
facts  are  derived.  Rev.  Andrew  Rawson  was  ordained  and  first  settled 
at  Pompey,  Onondaga  county,  New  York,  1805.  He  was  subsequently 
appointed  by  the  Philadelphia  Board  of  Missions,  a  missionary  among  the 
destitute  churches  in  western  New  York,  in  which  service  he  continued 
twenty-one  years.  From  an  obituary  notice  published  in  the  village  of 
Albion,  N.  Y.,  and  written  by  Rev.  G.  Crawford,  we  make  the  following 
extracts,  viz :  "  He  preached  Christ  and  him  crucified  in  almost  every 
town  west  of  Utica;  assisted  in  the  organization  of  many  now  large  and 
flourishing  churches,  and  fed  many  feeble  ones  with  the  bread  of  life.  He 
preached  the  first  gospel  sermon  ever  delivered  in' Albion,  and  for  three 
months  labored  in  his  sacred  calling  in  a  barn.  Mr.  Rawson  was  a  revi- 
val preacher,  whose  labors  were  blessed  of  the  Holy  Spirit  extensively,  at 
an  early  day,  when  revivals  were  but  little  known  in  this  State.  His 
mind  was  clear  and  discriminating ;  he  loved  to  contemplate  divine  truth 
in  the  simple  grandeur  of  God's  sovereignty  and  electing  love ;  as  a  con- 
sequence his  piety  was  calm,  uniform  and  active.  He  carried  his  religion 
into  all  the  walks  of  life,  and  thus  adorned  the  Christian  profession.  With 
a  sweet  and  holy  submission  to  the  divine  will,  the  natural  consequence  of 
such  "  most  holy  faith,"  this  Christian  minister  received  the  fatal  shaft 
without  surprise,  bowed  to  the  high  decree,  and  quit  the  sorrows  and  suf- 
ferings of  this  mortal  state  for  the  world  of  bliss." 

*  An  uncommon  degree  of  zeal  and  excitement  sprang  up  in  these  meetings,  and 
Mr.  Smalley  (as  was  his  custom  in  the  cure  of  all  irregularities  in  his  parish,)  intro- 
duced the  subject  in  one  of  his  sermons,  and  lectured  the  young  man  for  his  unwar- 
ranted zeal  and  extravagance  in  a  severe  manner,  and  cautioned  those  that  were  excited, 
of  danger.  This  incident  is  well  remembered  by  the  oldest  people,  to  this  day,  for  Mr. 
Rawson  (as  was  the  custom  for  students,)  sat  in  the  pulpit  during  service,  and  in  the 
application  of  the  sermon  Mr.  Smalley  turned  upon  his  pupil  his  scathing  remarks. 


NEW     BRITAIN.  83 

Since  the  above  was  written  a  letter  from  his  son,  Rev.  Samuel  Raw- 
son,  of  Jasper,  Steuben  county,  N.  Y.,  has  been  received,  from  which  the 
following  condensed  extracts  are  made:  "My  father,  Andrew  Rawson, 
early  consecrated  himself  to  God,  and  feeling  that  he  was  called  of  God  to 
the  work  of  the  ministry,  he  prepared  himself  for  college  with  his  pastor, 
Rev.  Caleb  Alexander,  and  graduated  at  Brown  University,  1800,  spent 
three  years  in  teaching  a  "  Grammar  School"  and  studying  theology,  part 
of  the  time  with  Mr.  Goff,  of  Suttpn,  and  part  with  Dr.  Emmons,  of 
Franklin.  While  on  a  visit  to  Durham,  Conn.,  he  was  invited  by  Rev. 
David  Smith  to  preach  for  him.  He  spoke  three  times  on  the  Sabbath, 
although  he  had  not  been  licensed.  Before  the  next  morning  both  he  and 
Mr.  Smith  were  called  from  their  beds  to  lead  inquiring  sinners  to  Christ. 
A  revival  followed.  Mr.  Rawson  had  adopted  the  "exercise  scheme,"  and 
the  doctrine  of  natural  ability,  and  hence  when  he  applied  for  license  at 
Cheshire,  a  strong  opposition  was  manifested.  After  a  debate  of  three 
days,*  he  was  licensed  on  condition  that  he  should  study  a  year  with  Dr. 
Smalley.  He  ever  spoke  of  Dr.  Smalley  with  great  interest  and  affec- 
tion. In  revivals  he  often  used  to  read  a  printed  sermon  published  by 
Dr.  Smalley  from  the  text,  "The  law  of  the  Lord  is  perfect."  While  a 
student  at  New  Britain,  he  prepared  a  sermon  from  the  text,  "  Where  art 
thou  ?"  From  the  fly-leaf  we  learn  that  it  was  preached  at  New  Britain, 
Rocky  Hill,  Middletown,  and  Durham.  This  sermon  has  a  history  which 
will  not  be  fully  known  till  the  judgment ;  it  was  the  means,  under  God, 
of  the  conversion  of  hundreds  if  not  of  thousands.  He  often  quoted  Dr. 
Smalley's  remarks  thus :  "  If  you  wish  to  have  a  revival  begin,  preach  the 
law ;  if  your  revival  begins  to  wane,  preach  the  law ;  if  you  wish  to  secure 
sound  conversions,  preach  the  law."  Deacon  Owen  Brown  of  Hudson, 

*  This  may  be  partly  tradition,  yet  the  copy  of  record  indicates  something  of  the 
kind.  It  is  in  substance  as  follows  :  "  May  29th,  1804,  the  East  Association  at  Chesh- 
ire, Conn.,  Mr.  Andrew  Rawson,  of  Mendon,  Mass.,  presented  himself  for  examina- 
tion as  a  candidate  for  the  gospel  ministry,  and  was  examined,  whereupon  the  Associa- 
tion voted  as  follows,  viz  :  this  Association  license  Mr.  Andrew  Rawson  as  a  preacher 
of  the  gospel,  subject  to  the  following  advice ;  that  he  apply  himself  diligently  to  the 
pursuits  of  theological  knowledge,  under  the  direction  of  some  able  divine  of  his  own 
choosing  ;  that  he  do  not  offer  himself  as  a  candidate  for  settlement  in  the  ministry, 
but  wait  for  the  advice  of  this  Association,  at  their  next  stated  session  in  September 
next ;  that  he  cautiously  avoid  the  discussion  of  intricate,  mysterious  points  of  disputa- 
tious theology,  and  particularly  the  doctrine  of  the  immediate  and  efficient  agency  of 
God  in  the  production  of  sinful  volitions."  At  a  meeting  of  Association  held  October 
9th,  1804,  at  the  house  of  Rev.  John  Eliot,  D.  D.,  in  "  East  Guilford,"  now  Madison, 
is  this  entry :  "Andrew  Rawson,  A.  B.,  of  Mendon,  Mass.,  presented  himself  for  ex- 
amination as  a  candidate  for  the  gospel  ministry,  was  approved,  licensed,  and  recom- 
mended to  the  Christian  churches,  according  to  the  rules  of  the  Association."  It  seems 
then,  that  Mr.  Rawson,  under  these  circumstances,  put  himself  under  the  instruction 
of  Dr.  Smalley,  who  had  been  a  guide  of  Dr.  Emmons.  (Eo.) 


84  NEW     BRITAIN. 

Ohio,  (the  father  of  the  celebrated  John  Brown,  of  Kansas  and  Harper's 
Ferry,)  said  of  Rev.  Andrew  Rawson,  "  I  remember  him  well,  for  he  led 
me  to  Christ;  he  came  to  my  house  in  Hudson,  in  September,  1814.  He 
had  a  kind  of  ragged  way  of  preaching,  but  he  was  the  most  wonderful 
man  to  promote  a  revival  that  I  ever  knew ;  his  first  sermon  was  from  the 
text,  •'  Where  art  thou  ?"  In  the  course  of  the  sermon  he  stated  that  he 
had  left  his  wife  and  children  in  the  State  of  New  York,  to  come  here,  to 
tell  you  how  you  may  be  saved.  In  coming  here  I  have  staid  in  the 
woods,  sometimes  spending  half  the  night  in  fighting  wolves,  to  keep  them 
from  killing  my  horse ;  but  what  is  all  that  compared  to  what  Christ  has 
done  for  you.  Almost  the  whole  congregation  were  in  tears ;  our  college 
grew  out  of  the  revival  that  followed."  (Thus  from  Deacon  Brown.)  In 
1820,  he  removed  to  Barre,  Orleans  county,  N.  Y.,  where  he  preached 
three  or  four  year?.  While  residing  in  Barre,  he  preached  in  neighboring 
towns.  In  1831,  he  found  a  company  of  women  in  a  house  in  Shelby,  (a 
town  adjoining  to  Barre,)  and  he  engaged  them  all  to  pray  fifteen  minutes 
a  day  for  a  deeper  work  of  grace  in  their  own  hearts.  A  revival  of  great 
power  followed,  and  sixty-four  were  added  to  the  church ;  meanwhile  he  cir- 
culated a  subscription  for  a  house  of  worship,  and  when  it  was  dedicated  he 
commenced  a  protracted  meeting,  during  which  he  went  to  Medina,  about 
four  miles  distant,  and  asked  a  merchant  by  the  name  of  Coan,  if  he  had 
not  sold  goods  about  long  enough  with  a  wicked  heart.  The  merchant 
became  maddened  and  enraged,  but  at  length  attended  the  meeting  and 
consecrated  himself  to  God,  and  then  through  the  influence  of  Mr.  Rawson, 
entered  Auburn  Seminary.  While  at  Auburn  Mr.  Coan  was  accustomed 
to  spend  a  part  of  each  year  in  assisting  Mr.  Rawson,  in  holding  protracted 
meetings.  When  Mr.  Coan  went  to  the  Sandwich  Islands  as  a  missionary, 
he  at  once  disapproved  of  the  manner  in  which  the  missionary  enterprise 
wasconducted.  "This  idea,"  said  he,  "of  letting  the  old  folks  die  and  go  to 
hell,  while  you  by  your  slow  means  educate  the  rising  generation,  I  do  not 
approve.  I  believe  these  old  pagans  may  be  reached  now  as  well  as  in 
the  time  of  Paul."  When  discouraged  by  his  brethren,  he  said,  "  Give 
me  an  interpreter  and  I  will  try  my  experiment."  So  mounting  a  box  in 
the  street,  he  called  a  company  around  him,  and  preached  to  them  Christ 
and  Him  crucified.  In  a  few  weeks  a  great  many  had  professed  to  Lave 
found  the  Saviour.  Thus  commenced  the  great  revivals  at  the  Sandwich 
Islands. 

Wi«  see  by  the  foregoing  that  several  of  Dr.  Smalley's  students  have 
occupied  high  positions ;  that  two  of  them  married  into  his  family,  and 
that  he  was  reckoned  among  the  progressive  or  "  new  divinity"  men  of 
his  age,  and  stood  high  as  a  theologian.  We  discover  three  reasons  for 
the  eminence  he  attained;  first,  he  was  set  right  on  the  start  in  his  career; 
by  Dr.  Bellamy ;  second,  he  had  native  talent,  especially  an  acute  and 


NEW     BRITAIN.  ..  85 

discriminating  mind ;  and  third,  and  most  to  his  credit,  a  determined  and 
close  application  of  all  the  powers  God  had  given  him.  It  has  excited 
some  surprise  that  Dr.  Smalley,  from  his  small  salary,  should  accumulate 
so  much  property  as  to  be  called  one  of  the  rich  ministers  of  the  Stale.* 
Doubtless  he  was  indebted  for  his  success  in  this  direction,  to  the  rigid 
economy  of  his  wife,  and  especially  to  her  prudent  forethought.  The 
plain  and  simple  habits  in  the  mode  of  dress  and  living,  had  also  much  to 
do  with  the  point  of  expense  in  those  days.  The  exemption  of  the  clergy 
from  all  taxes  of  person  or  property,  was  no  unimportant  item  of  relief, 
and  twenty  cords  of  wood  (I  think  generally  made  ready  for  the  fire  by  a 
"  wood  bee,")  must  have  been  very  convenient,  to  say  the  least.  And 
then,  too,  the  butter  and  cheese,  and  the  clothing  of  the  family,  were  nearly 
all  made  in  the  house.  The  farm  furnished  the  flax,  wool  and  milk,  and  the 
inmates  of  the  house  had  the  skill,  industry  and  tools  to  manufacture  them. 
The  society  records,  already  referred  to,  show  that  the  daughters  of  Dr. 
Smalley,  Col.  Stanley,  Elnathan  Smith,  Deacon  Noah  Stanley,  and  Capt. 
Belden,  with  many  other  prominent  families,  engaged  cheerfully  in  teach- 
ing the  district  common  schools  of  the  parish,  in  the  summer  season.  Thus 
Dr.  Smalley's  family  (which  by  the  way  were  all  daughters,)  were  for  a 
time  self-supporting.  They  were,  at  length,  suitably  and  agreeably  married, 
though  the  early  affections  of  one,t  were  crossed  by  the  sternness  of  the 
father. 

We  of  the  present  age  can  have  but  meagre  ideas  of  the  amount  of 
dignity  and  reverence  which  surrounded  the  minister  and  magistrate. 
When  Dr.  Smalley  or  Col.  Lee  were  approached,  it  was  with  hat  in  hand, 
and  when  either  of  them  passed  on  the  road,  men  at  work  in  the  fields, 
even  at  some  distance,  raised  their  hats.  Their  will  generally  became 
equivalent  to  the  best  good  of  society,  and  soon  culminated  in  a  rule  or 
law.  Their  influence  was,  however,  in  the  direction  of  conservatism. 
Innovations  and  extravagances  were  frowned  down.  But  two  laymen  of 
his  church,  Col.  Lee  and  Ensign  Mather,  were  ever  heard  to  pray  in  pub- 
lic. The  encroachments  of  the  "Anabaptists"  were  a  grief  to  Dr.  Smal- 
ley, and  if  any  of  his  flock  ran  after  them,  (as  was  sometimes  the  case,) 
they  were  very  likely  to  hear  from  him  soon.  We  should  remember  that 
it  was  natural  for  Mr.  Smalley  to  consider  the  people  his  parishioners ; 
probably  they  were  so,  at  his  settlement,  without  an  exception,  for  in  1772, 
there  were  but  three  Churchmen,  and  perhaps  not  a  greater  number  of 
Baptists,  or  as  they  were  usually  termed  "  Separates."  The  first  immer- 

*  President  Stiles'  Itinerary.  He  calls  him  so,  and  says  he  had  one  hundred  and  fifty 
head  of  cattle.  I  think  bis  flock  of  sheep  were  embraced  in  the  enumeration.  (Eo.) 

t  The  object  of  her  predilections  was  a  young  physician  of  great  promise,  Doctor 
Jesse  Andrews,  son  of  Sergeant  Moses,  who  in  the  language  of  a  cotemporary,  "  pined 
away  and  died  in  early  manhood,  of  a  broken  heart." 


86  NEW     BRITAIN. 

sion  in  the  place  was  Mr.  Jeremiah  H.  Osgood,  (familiarly  known  as 
"  Grandfather  Osgood.")  He  was  from  Westfield  parish,  in  Middletovvn, 
and  came  here  with  predilections  for  that  denomination.  He  was  a  mem- 
ber of  Mr.  Smalley's  congregation,  but  not  a  member  of  his  church.  He 
was  baptized  by  immersion,  in  the  valley  west  of  Samuel  Smith's  house, 
about  A.  D.  1776,  by  a  man  by  the  name  of  Shepherd.  Sufficient  water 
had  been  expressly  provided  for  that  occasion  by  damming  up  the  rivulet 
that  passes  through  that  valley.  Father  Osgood  was  a  man  eminent  for 
piety  and  holy  living,  greatly  gifted  in  prayer,  and  universally  respected 
for  his  honesty.  Either  that  year  or  the  next,  No.  (79)  of  Mr.  Smalley's 
church  left  and  joined  the  Baptists,  by  immersion  in  the  Mill  pond  of 
Benjamin  Adkins,  the  place  known  for  many  years  as  Churchill's  Mill. 
The  next  was  probably  No.  (91,)  a  man  constitutionally  insane  at  inter- 
vals, and  who  hung  himself  at  last.  He  was  also  immersed  at  the  Mill 
pond,  at  a  later  date.  Their  meetings  were  at  first  held  at  Mr.  Smith's 
house ;  he  had  taken  offense  at  some  remark  of  Mr.  Smalley's,  and  so 
opened  his  doors  to  the  "  Separates,"  although  he  never  joined  their 
church.  From  this  small  beginning,  after  long  and  severe  struggles,  a 
church  was  formed,  which,  from  occasional  revivals,  has  become  one  of  the 
prominent  Baptist  churches  of  the  State. 

We  come  down  now  in  the  history  of  Dr.  Smalley,  to  1804,  when  he 
was  three  score  and  ten.*  He  had  often  told  his  brethren  in  the  ministry 
that  a  man  should  retire  at  that  age,  and  true  to  his  convictions,  he  propo- 
sed it  to  his  people,  but  they  were  quite  well  satisfied,  and  wished  him  to 
continue  his  ministry  still  longer.  He  consented,  but  was  evidently  in  his 
wane,  for  he  had  occasional  ill  turns  when  in  public,  and  lost  all  conscious- 
ness, but  after  sitting  in  his  pulpit  a  short  time  would  recover,  and  ask 
where  he  was,  and  what  he  was  doing ;  being  told,  he  would  resume  his 
prayer  or  sermon  and  finish  the  service  as  if  nothing  had  occurred  to  in- 
terrupt. It  is,  however,  distinctly  remembered,  that  intense  anxiety  was 
depicted  on  the  countenances  of  his  hearers.  He  continued  his  active 
duties  as  pastor  until  the  fall  of  1809,  a  term  of  more  than  fifty-one  years 
from  his  settlement,  and  fifty-two  from  his  first  effort  in  the  place,  when 
he  was  relieved  by  the  church  and  society  calling  to  his  aid  Mr.  Newton 
Skinner,  of  Granby,  as  colleague  pastor.  He,  however,  continued  to 
preach  occasionally,  until  September  26th,  1813,  when  he  delivered  his 
last  sermon.  The  next  year,  1814,  he  put  his  last  volume  of  sermons  to 
press.  The  balance  of  his  days  were  spent  mostly  at  his  pleasant  home, 
with  books  and  friends,  with  many  happy  reflections  on  the  past,  and 

*  The  compiler  was  then  seven  years  old,  and  remembers  his  appearance  and  dress. 
He  wore  a  three-cornered  "  cocked-up"  hat,  short  clothes,  with  knee-buckles,  and  very 
large  shoe-buckles,  in  the  Puritan  style,  after  the  old  English  fashion,  but  without  wig, 
and  was  a  good  equestrian. 


NEW     BRITAIN.  87 

bright  anticipations  of  the  future.  His  earthly  career  was  closed  by  a  fit 
of  apoplexy,  which  deprived  him  of  reason  except  at  some  lucid  intervals, 
in  which  he  expressed  his  submission  to  the  will  of  God,  and  a  humble 
hope  of  an  interest  in  Christ.  He  died  the  first  day  of  June,  1820,  when 
he  had  almost  completed  his  eighty-sixth  year.  His  friend,  Rev.  Dr.  Per- 
kins, of  West  Hartford,  preached  his  funeral  sermon,  but  the  manuscript 
seems  to  have  been  lost.  From  the  scanty  materials  we  have  been  able 
to  find  of  Dr.  Smalley's  distinctive  characteristics,  we  conclude  his  preach- 
ing was  mostly  doctrinal,  and  chiefly  upon  his  favorite  themes.  The  bur- 
den of  his  prophecy  as  an  ambassador  for  Christ,  seems  to  have  been  to 
"justify  the  ways  of  God  to  men,"  especially  in  the  sterner  attributes  of 
His  character  as  a  holy  and  just  Being.  He  addressed  himself  not  to  the 
sympathies  or  passions  of  his  hearers,  but  to  their  understanding  and  cool 
judgment.  In  looking  after  truth  he  cautioned  his  students  not  to  stretch 
their  vision  beyond  its  locality,  (or  to  use  his  favorite  expression,)  not  to 
go  "  below  the  bottom  of  things."  He  himself  directed  his  telescopic,  (or 
rather  we  should  say,)  his  microscopic  vision  with  so  steady  a  hand,  that 
where  common  minds  were  beclouded  with  mists  and  fogs,  he  saw  with 
the  clearness  of  noonday.  And  just  here,  I  think  his  great  strength  lay, 
in  an  acute  discrimination  of  the  parts,  and  at  the  same  time  a  com- 
prehensive view  of  the  whole  system  of  God's  dealings  with  men.  In 
reviewing  his  published  works,  it  would  probably  be  conceded  that  his 
first  effort  was  his  best,  or  most  distinctive  and  useful,  viz  :  "  Natural  and 
Moral  Inability."  The  light  he  was  enabled,  with  God's  blessing,  to  throw 
around  this  previously  obscure  subject,  was  looked  upon  with  great  favor. 
Hence  the  celebrity  of  an  obscure  parson  of  a  country  parish,  in  one  of 
the  British  colonies  in  America,  in  the  year  1769,  extended  not  only 
through  New  England  but  to  Old  England,  where  his  work  was  repub- 
lished.  The  halo  that  then  gathered  about  his  name  was  not  of  that 
ephemeral  kind  that  is  blown  away  with  the  first  wind,  but  remains,  with 
nearly  the  same  brightness  with  which  it  radiated  nearly  a  century  ago. 
The  present  inhabitants  of  New  Britain  in  their  haste,  but  poorly  realize 
how  much  honor  and  notoriety  have  incidentally  clustered  about  the  town, 
from  the  fact  of  its  being  the  home  of  Dr.  Smalley,  and  the  locality  of  his 
distinguished  labors.  May  the  blessings  of  the  Abrahamic  covenant  which 
he  held  up  to  the  faith  of  the  fathers,  descend  and  rest  upon  the  children. 

We  now  come  to  the  call  and  settlement  of  Mr.  Newton  Skinner,  as  a 
colleague  with  Dr.  Smalley,  December  2d,  1809. 

"At  a  meeting  of  the  church  in  New  Britain,  warned  for  the  purpose,  it 
was  voted  unanimously  to  give  Mr.  Newton  Skinner  a  call  and  invitation 
to  settle  in  the  office  of  a  pastor  and  teacher  of  this  church  and  people. 

At  the  same  meeting  the  following  members  were  chosen  a  committee 
to  wait  upon  Mr.  Skinner  with  the  above  vote,  and  request  his  answer : 


88  NEW     BRITAIN. 

Col.  G:id  Stanley,  Deacon  Benjamin  Wright,  Mr.  Levi  Andrews,  James 
North,  Esq.,  Deacon  Elijah  Hart,  and  Deacon  David  Whittlesey. 

Test,  John  Smaller,  Pastor. 

January  7th,  1810,  the  same  committee  was  appointed  to  call  an  ordain- 
ing council,  and  transact  other  business  of  the  church  relative  to  ordina- 
tion, should  there  be  one.  John  Smalley. 

At  a  legal  meeting  of  the  inhabitants  of  New  Britain  Ecclesiastical 
Society  in  Berlin,  held  by  adjournment  the  12th  December,  1809, 

Voted,  that  this  Society,  having  some  acquaintance  with  Mr.  Newton 
Skinner,  and  from  sufficient  experience  of  his  ministerial  gifts  and  qualifi- 
cations, are  satisfied  that  he  is  eminently  qualified  for  the  work  of  the  gos- 
pel ministry,  we  do  now  call  and  invite  him  to  settle  with,  and  take  the 
charge  of  the  people  of  this  Society  in  that  important  work. 

Voted,  that  this  Society  do  grant  to  Mr.  Newton  Skinner,  on  his  accept- 
ing the  call  of  this  Society,  as  expressed  in  the  foregoing  vote,  and  on  his 
being  ordained  and  set  apart  to  the  work  of  the  gospel  ministry  here,  as  an 
annual  salary,  and  compensation  for  his  service  in  that  work,  during  his 
continuance  therein  amongst  us,  six  hundred  dollars,  to  be  on  interest  in 
two  months  after  due.  Also,  as  a  settlement,  the  sum  of  three  hundred 
dollars,  one-half  to  be  paid  in  one,  and  the  other  half  within  six  months 
after  ordained. 

Voted,  that  Messrs.  Gad  Stanley,  James  North,  Levi  Andrews,  and 
Andrew  Pratt,  be  appointed  a  committee  to  present  to  Mr.  Newton  Skin- 
ner a  copy  of  the  votes  of  this  meeting,  inviting  him  to  settle  here,  in  the 
work  of  the  gospel  ministry,  and  request  him  to  take  the  subject  into  con- 
sideration, and  give  his  answer  as  soon  as  may  be  convenient. 

Attest,  Thomas  Lee,  Clerk. 

Berlin,  January  10th,  1810. 
To  the  second  Church  and  Society  in  Berlin : 

Fathers  and  Brethren,  "With  gratitude  I  now  acknowledge  the  receipt 
of  your  call  and  invitation,  which  has  been  communicated  to  me  by  your 
committee,  to  settle  among  you  in  the  work  of  the  gospel  ministry,  and 
through  them  desire  you  to  accept  my  answer. 

Having  attentively  and  seriously  considered  your  invitation,  and  weighed 
well  your  proposals,  having  heard  with  pleasure  of  the  unanimity  which 
has  appeared  in  this  important  transaction,  and  been  assured  of  the  pres- 
ent prospect  of  futnre  peace  and  harmony,  having  consulted  friends  and 
asked  the  counsel  of  Heaven,  I  am  led  to  regard  your  invitation  as  a  call 
in  Providence  to  settle  with  you  in  the  gospel  ministry. 

Sensible,  in  some  measure,  of  my  unworthiness  to  be  inducted  into  this 
sacred  office,  and  of  my  insufficiency  to  perform  its  important  duties,  and 
at  the  same  time,  relying  upon  God  for  direction,  assistance  and -success, 


NEW    BRITAIN.  89 

and  under  him  upon  your  friendship,  candor,  united  efforts  and  prayers,  I 
now  humbly  and  cordially  accept  your  invitation. 

I  do  also  fervently  beseech  the  great  Head  of  the  Church,  if  he  shall 
see  fit  to  honor  me  by  putting  me  into  the  ministry,  to  furnish  me  more 
and  more  to  the  work,  and  make  me  faithful  and  successful  in  my  labors. 
I  likewise  earnestly  solicit  the  prayers  of  this  church  and  congregation, 
that  if  the  important  relation  which  is  contemplated  be  formed  between 
us,  it  may  be  permanent  and  happy. 

Signed,  Newton  Skinner. 

At  an  Ecclesiastical  Council  convened  by  letters  missive  from  the 
church  and  society  in  this  place,  at  the  house  of  Rev.  John  Smalley,  D.  D., 
February  13th,  1810,  for  the  purpose  of  ordaining  Mr.  Newton  Skinner 
as  colleague  pastor, 

Present,  Rev.  Messrs.  John  Smalley,  D.  D., 

Nathan  Perkins,  D.  D., 
Benoni  Upson, 
Ebenezer  Gay, 
Isaac  Porter, 
Israel  B.  Woodward, 
Joab  Brace, 
Noah  Porter. 

Delegates. 

Deacon  Elijah  Hart,  New  Britain, 
Deacon  Abijah  Colton,  West  Hartford, 
Deacon  Noah  Cowles,  Kensington, 
Deacon  Gad  Taylor,  Suffield, 
Granby, 

Deacon  Isaac  Bronson,  Wolcott, 
Deacon  James  Wells,  Newington, 
Deacon  Martin  Bull,  Farmington, 
Deacon  Benjamin  Dutton,  Southington, 
Deacon  Jedediah  "Sage,  Worthington. 
Dr.  Smalley,  chosen  Moderator. 
Mr.  Woodward,  Scribe. 

The  council  was  opened  with  prayer  by  the  Moderator. 
All  necessary  documents  were  then  received,  expressing  the  invitation 
of  the  church  and  society  to  Mr.  Skinner  to  settle  among  them  in  the  gos- 
pel ministry,  and  his  acceptance  of  their  invitation.  The  council  then 
proceeded  to  a  critical  and  thorough  examination  of  the  candidate  respect- 
ing his  various  qualifications  for  the  sacred  office,  and  being  satisfactorily 
ascertained  of  his  literary  talents  and  experimental  acquaintance  with  the 
religion  of  Jesus  Christ, 

Voted,  unanimously,  that  we  proceed  to  the  ordination  of  Mr.  Skinner, — 


90  NEW    BRITAIN. 

that  the  scribe  introduce  the  public  exercises  by  reading  the  doings  of  the 
council, — that  Mr.  Isaac  Porter  make  the  introductory  prayer, — that  Mr. 
Gay  preach  the  sermon, — that  Dr.  Perkins  make  the  consecrating  prayer, 
and  Dr.  Smalley,  Dr.  Perkins,  Messrs.  Upson  and  Gay,  impose  hands, — 
that  Mr.  Upson  give  the  charge,  and  Mr.  Brace  the  right  hand  of  fellow- 
ship, and  Mr.  Noah  Porter  make  the  concluding  prayer. 

Voted  to  adjourn  to  ten  o'clock  to-morrow  morning. 

Wednesday  morning,  February  14th,  the  council  convened  agreeable  to 
the  adjournment.  The  minutes  being  read,  were  accepted,  and  the  coun- 
cil adjourned  to.the  meeting-house. 

Test,  Israel  B.  Woodward,  Scribe." 

(The  ordination  and  installation  of  Mr.  Skinner  took  place  agreeably  to 
the  above  programme.  ED.) 

He  was  born  in  East  Granby,  Conn.,  October  10th,  1782;  he  graduated 
at  Yale,  1804;  studied  theology  with  Rev.  E.  Gay,  of  Suffield,  -  Conn. 
Mr.  Skinner  spent  his  early  days  on  a  farm ;  had  a  strong  and  rugged 
constitution.  He  was  son  of  Mr.  Roswell  Skinner,  of  Turkey  Hills,  and 
his  wife,  Mary  (Gay.)  He  had  a  vigorous  and  active  mind  ;  was  a  man 
of  medium  height  and  size,  with  very  penetrating,  black  eyes.  He,  like 
his  predecessor,  made  no  pretentions  to  the  graces  of  oratory,  or  the  flow- 
ers of  rhetoric.  His  sermons  were  without  much  illustration  or  ornament, 
but  he  made  strong  points,  and  forcible  applications.  He  was  an  earnest, 
business-like  man,  abounded  more  in  the  sterner,  rigid  virtues,  than  in  the 
softer  and  social.  He  was  rather  repulsive  than  attractive,  in  his  manners, 
and  performed  the  duties  of  his  calling  in  a  business-like  way.  He 
bought  the  farm  on  the  corner  of  East  and  Smalley  streets,  and  the  house 
still  retains  his  name.  He  was  a  good  farmer,  and  accumulated  a 'snug 
little  property,  which  he  left  to  his  wife,  No.  (391,)  and  his  three  children. 
In  his  public  prayers  he  was  gifted  and  comprehensive,  and  some  thought 
more  edifying  than  in  his  sermons.  But  the  great  revival  of  1821  was  as 
rich  a  blessing  to  him  as  to  his  people.  From  the  commencement  of  that 
work  of  God's  power  and  grace,  he  became  more  spiritual-minded,  more 
devoted  to  his  calling,  and  more  affectionate  to  his  people.  Having  his 
whole  soul  enlisted,  he  did  an  incredible  amount  of  ministerial  labor,  broke 
loose  from  accustomed  shackles  of  form,  and  went  far  beyond  himself. 
He  had  an  interesting  field  of  labor ;  there  were  many  young  people ;  the 
population  had  greatly  increased;  the  whole  aspect  of  things  was  changed; 
from  the  staid,  farming  community  of  1800,  it  had  become  a  busy,  thriving, 
manufacturing  village,  not  indeed  like  the  present,  but  compared  with  the 
past.  The  congregation  was  straitened  for  room  in  the  old  meeting  house. 
After  the  revival  had  subsided  in  the  fall  of  1821,  the  subject  of  building 
new,  began  to  be  agitated.  The  question  of  a  new  location  was  discussed, 
and  a  place  decided  upon_after  much  talk,  where  the  present  building 


NEW    BRITAIN.  91 

stands  now,  1862,  called  the  Strickland  Hall.  No.  (168)  gave  the  lot  to 
the  society,  but  the  ground  being  exceedingly  uneven,  it  cost  a  vast  deal  of 
labor  to  prepare  it.  This,  however,  was  done  cheerfully,  and  the  house 
erected  1822,  at  a  cost  of  something  over  $6,000,  besides  what  was  saved 
of  the  old  one.  It  being  built  with  such  harmony,  cheerfulness  and  zeal, 
it  has  generally  been  spoken  of  as  one  of  the  fruits  of  the  revival  of  the 
preceding  year.  Mr.  Skinner  was  very  happy  in  the  unanimity  and  zeal 
of  his  people,  and  dedicated  the  house  with  solemn  services,  and  with  the 
only  sermon  he  ever  published.  We  thought  it  wonderful  in  the  delivery, 
and  requested  a  copy  for  the  press,  but  to  read  it  now,  without  considering 
the  joy  arid  excitement  of  the  hearers  at  the  time,  it  would  probably  ap- 
pear tame. 

Mr.  Skinner  was  greatly  interested  in  our  common  schools,  and  did 
much  to  raise  their  standard.  A  Sunday  school  society,  the  first  in  Hart- 
ford county,  was  formed  in  his  parish,  the  spring  of  1816,  and  he  was  ap- 
pointed its  president.  He  was  a  warm  advocate  of  the  missionary  cause, 
and  labored  to  instil  into  the  hearts  of  his  people  a  true  spirit  of  benevo- 
lence. The  literary  attainments  of  Mr.  Skinner  (if  we  are  permitted  to 
judge,)  were  respectable,  but  not  of  the  highest  order ;  his  judgment  was 
sound,  and  his  common  sense  excellent.  The  last  four  years  of  his  minis- 
try was  a  culmination  of  all  that  is  happy  and  desirable,  in  the  relation  of 
pastor  and  people.  But  the  tenderest  ties  are  sundered,  and  the  strongest 
attachments  are  broken;  his  last  sermon  was  preached  in  Middletown, 
Upper  Houses,  on  an  exchange  with  Rev.  Mr.  Williams ;  he  was  ill  when 
he  went,  and  returned  to  his  home  still  more  so,  and  the  same  week,  31st 
March,  1825,  died  of  a  malignant  fever,  aged  forty-two  years,  five  months, 
twenty-one  days,  and  from  his  installation  fifteen  years,  one  month,  seven- 
teen days.  This  death  was  so  sudden,  and  seemed  withal  so  untimely, 
that  both  his  family  and  people  were  for  a  time  overwhelmed  with  dis- 
tress. His  parishioners  awoke  as  from  a  dream,  to  the  consciousness  of 
his  worth,  and  their  loss,  not  before  being  sensible  of  the  strength  of  their 
attachment. 

The  inventory  of  his  estate  amounted  to  about  $10,000.  Mr.  Skinner 
came  to  this  town  without  funds ;  boarded  at  first  with  the  family  of  Mr. 
Gad  Stanley,  in  Stanley  quarter,  and  afterwards  for  some  four  or  five 
years,  with  Deacon  Whittlesey's  family,  at  the  home  of  Dr.  Smalley.  In- 
deed he  lived  there  when  he  married.  The  second  purchase  he  made  of 
real  estate  was  the  Abner  Clark  place,  now,  1862,  the  house  of  Charles 
M.  Lewis.  This  was  sold  to  William  B.  North,  at  an  advance.  He  first 
bought  at  a  good  rate,  the  farm  now,  1802,  belonging  to  O.  B.  North,  at 
the  corner  of  East  and  Smalley  streets,  where  he  died.  His  funeral  ser- 
mon was  preached  by  Rev.  Joab  Brace,  of  Newington,  who  was  a  class- 
mate of  his  in  college,  and  with  whom  he  was  very  intimate  during  his 


92  NEW     BRITAIN. 

ministry.  They  often  exchanged  pulpits  on  the  Sabbath  and  "  Lecture- 
days."  Although  Mr.  Skinner  was  a  vigorous,  active,  strong-minded  man, 
yet  his  sermons  (it  is  said,)  cost  him  much  continued  hard  study  and  labor. 
The  Association  of  Hartford  South  held  Mr.  Skinner  in  high  repute,  and 
treated  him  with  marked  attention  from  the  first,  as  is  seen  by  their  ap- 
pointing him  scribe  and  preacher  to  their  own  body,  and  delegate  to  Gen- 
eral Association  of  this  and  other  States.  The  last  year  of  his  life  he  was 
appointed  delegate  to  the  General  Association  of  Massachusetts,  to  be 
held  in  1825,  but  he  died  too  prematurely  to  attend  it. 

We  come  down  now  in  the  history  of  the  parish  of  New  Britain  to  a 
period  when  a  great  step  was  taken  in  advance,  in  the  direction  of  pro- 
gress. Hitherto  the  only  accommodation  for  mails  was  for  the  manufac- 
turers each  to  take  his  turn  in  riding  to  the  Berlin  post-office  once  a  week, 
for  the  New  Britain  letters ;  and  like  means  were  adopted  to  fetch  the 
newspapers  from  Hartford  once  per  week.  But  the  spring  of  1825, 
Thomas  Lee,  Esq.,  by  his  sagacity  and  political  influence  obtained  the 
establishment  of  a  post-office  in  the  place,  and  for  post-master  his  son,  L. 
P.  Lee,  who  hired  John  Francis  to  carry  the  mail  from  New  Britain  to 
Hartford  twice  a  week.  The  office  was  granted  as  a  doubtful  experiment, 
and  on  condition  that  it  should  cost  the  government  nothing ;  nor  Avould 
the  government  claim  for  the  time  being  any  revenue.  The  whole  pro- 
ceeds for  the  first  quarter  was  about  nineteen  dollars,  a  few  dollars  less 
than  cost  of  carrying.  But  this  never  happened  again.  The  office  was 
kept  a  few  years  in  the  "  stone  store,"  but  soon  after  in  a  small  building 
directly  west,  and  opposite  the  meeting-house,  now,  1862,  called  "  Strick- 
land's Hall."  Now  there  are  five  mails  each  day  to  arrive  and  depart, 
and  the  proceeds  per  quarter  ending  April,  1864,  (being  the  highest  ever 
taken,)  was  $1,425.46,  an  evidence  of  a  great  increase  of  population  and 
business. 

We  will  now  introduce  to  the  reader  as  a  candidate  for  the  ministry, 
Mr.  Henry  Jones,  of  Hartford,  recommended  to  our  people  by  Joel 
Hawes,  D.  D.,  of  that  city. 

"August  9th,  1825,  at  a  meeting  of  the  members  of  the  church,  legally 
warned  and  held  this  day,  it  was  voted  unanimously  to  give  Mr.  Henry 
Jones  an  invitation  and  call  to  settle  in  the  office  of  a  pastor  and  teacher 
of  this  church  and  people. 

Voted,  that  the  following  persons  be  a  committee  to  wait  on  Mr.  Jones 
with  the  above  vote,  viz : 

Elijah  Francis,  Adna  Stanley,  Thomas  Lee,  Seth  J.  North,  Alfred  An- 
drews, and  David  Whittlesey. 

Voted  to  adjourn  without  day. 

Attest,  David  Whittlesey,  Clerk. 

September  27th,  at  a  legal  meeting  of  the  church,  voted  that  Elijah 


NEW     BRITAIN.  U3 

Francis,  Adna  Stanley,  Thomas  Lee,  and  David  Whittlesey,  be  a  commit- 
tee to  transact  all  business  respecting  the  ordination  which  is  expected. 

D.  Whittlesey. 

Berlin,  August  loth,  1825.  At  a  special  meeting  of  the  second  Eccle- 
siastical Society  in  the  town  of  Berlin,  legally  warned  and  held  this  day, 
Dr.  Adna  Stanley  was  chosen  moderator. 

1st.  Voted  unanimously,  that  this  society  give  Mr.  Henry  Jones  a  call 
to  settle  with  us  in  the  work  of  the  gospel  ministry. 

2d.  Voted  unanimously,  that  this  society  give  Mr.  Henry  Jones  as  a 
compensation  for  his  services,  if  he  settle  with  us,  the  sum  of  five  hundred 
dollars  annually,  the  same  to  be  on  interest  in  two  months  after  due. 

3d.  Voted,  that  this  society  give  to  Mr.  Henry  Jones  as  a  settlement,  if 
he  settle  with  us,  the  sum  of  three  hundred  dollars,  to  be  paid  within  one 
year  from  the  day  he  is  ordained  pastor  of  the  church  and  minister  of  the 
people  here,  conditioned  as  follows,  to  wit:  if  Mr.  Jones  shall  not  continue 
to  perform  the  duties  of  his  office  of  pastor  and  teacher  more  than  one 
year,  then  he,  the  said  Mr.  Jones,  is  to  refund  the  sum  of  two  hundred 
dollars ;  if  he  continue  to  perform  said  duties  two  years  and  no  more,  then 
he  is  to  refund  the  sum  of  one  hundred  dollars,  otherwise  to  retain  and 
possess  the  whole  of  the  said  sum  of  three  hundred  dollars. 

4th.  Voted  to  appoint  Elijah  Francis,  Noah  Stanley,  Adna  Stanley, 
Seth  J.  North,  Thomas  Lee,  Esq.,  Alfred  Andrews,  Ira  E.  Smith,  and 
David  Whittlesey,  a  committee  to  wait  on  Mr.  Jones  with  the  above  votes, 
and  request  his  answer  as  soon  as  convenient. 

5th.  Voted  that  Elijah  Francis  and  David  Whittlesey,  be  a  committee 
to  supply  the  pulpit.  Attest,  x  David  Whittlesey,  Clerk. 

Hartford,  August  31st,  1825.  To  the  second  Church  and  Ecclesiasti- 
cal Society  in  Berlin : 

Respected  Friends,  Your  several  committees  have  communicated  to  me 
the  result  of  your  meetings  held  on  the  9th  and  loth  of  the  current  month, 
and  permit  me  here  to  express  my  gratitude  for  your  favorable  opinion 
thus  publicly  manifested.  By  your  concurrent  votes-  you  have  submitted 
to  my  decision  a  question  of  no  small  moment,  and  under  a  sense  of  this 
I  have  taken  time  for  the  consultation  of  friends,  and  for  mature  delibera- 
tion. The  work  of  the  gospel  ministry,  always  arduous  beyond  the 
strength  of  unassisted  man,  has  appeared  to  me  almost  overwhelming  in 
view  of  my  own  youth  and  inexperience.  When  again  I  have  thought  of 
the  wise  and  devoted  servants  of  Christ,  whose  labors  you  have  heretofore 
enjoyed,  I  have  felt  that  an  increased  responsibility  must  rest  on  him  who 
ventures  to  succeed  them. 

On  the  other  hand,  there  are  considerations  which  have  given  me  much 
encouragement.  Time  and  experience  m?,y,  with  the  blessing  of  God,  in 
come  measure  supply  these  personal  deficiencies,  which  now  I  can  not  but 


94  NEW    BRITAIN. 

feel  so  sensibly,  and  if  your  former  pastors  have  by  their  faithfulness  ren- 
dered the  work  of  their  successor  in  some  respects  more  arduous,  yet  he 
will  have  occasion  to  thank  them,  under  God,  for  a  congregation  at  once 
enlightened  and  attentive.  Above  all,  I  have  reflected  with  the  utmost 
pleasure,  on  the  uncommon  degree  of  unanimity  which  has  characterized 
your  movements  in  this  affair. 

Considerations  like  these  have,  I  say,  given  me  encouragement.  I  have 
been  led  at  length  to  conclude  that  it  is  the  will  of  Providence  that  I  be- 
come your  pastor,  and  where  God  directs  I  may  not  refuse  to  follow.  I 
come  to  this  decision,  indeed,  not  without  fearfulness  and  hesitation,  when 
I  remember  my  own  weakness.  But  I  find  a  refuge  in  the  hope  of  your 
prayers  and  Christian  candor,  and  I  can  ever  look  forward  with  confidence 
when  I  remember  the  promised  aid  of  Him  whom  I  call  my  Master  and 
Lord. 

You  will  please  to  accept  this  as  an  affectionate  answer  to  the  call  with 
which  you  have  presented  me. 

With  the  strongest  wishes  for  your  spiritual  prosperity,  I  subscribe  my- 
self yours  in  the  bonds  of  Christian  love,  Henry  Jones." 

At  an  Ecclesiastical  Council  convened  in  Berlin,  October  llth,  1825, 
by  letters  missive  from  the  second  church  and  society  in  that  town,  for  the 
purpose  of  ordaining  Mr.  Henry  Jones  to  the  work  of  the  gospel  ministry, 
and  of  installing  him  as  the  pastor  of  said  church, 
Present,  Kev.  Nathan  Perkins,  D.  D., 

Rev.  Benoni  Upson,  D.  D., 

Rev.  Samuel  Goodrich, 

Rev.  Noah  Porter, 

Rev.  Joab  Brace. 

Rev.  Royal  Robbins, 

Rev.  Joel  Hawes, 

Rev.  Charles  A.  Goodrich, 

Rev.  David  L.  Ogden, 

Rev.  Leonard  Bacon. 
Delegates. 

Rev.  Roderick  Colton,- 

Deacon  Daniel  Galpin, 

Brother  Samuel  H.  Cowles, 

Brother  William  Deming, 

Deacon  Samuel  Peck, 

Brother  Joseph  Trumbull, 

Deacon  Phineas  Pardee, 

Deacon  Simeon  Butler, 

Deacon  William  Willard. 
Dr.  Perkins  was  chosen  moderator,  and  Mr.  Brace,  scribe. 


f  NEW    BRITAIN.  95 

The  council  was  opened  with  prayer  by  the  moderator.  Rev.  Ebenezer 
Porter,  D.  D.,  and  Rev.  Isaac  Porter,  being  present,  were  invited  to  sit 
with  the  council. 

Several  documents  were  exhibited  to  the  council  by  the  committee  ot 
the  church  and  society,  showing  that  Mr.  Henry  Jones  had  been  regularly 
and  unanimously  invited  to  take  the  oversight  of  this  church  and  people* 
in  the  work  of  the  gospel  ministry,  as  pastor  and  teacher,  and  that  he  had 
accepted  the  invitation. 

Mr.  Jones  having  produced  satisfactory  testimonials  of  his  good  stand- 
ing in  the  church  of  Christ,  and  of  his  license  as  a  Christian  preacher, 

Voted,  that  the  council  are  ready  to  enter  on  an  examination  of  Mr. 
Jones,  with  a  view  of  his  ordination,  and  that  the  moderator  take  the  lead 
in  the  examination.  After  a  full  examination  of  the  pastor  elect,  in  natu- 
ral and  revealed  religion,  in  Christian  experience,  and  in  his  motives  in 
desiring  the  office  of  a  bishop  : 

Voted  unanimously,  that  the  council  are  satisfied  with  his  qualifications 
for  the  Christian  ministry,  and  that  the  way  is  prepared  to  set  him  over 
this  people  in  the  Lord. 

Voted,  that  the  solemnities  of  the  ordination  be  attended  to-morrow,  the 
exercises  to  commence  at  eleven  A.  M.,  and  that  the  several  parts  be  per- 
formed by  the  following  members  of  the  council,  viz :  the  record  of  the 
council  to  be  read  by  the  scribe,  the  first  prayer  to  be  offered  by  Mr.  Rob- 
bins,  the  sermon  to  be  preached  by  Dr.  Porter,  the  ordaining  prayer  to  be 
offered  by  Mr.  Goodrich,  senior,  during  which  Messrs.  Perkins,  Goodrich, 
and  Porter,  lay  on  hands,  the  charge  to  be  delivered  by  Dr.  Perkins,  the 
right  hand  of  fellowship  to  be  given  by  Mr.  Brace,  the  concluding  prayer 
to  be  offered  by  Mr.  Hawes. 

The  council  was  adjourned  to  meet  again  to-morrow  at  a  quarter  before 
ten.  Wednesday  morning  met  according  to  adjournment.  Rev.  Calvin 
Chapin,  D.  D.,  appeared  and  took  his  place  in  the  council. 

Voted  the  foregoing  as  a  true  record  of  council ;  the  ordination  was 
performed  accordingly.  Attest,  Joab  Brace,  scribe. 

At  the  time  of  the  foregoing  transactions  the  deacons  of  the  church 
were  David  Whittlesey  and  Elijah  Francis.  The  standing  committee  of 
the  church  were  Messrs.  James  North,  David  Whittlesey,  Elijah  Francis, 
Alvin  North,  William  Smith,  Amon  Stanley,  and  Alfred  Andrews. 

Thas  far  the  record  in  the  hand-writing  of  Rev.  Mr.  Jones,  transcribed 
from  the  doings  of  the  council,  and  from  the  documents  placed  before 
them.  He  was  a  good  penman,  kept  a  correct  record,  spelled  well,  and 
was  an  easy  and  graceful  writer,  as  appears  from  his  answer  to  the  call 
as  above.  He  was  born  October  15th,  1801.  at  Hartford,  Conn.,  to  Major 
Daniel  Jones,  of  that  city,  and  his  wife,  Rhoda  (Mather,)  daughter  of  Dr. 
Charles  Mather  ;  was  baptized  in  infancy,  by  Dr.  Strong;  admitted  to  the 


96  NEW     BRITAIN. 

first  church  in  Hartford,  February  6th,  1814;  entered  Yale  College, 
1816 ;  graduated  there,  1820,  A.  B.  and  1823,  A.  M. ;  studied  theology 
at  Andover,  Mass.,  four  years,  and  graduated  there,  1824  ;  ordained  and 
installed  in  New  Britain,  as  above.  He  married  September  5th,  1825, 
Eliza  S.,  daughter  of  Noah  Webster,  LL.  D.,  of  New  Haven,  (see  No. 
588,  for  herself  and  family.)  He  and  family  occupied  the  house  of  Pro- 
fessor E.  A.  Andrews,  in  Stanley  quarter,  made  vacant  by  his  removal  to 
North  Carolina.  For  about  one  year  and  a  half  the  pastoral  relation  of 
Mr.  Jones  seemed  prosperous  and  happy.  He  introduced  the  present 
system  of  Sunday  schools,  in  the  spring  of  1826.  An  interesting  revival  of 
religion  was  enjoyed,  and  a  large  number  of  young  people  were  admitted 
to  the  church,  February,  1827,  ^md  several  during  the  summer,  1826,  so 
that  in  all,  during  his  ministry  of  two  years,  three  months,  eight  days, 
there  were  sixty-three  additions  to  the  church,  fifty -eight  of  them  on  pro- 
fession. During  the  last  half  of  the  second  year  of  his  pastorate,  his 
health  began  to  fail;  and  that  kind  of  prostration  and  despondency  so  com- 
mon to  young  ministers  the  second  or  third  year,  came  upon  him ;  a  portion 
of  his  people  became  impatient,  and  the  result  was,  a  mutual  council  was 
called,  and  the  connection  dissolved,' December  19th,  1827.  Mr.  Jones 
opened  a  high  school  for  young  ladies,  at  Greenfield,  Mass.,  October  1st, 
1828,  and  ten  years  after,  viz.,  December  1st,  1838,  opened  the  Cottage 
School,  on  Golden  Hill,  in  Bridgeport,  Conn.  He  accepted,  also,  the 
office  of  deacon  in  the  first  Congregational  church  in  the  same  town,  Feb- 
ruary 26,  1858,  thus  making  himself  useful  to  the  church  and  the  rising 
generation  at  the  same  time.  It  is  proper  here  to  observe,  that  Mr.  Jones, 
with  seven  others  of  his  successors,  are  still  living,  and  therefore  a  just 
sense  of  propriety  forbids  any  formal-  history  or  criticisms,  farther  than 
merely  the  statistics  of  their  settlement  and  dismission,  together  with  some 
brief  notice  of  their  origin,  families,  employment  and  location. 

That  a  single  parish  should  have  so  many  ex-ministers  still  living, 
seems  strange,  but  we  consider  it  more  our  misfortune  than  our  fault. 
Circumstances  have  appeared  to  demand  these  results  ;  some  have  been 
called  to  higher  fields  of  usefulness ;  others  dismissed  for  want  of  health. 
If  the  people  have  differed  in  opinion  on  some  of  these  results,  or  on  the 
precedents  that  led  to  them,  yet  they  have  invariably  returned  to  their 
accustomed  harmony,  when  the  momentary  excitement  had  passed  away. 
Not  a  single  instance  of  permanent  disaffection  or  alienation  has  occurred 
in  the  settlement  or  dismission  of  ministers  (numerous  as  they  have  been,) 
among  this  people.  And  this  is  said  just  here,  partly  to  their  credit,  and 
partly  to  rebut  some  calumnies  from  abroad. 

After  the  dismission  of  Mr.  Jones,  the  pulpit  was  supplied  by  Mr.  Jason 
Atwater,  then  a  member  of  the  Theological  Seminary  at  New  Haven. 
He  was  a  native  of  Hamden,  Mount  Carmel  Society ;  graduated  at  Yale, 


NEW     BRITAIN.  97 

1825  ;  licensed  to  preach,  1827.  During  the  year  1828,  a  powerful  work 
of  grace  was  experienced  under  the  joint  labors  of  Mr.  Atwater  and  Rev. 
Samuel  Griswold,  of  Lyrae,  Conn.,  as  the  fruits  of  which  seventy-one  were 
added  to  the  church,  in  the  early  part  of  1829.  Mr.  Atwater  settled  in 
Middlebury  ;  was  installed  October  31st,  1830,  where  he  labored  success- 
fully some  fifteen  years.  He  also  spent  some  ten  years  in  the  ministry  at 
Newtown,  to  the  great  comfort  and  edification  of  that  church.  He  died 
April  1st,  1860,  at  West  Haven,  aged  fifty-nine.  He  had  become  con- 
nected by  his  third  marriage,  with  the  Principal  of  the  West  Haven 
Female  Seminary,  Mrs.  S.  E.  Wright,  and  removed  to  thUt  place  about 
one  year  previous  to  his  death.  A  funeral  sermon  was  delivered  by  the 
pastor  of  that  church,  Rev.  George  A.  Bryan,  from  Proverbs  10,  7.  "The 
memory  of  the  just  is  blessed."  We  have  felt  it  but  right  thus  to  give 
one  page  of  this  work  to  the  memory  of  that  just  man,  through  whose 
abundant  labors  very  many  of  our  people  have  derived  such  rich  blessings 
in  former  years.  "  He  that  winneth  souls  is  wise,  and  they  who  turn 
many  to  righteousness  shall  shine  as  the  stars  forever  and  ever." 

We  come  now  to  the  call  of  Rev.  Jonathan  Cogswell.  At  an  adjourned 
meeting  of  the  church  held  in  the  conference  room  April  7th,  1829, 

Voted,  unanimously,  to  give  Rev.  Jonathan  Cogswell  an  invitation  and 
a  call  to  settle  in  the  office  of  a  pastor  and  teacher  of  this  church  and 
people. 

Voted,  that  Messrs.  David  Whittlesey,  Thomas  Lee,  and  Seth  J.  North, 
be  a  committee  to  wait  on  Mr.  Cogswell  with  the  above  vote,  and  to  re- 
quest his  answer. 

Voted,  to  adjourn  this  meeting  until  next  Tuesday  at  four  o'clock  P.  M. 
Attest,  Thomas  Lee,  Clerk. 

At  an  adjourned  meeting  of  the  church  held  the  14th  day  of  April, 
1829,  at  the  Conference  Hall,  the  following  communication  from  Rev.  J. 
Cogswell  was  received  and  read. 

To  the  Congregational  Church  of  Christ  in  New  Britain  Society,  Berlin : 

Fathers  and  brethren,  your  votes  of  the  7th  inst.  have  been  communi- 
cated to  me  by  your  committee,  and  have  been  seriously  and  prayerfully 
considered.  The  unusual  harmony  and  unexpected  unanimity  which  ap- 
pear to  prevail  among  you,  connected  with  other  circumstances  which  seem 
clearly  to  indicate  the  mind  of  God,  fully  convinces  me  that  I  ought  to 
accept  your  invitation  to  settle  among  you  in  the  ministry;  The  work 
before  me  appears  to  be  great,  but  my  dependence  is  on  Him  in  whom  is 
infinite  fulness.  Your  assistance  and  prayers  I  most  earnestly  request. 
Looking  to  the  great  Head  of  the  Church  for  all  needed  grace,  your  high- 
est happiness  will  be  the  chief  object  of  my  daily  pursuit.  Wishing  you 
'grace,  mercy  and  peace  from  God  the  Father,  and  from  our  Lord  Jesus 
7 


98  NEW     BRITAIN. 

Christ,  permit   me  to  subscribe  myself  yours  in   the  fellowship  of  the 
gospel. 

Dated  at  Berlin,  April  13th,  1829.  Jonathan  Cogswell. 

To  Messrs.  David  Whittlesey,  Thomas  Lee  and  Seth  J.  North,  commit- 
tee of  the  Church : 

Voted,  that  Messrs.  David  Whittlesey,  Thomas  Lee,  Seth  J.  North  and 
Elijah  Francis,  be  a  committee  to  transact  all  business  respecting  the  in- 
stallment of  Rev.  J.  Cogswell. 

At  an  Ecclesiastical  Council  convened  in  New  Britain,  the  second  Con- 
gregational Society  in  Berlin,  by  letters  missive  from  the  Church  and 
Society  in  that  place,  April  28th,  1829,  for  the  purpose  of  installing  Rev. 
Jonathan  Cogswell  as  Pastor  of  the  Church  and  people  in  New  Britain. 
Present,  Rev.  Nathan  Perkins,  Pastor  of  the  Church  in  West  Hartford, 
Deacon  Moses  Goodwin,  delegate ;  Rev.  Samuel  Goodrich,  Pastor  of  the 
Church  in  Worthington,  Deacon  Samuel  Galpin,  delegate ;  Rev.  Noah 
Porter,  Pastor  of  the  Church  in  Farmington,  Rev.  Joab  Brace,  Pastor  of 
the  Church  in  Newington,  Deacon  Levi  Deming,  delegate  ;  Rev.  Charles 
A.  Goodrich,  Mr.  Jason  Atwater,  licentiate ;  Deacon  Ebenezer  Stillman, 
delegate  from  Wethersfield;  Brother  Israel  Williams,  delegate  of  the 
Church  in  Rocky  Hill.  Dr.  Perkins  was  chosen  Moderator,  and  Mr. 
Brace,  Scribe. 

The  Council  was  opened  with  prayer  by  the  Moderator.  Papers  were 
laid  before  the  Council  by  the  Committee  of  the  Church  and  Society,  and 
by  Mr.  Cogswell,  from  which  it  appeared  that  the  Church  and  people  of 
New  Britain  had,  in  a  regular  way,  given  him  a  call  to  be  their  Pastor,  and 
that  he  had  accepted  their  invitation ;  that  Mr.  Cogswell  had  been  regu- 
larly dismissed  from  his  former  charge  in  Saco,  in  the  State  of  Maine,  and 
been  highly  recommended  by  that  council,  as  a  good  and  beloved  minister 
of  Jesus  Christ.  Whereupon, 

Voted,  that  the  way  is  prepared  for  the  examination  of  Mr.  Cogswell, 
with  a  view  to  his  installation.  The  council  having  'examined  the  pastor 
elect  in  the  doctrines  of  natural  and  revealed  religion,  in  his  personal  ac- 
quaintance with  Christ,  and  his  views  of  the  pastoral  office,  and  having 
obtained  satisfaction  of  his  qualifications  for  the  ministry, 

Voted,  unanimously,  to  install  him  as  the  pastor  and  teacher  of  this 
church  and  people,  the  services  to  commence  at  half  an  hour  after  ten 
o'clock  to-morrow  morning,  the  parts  of  the  solemnity  to  be  performed  as 
follows,  viz :  Rev.  Charles  A.  Goodrich  to  make  the  introductory  prayer ; 
Rev.  Caleb  J.  Tenney  to  preach  the  sermon,  and  Rev.  J.  Brace,  his  sub- 
stitute; Dr.  Perkins  to  offer  the  installing  prayer,  and  Rev.  Samuel  Good- 
rich to  deliver  the  charge ;  Rev.  Royal  Robbins  to  give  the  right  hand  of 
fellowship  ;  Dr.  Porter  to  make  the  concluding  prayer.  The  council  ad- 
journed to  meet  at  nine  o'clock  to-morrow  morning. 


NEW     BRITAIN. 

Wednesday  morning  met  according  to  adjournment ;  Rev.  C.  J.  Ten- 
ney,  pastor  of  the  church  in  Wethersfield,  and  Rev.  Royal  Robbins,  pastor 
of  the  church  in  Kensington,  and  Deacon  Simeon  Hart,  delegate  of  the 
church  in  Farmington,  appeared  and  took  their  seats  in  the  council.  The 
council  engaged  in  a  season  of  prayer,  imploring  the  presence  and  direc- 
tion of  God  in  the  transactions  of  the  day,  and  the  outpouring  of  the  Holy 
Spirit  upon  the  people,  and  upon  the  whole  church  of  God.  The  installa- 
tion was  performed  according  to  the  above  arrangement. 

Attest,  Joab  Brace,  Scribe. 

Mr.  Cogswell  was  born  in  the  town  of  Rowley,  Mass.,  September  3d, 
1782.  to  Dr.  Nathaniel  Cogswell  and  his  wife,  Lois  (Searle.)  He  gradu- 
ated 1806,  at  Harvard.  He  settled  first  in  Saco,  Maine,  October  24th, 
1810,  and  was  dismissed  October  16th,  1828.  He  passed  a  few  months 
in  the  city  of  New  York,  when  he  was  called  as  above  to  New  Britain. 
He  married  for  his  first  wife,  Elizabeth,  (daughter  of  Joel  Abbot  and  his 
wife,  Lydia,)  born  about  1790,  in  Westford,  Mass.  She  was  early  left  an 
orphan,  when  her  uncle,  Samuel  Abbot,  Esq.,  (the  original  founder  of 
Andover  Theological  Seminary,  and  of  the  Abbot  Professorship  there,) 
adopted  her  into  his  own  family.  (For  some  brief  history  of  her  and  their 
children  see  No.  (714.)  Mr.  Cogswell  having  been  appointed  on  the  21st 
day  of  January,  1834,  by  the  Directors  of  the  Theological  Institute  of 
Connecticut,  to  the  office  of  Professor  of  Ecclesiastical  History  in  that 
Institution,  was,  at  the  expiration  of  his  five  years'  pastorate  in  New  Brit- 
ain, dismissed  by  a  mutual  council  called  for  that  purpose,  April  29th, 
1834.  He  had  occupied  the  house  of  Professor  E.  A.  Andrews,  during 
his  stay  in  this  place,  from  which  he  removed  to  East  Windsor  Hill.  His 
wife,  Elizabeth,  died  there  April  30th,  1837,  a  lady  of  high  literary  and 
Christian  attainments.  In  December,  1837,  Professor  Cogswell,  for  his 
second  wife,  married  Miss  Jane  G.,  daughter  of  Chief  Justice  Andrew 
Kirkpatrick,  of  New  Jersey,  by  whom  he  had  one  son  and  one  daughter. 
In  1840,  the  Union  Theological  Seminary,  of  New  York  city,  conferred 
on  him  the  title  of  D.  D.  Drawing  towards  the  wane  of  life  he  resigned 
his  office  at  East  Windsor,  1844,  and  retired  to -New  Brunswick,  New 
Jersey,  where  he  died  August  1st,  1864,  in  his  eighty-second  year.  He 
was  a  man  of  much  general  knowledge  and  observation,  very  social  and 
cheerful,  and  possessed  a  charitable  and  liberal  disposition.  He  was  above 
the  medium  size,  large  and  portly,  went  about  with  an  open  hand,  an  open 
purse,  and  a  warm  heart.  During  his  ministry  in  this  place  of  five  years, 
fifty-five  were  added  to  the  church,  twenty-nine  by  profession,  and  twenty- 
six  by  letter.  He  wrote  his  sermons  rapidly  and  profusely,  and  some- 
times without  due  regard  to  connection  or  unity;  but  they  were  full  of  in- 
struction, variety  and  interest. 


100  NEW     BRITAIN. 

Call  and  settlement  of  Mr.  Seioard. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  church  held  December  7th,  1835,  voted  unani- 
mously that  we  give  Mr.  D  wight  M.  Seward  a  call  to  settle  with  us  in 
the  gospel  ministry. 

Voted,  that  the  Deacons  inform  the  Ecclesiastical  Society  of  our  vote, 
and  ask  their  concurrence. 

Voted,  that  Seth  J.  North,  E.  H.  Burritt,  Alfred  Andrews  and  Samuel 
Booth,  be  a  joint  committee  with  those  of  the  Society,  to  present  this  call 
to  Mr.  Seward  and  ask  his  acceptance. 

Signed,  E.  H.  Burritt,  Moderator,  William  B.  North,  Clerk. 

At  a  meeting  of  New  Britain  Ecclesiastical  Society,  held  December  7th, 
1835,  E.  H.  Burritt,  Moderator,  and  Norman  Hart,  Secretary  pro  tern., 
voted  unanimously  to  unite  with  the  church  in  giving  Mr.  Seward  a  call. 

Voted,  that  this  Society  pay  Mr.  Seward  annually,  on  the  first  day  of 
February,  a  salary  of  seven  hundred  and  fifty  dollars,  so  long  as  he  con- 
tinues to  be  our  minister. 

Voted,  that  Curtiss  Whaples,  Norman  Hart,  William  B.  North,  and  F. 
T.  Stanley,  be  a  committee  to  unite  with  that  of  the  church  to  communi- 
cate the  call  and  votes  to  Mr.  Seward,  and  ask  his  acceptance. 

A  true  copy,  attest,        J.  R.  Lee,  Clerk  of  Ecclesiastical  Society. 

Mr.  Seward's  reply  dated  December  24th,  1835,  at  Durham,  Conn. 

Brethren  and  friends,  the  question  presented  by  your  recent  vote,  I 
have  made  the  subject  of  deep,  prayerful  reflection.  The  result  is  a  de- 
termination to  accept  of  the  call  you  have  given  me,  to  settle  among  you 
in  the  ministry.  To  this  decision  I  have  not  come  without  anguish  of 
feeling  and  deep  solicitude  for  the  future,  the  objection  arising  from  my 
own  conscious  weakness,  I  could  not  easily  dispose  of;  but  the  ardor  of 
youtb  bids  me  to  try ;  the  love  of  souls  prompted  a  wish  to  try.  Friends 
who  had  long  prayed  for  my  usefulness  said  you  may  try,  and  a  voice 
from  Heaven  seemed  to  add,  "  I  am  thy  shield  and  thy  exceeding  great 
reward."  And  with  the  hope  of  such  support  I  am  willing  to  make  the 
desired  effort.  I  have  a  motive  for  thus  speaking  to  you  of  my  fears. 
Methinks  a  people  should  know  the  state  of  feeling  with  which  their  ser- 
vant enters  into  his  new  relation.  I  wish  you  not  to  expect  too  much.  I 
desire  you  to  remember  that  you  will  receive  an  untried  and  earthen  ves- 
sel. I  can  adopt  prospectively  the  sentiment  of  Paul,  "  I  shall  be  with 
you  in  weakness,  in  fear,  and  in  much  trembling."  And  now  permit  me 
to  say,  in  conclusion,  that  I  shall  claim  ^our  sympathies,  your  prayers,  and 
your  assistance.  With  these  the  office  is  one  of  fearful  responsibility, — 
without  them,  an  angel  might  shrink  from  the  work. 

Yours  affectionately,  Dwight  M.  Seward. 


NEW    BRITAIN.  101 

At  an  Ecclesiastical  Council  convened  in  New  Britain,  February  2d, 
1836,  by  letters  from  the  Church  and  Society  in  that  place,  for  the  pur- 
pose of  ordaining  Mr.  Dwight  M.  Seward  as  Pastor  and  Minister  of  the 
Church  and  people,  in  the  Gospel  of  Jesus  Christ: 

Present,  Noah  Porter,  D.  D.,  and  Deacon  Edward  Hooker,  from  the 
church  in  Farmington. 

Rev.  Joab  Brace,  and  Brother  Roger  Wells,  from  the  church  in 
Newington. 

Rev.  Jonathan  Cogswell,  Theological  Institute,  East  Windsor. 

Rev.  John  R.  Crane,  and  Brother  E.  B.  Thompkins,  first  church  in 
Middletown. 

Joel  Hawes,  D.  D.,  and  Brother  Barzillai  Hudson,  first  church  in 
Hartford. 

Rev.  David  L.  Ogden,  and  Brother  Julius  Barnes,  from  church  in 
Southington. 

Rev.  Charles  A.  Goodrich,  from  Worthington. 

Rev.  Horace  Bushnell,  and  Brother  B.  B.  Barber,  Hartford  North. 

Rev.  Zebulon  Crocker,  and  Brother  Richard  Warner, -Upper  Middletown. 

Rev.  James  M.  McDonald,  and  Dr.  Horatio  Gridley,  Worthington,  and 
Deacon  1.  Botsford,  Kensington. 

The  council  was  organized  by  the  appointment  of  Noah  Porter,  D.  D., 
Moderator,  and  Rev.  Joab  Brace,  Scribe,  and  was  opened  with  prayer  by 
the  Moderator.  The  Committee  of  Church  and  Society  exhibited  the 
record  of  the  transactions,  showing  the  regular  and  unanimous  call  of  Mr. 
Seward  to  the  work  of  the  Christian  ministry  among  this  people,  and  his 
acceptance  of  the  call.  After  a  particular  examination  of  the  candidate  in 
doctrine,  knowledge  and  experience,  the  council  having  obtained  full 
satisfaction, 

Voted,  unanimously  that  Mr.  Seward  be  ordained  and  installed  as  the 
pastor  and  minister  of  this  church  and  people,  according  to  their  request, 
and  that  the  ordination  be  attended  Wednesday,  February  3d,  at  eleven 
o'clock,  A.  M.  The  following  ministers  were  appointed  by  the  council  to 
perform  the  public  services  at  the  ordination,  viz : 

Rev.  J.  R.  Crane,  introductory  prayer. 

Rev.  Joel  Hawes,  D.  D.,  sermon. 

Rev.  J.  Brace,  ordaining  prayer. 

Noah  Porter,  D.  D.,  ana*  J.  Hawes,  D.  D.,  laying  on  of  hands. 

Jonathan  Cogswell,  D.  D.,  charge. 

Rev.  James  M.  McDonald,  right  hand  of  fellowship. 

Rev.  D.  L.  Ogden,  concluding  prayer. 

Adjourned  to  Wednesday,  February  3d,  ten  o'clock  A.  M.,  when  the 
ordination  and  installation  was  performed  according  to  the  above  arrange- 
ment. J.  Brace,  Scribe. 


102  NEW     BRITAIN. 

Mr.  Seward  was  born  at  Durham,  Conn.,  July  31st,  1811,  to  Deacon 
Seth  Seward,  of  that  town,  and  his  wife,  Rhoda  (Picket.)  He  graduated 
at  Yale  College,  1831.  He  studied  theology  at  the  Seminary  in  New 
Haven,  Conn.,  and  married  March  2d,  1836,  No.  (887,)  which  see  for  a 
brief  sketch  of  Mrs.  Seward  and  their  children.  On  the  4th  October, 
1836,  he  joined  the  South  Association  of  Hartford  county,  and  June  4th, 
1839,  he  was  appointed  to  superintend  the  interests  of  the  Home  Mission- 
ary Society  within  the  bounds  of  the  Association.  The  church  was  blessed 
with  two  revivals  during  his  ministry,  one  in  the  year  1837,  when  eighty- 
one  persons  were  added  to  their  number;  the  other  in  1841,  when  they 
received  an  accession  of  thirty-six.  The  whole  number  gathered  into  the 
church  during  his  ministry  was  194,  of  whom  136  by  profession  and  58 
by  letter.  He  was  often  interrupted  in  his  labors  here  from  much  bodily 
pain  and  debility,  and  yet  upon  the  whole  the  connection  was  happy  and 
successful.  It  was  towards  the  close  of  his  ministry  when  the  subject  of 
dividing  the  church  and  society  was  agitated,  and  Mr.  Seward  made  up 
his  mind  to  retire.  He  accordingly,  on  the  22d  of  May,  1842,  made  the 
following  communication  to  the  church  and  society : 

Brethren  and  friends,  it  is  with  reluctance  and  pain  that  I  now  perform 
the  duty  which  in  the  providence  of  God  devolves  upon  me.  The  rela- 
tion between  us  has  existed  a  little  more  than  six  years.  During  that 
period  we  have  twice  enjoyed  the  special  influences  of  the  Spirit  of  God. 
Your  continued  kindness,  confidence  and  affection,  I  have  abundant  occa- 
sion to  acknowledge,  and  although  my  labors  have  been  frequently  inter- 
rupted by  ill  health,  I  do  gratefully  record  that  the  harmony  of  the  rela- 
tion remains  undisturbed.  Within  this  period  however  as  you  are  aware, 
very  trying  events  have  occurred.  Contentions,  it  is  true,  have  prevailed 
among  this  people  for  many  years,  but  the  subjects  to  which  they  formerly 
pertained  have  in  a  great  measure  given  place  to  others ;  while  in  one 
spot  the  wounds  have  appeared  to  be  rapidly  healing,  they  have  violently 
broken  out  in  another.  In  order  to  the  adjustment  of  difficulties,  meetings 
have  been  held,  committees  for  consultation  appointed,  and  plans  of  com- 
promise suggested,  but  no  permanent  good  result  has  been  achieved. 
The  issue  to  which  events  are  now  rapidly  tending,  must  be  perceived  by 
all.  You,  beloved  friends,  who  have  mingled  your  songs  and  prayers  in 
the  same  sanctuary,  expect  soon  to  be  gathered  into  different  places  of 
worship.  The  necessity  now  occurs  of  havirfg  the  pastoral  relation  dis- 
solved. Though  I  contemplate  the  bearing  of  this  state  of  things  upon 
the  interests  of  piety  with  trembling  solicitude  ;  though  my  attachment  to- 
wards you  is  undiminished ;  though  I  would  gladly  spend  and  be  spent  for 
you,  yet  my  usefulness,  should  I  longer  remain,  would  be  greatly  abridged  ; 
not  so  much  from  the  diminished  size  of  the  field  as  from  the  peculiar  posi- 
tion which  I  should  occupy.  Moreover,  my  health,  as  you  know,  has 


NEW    BRITAIN.  103 

been  much  impaired  by  the  animosities  which  have  prevailed,  and  though 
it  has  materially  improved,  yet  it  is  my  full  conviction  that  I  should  be 
unable  to  labor  with  vigor  and  success  in  circumstances  so  trying  as  those 
in  which  I  should  be  placed. 

In  view  of  these  facts  and  considerations,  I  respectfully  request  you  to 
unite  with  me  in  calling  a  council,  to  dissolve,  if  they  deem  it  expedient, 
the  pastoral  relation.  Your  affectionate  pastor,  D.  M.  Seward. 

The  church  and  society  consented  to  the  call  of  a  mutual  council,  and 
Mr.  Seward  was  dismissed  June  15th,  1842.  The  principal  reason  of  the 
dismission,  the  council  say,  is  "  the  contemplated  division  of  the  church 
and  society ;"  "  a  division  owing  entirely  to  other  causes  than  the  charac- 
ter or  services  of  the  minister." 

The  "  contentions  and  animosities"  to  which  Mr.  Seward  refers  above, 
are  probably  the  conflicting  opinions  the  people  entertained,  at  the 
time,  on  the  subject  of  temperance,  anti-slavery,  and  new  and  old  school 
divinity.  From  the  manner  in  which  these  subjects  were  presented  and 
pressed,  (at  that  time,)  on  the  public  mind,  they  were  called  agitating 
subjects.  The  public  were  extremely  sensitive  at  that  period,  and  almost 
every  parish  and  community  was  more  or  less  agitated  by  them.  The 
flight  of  twenty-five  years  has  happily  carried  with  it  much  that  was  un- 
pleasant, and  left  in  return  a  similarity  of  views ;  so  that  we  look  back 
with  wonder,  that  so  slight  causes  should  have  produced  so  great  a  breach. 
Indeed  we  are  forced  to  look  for  other  and  more  potent  causes,  and  on  the 
above  as  mere  occasions  for  greater  causes  to  operate.  About  one-half 
the  church  and  society  withdrew  and  built  anew,  leaving  their  interest  in 
the  old  house  to  those  that  remained. 

On  the  5th  July,  1842,  one  hundred  and  nineteen  of  the  members  of  the 
church  withdrew,  and  were  organized  by  the  South  Consociation  of  Hart- 
ford county  as  the  "  South  Congregational  Church  in  New  Britain." 
Many  disinterested  persons  thought  and  said  at  the  time  that  this  division 
would  be  disastrous  to  both  societies,  but  from  the  active  business  habits 
of  the  people,  the  result  has  proved  quite  otherwise.  The  population  has 
increased  so  rapidly  that  very  respectable  congregations  have  been  secured 
in  both  parishes,  notwithstanding  the  rapid  growth  of  other  denominations 
in  the  mean  time.  The  yearly  contributions  to  general  benevolence  may 
have  been  somewhat  lessened,  from  the  double  expense  of  maintaining 
two  societies  in  place  of  one,  yet  even  this  dpes  not  necessarily  follow,  for 
(strange  as  it  may  seem,)  the  ability  of  a  community  to  give  is  in  the  pro- 
portion they  are  in  the  habit  of  giving.  Over-grown  churches,  like  over- 
stocked bee-hives,  with  many  drones,  need  sometimes  to  swarm,  for  a  full 
development  of  their  working  power.  Some  may  say,  why  not  pass  these 
scenes  in  silence  ?  Our  replv  is,  we  are  writing  partly  for  future  genera- 
tions, and  should  be  recreant  in  duty  to  them  to  have  said  less ;  and  lest  we 


104  NEW     BRITAIN'. 

injure  the  feelings  of  some  one  living  person,  or  do  injustice  to  the  dead, 
we  refrain  from  saying  more. 

Mr.  Seward  retired  to  his  native  home  in  Durham,  but  was  called  to  a 
new  field  in  West  Hartford,  where  he  was  installed  January  14th,  1845, 
and  dismissed  December  18th,  1850. 

He  was  called  to  the  oversight  of  a  church  in  Yonkers,  New  York,  1851, 
where  he  is  now,  1867,  zealously  engaged  in  the  work  of  the  ministry. 
The  Union  Theological  Seminary  of  New  York  conferred  the  title  of 
D.  D.  upon  him  1862. 

We  find  the  following  upon  the  records  of  the  church  upbn  the  subject 
of  the  division. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  church  held  on  Tuesday,  June  14th,  1842, 
Deacon  Chauncey  Cornwall  was  chosen  Moderator.  The  following 
petition,  signed  by  Elijah  Francis  and  others,  was  presented  to  the  meeting : 

Reverend  and  beloved :  whereas  we  the  subscribers,  being  desirous  of 
forming  a  new  church  in  this  place,  and  having  nearly  completed  a  suitable 
edifice  for  our  accommodation,  request  you  to  permit  us  peaceably  to  with- 
draw ourselves  from  our  particular  connection  with  you,  and  to  give  us  an 
equal  share  in  the  property  of  the  church,  and  Sabbath  school  library. 
Signed,  Elijah  Francis  and  others. 

Voted,  to  appoint  a  committee  to  report  upon  the  petition,  one  week 
from  this  day,  and  David  Whittlesey,  Matthew  Clark,  Amon  Stanley, 
Samuel  Booth,  Ira  Stanley,  Eli  Smith,  William  Ellis,  Ira  Stanley,  jun., 
William  A.  Churchill,  Dan  Clark,  Alfred  Andrews,  Timothy  W.  Stanley, 
John  Stanley,  Horace  Wells,  Adna  Hart,  and  Noah  W.  Stanley,  were 
chosen  that  committee,  when  the  meeting  adjourned  one  week. 

At  the  adjourned  meeting  of  the  church  June  21st,  1842,  the  following 
report  and  resolution  was  presented : 

To  the  Congregational  Church  in  New  Britain :  Dear  brethren,  your 
committee  to  whom  was  referred  the  petition  of  Deacon  Elijah  Francis 
and  others,  praying  for  liberty  to  withdraw  themselves  from  this  church, 
and  share  equally  in  the  property  of  the  Church  and  Sabbath  school  books, 
having  taken  the  important  subject  into  serious  consideration,  beg  leave 
respectfully  to  report. 

Your  committee  are  very  sensible  that  as  a  church  and  society  we 
have  come  to  a  crisis  which  is  perplexing  in  the  extreme ;  just  on  the 
point  of  taking  a  step  which  will  be  deeply  deplored  in  all  future  time ; 
making  a  breach  which  neither  we,  our  children,  nor  our  children's  chil- 
dren will  be  able  to  heal.  We  would  meet  it  with  all  brotherly  kindness 
and  affection.  We  are  among  those  who  believe  in  the  right  of  petition) 
and  althongh  it  is  our  fixed  opinion  that  we  ought  not  to  separate  families 
and  beloved  brethren  and  friends,  your  petitioners  have  the  same  right  to 


NEW    BRITAIN.  105 

think  and  say,  "  we  can  enjoy  ourselves  better  apart,  and  we  wish  you  to 
let  us  go  in  peace."  We  would  call  on  our  dear  brethren  and  sisters  in 
the  petition,  to  pause  and  inquire,  are  there  any  good  and  substantial  rea- 
sons why  a  division  should  be  made  in  this  church  ?  Many  of  us  have 
walked  together  in  the  fellowship  of  the  gospel,  and  in  brotherly  love  for 
years ;  some  almost  to  the  end  of  our  pilgrimage,  and  not  a  jar  in  our 
affections  has  disturbed  our  peace.  Your  committee  can  not  discover  any 
just  cause  for  granting  the  request  of  the  petitioners  at  this  time,  and 
especially  in  its  present  form,  but  would  exhort  all  of  our  beloved  sisters 
and  brethren  in  the  Lord,  to  stand  still  and  hope  unto  the  end.  We 
remember  the  difficulties  and  trouble  in  former  years,  and  would  also  call 
on  our  souls  and  all  within  us  to  bless  and  praise  the  Lord  for  His  good- 
ness, and  for  His  wonderful  works,  in  pouring  out  upon  us  His  Holy  Spirit, 
especially  in  the  year  1821,  and  in  subsequent  years,  thus  reviving  us 
when  we  were  "  minished  and  brought  low,"  and  delivering  us  from  all 
our  distresses.  Now,  dear  brethren,  viewing  with  anxious  solicitude  our 
present  condition,  and  contemplating  our  future  prospects,  which  so  deeply 
affect  us  all,  we  are  united  in  our  opinion,  and  do  recommend  the  passage 
of  the  following  resolution,  viz  : 

Resolved,  that  the  petitioners  have  leave  to  withdraw  their  petition,  or 
if  they  prefer,  we  consent  that  the  whole  case,  all  matters  and  things,  with 
all  its  load  of  consequences,  be  referred  to  the  decision  of  the  consociation, 
provided  our  friends,  the  petitioners,  will  relinquish  all  claim  to  the  prop- 
erty of  the  church,  and  pay  their  share  of  the  debts  contracted  for  their 
benefit  as  well  as  ours. 

David  Whittlesey,  Chairman  of  Committee. 

Dated  at  New  Britain,  this,.21st  day  of  June,  1842. 

The  report  was  accepted,  and  the  resolution  passed,  and  the  meeting 
adjourned  without  day.  William  H.  Smith,  Clerk. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  church  held  the  28th  day  of  June,  1842,  Dr.  Samuel 
Hart  was  appointed  Moderator;  after  the  (Joings  of  the  last  meeting  were 
read,  the  following  vote  was  passed :  / 

Voted,  that  this  church  unite  in  calling  a  meeting  of  the  Hartford  South 
Consociation,  to  assemble  in  this  village  on  Tuesday,  the  5th  day  of  July 
next,  at  nine  o'clock  A.  M.  in  reference  to  forming  and  organizing  a  new 
Congregational  church  in  this  parish,  provided  they  deem  it  expedient. 

Voted,  to  appoint  a  committee  to  carry  the  above  vote  into  effect,  and 
the  following  persons  were  appointed :  Seth  J.  North,  Elnathan  Peck, 
Augustus  Stanley,  and  William  A.  Churchill. 

Voted  to  adjourn  without  day.  William  H  Smith,  Clerk. 

According  to  the  vote  of  the  church,  on  Tuesday,  June  28th,  1842,  the 
Consociation  assembled  July  5th,  1842,  at  nine  o'clock  A..  M.  Prayer  by 
the  Moderator,  Dr.  Chapin. 


106 


NEW   BRITAIN. 


The  petitioners  and  remonstrants  were  heard  by  counsel  and  otherwise, 
and  after  due  deliberation  the  Consociation  announced  their  readiness  to 
form  a  new  church,  and  the  following  persons  were  organized  into  a  new 
church,  to  be  known  by  the  name  of  the  "  South  Congregational  Church 
of  New  Britain." 


Elijah  Francis, 
Chauncey  Cornwell, 
Seth  J.  North, 
Alvin  North, 
Samuel  Hart, 
Norman  Woodruff, 
Henry  North, 
Ozias  Hart, 
Dennis  Sweet, 
Andrew  P.  Potter, 
Josiah  Dewey, 
Elijah  Hart, 
John  Judd, 
Abijah  Flagg, 
Alonzo  Stanley, 
Aaron  C.  Andrews, 
George  Hart, 
"William  Bassett, 
William  H.  Smith, 
Chester  Hart, 
George  L.  Tibbals, 
Edmund  Steele, 
Sarah  North, 
Ann  W.  Burritt,': 
Mary  G.  Cornwell, 
Sarah  G.  Cornwell, 
Maria  Seymour, 
.  Julia  A.  North, 
Mary  Peck, 
Esther  Dewey, 
Mary  Cordelia  North, 
Sarah  E.  North, 
Abigail  Woodruff, 
Louisa  Hart, 
Lois  E.  Bassett, 
Mary  S.  Bassett, 
Lucretia  M.  Smith, 
Sarah  M.  Loomis, 


Harriet  S.  Smith, 
Elizabeth  A.  Smith, 
Theodore  A.  Belknap, 
Samuel  W.  Hart, 
Salmon  Hart, 
Horace  Butler, 
Joshua  Carpenter, 
Robert  G.  Williams, 
James  Judd, 
Eliza  A.  Marshall, 
Ezekiel  Andrews,  jun., 
Elnathan  Peck, 
Henry  Stanley, 
Catharine  A.  Stanley, 
Curtiss  Whaples, 
Esther  L.  Lee, 
Abigail  Seymour, 
Mary  Ann  Seymour, 
Dorothy  Francis, 
Edmund  Warner, 
Elizabeth  W.  Warner, 
Francis  Hart, 
William  B.  Stanley, 
Charles  M.  Lewis, 
Betsey  Judd, 
Betsey  Carpenter, 
Alma  Woodruff, 
Honor  Flagg, 
Melvina  C.  Stanley, 
Chloe  A.  Stanley, 
Abigail  L.  Stanley, 
Maria  N.  Erwin, 
Electa  Andrews, 
Harriet  A.  Stanley, 
Elizabeth  F.  Hart, 
Marilla  Callender, 
Hannah  Root, 
Selina  Churchill, 


NEW    BRITAIN.  107 

Elvey  W.  Hart,  Lucinda  H.  Smith, 

Lucy  N.  Steele,  Lydia  S.  Dewy, 

Matilda  C.  Warner,  Clarissa  B.  North, 

Almira  W.  Warren,  Betsey  North, 

Polly  Clark,  Rosetta  Hart, 

Romeo  Francis,  Maria  Steele, 

Catharine  Francis,  Mehitabel  Hart, 

Catharine  A.  Francis,  Louisa  Hart, 

Nancy  M.  Eddy,  Eliza  Judd, 

Matilda  Slater,  Gunilda  Judd, 

Dolly  S.  Hart,  Sarah  E.  Andrews, 

Nathan  R.  Cook,  Sarah  Whiting, 

Lucy  B.  Cook,  Sarah  Hart, 

Jane  Francis,  Mary  Gridley, 

Orpha  Hart,  Lucy  Winchell, 

Lauretta  S.  North,  Mary  Curtiss, 

Amelia  S.  Williams,  Julia  A.  Curtiss, 

Orpha  H.  Butler,  Lucy  Wright, 

Charlotte  N.  Stanley,  Sylvia  Hart, 

Sarah  B.  North,  Charles  A.  Warner, 

Georgianna  M.  North,  Caroline  U.  Sweet, 

Louisa  B.  North,  •  Olive  B.  Wright. 
My  object  in  putting  these  names  on  this  book  is  to  give  the  church  in- 
formation that  they  may  know  who  are  members  of  the  church  remaining. 

William  H.  Smith,  Clerk. 

It  is  proper  here  to  remark  that  the  number  who  remained  in  the  first 
church  was  207.  The  first  meeting  of  the  church  for  business  after  the 
division,  was  held  in  the  conference  room,  July  12th,  1842,  when  Deacon 
David  Whittlesey  was  appointed  Clerk,  and  they  voted  to  hold  their  an- 
nual meeting  on  the  first  Wednesday  of  January  yearly,  then  to  appoint 
their  clerk,  committee,  and  do  all  necessary  business. 

Voted  to  hold  a  church  prayer  meeting  on  Thursday  afternoon  weekly. 

Adjourned.  Attest,  D.  Whittlesey,  Clerk. 

The  pulpit  was  supplied  for  some  months  chiefly  by  Dr.  Taylor,  of  New 
Haven,  when  at  a  legal  meeting  of  the  church  warned  for  the  purpose, 
and  held  13th  December,  1842, 

Voted,  that  this  church  give  Chester  S.  Lyman  a  call  to  settle  over  them 
in  the  gospel  ministry. 

Voted,  that  Amon  Stanley  communicate  this  act  of  the  church  to  the 
Ecclesiastical  Society,  and  request  their  concurrence  in  the  same. 

Voted,  that  David  Whittlesey,  N.  W.  Stanley,  and  William  Whittlesey, 
be  a  committee  to  unite  with  such  as  the  society  shall  appoint  for  the  same 


108  NEW    BRITAIN. 

purpose,  in.  presenting  to  Mr.  Lyman  the  call  now  voted,  and  solicit  his 
acceptance  of  the  same.  Adjourned.  D.  Whittlesey,  Clerk. 

The  society  concurred  in  voting  a  salary  of  six  hundred  dollars,  and 
appointed  William  Ellis,  Norman  Hart,  and  Samuel  Booth,  to  unite  with 
those  on  the  part  of  the  church  to  present  the  call  to  Mr.  Lyman. 

His  reply  to  the  above  call. 

New  Haven,  December  29th,  1842.  To  the  committee  of  the  first 
Congregational  Church  and  Society  in  New  Britain :  The  invitation 
which  you  recently  communicated  to  me  in  the  name  of  the  first  Congre- 
gational Church  and  Society  to  become  their  pastor,  I  consider  it  my  duty, 
after  careful  and  prayerful  consideration,  to  accept.  In  thus  deciding,  I 
have  acted  not  only  according  to  the  advice  of  those  in  whose  judgment 
I  put  confidence,  but  also  I  trust  from  a  sincere  desire  to  follow  the  lead- 
ings of  Providence.  I  hope,  therefore,  the  steps  I  have  taken  will  meet 
with  the  divine  approval.  The  relation  which,  if  ordained,  I  thus  assume 
to  the  church  and  society  is  one,  I  am  aware,  of  great  responsibility ;  and 
conscious  as  I  am  of  my  own  deficiences,  I  feel  that  it  is  also  one  in  sus- 
taining which  I  shall  need  your  cordial  co-operation  and  prayers,  as  well 
as  the  special  blessing  of  our  common  Master.  That  this  relation  in  con- 
sequence of  our  mutual  faithfulness,  may  result  both  in  our  own  spiritual 
well-being,  and  in  the  glory  of  God's  name,  is  my  most  earnest  prayer, 
and  will  be  made  the  object  of  my  constant  effort's. 

Yours  in  the  fellowship  of  the  gospel,  C.  S.  Lyman. 

Proceedings  of  the  Council, 

An  Ecclesiastical  Council  called  by  letters  missive  from  the  first  Con- 
gregational Church  in  New  Britain,  for  the  purpose  of  ordaining  Mr. 
Chester  S.  Lyman  to  the  work  of  the  gospel  ministry,  convened  on  the 
14th  of  February,  1843,  at  the  academy,  at  half  past  six  P.  M. 

Rev.  B.  F.  Northrop  was  chosen  Moderator ;  prayer  was  offered  by  the 
Moderator.     There  were  present  from  the  church  in  Farmington, 
Bishop  Noah  Porter,  D.  D. 
Rev.  "William  W.  Woodworth,  from  Worthington. 
Rev.  Samuel  Rockwell,  from  New  Britain  South. 
Rev.  B.  F.  Northrop,  from  Manchester. 
Rev.  Royal  Robbins,  from  Kensington. 
Delegates. 

Brother  A.  F.  Williams,  Farmington. 
Brother  Edward  Wilcox,  Worthington. 
Deacon  Elijah  Francis,  New  Britain  South. 
Brother  Thomas  Stowe,  Middletown  North. 
Brother  M.  W.  Keeney,  Manchester. 
Deacon  Cyprian  Goodrich,  Kensington. 


NEW    BRITAIN.  109 

Rev.  Messrs.  Herrick,  Whittlesey,  and  Hull,  being  present,  were  in- 
vited to  sit  with  the  council.  Documents  respecting  the  call  of  the  church 
and  society  to  Mr.  Lyman,  and  his  acceptance  of  the  same ;  also  respect- 
ing his  licensure  were  presented  and  deemed  satisfactory  by  the  council ; 
also  satisfactory  evidence  of  his  church-membership  was  given.  The 
council  proceeded  to  examine  Mr.  Lyman  respecting  his  knowledge  of 
natural  and  revealed  theology,  his  Christian  experience  and  motives  for 
entering  the  ministry,  after  which  it  was  unanimously  voted  that  we  pro- 
ceed to  the  ordination  of  Mr.  Lyman  the  following  day. 

The  parts  were  assigned  as  follows  : 

Invocation  and  reading  the  Scriptures,  by  Rev.  Mr.  Herrick. 

Introductory  prayer  by  Rev.  Mr.  Rockwell. 

The  sermon  by  Rev.  Dr.  Porter. 

Ordaining  prayer  by  Rev.  Mr.  Robbins. 

The  charge  by  Rev.  Mr.  Northrop. 

Right  hand  of  fellowship,  by  Rev.  Mr.  Woodworth. 

The  concluding  prayer  by  Rev.  Mr.  Northrop,  and 

Benediction  by  the  pastor. 

The  council  met, February  15th,  according  to  adjournment;  the  min- 
utes were  read  and  approved,  and  the  public  services  were  performed  ac- 
cording to  the  above  arrangement. 

Signed,  B.  F.  Northrop,  Moderator. 

Attest,        William  W.  Woodworth,  Scribe. 

Mr.  Lyman  was  born  January  13th,  1814,  at  Manchester,  Conn.,  (then 
Orford,  a  parish  of  East  Hartford,)  to  Chester  Lyman  and  his  wife,  Mary 
(Smith.)  He  graduated  at  Yale,  1837,  and  at  Yale  Theological  Seminary, 
1842;  settled  in  New  Britain  as  above.  The  church  enjoyed  a  revival, 
1843,  under  his  ministry,  as  fruits  of  which  twenty-two  united  with  the 
church.  His  health  failed  and  he  was  dismissed  April  23d,  1845,  making 
a  term  of  a  little  more  than  two  years,  during  which  forty  were  added  to 
the  church,  thirty-one  by  profession  and  nine  by  letter.  He  went  to  the 
Sandwich  Islands  for  health,  October,  1845,  and  landed  May,  1846;  from 
thence  to  California,  1847,  and  returned  home  1850.  He  married,  June 
20th,  A.  D.  1850,  Miss  Delia  Williams  Wood,  daughter  of  Hon.  Joseph 
Wood,  of  New  Haven,  and  his  wife,  Frances  (Ellsworth,)  daughter  of 
Chief  Justice  Ellsworth,  and  grand-daughter  of  Chief  Justice  Oliver  Ells- 
worth, of  Windsor,  Conn.  She  was  born  September  13th,  1820,  at  Stam- 
ford, Conn.  Their  children : 

1.  An  infant,  born  April  llth,  1851,  died  young. 

2.  Elizabeth  Ellsworth,  born  November  llth,  1852. 

3.  William  Chester,  born  March  15th,  1855,  died  May  24th,  1855. 

4.  Oliver  Ellsworth,  born  May  10th,  1856. 

5.  Delia  Wood,  born  October  3d,  1858. 

6.  Chester  Wolcott,  born  May  25th,  1861. 


110  NEW     BRITAIN. 

Mr.  Lyman  is  now,  1862,  a  resident  of  New  Haven,  and  was  appointed, 
July,  1859,  Professor  of  Industrial  Mechanics  and  Physics,  at  Yale  Col- 
lege. This  people  remember  him  as  their  former  pastor  with  high  regard. 

The  following  relates  the  call  and  settlement  of  his  successor : 

At  a  meeting  of  the  church  duly  warned  and  held  on  the  first  day  of 
May,  1845,  David  Whittlesey  was  chosen  Moderator,  and  I.  N.  Lee, 
Clerk.  It  was  unanimously  voted  to  call  and  invite  the  Rev.  Charles  S. 
Sherman  to  become  our  pastor. 

Voted,  that  this  act  of  the  church  be  communicated  to  the  society,  and 
request  their  concurrence. 

Voted,  that  David  Whittlesey,  Norman  Hart,  and  Doctor  Woodruff,  be 
a  committee  to  unite  with  such  as  the  society  shall  appoint  for  the  same 
purpose,  in  presenting  the  doings  of  this  meeting  to  Rev.  Mr.  Sherman, 
and  solicit  his  acceptance  of  the  same.  The  Ecclesiastical  Society  concur- 
red, and  the  first  day  of  May,  1845,  voted  a  salary  of  six  hundred  dollars. 
Mr.  Sherman's  Answer. 

Rockville,  May  12th,  1845. 

To  the  committee  of  the  first  Congregational  Church  and  Society  of 
New  Britain  :  Dear  brethren,  your  letter  in  behalf  of  the  first  Congrega- 
tional Church  and  Society,  inviting  me  to  become  their  pastor,  was  re- 
ceived on  the  3d  inst.,  and  with  a  view  to  acting  with  careful  and  prayerful 
deliberation  upon  a  matter  of-  such  importance,  I  have  refrained  giving  an 
earlier  answer.  The  solemnity  of  assuming,  no  less  than  dissolving  the 
relation  of  pastor  to  a  people,  I  can  not  view  with  indifference,  nor  can  I 
be  insensible  to  the  duty  which  in  all  ordinary  cases  is  urged  upon  a  Chris- 
tian minister  to  assume  that  relation,  when  invited  to  it  by  the  united  and 
friendly  wishes  of  a  people  who  are,  and  who  are*worthy  to  be  by  him 
respected  and  beloved.  These  being  my  views  and  feelings,  I  have  en- 
deavored carefully  and  with  prayer  to  weigh  the  considerations  bearing 
upon  my  duty  in  the  case,  and  as  the  result  of  my  deliberations  have  con- 
cluded to  accept,  and  do  hereby  accept  the  invitation  of  your  church  and 
society  to  become  their  pastor.  In  the  mean  time  let  me  bespeak  your 
prayers  that  the  blessing  of  the  great  Head  of  the  Church  may  rest  upon 
the  decision  to  which  we  have  been  mutually  led ;  especially,  that  my  an- 
ticipated ministry  among  you  may  be  a  revival  ministry,  crowned  with  the 
Holy  Spirit's  greatest  work.  If  such  be  your  daily  prayers,  I  am  sure 
that  when  I  come  unto  you,  I  shall  come  in  the  fulness  of  the  blessing  of 
the  gospel  of  Christ.  The  Lord  bless  you  and  keep  you  ;  the  Lord  make 
His  face  to  shine  upon  you,  and  be  gracious  unto  you ;  the  Lord  lift  up  His 
countenance  upon  you  and  give  you  peace. 

I  am  with  sincere  respect  and  affection,  C.  S.  Sherman. 

Probably  Mr.  Sherman  was  never  furnished  with  a  copy  of  the  doings 
of  the  council  at  his  installation,  hence  we  have  no  record  on  our  books  ; 


NEW    BRITAIN.  Ill 

but  he  writes  that  it  occurred  July  2d,  1845,  and  also  that  he  was  dismissed 
September  5th,  1849.  He  was  born  April  26th,  1810,  at  Albany,  N.  Y., 
to  Josiah  Sherman,  (brother  of  Roger  Minot  Sherman,  late  of  Fairfield, 
Conn.,)  and  his  wife,  Hannah  (Jones,)  daughter  of  Daniel,  of  Hartford ; 
graduated  at  Yale,  1835,  and  at  Andover  Theological  Seminary,  Mass., 
1838.  He  married,  June  llth,  1839,  Martha  E.,  daughter  of  Cyrus  Wil- 
liams and  his  wife,  Martha  (Wheeler.)  They  embarked  July  17th,  1839, 
as  missionaries  to  Palestine,  from  the  port  of  Boston,  Mass.  They  re- 
mained at  Jerusalem  until  April,  1842,  when  loss  of  health  compelled  them 
to  return  to  this  country ;  when  he  was  settled  and  dismissed  as  above. 
He  was  soon  called  and  was  settled  in  Naugatuck,  over  a  Congregational 
Church,  where  he  now,  1867,  resides.  For  his  family  see  No.  (995 ;) 
also  No.  (1,026.)  Mr.  Sherman  greatly  improved  our  Sunday  school,  by 
introducing  the  children  to  the  Monthly  Concert,  and  giving  them  an 
opportunity  to  sing,  and  repeat  verses  of  scripture. 

We  now  come  to  the  call  of  Rev.  E.  B.  Andrews,  of  Cornwall,  Conn. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  first  Ecclesiastical  Society  of  New  Britain,  held 
May  6th,  1850,  voted  to  unite  with  the  church  in  extending  an  invitation 
to  Rev.  E.  B.  Andrews  to  become  our  pastor. 

Voted,  to  give  him  a  salary  of  seven  hundred  and  fifty  dollars. 

Voted,  that  i.  N.  Lee,  0.  C.  Stanley,  and  William  A.  Churchill,  be  a 
committee  to  unite  with  that  of  the  church  in  presenting  him  their  united 
call. 

Action  of  the  Council. 

An  Ecclesiastical  Council  regularly  convened  by  letters  missive  from 
the  first  Congregational  church  and  society  in  New  Britain,  for  the  pur- 
pose of  installing  Rev.  E.  B.  Andrews  as  their  pastor,  was  held  June  26th, 
1850,  in  the  lecture  room  of  said  church  and  society. 

The  following  pastors  and  delegates  were  present,  viz: 

From  the  church  in  Farmington,  Rev.  N.  Porter,  D.  D.  and  Brother 
John  E.  Cowles,  delegate. 

Newington,  Rev.  Joab  Brace,  and  Deacon  jjeremiah  Seymour,  delegate. 

Kensington,  Rev.  Royal  Robbins,  and  Brother  Jabez  Langdon,  delegate. 

Wethersfield,  Rev.  Mark  Tucker,  D.  D.,  and  Brother  E.  T.  Cook, 
delegate. 

New  Britain  South,  Rev.  Samuel  Rockwell,  and  Brother  E.  A.  An- 
drews, delegate. 

Plainville,  Rev.  William  Wright,  and  Brother  J.  C.  Hart,  delegate. 

East  Windsor,  Rev.  Samuel  J.  Andrews,  and  Brother  N.  S.  Osborn, 
delegate. 

Worthington,  Rev.  W.  W.  Woodworth,  and  Deacon  Joseph  Savage, 
delegate. 


112  NEW     BRITAIN. 

West  Hartford,  Rev.  D.  M.  Seward,  and  Brother  Charles  S.  Mills, 
delegate. 

Hartford  Soqth,  Brother  John  H.  Goodwin,  delegate. 

Meriden,  Brother  H  Foster,  delegate. 

New  Britain,  first  church,  Brother  I.  N.  Lee,  delegate. 

Rev.  E.  W.  Andrews,  Rev.  Charles  S.  Sherman,  Rev.  W.  G.  Jones, 
Rev.  Joel  Grant,  and  Rev.  John  S.  Whittlesey  being  present,  were 
invited  to  sit  with  us,  as  corresponding  members. 

Dr.  Porter  was  chosen  Moderator,  and  Rev.  W.  W.  Woodworth,  Scribe. 
Prayer  by  the  Moderator.  Documents  were  then  presented  showing  that 
the  church  and  society  had  proceeded  regularly  in  the  call,  and  that  Mr. 
Andrews  had  been  regularly  dismissed  from  the  church  and  society  of 
which  he  was  formerly  pastor,  and  that  he  is  a  member  in  good  and  regu- 
lar standing,  of  Berkshire  Association,  in  Massachusetts.  The  council 
then  proceeded  to  examine  Mr.  Andrews  in  respect  to  his  knowledge  of 
natural  and  revealed  religion,  his  religious  experience,  and  his  reason  for 
entering  the  ministry.  Whereupon  it  was  unanimously  voted,  that  we 
approve  of  the  examination  of  Mr.  Andrews,  and  will  proceed  to  his  in- 
stallation this  afternoon,  at  two  o'clock.  The  parts  of  the  installation  ser- 
vice were  assigned  as  follows,  viz : 

Introductory  prayer  by  Rev.  S.  Rockwell,  of  New  Britain  South. 

The  Sermon  by  Rev.  Samuel  J.  Andrews,  of  East  Windsor. 

Installing  prayer  by  Rev.  Joab  Brace,  of  Newington. 

Charge  to  the  pastor  by  Dr.  Tucker,  of  Wethersfield. 

Right  hand  of  fellowship  by  Rev.  W.  W.  Woodworth,  of  Worthington. 

Charge  to  the  people  by  Rev.  Mr.  Robbing,  of  Kensington. 

Concluding  prayer  by  Rev.  Mr.  Sherman.       . 

Benediction  by  the  Pastor. 

And  the  installation  took  place  accordingly. 

W.  W.  Woodworth,  Scribe. 

Rev.  Ebenezer  Baldwin  Andrews  was  son  of  Rev.  William,  of  Elling- 
ton, Windham,  Danbury  and  Cornwall,  and  his  wife,  Sarah  (Parkhill,)  of 
Benson,  Vermont.  He  was  born  April  29th,  1821,  at  Danbury,  Conn.; 
graduated  at  Marietta  College,  Ohio,  1842  ;  he  was  licensed  to  preach 
June  4th,  1845,  by  Litchfield  North  ;  he  was  ordained  and  installed  pas- 
tor of  the  church  at  Housatonicville,  April  29th,  1846,  and  dismissed  April 
4th,  1849.  He  then  engaged  for  a  year  in  the  "  Alger  Institute,"  at  South 
Cornwall,  Conn.,  where  he  also  supplied  the  pulpit  and  received  a  call  to 
settle.  He  married  December  25th,  1850,  Catharine  Francis  Laflin,  born 
at  North  Adams,  Mass.,  June  16th,  1831.  His  health  being  impaired  he 
left  New  Britain,  to  take  the  chair  of  Natural  Science  and  Natural  The- 


NEW     BRITAIN.  113 

ology  Marietta  College,  Ohio.  He  enlisted  1861,  into  the  thirty-sixth 
Regiment  Ohio  Volunteers  as  Major  under  Colonel  Crook ;  was  at  the 
battle  of  Loui.sburg,  Virginia ;  at  the  South  Mountain  and  Antietam  bat- 
tles, where  the  regiment  won  honorsat  the  battle  of  Antietam.  He  was 
made  Colonel,  and  returned  to  his  professorship  after  spending  about  two 
years  in  the  army. 

Their  Children. 

1.  Clara  Laflin,  born  in  Westfield,  Mass.,  April  18th,  1852. 

2.  Catharine  Francis,  born  in  Marietta,  Ohio,  October  16th,  1854. 

3.  Cutler  Watson,  born  in  Marietta,  Ohio,  February  2d,  1856. 
The  following  will  best  show  the  reasons  of  his  early  dismission : 

At  a  church  meeting  held  November  4th,  1851,  the  following  letter  was 
read: 

To  the  first  Congregational  Church,  New  Britain :  Beloved  friends,  you 
have  been  called  together  to  day  to  receive  a  communication  from  your 
pastor.  The  nature»of  this  communication  you  have  doubtless  anticipated. 
It  is  my  request  that  the  peculiar  and  official  relation  which  I  now  hold 
with  this  church  be  dissolved,  and  that  you,  by  your  committee,  unite  with 
me  in  calling  an  e'cclesiastical  council  for  the  purpose  of  effecting  such 
dissolution.  This  is  a  step  which  I  have  taken  after  long  and  prayer- 
ful deliberation.  For  many  weeks  my  mind  has  been  in  a  state  of  very 
deep  and  painful  anxiety  to  know  what  the  Head  of  the  Church  would 
have  me  do.  Settled  pleasantly  over  a  large  and  important  parish,  I  have 
not  wished  nor  dared  to  leave  my  position,  unless  it  should  be  clearly  re- 
vealed to. me  as  my  duty  so  to  do.  The  arduous  labors  of  the  station 
(and  they  are  far  more  arduous  than  any  one  not  a  minister  can  under- 
stand,) I  have  endeavored  cheerfully  to  perform  in  the  hope  that  they 
might  be  blessed  to  your  highest  good ;  but  such  is  the  present  condition 
of  my  health  that  I  can  no  longer  meet  the  engagements  and  responsibili- 
ties of  my  office,  and  the  prospect  of  greater  ability  in  the  future  seems 
remote  and  uncertain.  For  more  than  five  months  I  have  been  struggling 
with  an  increasing  bronchial  disease.  During  these  months  I  have  been 
absent  at  one  time  six  weeks,  in  the  hope  that  I  might  be  improved  by 
rest;  and  when  at  home  I  have  availed  myself  of  all  the  occasional  assist- 
ance I  could  obtain,  so  that  I  have  probably  not  preached  more  than  half 
of  the  time;  yet  notwithstanding  the  disease  has  been  constantly  gaining 
ground,  and  now  I  am  almost  entirely  unable  to  speak  in  public.  Had  I 
complied  with  the  advice  of  my  physician  I  should  have  given  up  preach- 
ing some  months  ago.  Of  the  future  I  know  nothing;  it  is  in  the  Lord's 
hands,  and  he  will  do  with  me  and  with  us  all  what  seemeth  him  good. 
I  hope  and  pray  that  he  has  yet  work  for  me  to  do  as  a  preacher  of  the 
gospel  of  his  dear  Son.  One  of  my  predecessors,  whose  disease  he  assured 
me  was  much  like  my  own,  has  never  yet  been  able  to  resume  the  work 
8 


114  NEW     BRITAIN. 

of  the  ministry.  It  may  not  be  improper  for  me  to  state  that  I  am  not 
the  only  one  of  my  father's  family  who  has  suffered  from  the  same  diffi- 
culty. Two  brothers  have  been  prevented  by  it  from  preaching,  one  for 
nearly  two  years  at  one  time,  and  the  other  for  the  last  ten  months.  Still 
another  brother  is  now  disabled  from  preaching  by  a  disease  somewhat 
similar,  but  more  pulmonic  in  its  nature ;  but  the  fact  that  my  father  died 
of  a  bronchial  disease  in  the  midst  of  his  usefulness,  is  the  most  disheart- 
ening consideration  of  all. 

I  have  thus  briefly  stated  to  you  my  present  condition.  Now  in  view 
of  it,  what  ought  I  to  do  ?  In  endeavoring  to  answer  this  question  I  am 
conscious  that  I  have  not  for  a  moment  forgotten  the  interests  of  this 
church  and  people.  I  would  do  nothing  that  would  in  any  way  prove  in- 
jurious to  the  cause  of  our  common  Redeemer  among  you.  You  need 
for  your  pastor  a  man  of  firm  health  and  much  physical  vigor,  to  meet  the 
full  demands  which  are  made  upon  hira.  It  may  therefore  be  deemed 
best  that  I  in  my  illness  and  necessary  inefficiency*  should  give  place  to 
one  more  vigorous,  and  consequently  more  able  to  perform  the  labors  of 
the  station.  I  have  also  consulted  friends  and  esteemed  judicious  clergy- 
men, respecting  my  duty  in  regard  to  the  whole  matter,  and  my  request  to- 
day is  in  entire  harmony  with  their  advice.  I  therefore,  dear  brethren, 
now  ask  you  to  unite  with  me  in  calling  an  ecclesiastical  council  for  the 
purpose  of  considering  this  matter,  and  if  deemed  best,  to  dissolve  the  re- 
lation now  subsisting  between  us.  But  I  can  not  close  this  communica- 
tion without  referring  to  the  unusually  pleasant  relations  which  have 
always  existed  between  us.  I  came  among  you  an  entire  stranger,  but  I 
have  always  received  kind  and  Christian  treatment.  You  have  ever  given 
a  friendly  hearing  on  the  Sabbath,  (never  showing  the  slightest  disposition 
to  prescribe  the  themes  of  my  discourse,  nor  the  modes  of  presenting 
them,)  and  also  you  have  treated  me  with  kindness  and  courteous  respect 
in  all  my  private  intercourse  with  you.  It  has  been  the  friendly  relation 
which  should  ever  exist  between  a  Christian  pastor  and  a  Christian  peo- 
ple. This  fact  is  an  encouragement  for  the  future ;  indeed  it  seems  to  me 
prophetic,  that  with  another  pastor  you  will  live  in  mutual  love,  and  grow 
in  all  the  gentle  graces  of  the  Christian  life. 

Wishing  you  manifold  blessings  here,  and  eternal  life  hereafter,  I  am 
your  friend  and  pastor,  *  E.  B.  Andrews. 

New  Britain,  November  4th,  1851.  Upon  receiving  the  foregoing  the 
church  passed  the  following : 

"  Whereas  we  have  this  day  received  a  communication  from  our  pastor, 
Rev.  E.  B.  Andrews,  asking  us  to  unite  with  him  in  calling  a  Council  to 
dissolve  his  pastoral  relation  with  us,  and  whereas  the  circumstances  under 
which  the  request  is  made,  render  it  painfully  necessary  for  us  as  a  church 
to  assent,  therefore, — 


NEW     BRITAIN.  115 

Resolved,  that  although  our  connection  has  been  so  brief,  it  has  been 
exceeding  pleasant  and  happy,  and  it  is  with  emotions  of  deep  regret  that 
we  consent  to  its  termination.  Our  Pastor  has  been  in  and  out  among  us 
in  such  Christian  kindness  and  faithfulness,  in  such  tender  sympathy  and 
charity,  as  to  win  our  confidence  and  affection ;  his- fine  feelings  and  tender 
sensibilities  will  be  held  by  us  in  enduring  remembrance.  We  commend 
him  to  the  Grace  of  God,  and  the  sympathy  of  the  Church,  wherever  he 
may  be  located. 

N.  W.  Stanley,  Henry  Walter  and  Dan  Clark,  were  appointed  to  unite 
with  the  pastor  and  the  committee  on  the  part  of  the  society,  in  calling  the 
proposed  council. 

Mr.  Andrews  was  dismissed  November  12th,  1851. 

We  continue  our  extracts  from  the  church  and  society  records. 

"At  a  meeting  of  the  church  held  the  llth  October,  1852,  Deacon 
.  Alfred  Andrews  was  chosen  moderator ;  the  following  resolve  was  passed 
unanimously,  viz : 

Having  heard  the  Eev.  Horace  Winslow,  of  Rockville,  in  our  pulpit 
and  conference  room  with  satisfaction,  and  otherwise  learned  somewhat  of 
his  character  and  good  standing  as  a  gospel  minister,  therefore, 

Resolved,  that  we  cheerfully  and  cordially  extend  to  him  a  call  to  be- 
come our  pastor. 

Voted,  that  Dr.  Hawley  be  a  committee  to  unite  with  such  person  as 
the  society  may  appoint  to  present  the  doings  of  this  meeting  to  Rev.  Mr. 
Winslow,  and  solicit  his  acceptance  of  the  call  now  voted. 

Morton  Judd,  Clerk. 
Mr.  Wtnsbw's  Answer. 

Dear  Brethren,  the  invitation  extended  to  me  to  become  your  Pastor,  I 
have  taken  into  prayerful,  and  I  trust  careful  and  candid  consideration, 
and  I  am  not  aware  that  a  further  delay  would  discover  to  me  any  more 
clearly  the  path  of  duty  than  now.  I  feel  that  it  is  a  delicate  matter  to 
leave  a  people  whom  I  love,  and  by  whom  I  have  the  assurance  that  I  am 
myself  beloved ;  but  even  with  such  a  fact  circumstances  may  make  it  a 
a  duty  for  me  to  change  this  field  of  labor.  Such  seem  to  be  the  circum- 
stances that  now  surround  me.  It  is  with  a  desire  to  be  in  the  way  of 
duty,  and  with  a  feeling  that  I  am  following  the  providence  of  God,  that 
I  now  accept  the  call  to  become  your  pastor.  I  expect  this  life  to  be  one 
of  labor,  and  wherever  I  may  be,  I  desire  to  be  useful,  and  this  is  my  ex- 
pectation and  desire  if  God  shall  consummate  the  invitation  and  make  me 
your  minister,  but  if  we  are  prospered  the  Lord  must  smile  upon  us ;  let 
me  with  your  co-operation,  bespeak  for  myself  your  prayers  upon  my  an- 
ticipated labors  among  you. 
.  Yours  in  Christian  bonds,  Horace  Winslow. 

Rockville,  November  6*h,  1852. 


116  NEW     BKITAIN. 

It  should  here  be  stated  that  the  Ecclesiastical  Society  had  concurred 
in  the  call  and  voted  a  salary  of  one  thousand  dollars,  and  appointed 
James  Stanley  a  committee  to  unite  with  Dr.  Hawley,  appointed  on  the 
part  of  the  church,  in  presenting  the  call. 

At  an  Ecclesiastical  council  convened  at  the  lecture-room  of  the  first 
Congregational  Church  of  New  Britain,  December  29th,  1852,  by  letters 
missive  from  said  church. 

Present  from  the  church  in  Farmington, 

Rev.  Noah  Porter,  D.  D.,  Deacon  Simeon  Hart,  delegate. 

Newington,  Rev.  Joab  Brace,  Brother  Marcus  Stoddard,  delegate. 

New  Britain  South,  Rev.  Sam'l  Rockwell,  Dr.  Lucius  Woodruff,  delegate. 

New  Britain  First,  Rev.  William  Whittlesey. 

Springfield,  Mass.,  North,  Rev.  R.  H.  Seeley. 

Brooklyn,  New  York,  Second,  R*ev.  Nathaniel  H.  Eggleston. 

Meriden,  Rev.  George  W.  Perkins. 

The  council,  after  being  called  to  order,  was  organized  by  the  choice  of 
Rev.  Joab  Brace,  moderator,  and  Rev.  George  W.  Perkins,  scribe. 

After  prayer  by  the  moderator,  the  following  documents  were  presented : 
the  invitation  from  the  church  to  the  Rev.  Horace  Winslow  to  become 
their  pastor;  the  vote  of  the  society  concurring  in  the  call,  with  the  pledge 
of  a  suitable  support ;  the  letter  of  acceptance  from  the  Rev.  Mr.  Wins- 
low  ;  the  result  of  council  whereby  flie  previous  pastoral  relation  of  Mr. 
Winslow  was  dissolved,  whereupon, — 

Resolved,  that  the  documents  now  presented  are  satisfactory,  and  that 
we  proceed  to  the  customary  examination  of  the  candidate  for  installation. 
The  examination  was  then  conducted  by  the  moderator  and  council, 
w hereupon, 

Resolved,  that  being  satisfied  with  the  examination,  we  will  proceed  to 
install  Rev.  Horace  Winslow  as  pastor  over  the  first  Congregational 
church  in  New  Britain. 

That  Rev.  Dr.  Porter,  Rev.  William  Whittlesey,  and  Rev.  Mr.  Wins- 
low,  be  a  committee  to  arrange  the  installation  services.  The  committee 
reported  a  recommendation  that  the  services  should  be  as  follows: 

Introductory  prayer  by  the  Rev.  Mr.  Rockwell. 

Sermon  by  the  Rev.  Mr.  Seeley. 
.   Installing  prayer  by  Rev.  Mr.  Brace. 

Charge  to  the  pastor,  by  Dr.  Porter. 

Right  hand  of  fellowship  by  Rev.  George  W.  Perkins. 

Concluding  prayer  by  Rev.  Mr.  Eggleston. 

Which  recommendation  was  accepted,  and  the  council  took  a  recess. 

After  recess  the  council  met  and  with  appropriate  services  installed  Rev. 
Horace  Winslow  as  pastor  of  this  church. 

Signed.       G.  W.  Perkins,  Scribe.        J.  Brace,  Moderator. 


NEW     BRITAIN.  117 

The  subject  of  building  a  new  meeting-house  began  to  be  agitated  soon 
after  Mr.  Winslow  came  into  the  place. 

February  7th,  1853,  the  society  appointed  a  committee  to  inquire  as  to 
the  expense  of  enlarging  and  repairing  the  old  house,  and  also  to  inquire 
for  a  location  for  a  new  one,  and  report. 

They  reported  February  21st,  1853,  in  favor  of  building  a  new  house, 
and  April  20th,  1853,  the  society,  by  vote,  instructed  their  committee  to 
buy  the  place  of  Ira  Stanley,  jun.,  for  a  location,  and  voted  to  build  with 
brick.  The  place  consisted  of  a  substantial  dwelling-house  and  out-build- 
ings, with  four  acres  of  land,  and  cost  the  Ecclesiastical  Society,  $7,000. 
The  house  was  moved  and  is  now,  1867,  the  one  owned  and  occupied  by 
Dr.  Comings. 

The  house  of  worship  was  dedicated  August  23d,  1855  ;  is  in  the  Ro- 
manesque style  of  architecture,  or\e  hundred  and  thirty-eight  feet  long  by 
sixty-three  feet  wide,  including  the  chapel,  with  a  spire  one  hundred  and 
ninety  feet  high.  The  audience-room  is  seventy-five  feet  long  by  sixty- 
three  wide.  The  chapel  is  directly  in  the  rear  of  the  audience-room, 
thirty-eight  feet  long  by  thirty-six  feet  wide,  having  two  smaller  rooms 
or  parlors  connected  with  it. 

The  church  was  blessed  with  two  seasons  of  revival  during  the  pastorate 
of  Mr.  Winslow,  1854,  the  first,  and  the  second,  1857;  as  the  result,  sev- 
enty-nine were  received  to  communion  on  profession.  There  were  also 
other  additions  by  letter,  to  the  number  of  forty-four,  making  in  all  during 
his  ministry,  one  hundred  and  twenty-three.  Finding  his  salary  inade- 
quate to  his  support,  and  having  a  call  from  the  church  in  Great  Barring- 
ton,  Mass.,  with  a  remuneration  better  adapted  to  his  necessities,  on  the 
23d  November,  1857,  he  communicated  his  resignation  to  the  church,  at  a 
meeting  held  for  the  purpose,  and  requested  them  to  unite  with  him  in 
calling  a  council  to  dissolve  the  relation,  if  the  council  should  advise. 

A  council  was  held  December  2d,  1857,  and  the  connection  was  dis- 
solved, to  take  effect  on  and  after  the  20th  of  that  month. 

Rev.  Horace  "Winslow  was  born  May  18th,  1814,  at  Enfield,  Mass.,  to 
John  H.  Winslow  and  his  wife,  Elizabeth  (Mills ;)  graduated  at  Hamilton 
College,  N.  Y. ;  studied  theology  at  Union  Seminary,  New  York  city ;  set- 
tled first  at  Lansingburg,  N.  Y. ;  second,  at  Rockville,  Conn.,  October, 
1845,  and  dismissed,  November,  1852 ;  third,  installed  and  dismissed  as 
above  in  New  Britain;  fourth,  installed,  1858,  at  Great  Barrington,  Mass. ; 
and  in  1862,  accepted  an  appointment  as  chaplain  to  the  fifth  regimerft  of 
Connecticut  Volunteers,  under  the  command  of  General  Banks,  at  Vir- 
ginia. After  serving  several  months  as  chaplain,  he  resigned  and  was 
installed,  December  1st,  1863,  at  Binghamton,  N.  Y.  He  married  May 
8th,  1850,  No.  (1,090,)  which  (for  brief  sketch  of  his  family,)  see. 


118  NEW     BRITAIN. 

We  come  now  to  the  call  and  installation  of  the  present  pastor  of  the 
first  church. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  church  held  the  18th  day  of  January,  1858,  Noah 
W.  Stanley  was  chosen  moderator ;  prayer  was  offered  by  Deacon  Alfred 
Andrews,  when  the  following  resolve  was  passed  unanimously,  viz : 

Whereas,  we  have  enjoyed  the  ministrations  of  the  Rev.  Lavelette  Perrin 
for  two  Sabbaths,  and  otherwise  learned  something  of  his  antecedents,  and 
thus  having  good  reason  to  believe  his  piety  and  talents  are  well  suited  to 
our  necessities  as  a  church  and  people,  therefore, 

Resolved,  that  we  hereby  unanimously  extend  to  him  a  cordial  invita- 
tion to  become  the  pastor  of  this  church,  and  minister  to  our  congregation. 

Resolved,  that  Deacon  Alfred  Andrews  be  a  committee  to  present  this 
call  to  Mr.  Perrin,  with  our  respectful  solicitation  for  its  acceptance,  and 
report  his  answer,  if  practicable,  at  our  next  meeting. 

Attest,  M.  Judd,  Clerk. 

At  a  legally  warned  meeting  of  the  first  Ecclesiastical  society  of  New 
Britain,  held  January  18th,  1858,  voted  to  concur  with  the  call  of  Rev.  L. 
Perrin  by  the  church,  and  voted  him  a  salary  of  twelve  hundred  dollars, 
to  be  paid  quarterly,  and  appoined  William  A.  Churchill  a  committee  to 
unite  with  the  church  committee  in  presenting  the  call. 
Rev.  Mr.  Perriris  Reply. 

Dear  Brethren,  I  have  received  and  prayerfully  considered  the  call  you 
were  pleased  to  extend  to  me  on  the  18th  instant,  and  hereby  accept  the 
same.  In  doing  so  I  humbly  crave  your  prayers  that  the  great  Head  of 
the  church  will  smile  upon  this  relation  when  consummated,  and  make  it 
the  source  of  enduring  profit  to  all  whom  it  specially  affects.  May  the 
Lord  enable  me  to  come  to  you  in  all  the  fullness  of  the  gospel,  and  give 
me  acceptance  and  success  among  you,  in  the  work  of  the  ministry. 

Yours  in  Christian  bonds,          Lavelette  Perrin. 

Goshen,  January  26th,  1858. 

Pursuant  to  letters  missive,  an  Ecclesiastical  Council  was  convened  in 
the  lecture-room  of  the  first  Congregational  Church  and  Society  in  New 
Britain,  on  Wednesday  morning,  February  3d,  1858,  at  ten  o'clock,  to 
counsel  and  advise  with  regard  to  the  installation  of  the  Rev.  Lavalette 
Perrin,  to  whom  said  church  and  society  had  extended  a  call  to  become 
their  pastor. 

The  churches  represented  on  the  occasion  were  as  follows  : 

Church  in  Farmington,  Rev.  Noah  Porter,  D.  D.,  pastor,  and  Brother 
Chauncey  D.  Cowles,  delegate. 

First  church  in  Hartford,  Rev.  Joel  Hawes,  D.  D.,  pastor. 

Church  in  West  Meriden,  Rev.  George  Thacher,  pastor,  and  Brother 
Roswell  Hawley,  delegate. 


NEW     BRITAIN.  119 

• 

South  church  in  New  Britain,  Rev.  Samuel  Rockwell,  pastor,  and 
Brother  William  H.  Smith,  delegate. 

Church  in  West  Hartford,  Rev.  M.  N.  Morris,  pastor,  and  Brother 
Charles  S.  Mills,  delegate. 

Church  in  Newington,  Rev.  William  P.  Aikin,  jun.,  pastor,  and  Brother 
Edwin  Wells,  delegate. 

Church  in  Rocky  Hill,  Rev.  L.  B.  Rockwood,  pastor,  and  Brother  Allen 
A.  Robbins,  delegate. 

Church  in  Kensington,  Brother  Samuel  Upson,  delegate. 

Great  Barrington,  Mass.,  Rev.  Horace  Winslow,  pastor. 

The  council  was  organized  by  the  choice  of  Rev.  Dr.  Hawes,  moderator, 
and  Rev.  William  P.  Aikin,  as  scribe.  Prayer  was  offered  by  the  mod- 
erator. Rev.  Frederick  Gridley,  Rev.  Messrs.  Orcutt,  Jewett  and  Bond, 
being  present,  were  invited  to  sit  with  the  council.  Papers  were  exhibited 
showing  the  action  of  the  church  and  society,  by  which  it  appeared  that 
the  Rev.  Mr.  Perrin  had  been  regularly  called  to  become  their  pastor,  and 
had  accepted  the  same, 

The  council  then  proceeded  to  the  examination  of  the  candidate,  as  to 
his  views  of  religious  truth,  his  Christian  experience,  and  motives  for  en- 
tering upon  the  work  of  the  ministry.  After  a  full  hearing,  it  was  unan- 
imously voted,  that  the  council  approve  the  examination,  and  will  proceed 
to  the  services  of  the  installation  at  two  o'clock  in  the  afternoon. 

The  several  parts  in  the  public  services  were  assigned  as  follows : 

Reading  the  minutes  by  the  scribe. 

Introductory  prayer  and  reading  the  scriptures  by  Rev.  Mr.  Aikin. 

Sermon  by  Rev.  Mr.  Thacher. 

Installing  prayer  by  Rev.  Dr.  Hawes. 

Charge  to  the  pastor  by  Rev.  Mr.  Morris. 

Right  hand  of  fellowship  by  Rev.  Mr.  Rockwell. 

Concluding  prayer  by  Rev.  Mr.  Winslow. 

Benediction  by  the  pastor. 

A  true  copy  of.  the  minutes. 

Attest,  William  P.  Aikin,  Scribe. 

The  installation  was  performed  in  accordance  with  the  above  arrange- 
ment. Attest,  William  P.  Aikin,  Scribe. 

Mr.  Perrin  now,  July,  1867,  has  been  faithfully  and  successfully  labor- 
ing in  this  field ;  the  church  has  enjoyed  two  special  seasons  of  revival,  in 
1858,*  and  in  1866,  and  one  hundred  and  eight  were  in  consequence  added^ 
to  the  church  on  profession.     The  whole  number  added,  both  by  profession 

*  The  19th  April  of  this  year,  1858,  being  the  completion  of  one  century  from  the 
organization  of  the  first  church  in  the  town,  it  was  observed  and  celebrated  by  holding 
in  the  Center  Church  a  general  feathering  of  the  citizens  of  the  town,  especially  of  Con- 
gregational churches,  when  Messrs.  Elihu  Burritt,  1ST.  W.  Stanley,  and  Rev.  William 


120  NEW     BRITAIN. 

• 

and  letter  during  this  period,  a  little  more  than  nine  years,  is  two  hundred 
and  fifty-six.* 

We  propose  here  to  recapitulate,  giving  the  names  of  the  foregoing- 
ministers,  with  the  addition  of  such  other  ministers  and  licentiates  as  were 
employed  in  supplying  the  pulpit  during  the  revival  and  interims,  (not 
however,  embracing  those  who  have  only  preached  one  or  two  Sabbaths.) 
The  object  is  to  give  the  reader  at  one  view,  and  on  a  single  page,  a  list 
of  those  who  have  been  the  principal  preachers  to  the  first  church  from  its 
first. 


Organization  to  the  present  time,  it  being  one  hundred  and  nine  years. 
Rev.  Stephen  Holmes,  first  preacher,  thirteen  Sabbaths,  A.  D.  1754,  died 

1773. 

Rev.  John  Bunnel,  called  1755,  but  declined. 
Rev.  Amos  Fowler,  called  1756,  but  declined,  then  settled  in  Guilford, 

died  1800. 
Rev.  James  Taylor,  called  1757,  but  declined,  was   silenced  1764,  for 

Sandemanianism. 
Rev.  John  Smalley,  called  1758,  ordained  and  installed  April  19th,  1758, 

died  1820. 
Rev.  Samuel  J.  Mills,  of  Torringford,  preached  a  short  time  in  the  revival 

of  1784,  died  1833. 
Rev.  Jonathan  Bird,  preached  when  Dr.  Smalley  was  ill,  occasionally, 

died  1813. 
Rev.  Horatio  Waldo,  called  1809,  declined  for  want  of  harmony  in  the 

parish. 
Rev.  Newton  Skinner,  called  1810,  ordained  and  installed  as  colleague  of 

Dr.  Smalley,  1810,  died  1825. 

Whittlesey,  greatly  entertained  the  audience  by  reading  sketches  of  our  history  from 
the  early  settlement  of  Old  Farmington,  the  colony  at  Kensington,  and  the  habits  and 
customs  of  our  ancestors,  thus  occupying  the  afternoon ;  when  the  evening  was  im- 
proved, first,  by  a  like  essay  from  the  compiler  of  this  work,  and  closed  by  a  historical 
sermon  by  the  pastor,  Rev.  L.  Perrin.  It  was  on  this  occasion  that  the  people  dis- 
covered that  we  had  a  history,  and  have  ever  since  been  waiting  to  have  it  brought  out. 
The  result  is  this  book,  which  partakes  largely  of  an  ecclesiastical  form,  because  the 
nucleus  from  which  it  emanated  was  such. 

*  And  it  ought  to  be  said  just  here,  to  the  enduring  credit  and  praise  of  the  parish, 
that  as  the  year  1862  was  drawing  to  its  close,  and  during  the  'second  year  of  the  great 
rebellion  of  the  slave-holders,  and  while  the  appalling  gloom  of  civil  war  hung  over  the 
country,  they  unitedly  and  simultaneously  extinguished  a  debt  of  some  $13,000,  con- 
tracted in  building  their  church  edifice,  1854-5.  About  one-third  of  this  debt  was 
paid  by  the  Wells  family,  and  the  balance  by  members  of  the  congregation,  with  the 
exception  of  $500  by  Mr.  Norman  L.  Hart,  of  Philadelphia,  formerly  a  member  of  this 
church  and  society. 


NEW    BRITAIN.  121 

Rev.  Henry  Jones,  called  1825;  ordained  and  installed,  1825,  now,  1862, 
school  in  Bridgeport,  dismissed  from  this  church,  1827. 

Rev.  Jason  Atwater,  preached  in  revival  of  1828-9,  settled  at  Middle- 
bury,  Newtown,  Southbury,  died  1860. 

Rev.  Samuel  Griswold,  labored  here  with  Mr.  Atwater,  during  the  revival 
of  1828-9. 

Rev.  Charles  A.  Goodrich,  supplied  the  pulpit  at  various  times  for  years, 
died  1862. 

Rev.  Jonathan  Cogswell,  called  1829,  became  Professor  at  Theological 
Institute,  East  Windsor  Hill,  dismissed  from  this  church,  1834,  died 
1864. 

Rev.  Asahel  Nettleton,  supplied  after  the  dismission  of  Mr.  Cogswell, 
died  1844. 

Rev.  Horatio  N.  Brinsmade,  supplied  after  the  dismission  of  Mr.  Cogswell. 

Rev.  Alfred  Newton,  (supply,)  settled  at  Norwalk,  Ohio. 

Rev.  Thomas  H.  Gallaudet,  (supply,)  Superintendent  of  Deaf  and  Dumb 
Asylum,  Hartford,  died  1851. 

Rev.  Martyn  Tupper,  preached  a  few  Sabbaths  in  1835,  settled  in  Hard- 
wick,  Mass. 

Rev.  Dwight  M.  Seward,  called  1835,  ordained  and  installed  the  3d  of 
February.  1836,  dismissed  from  this  church,  1842. 

Rev.  William  Whittlesey,  supplied  the  pulpit  directly  and  indirectly  occa- 
sionally. 

Rev.  James  L.  Wright,  supplied  during  the  illness  of  Mr.  Seward. 

Rev.  Jared  R.  Avery,  supplied  summer  of  1837,  settled  after  in  Groton, 
and  dismissed. 

Rev.  Nathaniel  W.  Taylor,  D.  D.,  supplied  after  the  dismission  of  Mr. 
Seward,  some  time,  died  1858. 

Rev.  Noah  Porter,  jun.,  D.  D.,  supplied  after  the  dismission  of  Mr.  Sew- 
ard, now,  1862,  Professor  Theological  Seminary,  New  Haven. 

Rev.  Nathaniel  H.  Eggleston,  supplied  at  different  dates,  1863,  at  Stock- 
bridge,  Mass. 

Rev.  Chester  S.  Lyman,  called  1842,  ordained  and  installed,  February 
15th,  1843,  dismissed  from  this  church,  1845. 

Rev.  William  W.  Backus,  preached  in  the  revival  of  1842-3. 

Rev.  Oliver  E.  Daggett,  preached  after  the  dismission  of  Mr.  Lyman. 

Rev.  Charles  S.  Sherman,  called  1845,  now,  1863,  at  Naugatuck,  Conn., 
dismissed  from  this  church,  1849. 

Rev.  Eliphalet  Whittlesey,  supplied  the  pulpit  several  times,  1849-50- 

Rev.  Ebenezer  Baldwin  Andrews,  called  1850,  dismissed  from  this  church, 
1851,  now,  1862,  in  the  army  as  Major,  but  returned  to  his  Professor- 
ship in  Marietta  College,  Ohio. 


122  .    NEW     BRITAIN. 

Rev.  John  S.  Whittlesey,  preached  after  the  dismission  of  Mr.  Andrews, 

died  1862. 

Rev.  Charles  H.  Bullard,  preached  after  the  dismission  of  Mr.  Andrews. 
Rev.  William  Aichinson,  preached  after  the  dismission  of  Mr.  Andrews. 
Rev.  Horace  Winslow,  called  October,  1852,  installed  December  29th, 

1852,  dismissed  from  this  church,  1857. 
Rev.  Timothy  F.  Clary,  supplied  at  Mr.  Winslow's  vacation. 
Rev.  Alvan  Underwood,  preached  in  the  revival  of  1857. 
Rev.  Lavalette  Perrin,  called  January,  1858,  installed  February  3d,  1858. 

As  no  record  has  been  kept  of  the  supply  of  the  pulpit,  some  may  have 
officiated  more  than  three  Sabbaths,  not  included  in  this  list. 

We  purpose  here  to  give  a  list  of  the  Deacons  of  the  Church,  in  the 
order  of  appointment,  and  the  Standing  Committee,  with  some  reference 
to  their  No.  (  ). 


Deacons. 

Chosen. 

Died.             Age. 

No.  (    ) 

John  Patterson, 

1758 

1762              54 

No.  (2) 

1st  Elijah  Hart,  sen., 

1758 

1772            61 

No.  (49) 

Josiah  Lee, 

1772 

1797            86 

No.  (33) 

Isaac  Lee, 

1772 

1802            86 

No.  (35) 

Daniel  Dewy, 

1772 

1786            80 

No.  (85) 

Noah  Stanley,  about 

1774 

1778            54 

No.  (14) 

2d  Elijah  Hart, 

1780 

1800            66 

No.  (52) 

Timothy  Stanley, 

1795 

1817            90 

No.  (113 

Benjamin  Wright, 

1801 

1813            76 

No.  (274) 

3d  Elijah  Hart, 

1805 

1827            68 

No.  (181) 

David  Whittlesey, 

1807 

1851            76 

No.  $21) 

Elijah  Francis, 

1822 

*1846            87 

No.  (413) 

Chauncey  Cornwell, 

1837 

M863            68 

No.  (401) 

Norman  Hart, 

1843 

resigned, 

No.  (954) 

Morton  Judd, 

1851 

resigned, 

No.  (918) 

Alfred  Andrews, 

1851 

No.  (478) 

RoswellHawley,M.D., 

1851 

resigned, 

No.  (1,068) 

Albert  D.  Judd, 

1859f 

No.  (1,028) 

Lemuel  R.  Wells, 

1859f 

1867             40 

No.  (943) 

Henry  P.  Strong, 

1865 

No.  (1,148) 

Elijah'  F.  Blake, 

1867 

No.  (1,442) 

*  Withdrew  to  South  Church,  1842. 

t  Elected  for  two  years,  but  August  25th,  1861,  they,  by  ballot,  were  re-elected  in- 
definitely, and  August  30th,  were  consecrated  as  Deacons  by  laying  on  of  hands,  and 
by  prayer,  the  pastor  being  assisted  by  Rev.  Erastus  Ripley ;  this  service  in  connection 
with  the  lecture  before  communion,  Friday  afternoon. 


NEW     BRITAIN.  123 

November  9th,  A.  D.  1843,  the  Church  adopted  the  rule  that  the  Stand- 
ing Committee  shall  consist  of  three  members,  besides  the  Deacons,  and 
that  these  members  go  out  in  rotation,  and  the  vacancy  be  supplied 
annually. 


Standing  Committees  other  than  Deacons  at  the  time  of  Election. 

Chosen.         No.  (    ) 


Josiah  Lee,             -            -            -        -    - 

1761 

(33) 

Daniel  Dewy,                -            -            - 

1761 

(85) 

Isaac  Lee,                           -        7    -~ 

1761 

(35) 

Ladwick  Hotchkiss,       - 

1761 

(67) 

Noah  Standley, 

1761 

(14) 

Col.  Gad  Standly, 

1779 

(115) 

Capt.  John  Lankton, 

1779 

(107) 

David  Mather,                - 

1779 

(138) 

Elijah  Hart,                                   '  ''-/;  V  "^ 

1779 

(52) 

Thomas  Hart,               —  -..     ._.*..        -,.«•;'• 

1795 

(93) 

Capt.  James  North,              -          •;  ^   !     l    r 

1795 

(149) 

Levi  Andrews,            '•--  ''•'• 

'  1807 

(122) 

David  Whittlesey, 

1807 

(321) 

Joseph  Mather,*  no  record, 

"','  " 

(217) 

Levi  Wells,*  no  record,       -         ,  ».. 

..- 

(299) 

William  Smith, 

1823 

(337) 

Amon  Stanley,       '-     .        - 

1823 

(550) 

Alfred  Andrews, 

1823 

(478) 

Dan  Clark, 

1843 

,    (679) 

Ira  Stanley,  jun.,           - 

1843 

(921) 

Samuel  Booth,        - 

1843 

(370) 

Noah  W.  Stanley,        ... 

1845 

(849) 

Morton  Judd,          - 

1846 

(918) 

Thomas  Stanley,           ... 

1847 

(680) 

William  A.  Churchill, 

1848 

(695) 

Julius  Parker, 

1849 

(864) 

Gilman  Hinsdale,                 - 

1850 

(1,015) 

Benjamin  F.  Pierce,     - 

1851 

(1,045) 

Henry  Walter,       '-         "-" 

1852 

(1,066) 

Ira  Stanley,  jun.,            ... 

1853 

(921) 

Norman  Hart,         ... 

1854 

(954) 

Thomas  Stanley,            -                         - 

1855 

(680) 

Timothy  W.  Stanley, 

1856 

(915) 

*  Dr.  Smalley  omitted  the  record  of  their  appointment,  but  Mr.  Skinner  says  at  his 
first  record,  1810,  they  were  members  of  the  Standing  Committee  then. 


124  NEW     BRITAIN. 

Chosen.  No.  (     ) 

Noah  W.  Stanley,          -  1857  (849) 

Lemuel  R.  Wells,  -         1858  (943) 

Omri  M.  North,  1859  (1,061) 

John  B.  Minor,       -  -         I860  (1,143) 

Sylvanus  Stone,  1861  (776) 

Charles  Northend,  -         1862  (1,144) 

William  A.  Churchill,  1863  (095) 

Jacob  W.  Biglow,  -         1864  (1,202) 

Julius  Parker,  1865  (864) 

John  N.  Bartlett,  -         1866  (1,282) 

William  A.  Churchill,  -             -               1867  (695) 


EXPLANATORY. 

Members  of  the  first  Church  in  New  Britain  arranged  in  the  same  order  in  which 
they  were  admitted,  whether  by  profession  in  public,  or  by  letter  from  other  churches. 
There  are  a  few  unavoidable  exceptions  to  ibis  rule  of  chronologic  order,  however,  and 
such  cases  are  noted  in  the  history  of  the  individual. 

Dr.  Smalley  ("the  first  pastor,)  kept  no  record  of  dismissions  to  other  churches,  hence 
the  few  noted  in  this  list  as  being  removed  were  found  on  the  records  of  other  churches, 
where  they  thus  located.  Kev.  Mr.  Skinner  began  a  list  of  dismissions  with  his  min- 
istry, but  for  the  first  ten  years  merely  said  such  a  person  was  dismissed,  not  designa- 
ting to  what  church. 

Abbreviations  and  contractions. 

b.  for  born,  d.  for  died,  bap.  for  baptized,  m.  for  married,  dis.  for  dismissed,  rec.  for 
recommended, rfo  ch.  for  being  admitted  either  by  profession  or  letter,  Ken.  for  Ken- 
sington, Far.  for  Farmington,  Hart,  for  Hartford,  Weth.  for  Wethersfield,  Mid.  for 
Middletown,  Wm.  for  William,  Thos.  for  Thomas,  Tim.  for  Timothy,  32.  for  age,  leg. 
for  legislature,  rep.  for  representative.  For  index  of  members  of  the  church  and  cor- 
responding numbers,  see  the  last  pages  of  the  book. 

Names  of  members  of  the  church  will  be  found  as  originally  entered  on  the  record, 
hence  females  uniting  with  the  church  before  marriage,  must  be  looked  after  by  the 
maiden  name.  No  individual,  with  two  exceptions,  is  entered  as  a  member  but  once, 
however  often  dismissed  to  other  churches  and  received  back,  but  these  removals  and 
return  are  noted  in  the  person's  history. 

A  few  females  will  stand  as  members  only,  like  the  original  entry  on  the  record,  as 
the  "  wife  of  such  an  one ;  in  all  such  cases,  the  compiler,  after  diligent  search,  has 
failed  to  find  a  former  or  family  name. 


NEW     BRITAIN.  125 


"OWNED  THE  COVENANT," 


I.  "HEZEKIAH  ANDRTJS,"  May  14th,  1758,  see  No.  (112.) 

II.  "DAVID  MATHER,"  June  11,  1758,  see  No.  (138.) 

III.  "  JOHN  KILBOURN,"  July  30th,  1758,  see  No.  (86.) 

IV.  "  WIFE  OF  JOHN  KILBOURN,"  July  30th,  1758,  her  maiden  name 
Jemima  Neal,  daughter  of  William  of  Southington,  and  his  wife,  Anne 
(Barnes.)  b.  ,  bap.  July  17th,  1737,  at  Southington,  m.  , 
No.  (III.)  he  d.  1781,  and  she  m.  second,  1783,  No.  (II.)  she  d.  Sept.  20th, 
1813,  se.  76,  they  lived  at  the  foot  of  "  Half-way  Hill." 

V.  "  NOAH  FULLER,  owned  the  covenant,  July  30th.  1758,  b. 

to  ,  m.  June  3d,  1757,  No.  (VI.),  they  lived  back  of  Dublin  Hill. 

His  estate  was  £31  17s.  6d.  and  administration  was  granted  February  3d, 
1767,  and  Janna  Churchill  gave  bond  to  court  with  the  widow,  Alice. 
Isaac  Lee,  Noah  Stanley  and  Elijah  Francis  were  commissioners  on  the 
estate. 

VI.  WIFE  OF  NOAH  FULLER,  owned  covenant  July  30th,  1758;  her 
maiden  name  Alice  Brown ;  tradition  says  that  their  eldest  son,  Gad,  died 
in  the  army,  of  starvation,  which  report  almost  killed  the  mother,  yet  she 
so  far  recovered  as  to  m.  a  Mr.  Smith,  of  Sandisfield,  Mass. 

THEIR    CHILDREN. 

1.  Gad,  b.  ,  bap.  June  3d,  1759,  d.  Dec.  2d,  1776,  in  captivity  at  New  York. 

2.  Noah,  b.  Sept.  26th,  1761,  bap.  Oct.,  1761,  see  No.  (186.) 

3.  Lydia,  b.  ,  bap.  March  31st,  1765,  m.  Martin  Kent,  in  Dorset,  Vt. 

VII.  SAMUEL  SMITH,  owned  the  covenant  October  8th,  1758,  b.  Sept. 
7th,  1732,  to  Wm.  and  his  first  wife,  Rebecca  (Hun,)  of  Weth.;  he  m. 
Dec.  6th,  1759,  Mary  Goodrich,  daughter  of  Zebulon  and  Anne  (Francis,) 
his  wife,  b.  Aug.  23d,  1737.     He  inherited  his  father's  home  in  Stanley 
quarter;  was  an  extensive  farmer;  for  further  history  and  family,  see 
No.  (89.) 

VIII.  EBENEZER  DICKINSON,  owned  the  covenant  October  8th,  1758, 
b.  Feb.  25th,  1734,  to  Elihu  and  his  second  wife,  Lucy  (Deming,)  m.  June 
2d,  1757,  No.  (IX.)     He  was  a  soldier  of  the  Revolution,  had  his  poll-tax 
abated  on  list  of  1775,  by  the  legislature  of  1777. 

IX.  "  WIFE  OF  EBENEZER  DICKINSON,"  owned  the  covenant  Oct.  8th, 
1758 ;  her  maiden  name  Mabel  Whaples;  m.  June  2d,  1757,  No.  (VIII.) 


126  NEW    BRITAIN. 

She  was  from  Newington.     They  owned  land  together  near  "  Osgood,  or 
Half-way  Hill,"  1761.     It  is  supposed  they  then  lived  in  Newington. 

THEIB    CHILDREN. 

1.  Hopestill,  1).  July  2d,  1758,  bap.  Oct.  8th,  1758,  by  Dr.  Smalley,  and  he  called 
the  child  a  daughter,  but  the  same  child  is  called  Waitstill,  on  Farmington  town  record, 
and  called  a  son. 

2.  Hannah,  b.    ".      ,  bap.  Oct.  llth,  1761,  by  Rev.  J.  Belden,  Newington. 

3.  Ebenezer,  b.  June  9th,  1771. 

4.  Orran,  born  June  10th,  1779 ;  perhaps  others. 

X.  "  THOMAS  HART,"  owned  the  covenant  Dec.  3d,  1758,  see  No.  (93.) 
XL  "  EGBERT  BOOTH,"  owned  the  covenant  March  18th,  1759,  b.  Aug. 
20th,  1730,  to  Robert,  sen.,  from  Stratford,  and  his  wife,  Ann  (Hollister,) 
from  Glastenbury.  He  m.  May  9th,  1757,  Ruth,  daughter  of  Josiah  Kil- 
bourn,  of  "Weth.,  and  his  -wife,  Ruth  (Warmer,)  daughter  of  John.  She 
d.  when  he  m.  second,  May  5th,  1774,  Anna  Bronson,  daughter  of  Joseph 
and  his  wife,  Jemima,  No.  (218.)  This  family  moved  to  Southington. 

THEIB    CHILDREN. 

1.  David,  b.  Feb.  23d,  1759,  bap.  March  18th,  1759,  m.  Hannah  Mather,  daughter 
of  Joseph. 

2.  John,  b.  ,  bap.  Nov.  8th,  1761,  m.  Oct.  6th,  1791,  Almira  Barnes,  m.  sec- 
ond, Naomi  Case. 

3.  Stephen,  b.  ,  bap.  Aug.  5th,  1764,  m.  April  15th,  1790,  Lucy  Booth,  of 
Nathan. 

4.  Ziba,  b.  Jan.  17th,  1775,  m.  Sept.  14th,  1820,  Hannah  Granniss,  of  Southington  ; 
he  then  of  Kingston,  Upper  Canada. 

5.  Johnson,  b.  Feb.  16th,  1777. 

6.  Orrin,  b.  ,  d.  Sept.  3d,  1818,  ae.  53. 

7.  Abner,  b. 

8.  Amos,  b.  June  2d,  1779,  m.  Nov.  26th,  1807,  Phebe*  Case,  sister  of  John's  wife, 
see  above. 

XII.  "THOMAS  LUSK,"  owned  the  covenant  Oct.  7th,  1759,  m.  Nov. 
1758,  No.  (90,)  which  see  for  history  and  family. 

XHI.  "  MART,  wife  of  Adonijah  Lewis,"  owned  the  covenant  Oct.  18th, 
1761,  see  No.  (111.) 

XIV.  "  EUNICE,  wife  of  Ezekiel  Wright,"  March  14th,  1762,  see  No. 
(143.) 

XV.  "  AMOS  WRIGHT,"  Feb.  13th,  1763,  son  of  Judah,  m.  Oct.  loth, 
1761,  No.  (XVL) 

XVI.  "Wife  of  Amos  Wright,",  owned  the  covenant  Feb.  13th.  1763  ; 
her  maiden  name  Deborah  Neal,  daughter  of  Wm.  of  Southington,  and 
his  wife,  Anne  (Barnes,)  bap.  Sept,  25th,  1743. 

THEIR   CHILDREN. 

1.  Daniel,  b.  March  22d,  1763,  bap.  May  1st,  1763. 

2.  Judah,  b.  June  13th,  1767. 

3.  Isabel,  b.  Dec.  llth,  1769. 

4.  Lydia,  b.  Jan.  19th,  1777. 

5.  Oliver,  b.  Feb.  25th,  1779. 


NEW     BRITAIN.  127 

XVII.  "  JOSHUA  KILBOURN,"  owned  the  covenant  Feb.  26th,  1764, 
b.  March  9th,  1742,  at  New  Britain,  to  George,  of  Weth.,  and  his  wife, 
Abigail,   daughter  of  Benjamin  Judd.     He   m.  July  14th,   1763,  No. 
(XVIII.) 

XVIII.  "  Wife  of  Joshua  Kilbourn,"  owned  the  covenant  Feb.  26th, 
1764,  b.   April  2d,  1742,  to  Joseph  Mather,  sen.,  and  his  wife,  Anna 
(Booth,)  daughter  of  Robert,  sen. ;  her  maiden  name  Mehitabel  Mather ; 
her  husband  d.  Jan.  25th,  1776,  in  the  thirty-fourth  year  of  his  age,  when 
she  married  second,  James  Lusk,  of  Farmington.     She  d.  1820,  ae.  86. 

THEIR   CHILDREN. 

1.  Mehitable,  b.  April  23d,  1764,  see  No.  (157.) 

2.  Elizabeth,  b.  Sept.  24th,  1765,  m.  Reuben  Hart,  of  Far.,  moved  to  Whitestown. 

3.  George,  b.  Nov.  19th,  1769,  m.  Almira  Wilcox,  of  Simsbnry,  lived  in  Hudson,  0. 

4.  William,  b.  Jan.  22d,  1772,m.  Susan  Bidwell,  lived  in  Avon,  Conn. 

5.  Joshua,  b.  June  3d,  1775,  was  a  tanner  and  shoemaker,  lived  in  Far  ,  but  moved 
to  West  Avon,  where  de  died  1837,  aged  63. 

XIX.  "ANDREW  LUSK,"  April  15th,  1764,  b.  ,  m.  July  1st, 
1763,  No.  (XX.)     He  was  a  drummer  in  Capt.  Patterson's  company,  at 
the  Havanna,  1762. 

XX.  "  Wife  of  Andrew  Lusk,"  owned  the  covenant  April  15th,  1764, 
b.  ;  her  maiden  name  Mary  Smith. 

THEIR   CHILDREN. 

1.  Selah.b.  March  25th,  1764,  bap.  April  15th,  1764. 

2.  Bela,  b.  March  23d,  1766. 

XXI.  "LEMUEL  HOTCHKISS,"  owned  the  covenant  July  15th,  1764, 
see  No.  (121.) 

XXH.  "  Wife  of  Lemuel  Hotchkiss,"  July  15th,  1764,  see  No.  (188.) 

XXIII.  "JOHN  LUSK,"  Sept.  2d,  1764.     He  was  a  one-eyed  man,  lost 
one  eye  by  sickness,  in  childhood.    'He  m.  August,  1763,  No.  (276,)  which 
for  further  history,  see.     In  1762,  he  bought  of  Judah  Wright,  for  £94, 
his  house,  barn  and  home  lot,  lying  in  Farmington,  seventeen  acres ;  it  was 
bounded  east,  west  and  north  on  highway,  and  south  on  Elijah  Francis. 
He  d.  June  8th,  1797,  se.  67.     'This  was  afterwards  the  Ira  Andrews  place. 

XXIV.  "JONATHAN  ENO,"  owned  the  covenant  April  14th,  1765,  son 
of  David  and  his  wife,  Mary  (Gillet,)  of  Windsor,  b.  1739,  m.  Jan.  7th, 
1765,  No.  (XXV.)     He  built  the  house  in  Hart  quarter,  owned  and  oc- 
cupied by  Thomas  Gridley,  by  Capt.  Eleazer  Curtiss,  and  then  by  Ira 
Stanley,  sen. ;  is  in  good  condition  now,  1862;  it  stood  between  the  house 
of  Capt.  John  Langdon  and  that  of  Deacon  Elijah  Hart,  the  second.     Mr. ' 
Eno  sold  to  Thomas  Gridley,  and  moved  to  Simsbury,  where  he  d.  Dec. 
4th,  1813,  aged  74. 

XXV.  "  Wife  of  Jonathan  Eno,"  owned  the  covenant  April  14th,  1765, 
b.  Dec.  26th,  1744,  in  Hart  quarter,  to  No.  (49)  and  his  wife,  No.  (50 ;) 


128  NEW     BRITAIN. 

her  maiden  name  Mary  Hart ;  she  d.  Oct.  8th,  1834,  ge.  90,  at  Simsbury. 
She  was  an  only  daughter  of  her  parents. 

THEIR    CHILDREN. 

1.  Polly,  b.  Dec.  21st,  1764,  bap.  April  14th,  1765,  m.  Elijah  Taller,  of  Simsbury. 

2.  Khoda,  b.  Aug.  12th,  1766,  m.  Daniel  Phelps,  of  Simsbury. 

3.  Jonathan,  b.  March  15th,  1769,  m.  Theodocia  Case,  of  Simsbury. 

4.  Lucretia,  b.  Feb.  13th,  1771,  m.  David  Humphrey,  of  Simsbury. 

5.  Elizabeth,  b.  Aug.  9th,  1773,  at  New  Britain,  m.  Dec.  12th,  1793,  Alexander 
Phelps,  of  Simsbury. 

6.  Sintha,  b.  May  28th,  1777,  m.  Hezekiah  Case,  of  Simsbury. 

7.  Salmon,  b.  Dec.  13th,  1779,  m.  June  2d,  1805,  Polly  Richards,  daughter  of  Amos, 
of  John.     She  now,  1867,  living  in  New  Britain. 

8.  Chauncey,  b.  Dec.  19th,  1782,  m.  Amarilla  Case,  of  Simsbury. 

9.  Abigail,  b.  Feb.  28th,  1785,  m.  Oct.  2d,  1805,  John  Viets,  of  Simsbury  and  Gran- 
by.     She  died  Dec.  20th,  1863,  in  her  79th  year,  at  East  Granby. 

XXVI.  "  JOHN  PATTERSON,"  owned  the  covenant  Jan.  25th,  1767,  b. 
(about  1744,)  to  No.  (2)  and  his  wife,  No.  (3,)  m.  June  2d,  1766,  No. 
(XXVII.)     He  graduated  at  Yale  College,  1762.     He  taught  school,  and 
was  also  a  practicing  attorney  and  justice  of  the  peace  in  this  place.     He 
lived  at  his  father's  old  homestead,  (where  Henry  M.  Pratt  lives,  on  East 
street,)  until  about  1774,  when  he  moved  with  his  wife's  father,  Deacon 
Josiah  Lee,  to  Lenox,  Mass.     From  there  he  moved  subsequently  to  the 
town  of  Binghampton,  Broome  county,   New   York,  where  he  became 
chief  justice  of  the  court  of  that  county.     He  was  a  member  of  the  legis- 
lature of  that  State  four  years,  and  a  representative  to  Congress  from  that 
State  from  1803  to  1805.     He  was  a  brigadier-general  in  the  American 
army  during  the  Revolutionary  war.*     He  was  a  member  of  the  council 
that  tried  "  Major  Andre."     He  was  a  member  of  the  convention  to  amend 
the  constitution  of  the  State  of  New  York,  A.  D,  1801.     He  was  one  of 
the  proprietors  of  the  Boston  purchase  in  Broome  and  Tioga  counties,  New 
York,  containing  230,000  acres,  called  the  "  Free  township."     He  d.  July 
19th,  1808,  aged  64,  at  his  residence  in  Lisle,  Broome  county,  New  York. 
We  should  judge  from  the  number  and  variety  of  the  offices  and  trusts 
bestowed  on  Gen.  Patterson,  that  he  was  in  these  respects  the  most  dis- 
tinguished man  ever  raised  in  New  Britain.     His  removing   from  the 
place  so  early  in  life  is  the  reason  probably,  why  our  oldest  people  know 
so  little  of  his  history. 

XXVII.  "  Wife  of  John  Patterson,  owned  the  covenant  January  25th, 

*  The  following  is  from  "  Storer's  Record  of  Free  Masonry,"  page  12  :  A  petition 
was  presented  Oct.  6th,  1779,  of  a  number  of  brethren,  officers  of  the  American  army, 
praying  that  the  Grand  Lodge  would  grant  them  a  charter  to  hold  a  traveling  Lodge, 
was  read,  and  Gen.  John  Patterson,  Col.  Benjamin  Tupper,  and  Major  William  Hull, 
being  nominated  as  Master  and  Wardens,  voted,  that  a  dispensation  be  granted  them 
under  the  title  of  "  Washington  Lodge,"  to  make  masons,  pass  fellow  craft,  &c. 


NEW    BRITAIN.  129 

1767;  her  maiden  name  Elizabeth  Lee,  only  child  of  No.  (33)  and  his 
wife,  No.  (34,)  m.  June  2d,  1766,  No.  (XXVI.) 

CHILDREN. 

1.  Josiah  Lee,  b.  Oct.  8th,  1766,  bap.  Feb.  1st,  1767,  m.  Jan.,  1788,  Clarissa,  daugh- 
ter of  Gen.  Caleb  Hyde. 

2.  Hannah,  b.  ,  m.  Eggleston. 

3.  Polly,  b.  at  Lenox,  Mass.,  d.  at  South  Carolina,  unmarried. 

4.  Ruth,  b.  Aug.,  1774,  at  Lenox,  Mass.,  m.  Nov.  14th,  1797,  Ira  Seymour  of  Lisle, 
New  York. 

5.  Betsey,  born  .     She  died  unmarried  ;  no  dates. 

6.  John  Pierce,  b.  May  5th,  1787,  at  Lenox,  m.  Sept.  16th,  1809,  Sally  Osborn,  at 
Lisle,  N.  Y. 

7.  Maria,  born  1789,  at  Lenox,  m.  April,  1808,  to  Samuel  Kilborn,  living,  1864,  at 
Spencerport,  N.  Y. 

The  following  persons  "  owned  the  covenant"  previous  to  the  organiza- 
tion of  the  church,  and  although  not  embraced  in  the  list  of  Dr.  Smalley's 
"  half-way  covenant"  members,  yet  are  inserted  here,  and  it  is  thought 
with  propriety,  under  this  note. 

XXVIII.  "ELIAS  HART,"  owned  the  covenant  Sept.  15th,  1754,  be- 
fore Rev.  Joshua  Belden,  of  Newington,  officiating  in  New  Britain.     He 
b.  Feb.  25th,  1735-6,  to  (No.  51)  and  his  wife,  Ann  (Norton,)  m.  Oct. 
17th,  1753,  (No  XXIX.)     He  lived  in  and  owned  one-sixth  part  of  his 
father's  house,  (now  that  of  Widow  Henry  Williams,  in  fourth  district.) 
He  died  1756 ;  the  inventory  of  his  estate  was  £333  11s.,  taken  Jan.  14th, 
1757,   by  Judah  Wright  and   Isaac  Lee.     Administrators,  the  Willow 
Hope,  and  John  Judd. 

XXIX.  "Wife  of  Elias  Hart,"  owned  the  covenant  Sept.  15th,  1754; 
her  maiden  name  Hope  Whaples,  of  Newington ;  m.  Oct.  17th,  1753, 
(No.  XXVIII,)  who  died  1756,  when  she  m.  second,  Aug.  18th,  1760, 
Josiah  Wright,  jun.     They  soon  after  removed  to  Williamstown,  Mass., 
and  1794,  she  deeded  all  her  interest  to  her  first  husband's  estate  in 
Berlin  to  Elijah  Hart,  jun.,  for  £17. 

CHILDREN  OP  ELIAS  HAET  AND  HOPE,  HIS  WIFE. 

1.  Jacob,  b.  May  2d,  1754. 

2.  Rose,  b.  Jan.  8th,  1756,  and  Feb.  8th,  1758,  Nehemiah  Gates,  of  Middletown,  was 
appointed  her  guardian,  by  Probate  Court  of  Hartford. 

XXX.  "  ELIJAH  SMITH,"  owned  the  covenant  July  27th,  1755,  b.  Oct. 
29th,  1721,  to  Joseph,  No.  (25,)  and  Mary  (Royce,)  his  wife ;  lived  next 
door  south  of  Landlord  Smith,  his  brother,  No.  (29  ;)  was  a  fanner;  m. 
April  6th,  1752,  Sarah  Grimes.     It  is  a  tradition  that  Rev.  William  Burn- 
ham  held  the  first  religious  meeting  or  service  in  the  place,  at  his  house. 
He  died  July  12th,  1777,  aged  56. 

THEIR    CHILDREN. 

1.  Elijah,  b.May  30th,  1753,  m.  July  7th,  1774,  Susannah,  No.  (223.) 

2.  Sarah,  b.  Sept.  1st,  1755,  m.  Feb.  9th,  1775,  No.  (161.) 

9 


130  NEW    BRITAIN*. 

3.  Joel.  b.  Aug.  5th,  1757,  ra.  Hannah  Griswold,  of  Gicl.,  m.  second,  Lydia  Stanley, 
of  Deacon  Timothy. 

4.  Elizabeth,  b.  March  2d,  1760,  bap.  March  23d,  1760,  m.  June  3d,  1784,  No.  (434.) 

5.  Solomon,  b.  Sept.  2d,  1767,  bap.  Dec.  6th,  1767,  m.  Jan.  1789.  No.  (206.) 

XXXI.  "JACOB  BRAXDIGEE,"  July  27th,  1755,  before  Rev.  J.  Bel- 
den  of  Newington,  officiating  at  the  time  in  New  Britain.     It  is  said  the 
name  was  originally  Brundige,  and  that  he  came  from  Nine  Partners,  N. 
Y.  when  only  thirteen  years  old.     The  Newington  record  of  marriages 
says  Jacob  Brandigat  m.  Oct.  llth,  1753,  Abigail  Dunham.     His  mother's 
maiden  name  was  Brock,  and  he  was  b.  1729 ;  was  a  weaver  by  trade, 
but  kept  a  store  in  Great  Swamp  village,  at  first  near  the  present  resi- 
dence of  Moses  Gilbert,  and  afterwards  opposite  the  present  residence  of 
Norman  Porter.     He  was  engaged  in  the  "West  India  trade,  and  run  ves- 
sels from  Rocky  Hill.     He  died  March,  1765,  at  sea,  aged  36.     He  was 
22,  and  Abigail  16,  when  married,  (so  says  the  family  Bible,)  but  if  born 
1729,  he  must  have  been  older.     She  m.  second,  Rev.  Edward  Eells,  of 
Upper  Middletown.     She  died  Jan.  25th,  1825. 

CHILDKEJf    OF   JACOB    BRANDIGEE    AND    ABIGAIL,    HIS    WIFE. 

1.  Elishama,  b.  April  17th,  1754,  m.  March  10th,  1778,  Widow  Lucy  Weston,  widow 
of  Jeremiah. 

2.  Rhoda,  b.  Oct.  5th,  1756,  bap.  Jan.  2d,  1757,  at  Ken.,d.  April  16th,  1781. 

3.  Persis,  b.  Aug.  31st,  1758,  bap.  Oct.  1st,  1758,  at  Ken.,  m.  Rev.  Mr.  Brace. 

4.  Abigail,  b.  Aug.  31st,  1760,  bap.  Oct.  12th,  1760,  d.  Sept.  26th,  1823. 

5.  Mary,  b.  Dec.  18th,  1763,  d.  Dec.,  1764. 
6  *Jacob,  b.  Jan.  4th,  1765,  d.  Jan.,  1786. 

The  mother  had  a  daughter  by  her  second  marriage,  Sarah  Eels,  who 
ra.  first  a  Sage,  and  second  a  Morrison.  She  d.  March  7th,  1838,  at  Berr 
lin.  The  mother  is  supposed  to  be  sister  to  No.  (76.)  Jacob  Brandigee, 
sen.,  was  the  progenitor  of  all  of  the  name  in  Conn.  He  had  two  broth- 
ers, one  named  David,  the  other  Joseph,  all  b.  at  Nine  Partners. 

XXXII.  "  WM.  HORTON,"  owned  the  covenant  at  the  same  time,  July 
27th,  1755,  and  was  bap.  at  New  Britain,  (so  says  the  Newington  record,) 
by  Rev.  Joshua  Belden,  who  officiated. 

XXXIH.  "  DAVID  LUSK,"  owned  the  covenant  in  Newington,  with  his 
wife,  No.  (XXXIV.,)  Aug.  17th,  1755,  before  Rev.  J.  Belden,  which  act 
was  acknowledged  here  by  Rev.  Mr.  Smalley,  inasmuch  as  he  baptized 
their  second  child,  David  Lusk,  jun.  Mr.  Lusk  was  a  man  of  considera- 
ble property ;  built  the  house  occupied  many  years  by  Chauncey  Mer- 
rills, back  of  "  Dublin  Hill."  His  taxable  estate,  1772,  was  set  in  the  list 
at  £119  2s.,  and  at  that  date  there  were  but  nine  men  in  the  parish  who 
had  larger  estates.  He  m.  May  29th,  1753,  No.  (XXXIV.)  He  died 
July  6th,  1793. 

XXXIV.  "_Wife  of  David  Lusk,"  owned  the  covenant.  August  17th, 
1755,  with  her  husband,  at  Newington.  She  was  b.  Nov.  26th,  1730 ;  her 


NEW     BRITAIN.  131 

maiden  name,  Prudence  Hurlbert;  m.  May  29th,  1753,  before  Rev.  J. 
Belden,  at  Newington,  to  No.  (XXXIII.) 

THEIR    CHILDREN. 

1.  Seth,  b.  1755,  bap.  Sept.  6th,  1755,  at  Newington,  m.  Sept.  6th,  1781,  No.  (242.) 

2.  David,  b.  ,  bap.  Oct.,  1760,  at  New  Britain,  m.  No.  (386.) 

3.  Solomon,  b.  ,  m.  Nov.  25th,  1784,  No.  (226.) 

4.  Rhoda,  b.  ,  m.  John  Whaples,  of  Newington. 


132  NEW     BRITAIN. 


CONFESSION  OF   FAITH  AND   COVENANT. 

THE  following  is  a  true  copy  of  the  original  Confession  of  Faith  and 
the  Covenant,  owned  and  assented  to  by  the  constituent  members  of  the 
first  Church  in  New  Britain,  at  their  "  embodying,"  on  the  19th  day  of 
April,  1758. 

"  We  believe  that  there  is  one  only  living  and  true  God,  the  Almighty 
maker  and  constant  preserver  of  Heaven  and  Earth,  and  the  rightful 
Supreme  Lord  over  all :  that  in  God  there  are  three  persons,  the  Father, 
the  Son,  and  the  Holy  Ghost,  who  are  the  same  in  substance,  equal  in 
power  and  in  glory :  that  the  Scriptures  of  the  Old  and  New  Testaments 
are  the  Word  of  God,  and  a  complete  rule  of  faith  and  practice :  we  be- 
lieve the  original  holy  and  happy  state  of  man,  as  he  first  came  from  the 
hand  of  God,  and  that  all  mankind  by  their  apostaey  from,  and  rebellion 
against  God,  have  exposed  themselves  to  his  wrath  and  curse,  and  that 
being  utterly  unable  to  deliver  and  save  themselves,  God,  out  of  the  infi- 
nite riches  of  his  free  Grace,  sent  his  only  begotten  Son  into  the  world  to 
be  a  Saviour,  to  die,  the  just  for  the  unjust,  that  he  might  bring  them  to 
God ;  and  that  he  hath  graciously  made  a  promise  of  pardon  and  eternal 
life,  and  all  the  saving  benefits  of  the  Redeemer's  purchase,  to  all  that 
sincerely  repent  of  their  sins,  and  humbly  receive  and  rest  upon  him  for 
Salvation,  as  he  is  offered  in  the  Gospel :  and  from  the  merciful  encour- 
agements, the  condescending  gracious  offers  and  invitations  of  the  Gospel, 
together  with  a  sense  of  our  own  i  sinfulness  and  unworthiness,  we  do  as 
far  as  in  us  lies,  make  choice  of  the  living  God  for  our  God,  of  God  the 
Father  for  our  Father,  and  the  original  spring  of  all  life  and  Grace ;  of 
Christ,  the  Son  of  God,  for  our  Saviour,  of  the  Holy  Ghost  for  our  Com- 
forter and  Sanctifier,  and  of  the  Word  of  God  for  the  rule  of  our  belief 
and  manners,  and  we  do  now  solemnly  dedicate  and  give  up  ourselves  to 
God,  to  be  wholly  and  forever  his:  to  be  guided  by  his  Spirit,  to  be  ruled 
by  his  Laws,  disposed  of  by  his  Providence,  and  to  be  eternally  saved  in 
the  Gospel  way,  promising  by  the  help  of  Christ,  without  which  we  can 
do  nothing,  that  we  will  live  soberly,  righteously  and  Godly  all  the  days 
of  our  lives :  and  as  we  are  now  called  by  the  Providence  of  God,  to  unite 
and  incorporate  in  Church  state,  we  do  likewise  freely  covenant  and  bind 
ourselves  to  walk  together  as  becomes  a  particular  visible  church  of  Christ, 
in  all  the  holy  ways  of  Gospel  worship  and  ordinances,  watching  over  one 
another  as  members  of  the  same  body,  with  all  brotherly  tenderness  and 
love,  submitting  ourselves  to  the  discipline  and  government  that  Christ 
hath  instituted  in  his  house:  that  we  will  make  it  our  great  concern  in  our 
several  places  and  relations,  to  please  and  honor  God — to  approve  our- 
selves to  Him,  and  to  grow  up  here  on  earth  to  a  meetness  for  an  other 
and  better  world." 


FIRST     CHURCH    OF     NEW     BRITAIN.  133 


MEMBERS  OF  FIRST  CHURCH  OF  NEW  BRITAIN. 


THE  following  list  comprises  the  names,  with  their  chronological  num- 
bers, of  those  who  have  been  communicants  of  the  first  Church  of  Christ 
in  New  Britain,  from  its  organization,  April  19th,  1758,  to  1867,  a  period 
of  one  hundred  and  nine  years. 

1.  JOHN  SMALLEY,  son  of  Benjamin,  of  Lebanon,  Conn.,  and  his  second 
wife,  Mary.  He  was  an  only  son  of  his  mother,  born  June  4th,  1734,  at 
Lebanon.  His  father  was  English,  and  a  weaver,  whose  first  wife  was 
Lydia  Allen,  sister  of  Joseph,  who  was  father  of  Col.  Ethan.  Mr.  Smal- 
ley  was  fitted  for  college  by  his  pastor,  Rev.  Eleazer  Wheelock,  and  en- 
tered Yale  at  eighteen  years  of  age ;  graduated  1756,  made  a  profession 
of  religion  at  college,  studied  "divinity  with  Dr.  Bellamy,  of  Bethlehem, 
Conn.,  invited  to  preach  in  New  Britain,  Nov.,  1757,  was  recommended 
from  the  church  in  Cornwall,  to  the  church  in  New  Britain,  Rev.  Heze- 
kiah  Gold,  pastor,  was  ordained  at  the  gathering  of  the  church,  April  19th, 
1758;  he  m.  April  24th,  1764,  No.  (96;)  he  bought  of  William  Patter- 
son, 1759,  the  Elnathan  Smith  place,  now,  1862,  the  Rhodes  place,  on 
East  street,  for  £300,  and  resided  there  until  1788,  when  he  bought  the 
house  and  lot  of  Lemuel  Smith,  for  £168,  where  he  lived  and  where  he 
died,  June  1st,  1820,  aged  86;  see  page  87. 

CHILDREN. 

1.  Sarah,  b.  Feb.  22d,  1765,  bap.  Feb.  24th,  1765,  d.  May  5th,  1770,  aged  5. 

2.  Mary,  b.  Dec.  20th,  1766,  bap.  Feb.  1st,  1767,  m.  Oct.   20th,  1794,  Rev.  Isaac 
Porter.     She  died  Dec.  19th,  1846,  aged  80.     He  d.  April  14th,  1844,  in  his  78th  year. 

3.  Anna,  b.  Feb.  24th,  1*768,  bap.  April  10th,  1768,  m.  Oct.  6th,  1793,  Roger  Whit- 
tlesey,  Esq.     She  died  Feb.  5th,  1806,  aged  38. 

4.  Phebe,b.  Sept.  7th,  1770,  bap.  Sept.  8th,  1770,  died  same  day. 

5.  Sarah,  second  of  name,  see  No.  (393.) 

6.  Rebecca,  see  No.  C31 5.) 

2.  "  Major  JOHN  PATTERSON,"  son  of  James,  of  Wethersfield,  and 
Mary  Talcot,  alias  Widow  (Talcot,)  his  wife,  born  Feb.  14th,  1707-8 ;  he 
m.  Jan.  28th,  1730-31,  No.  (3 ;)  was  chosen  and  appointed  to  the  office 
of  deacon  soon  after  the  incorporation  of  the  church,  (so  says  the  record ;) 
his  residence  where  (now,  1863,)  Henry  Pratt  lives ;  was  a  large  land- 
holder, a  military  man,  and  held  some  slaves,  as  appears  from  a  short 
sketch  of  his  willj  viz:  "  May  llth,  1759  ;  Being  called  of  God  to  serve 


134  FIRST     CHURCH 

my  country  in  the  present  intended  expedition  against  our  northern  ene- 
mies, the  French ! !  calling  to  mind  the  danger  of  martial  life,  &c.  Impri- 
mis, to  my  dear  wife,  Ruth,  I  give  half  my  lot  I  bought  of  Serg.  Ebenezer 
Smith,  all  my  right  in  common  and  undivided  land  in  Farmington,  and 
all  my  personal  estate,  except  my  negro  girl,  Rose !  and  also  the  use  of 
all  I  shall  give  my  son  John  in  this  will,  until  he  arrive  at  twenty-one 
years,  and  half  during  her  life,  but  she  is  to  give  my  son  John  Patterson, 
a  college  education.  Item,  to  my  daughter  Anna,  wife  of  Rev.  Stephen 
Holmes,  I  give  my  negro  girl,  Rose  !"  His  slaves,  when  they  died,  were 
buried  on  the  high  ground  back  of  his  house,  where,  1849,  at  the  con- 
struction of  the  railroad,  two  graves  were  opened  and  one  skull  disinterred. 
It  is  said  he  was  a  liberally  educated  man.  He  held  a  captain's  commis- 
sion under  the  king,  in  the  taking  of  Havanna,  1762  ;  had  in  his  company 
nearly  one  hundred  men,  mostly  from  "Wethersfield  and  Farmington,  among 
whom  was  his  faithful  negro  servant, "  London."  Deacon  Patterson  seems 
to  have  anticipated  his  fate  in  his  will,  for  he  fell  with  more  than  one-third 
of  his  company,  victims  to  the  yellow  fever,  at  Havanna,  where  he  d.  Sept. 
5th,  1762,  aged  54. 

THEIR   CHILDREN. 

1.  Mary,  born  Dec.  5th,  1731,  m.  April  18th,  H51,  John  Pierce,  of  Litchfield. 

2.  Sarah,  born  June  13th,  1734,  m.  Dec.  30th,  1754,  James  Lusk. 

3.  Anna,  see  No.  (80.) 

4.  Ruth,  see  No.  (81.) 

5.  John,  see  list  of  those  who  owned  "the  covenant."  ("XXVII.) 

3.  "  Wife  of  Major  John  Patterson,"  daughter  of  Joseph  Bird,  jun.,  of 
Farmington,  and  his  wife,  Mary  Steele,  b.  ,  m.  Jan.  28th,  1730-31, 
(No.  2.)     Her  maiden  name,  Ruth  Bird. 

4.  '  THOMAS  RICHARDS,"  son  of  Thomas,  of  Hartford,  and  Mary  (Par- 
sons,) who  was  daughter  of  Deacon  Benjamin  Parsons,  of  Springfield, 
Mass.,  his  wife,  b.  April  3d,  1694,  at  Hartford,  m.  June  16th,  1717,  Abi- 
gail Turner,  of  Hartford;  they  lived  in  Southington,  1728  to  1750,  when 
the  family  moved  to  Stanley  quarter,  in  New  Britain,  and  located  on  the 
corner  west  of  the  former  school-house  ;  his  wife,  Abigail,  died  Sept.  24th, 
1736,  when  he  married  second,  Dec.  28th,  1738,  No.  (5;)  he  was  to 
church  in  Newington,  Sept.  23d,  1750,  by  letter  from   Southington;  a 
blacksmith  by  occupation. 

CHILDREN. 

1.  Susannah,  born  May  12th,  1718,  at  Hartford,  m.  June  5th,  1735,  Jonathan  An- 
drews, of  Benjamin. 

2.  Abigail,  b.  ,  bap.  May  4th,  1718,  died  young. 

3.  Abigail,  b.  Feb.  2d,  1721-2,  to  church  in  Southington,  1737,  m.  Oct.  9th,  1742, 
Thomas  Lankton. 

4.  John,  b.  ,  bap.  Aug.  20th,  1724,  at  Hartford,  died  young. 

5.  Samuel,  sec  No.  (12.) 


OP    NEW    BRITAIN.  135 

6.  Elizabeth,  b.  Nov.  22d,  1728,  bap.  Nov.  24th,  1728,  to  church  in  Southington, 
1749,  m.  Dec.  24th,  1750,  James  Horsington. 

7.  John,  b.  March  31st,  1730-1,  see  No.  (95.) 

8.  Lydia,  b.  March  23d,  1732-3,  bap.  March  25th,  1732-3,  at  Southington. 

9.  Experience,  b.  ,  bap.  May  4th,  1736,  at  Southington. 

5.  "  Wife  of  Thomas  Richards,"  Widow  Rachel  Orvice ;  this  is  his  sec- 
ond wife,  daughter  of  Thomas  Andrus,  and  Rebecca  Carrington,  his  wife, 
b.  July  llth,  1686,  and  when  she  m.  No.  (4,)  was  the  widow  of  Samuel 
Orvice ;  she  to  church  in  Southington,  1744,  and  to  Newington,  by  letter, 
Sept.  23d,  1750. 

6.  WILLIAM  SMITH,  son  of  Jonathan  and  his  wife,  Sarah  ,  born 
March  30th,  1699,  m.  July  22d,  1725,  No.  (7  ;)  he  was  a  farmer  by  occu- 
pation, remarkably  conscientious ;  he  lived  on  Stanley  street,  at  the  head 
of  that  street  called  "  Spiritual  Lane  ;"  his  farm  has  been  kept  in  the  name 
through  several  generations,  down  to  the  late  Samuel  Smith,  deceased. 
He   and  his   brother,   Ebenezer,  first  built  and   owned  what  is   called 
Churchill's  Mills.     His  wife,  Rebecca,  died  Feb.  23d,  1771,  aged  74, 
when  he  married  second,  July  llth,  1771,  Widow  Mary  Wells,  of  New- 
ington, who  had  been  the  mother  of  Joshua  Wells,  who  m.  Mercy,  the 
daughter  of  Jedediah  Goodrich;  she  d.  June  30th,  1774,  aged  60;  he  d. 
Jan.  9th,  1779,  in  his  80th  year. 

7.  "Wife  of  William  Smith,"  Rebecca  Hunn,  born  Aug.  26th,  1697,  to 
Samuel  and  his  wife,  Sarah  (Dix,)   daughter  of  John.     She  m.  No.  (6,) 
before  David  Goodrich,  justice  of  the  peace  at  Wethersfield,  July  22d,  1 725. 

HIS  CHILDREN  BY  REBECCA,  HIS  FIRST  WIFE. 

1.  Elijah,  born  May  1st,  1726. 

2.  Sarah,  born  March  2d,  1727-8. 

3.  Abijah,  born  Sept.  2d,  1728,  died  Sept.  12th,  1728. 

4.  Lydia,  born  Sept.  18th,  1729,m.  Steele. 

5.  Samuel,  born  Sept.  7th,  1732,  m.  Dec.  6th,  1759,  No.  (89.) 

"6.  Moses,  born  Sept.  21st,  1735,  died  Oct.  19th,  1756,  in  the  French  war. 

8.  "  EBENEZER  SMITH,"  son  of  Ebenezer,  sen.  and  Mary  ( Whittlesey.) 
his  wife,  born  July  1st,  1725,  m.  Oct.  18th,  1750,  No.  (9;)  they  both 
"owned  the  covenant"  in  Newington,  April  14th,  1751 ;  lived  near  to  and 
owned  Churchill's  Mills,  near  Newington  bounds,  inherited  from  his  father ; 
he  was  grandson  of  Jonathan  Smith.     His  will  dated  1767,  gives  two- 

'  thirds  the  mill  to  Elisha,  his  eldest  son,  and  the  other  third  to  Lemuel ; 
amount  of  inventory  £455;  says  in  his  will  that  the  mill  place  is  in  Weth- 
ersfield, about  thirty  rods  east  from  his  new  dwelling-house  ;  names  thrive 
daughters,  Frances,  Abigail  and  Elizabeth ;  he  made  Elijah  Francis  sole 
executor ;  he  died  1767,  aged  42 ;  the  witnesses  to  his  will  were  Jonathan 
Griswold,  Zeb.  Goodrich  and  Noah  Stanley. 

9.  Wife  of  Ebenezer  Smith,  Mehitable  Buck,  daughter  of  Pelatiah,  of 
Newington,  and  sister  of  No.  (13,)  and  also  of  No.  (93,)  b.  d. 


136  FIRST    CHURCH 

CHILDREN. 

1.  Elisha,  b.  Aug.  14th,  1751,  bap.  Aug.  18th,  1751,  in  Newington,  m.  Lucy  Loomis, 
of  Torringford  ;  he  lived  and  died  there. 

2.  Frances,  b.  March  3d,  1753,  bap.  March  4th,  1753,  at  Newington,  m.  June  24th, 
1773,  Nathan  Booth,  jun. 

3.  Abigail,  b.  March  10th,  1755,  bap.  March  30th,  1755,  at  Newington,  m.  Feb.  13th, 
17Z7,  Giles  Hooker;  second,  Joseph  Woodruff. 

4.  Elizabeth,  b.  Feb.  4th,  1757,  m.  Sept.  11th,  1777,  Samuel  Bronson ;  she  d.  May 
20th,  1820,  aged  62. 

5.  Lemuel,  b.  Mar.  llth,  1759,  bap.  Mar.  llth,  1759,  m.  Oct.  10th,  1790,  No.  (437.) 

6.  Ezekiel,  b.  1761,  bap.  March  8th,  1761. 

7.  Bela,  born  1763,  bap.  May  27th,  1763;  went  to  Pennsylvania,  and  Hartford  Pro- 
bate Record  says,  April  7th,  1767,  Elijah  Francis  was  made  guardian  to  Timothy  Smith, 
aged  six  years,  and  Bela  Smith,  aged  four  years,  sons  of  Ebenezer  Smith. 

10.  THOMAS  LUSK  was  a  member  of  Newington  church  when  Mr.  Bel- 
den  was  settled,  1747.     He  had  a  brother,  John,  who  was  a  merchant  in 
Newington ;  also  a  brother  William,  who  with  his  wife,  came  from  Meri- 
den  to  Newington  church,  by  letter,  Aug.  13th,  1749.     These  brothers 
were  of  Scotch  origin,  and  settled  in  the  north  of  Ireland  for  a  time,  ;=nd 
came  to  America  early  in  the  eighteenth  century,  and  from  them  descended 
all  of  the  name  in  Connecticut ;  it  is  said  Gen.  Levi  Lusk,  of  martial 
spirit  and  revolutionary  memory  was  a  son  of  William,  from   Meriden. 
It  is  thought  Thomas,  the  subject  of  this  notice,  settled  in  that  part  of  New 
Britain  called  "  Strip-lane,"  where  some  of  his  descendants  became  large 
land-holders. 

11.  "Wife  of  Thomas  Lusk;"  she  was  also  a  member  of  Newington 
church  when  Mr.  Belden  first  settled  there,  1747,  and  no  other  record  is 
found  of  either  of  these  persons. 

THEIR    CHILDREN. 

1.  John,  born  ,  married  August,  1763,  No.  (276.) 

2.  Andrew,  born  ,  married  July  1st,  1763,  Mary  Smith ;  he  was  the  drummer 

3.  Thomas,  born  ,  married  Nov.  23d,  1758,  No.  (90.) 

4.  David,  b.  ,  married  May  29th,  1753,  Prudence  Hurlbert,  of  Wethersfield. 

12.  SAMUEL  RICHARDS,  son  of  No.  (4)   and  his  first  wife,  Abigail 
Turner,  b.  Oct.  22d,  1726,  bap.  Oct.  23d,  1726,  m.  Dec.  8th,  1747,  No, 
(13;)  he  was  in  the  old  French  war,  as  a  servant  to  a  surgeon,  at  Cape 
Breton ;  thus  obtained  his  knowledge  of  physic  and  surgery,  which  he 
practiced  in  after  life.     He  lived  with  his  father  in  Southington,  then  a 
parish  of  Farmington;  joined  the  church  there  June  5th,  1748 ;  removed 
by  letter  to  Newington  church,  Sept.  23d,  1750 ;  lived  five  years  at  New- 
ington, but  1755,  moved  to  Canaan,  then  after  three  years  returned  to 
Newington,  near  the  meeting-house,  until  1778,  when  he  went  to  New 
Hartford  for  some  three  years  ;  then  to  Plain ville  ;  he  lived  near  "  Red- 
stone Hill,"  south  part  of  Farmington,  and  died  Nov.  10th,  1793,  aged  66; 
a  red  sand-stone  in  Plainville  cemetery  heads  his  grave. 


OF    NEW     BRITAIN.  137 

13.  Wife  of  Samuel  Richards,  Lydia  (Buck,)  daughter  of  Pelatiah  and 
"  Lydia,  daughter  of  John  Stoddart,"  his  wife,  all  of  Newington,  b.  April 
22d,  1725,  at  Newington  parish,  in  Wethersfield,  to  church  in  Newington, 
April  10th,  1748 ;  she  died  March  25th,  1807,  at  the  house  of  her  son, 
Deacon  Selah  Richards,  in  the  limits  of  Bristol,  aged  82. 

CHILDREN. 

1.  Aaron,  b.  May  20th,  1748,  bap.  May  21st,  1748,  at  Newington,  m.  1778,  Dorcas 
Adams  ;  m.  second,  Polly  Dickinson,  of  Torringford. 

2.  Eliphalet,  born  Feb.  28th,  1751,  bap.  March  23d,  1751,  at  Newington,  m. 
Steele  ;  resided  at  Natches. 

3.  Samuel,  jun.,  born  Oct.  18th,  1753,  m.  Sarah  Gridley;  chosen  deacon,  1308;  he 
died  Dec.  31st,  1842,  Pennsylvania. 

4.  William,  born  Oct.  9th,  1755,  bap.  Nov.  19th,  1755,  at  Newington,  m.  Sarah 
Shepherd. 

5.  Pelatiah,  born  Jan.  9th,  1758,  died  Nov.  19th,  1758. 

6.  Pelatiah  2d,  b.  Sept.  5th,  1759,  bap.   Oct.  7th,  1759,  at  New  Britain,  m.  Abigail 
Barber,  daughter  of  Thomas,  of  Canton  ;  he  died  1826,  aged  67. 

7.  Lucretia,  born  June  4th,  1762,  m.  Deacon  John  Barnes,  of  Southington. 

8.  Seth,  born  Oct.  5th,  1764,  m.  Salome  Carrington. 

9.  Selah,  b.  Sept.  17th,  1767,  m.  1792,  Esther  Cowles  ;  1796,  Helena  Lewis  ;  1812, 
Candice  Winchell ;  he  was  chosen  deacon  in  Farmington  church,  1822 ;  he  d.  May  3d, 
1857,  greatly  beloved  and  lamented ;  remarkable  for  piety,  intelligence  and  usefulness. 

14.  NOAH  STANDLET,  son  of  Thomas  2d  and  Esther  (Cowles,)  his 
wife,  b.  Jan.  16th,  1724,  m.  Nov.  2d,  1749-50,  Ruth  Norton,  daughter  of 
Thomas,  jun.  and  Elizabeth  (Macon,)  of  Stratford,  his  wife,  born  March 
llth,    1725-6.     They  lived  where  his  grandson,  N.  W.  Stanley,  now, 
(1862,)  does,  and  there  kept  a  tavern;  he  was  lieutenant  of  the  king's 
troops  in  the  French  war ;  was  chosen  deacon  (it  is  supposed,)  to  supply 
the  place  of  Deacon  Josiah  Lee,  about  1774,  (when  he  moved  to  Lenox, 
Mass. ;)  no  record  appears  of  the  exact  date  ;  he  left  a  large  Bible,  with 
the  names,  births  and  baptisms  of  his  children,  in  a  beautiful  hand,  with 
the  number  of  times  he  had  read  the  Bible  through ;  he  died  May  5th, 
1778,  of  palsy,  aged  54.* 

CHILDREN. 

1.  Seth,  born  March  18th,  1751,  bap.  March  24th,  1751,  at  Newington,  m.  Jan.  6th, 
1774,  Ruth  Clark,  daughter  of  John. 

*  The  following  lines  are  on  his  "  head  stone :" 

Now  I  am  dead  and  out  of  mind, 

Upon  this  stone  my  name  you  '11  find, 

And  when  my  name  you  plainly  see, 

You  can  no  less  than  think  of  me. 

His  widow,  Mrs.  Ruth  Stanley,  died  Dec.  8th,  1811,  aged  87.  He  was  grandson  of 
Thomas  Stanley  1st,  and  his  wife,  Anna,  daughter  of  Rev.  Jeremiah  Peck,  and  he  was 
great  grandson  of  Capt.  John  Stanley,  of  Farmington,  and  his  wife,  Sarah  (Scott,) 
who  were  among  the  first  settlers  of  Tunxis.  This  Capt.  John  was  born  in  England  ; 
was  ten  years  old  at  emigration ;  lost  his  father,  John,  on  the  passage ;  lived  a  few 


138  FIRST    CHURCH 

2.  Sylvia,  b.  Oct.  24th,  new  style,  1753,  bap.  Oct.  28th,  1753,  at  Newington,  m.  Nov. 
12th,  1780,  James  Francis. 

3.  Ruth,  b.  July  llth,  1756,  bap.  July  18th,  1756,  at  Newington. 

4.  Noah,  b.  April  16th,  1759,  bap.  April  19th,  1759,  m.  first,  Lucy  Lewis ;  second, 
1786,  Experience  Wells;  third,  see  No.  (202.) 

5.  Adna,  born  Jan.  28th,  1763,  see  No.  (438.) 

6.  Asa,  born  Dec.  6th,  1766,  bap.  next  day,  and  died  the  12th,  aged  six  days. 

7.  Cynthia,  b.  Dec.  29th,  1767,  bap.  Jan.  17th,  1768,  m.  Jan.  16th,  1810,  Asa  Butts, 
of  Canterbury. 

15.  "  RUTH  KILBOURN,"  widow  of  Josiah,  and  daughter  of  John  Warner, 
m.  Nov.  27th,  1726,  before  Capt.  Joshua  Bobbins,  of  Wethersfield,  justice 
of  the  peace  ;  moved  soon  after  marriage  into  the  limits  of  New  Britain, 
where  he  died. 

THEIR   CHILDREN. 

1 .  David,  b.  Dec.  21st,  1 727  ;  was  a  soldier  in  the  old  French  war ;  died  at  Litchfield. 

2.  Ruth,  b.  1729,  m.  May  9th,  1757,  Robert  Booth,  son  of  Robert. 

3.  Josiah,  b.  1731,  see  No.  (200.) 

4.  John,  b.  1733,  see  No.  (86.; 

5.  Richard,  b.  1735,  m.  Dec.  8th,  1763,  Mercy  Bronson,  daughter  of  Elijah,  sen. 

6.  Elizabeth,  b.  ,  bap.  Nov.  15th,  1747,  at  Newington,  m.  Nov.  7th,  1771,  Jed- 
ediah  Norton. 

16.  "Wife  of  Jonathan  Griswold;"  this  was  his  second  wife;  her  maiden 
name,  Experience  Warren,  daughter  of  Abraham,  of  Wethersfield,  and 
Experience  (Stephens,)  his  wife,  born  June  9th,  1712;  was  sister  of  old 
Will  Warren,  who  was  the  hermit,  and  had  his  den  on  "  Rattlesnake  Hill," 
so  often  referred  to,  even  to  this  day.     She  became  the  second  wife  of  No. 
83,)  on  the  6th  Oct.,  1748 ;  she  long  outlived  her  husband ;  they  lived 
just  over  the  "  Peede*  bridge,"  east  of  George  Francis,  it  being  named 
from  her,  a  contraction  of  Experience,  common  in  those  days  ;  she  was 
familiarly  called  "  Aunt  Peede  ;"  she  died  at  the  house  of  Nathan  Booth, 
at  the  advanced  age  of  86,  on  the  24th  May,  1797. 

17.  "  RUTH,  wife  of  Robert  Woodruff,"  daughter  of          ,  m.          ;  they 
lived  where  Horatio  A.  Pratt  (now,  1863,)  does ;  owned  a  large  farm;  he 
was  son  of  Samuel  Woodruff,  the  cordwainer,  and  was  born  Oct.  8th,  1710  ; 
he  deeded,  1755,  a  portion  of  his  farm  to  Farmington,  for  a  highway,  be- 
ginning at  the  north  end  of  a  ledge,  and  from  thence  to  extend  south  across 
his  land,  three  rods  wide ;  this  is  supposed  to  be  part  of  a  new  highway 
to  pass  to  the  new  meeting-house,  when  it  should  be  built,  "  at  the  place 
appointed  for  it,"  where  the  present  "  pound"  stands.     She  to  church  in 
Newington,  before  1747. 

years  in  Hartford,  with  his  uncles,  Thomas  and  Timothy ;  went  to  Farmington  when 
about  twenty,  and  became  prominent  and  greatly  useful  there.  His  will  is  dated  1705  ; 
amount  of  inventory,  £360  7s.  Id.  He  died  Dec.  19th,  1706. 

The  level  tract  of  land  stretching  from  this  locality  northeast,  towards  West  Hart- 
ford, is  called  on  the  early  land  records  of  Farmington,  "  Wolf  Plain." 


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CHILDREN   OF   EGBERT   AND   RUTH   WOODRUFF. 

1.  Seth,  b.  1744,  was  deaf,  and  lived  a  bachelor;  diedNov.  30th,  1823,  aged  79. 

2.  Amos,  b,  1745,  m.  Oct.  27th,  1768,  No.  (565;)  they  moved  to  Lenox,  Mass. 

3.  Sarah,  b.  Oct.  6th,  1749,  bap.  Oct.  8th,  1749,  at  Newington,  m.  Dec.  31st,  1777, 
Capt.  William  Walker,  of  Lenox. 

4.  Ruth,  b.  April  10th,  1751,  bap.  April  14th,  1751,  at  Newington,  m.  Elizur  Wha- 
ples  ;  she  died  May  27th,  1794. 

18.  "  Wife  of  Daniel  Kilbourn ;"  she  was  received  to  Newington  church 
June  28th,  1752,  then  called  Widow  Mary  Gushing,  by  letter  from  the 
church  of  Christ  at  Kilh'ng-worth,  Conn.     See  No.  (70  ;)  maiden  name, 
Stephens. 

Thus  far,  with  the  exception  of  No.  (1,)  came  from  Newington  church, 
but  no  mention  of  the  fact  appears  on  the  record  of  that  church. 

" From  the  church  in  Kensington,  Rev.  Samuel  Clark,  Pastor" 

19.  "The  Widow  Hannah  Seymor,"  she,  daughter  of  Thomas  North 
and  Hannah  (Newel,)  his  wife,  the  widow  of  Samuel  Seymor,  son  of  Rich- 
ard, the  captain  of  the  fort ;  she  was  a  constituent  member  of  the  church, 
1712,  in  "  Great  Swamp,"  and  lived  to  become  also  a  constituent  member 
of  this  new  church  ;  she  m.  Samuel  Seymor,  May  10th,  1706 ;  she  was 
grand-daughter  of  John  North,  the  settler,  from  England. 

THEIR    CHILDREN. 

1.  Hannah,  b.  March  28th,  1706-7,  m.  Dec.  10th,  1729,  Allen  Goodrich,  the  black- 
smith, of  "  Great  Swamp  village." 

2.  Mary,  born  Nov.  13th,  1708. 

3.  Eliakim,  b.  ,  m.  Susanna,  daughter  of  Deacon  Anthony  Judd;  second,  Mary 
Hooker. 

4.  Rebecca,  b.  June  25th,  17ll,m.  Nov.  21st,  1734,  Elisha  Goodrich. 

5.  Mercy,  b.  Sept.  llth,  1715,  m.  Feb.  19th,  1747,  Uriah  Judd ;  was  his  second  wife ; 
went  to  Lenox. 

20.  "  The  Widow  Mary  Andrus,"  daughter  of  Jacob  Goffe,  of  Weth- 
ersfield,  and  Margarie  (Ingersol,)  his  wife,  b.  Nov.  loth,  1693,  at  Weth- 
ersfield,  near  Kensington  line,  m.  June  17th,  1712,  John  Andrus,  of  Far- 
mington,  son  of  Daniel;  her  husband  died  June  16th,  1740 ;  his  inventory 
amounted  to  £676  4s.  4d. ;  the  society  record  of  Newington  shows  that  he 
signed,  1720,  a  £50  note  payable  to  that  society,  with  Daniel  Andrus 
and  others,  for  being  annexed  to  Farmington ;  she  probably  spent  the 
remainder  of  her  life  with  her  son,  Moses,  at  the  old  house  (now,  1867,) 
still  standing  on  West  Main  street,  near  Deacon  Milton  Andrews ;  she  d. 
Sept.  7th,  1769,  aged  75,  and  her  grave-stone  is  south  side  of  New  Britain 
cemetery. 

THEIR    CHILDREN. 

1.  David,  b.  Jan.  28th,  1718,  m.  Margaret  ;  lived  in  Waterbury,  Conn.,  and 
Egremont,  Mass. 

2.  Moses,  b.  May  12th,  1722,  m.  Nov.  10th,  1748,  No.  (54.) 


140  FIRST     CHURCH 

3.  Mary,  b.  1728,  probably  m.  Samuel  Dickinson,  sen. ;  house  on  Russell's  corner, 
at  Woodruff  Hill. 

4.  Abraham,  b.  ;  he  chose,  1744,  his  brother  Moses,  for  guardian. 

5.  Esther,  b.  1732  ;  she  chose,  1744,  her  mother  for  guardian  ;  m.  April  27th,  1757, 
Daniel  Root,  of  Kensington ;  she  d.  Feb.  27th,  1758,  and  buried  in  Blue  Hills  cemetery. 

21.  The  Widow  Anna  Booth,  daughter  of  Capt.  Stephen  Hollister,  of 
Glastenbury,  and  Abigail,  his  wife,  b.  1690,  m.  Nov.  27th,  1712,  Robert 
Booth,  from  Stratford,  a  descendant  of  Sir  Richard ;  their  house  stood 
where  (now,  1867,)  that  of  Enoch  Kelsey  stands;  used  the  same  well 
by  the  fence  in  the  valley ;  she  had  a  brother,  Gershom,  at  the  Blinn 
house,  east,  and  brother,  Stephen,  settled  on  the  road  next  west.     Mr. 
Booth  probably  located  here  soon  after  marriage,  for  he  held  office  in 
"  Great  Swamp"  society  as  early  as  1715 ;  he  died  Dec.  17th,  1750,  aged 
61 ;  his  grave  in  "  Christian  Lane"  cemetery;  his  estate  settled  1750—51 ; 
inventory,  £591 ;  Nathan,  the  eldest  son,  gave  bond  with  Widow  Ann, 
to  court,  and  Widow  Ann  made  guardian  to  Elisha,  who  is,  1750-51, 
nineteen  years  old;  probably  she  m.  second,  Doct.  James  Harvey  Hurlbut, 
of  Kensington. 

THEIR   CHILDREN. 

1.  Hannah,  b.  July  22d,  1716,  m.  Joshua  Mather.    See  No.  (47)  and  (48.) 

2.  Anna,  b.  Sept.  16th,  1718,  m.  Joseph  Mather,  sen.     She  d.  Sept.  13th,  1798.  se.  80. 

3.  Nathan.     See  No.  (65.) 

4.  James,  b.  May  25th,  1723. 

5.  Robert,  b.  Aug.  20th,  1730  ;  "  owned  the  covenant."     See  that  list,  No.  (SI.) 

6.  Elisha,  b.  May  20th,  1732,  m.  Dec.  5th,  1751,  Esther  Hollister;  second,  Widow 
Mary  Gilbert. 

22.  "  BENJAMIN  JUDD,"  son  of  first  Benjamin,  and  grandson  of  Deacon 
Thomas,  the  emigrant ;  his  mother,   Mary  (Lewis,)  daughter  of  Capt. 
William,  of  Farmington;  he  born  1671,  m.  Jan.  18th,  1694,  No.  (23;) 
his  residence  at  the  present  home  of  Richard  Judd ;  his  title,  Sargeant, 
seldom  omitted;  he  was  one  of  the  patriarchs  of  the  "  Great  Swamp  Soci- 
ety," greatly  useful  in  church  and  civil  affairs ;  was  a  large  land-holder ; 
made  no  will ;  died  March  9th,  1764,  aged  94. 

The  Kensington  church  record  (by  note  says)  that  Benjamin  Judd  and 
wife  dismissed  to  New  Britain,  1757. 

23.  "  Wife  of  Benjamin  Judd ;"  she  daughter  of  John  North  and  Susanna 
(Francis,)  his  wife,  born  1676,  died  April  23d,  1764,  aged  88. 

THEIR    CHILDREN. 

1.  Benjamin,  b.  March  2d,  1697,  m.  Nov.  9th,  1727,  Sarah  Hollister,  of  Glastenbury  ; 
lived  and  died  there. 

2.  Susannah,  b.  Aug.  12th,  1699,  m.  July  1st,  1756,  David  Bronson. 

3.  Mary,  b.  Feb.  6th,  1702,  m.  1723,  Joseph  Beckley,  grandson  of  Serg.  Richard,  of 
Wethersfield. 

4.  Abigail,  b.  Sept.  5th,  1703,  m.  May  20th,  1746,  George  Kilbourn ;  he  died  1763. 

5.  Kezia,  b.  Sept.  14th,  1705,  m.  June  12th,  1729,  Amos  Judd,  son  of  Deacon  An- 
thony ;  she  died  May  2d,  1791. 


OP    NEW     BRITAIN.  141 

6.  Bathsheba,  b.  Aug.  20th,  1707,  m.  1728,  David  Sage,  of  Middletown  and  Berlin. 

7.  Joanna,  b.  Oct.  16th,  1709,  m.  1731,  Samuel  Hubbard,  Jan.,  of  Middletown. 

8.  Catharine,  b.  Oct.  26th,  1711. 

9.  Uriah,  see  No.  (39.) 

10.  James,  see  No.  (38.) 

11.  Nathan,  see  No.  (41.) 

12.  Hezekiah,  b.  June  19th,  1722,  d.  Sept.  9th,  1727. 

24.  "  Widow  ELIZABETH  LEE*'  she  was  Elizabeth  Royce,  of  Walling- 
ford,  m.  Oct.  1st,  1690,  Stephen  Lee,  son  of  John,  the  settler,  and  Mary 
(Hart,)  his  wife,  b.  1668,  d.  June  7th,  1753,  aged  87;  they  were  both 
constituent  members  of  the  church  at  "  Great  Swamp,"  both  to  church  in 
old  Farmington,  Oct.  5th,  1707 ;  he  was  located  on  East  street;  built  the 
old  Hinsdale  house,  now  gone,  (1863,)  and  has  been  for  many  years ; 
owned  the  land  from  East  to  Main  street.*  He  was  buried  in  "  Christian 
Lane"  cemetery,  but  she  in  New  Britain,  with  the  following  epitaph : 
"  Here  lies  the  body  of  Mrs.  Elizabeth  Lee,  (the  relict  of  Capt.  Stephen 
Lee,  deceased,)  who  served  in  the  office  of  midwife  forty -five  years,  until 
she  was  ninety  years  of  age;  deceased  ye  2d  of  May,  1760,  in  ye  91st 
year  of  her  age."  She  daughter  of  Isaac  Royce,  of  New  London,  and 
Elizabeth  (Lathrop,)  his  wife.f 

THEIR   CHILDREN. 

1.  Isaac,  b.  Sept.  5th,  1691,  a  physician,  m.  Dec.  8th,  1713,  Mary  Hubbard  ;  second, 
Susanna  Wolcott. 

2.  Child,  no  name,  b.  April  18th,  1693,  d.  in  infancy,  same  day. 

3.  Elizabeth,  b.  July  12th,  1694,  m.  Dec.  28th,  1721,  Samuel,  son  of  Joseph  Langdon. 

4.  Sarah,  b.  Nov.  8th,  1696,  m.  Jan.  18th,  1721,  John  Lankton,  father  of  No.  (107.) 

5.  Stephen,  b.  April  18th,  1700,  d.  Sept.  17th,  1718. 

6.  Martha,  b.  Feb.  17th,  1701,  m.  Nathaniel  Hart;  second,  m.  Joseph  Francis. 

*  Will  of  Capt.  Stephen  Lee  was  made  Nov.  26th,  1747,  and  gave  his  wife,  Elizabeth, 
one-third  of  his  movable  estate,  and  one-half  his  house,  one-third  of  barn  and  cow  house, 
and  the  service  of  my  negro  Richard,  so  long  as  she  remains  my  widow,  and  bears  my 
name,  during  her  life,  after  which  my  youngest  son,  Josiah,  shall  have  liberty  to  pur- 
chase said  negro,  at  his  appraised  value.  Item,  I  give  my  eldest  son,  the  north  half 
my  lot  on  which  my  house  stands.  Item,  I  give  my  second  son,  above  named,  Josiah, 
the  south  half  of  my  house,  and  half  my  home  lot,  and  halt"  of  all  my  lands.  Item,  I 
give  my  daughter,  Hannah,  so  much  in  bills  of  credit  as  to  be  equal  to  seventy  four 
ounces  of  silver.  Item,  I  give  my  grandson,  Stephen  Root,  £3.  Item,  I  give  my  four 
surviving  daughters,  viz.,  to  Sarah,  wife  of  John  Lankton,  the  wife  of  Nathaniel  Hart, 
of  Wallingford,  Martha ;  to  Mercy,  wife  of  Benjamin  Beckley ;  he  calls  Hannah  above 
a  single  woman,  and  he  appointed  his  wife,  Elizabeth,  and  his  son,  Isaac,  executors  of 
the  will. 

William  Burnham,)Wi 

Isaac  Norton,  ) 

t  The  will  of  Widow  Elizabeth  Lee,  exhibited  July  15th,  1760,  gives  to  Isaac,  (this 
is  Dr.  Isaac,)  5s.,  to  Josiah,  5s.,  to  the  heirs  of  Martha  Francis,  one-third  for  the  chil- 
dren she  had  by  her  first  husband,  Nathaniel  Hart ;  to  my  daughter,  Mary  Beckley,  her 
children,  one  third  ;  to  the  heirs  of  Hannah  Barber,  (this  is  No.  84 ,)  one  third,  and  I 
ordain  my  son,  Josiah,  my  executor.  Inventory,  £60,  taken  June  6th,  1760. 


142  FIRST     CHURCH 

7.  Mary,  b.  Sept.,  1704,  m.  Benjamin  Beckley,  of  "  Beckley  quarter." 

8.  Ebenezer,  b.  Sept.  14th,  1706,  d.  Aug.  28th,  1725. 

9.  Hannah,  b.  Oct.  15th,  1708,  m.  Nathaniel  North;  second,  William  Barber,  see 
No.  (84J 

10.  Josiah,  b.  Aug.  13th,  1711,  see  No.  (33.) 

25.  "JOSEPH  SMITH,"  son  of  Joseph,  sen.  and  Lydia,  his  wife,  born 
probably,  1682,  baptized  at  Farmington^Aug.  10th,  1684;  was  one  of  the 
petitioners  for  the  "  Great  Swamp  Society,"  1705,  m.  Jan.  19th,  1707-8, 
Mary  Koyce,  daughter  of  Isaac,  of  Wallingford,  and  Elizabeth  (Lathrop,) 
his  wife.     He  lived  on  East  street,  the  old  home  of  the  Smiths,  in  which 
were  five  Josephs,  in  as  many  generations.     He  owned  the  covenant  in 
Farmington,  Sept.  24th,  1710. 

THEIR   CHILDREN. 

1.  Joseph,  b.  July  13th,  1710,  bap.  Sept.  24th,  1710,  in  old  Farmington,  see  No.  (29.) 

2.  Azariah,  b.  Dec.  28th,  1712,  m.  Aug.  14th,  1740,  Mary,  daughter  of  Joseph  Root, 
of  "  Great  Swamp  Society." 

3.  Jedediah,  b.  Feb.  12th,  1715-16,  see  No.  (31.) 

4.  Esther,  b.  ,  d.  May  18th,  1725. 

5.  Elijah,  b.  Oct.  29th,  1721,  see  No.  (XXX)  of  half-way  covenant. 

26.  "  REBECCA,  wife  of  Daniel  Dewy ;"  this  is  Rebecca  Curtiss,  daugh- 
ter of  Thomas  "Curtice"  and  Mary  (Goodrich,)  his  wife,  born  1705,  m. 
Jan.  27th,  1731 ;  her  father  was  an  early  settler  of  Great  Swamp ;  was, 
1716,  seated  in  the  third  "pue,"  with  Joseph  Smith  and  John  Standley 
and  others  ;  for  location,  see  No.  (85 ;)  she  died  March  6th,  1781,  se.  76; 
head-stone  in  old  part  of  cemetery  in  New  Britain. 

27.  "  HANNAH,  wife  of  Gideon  Griswold,"  daughter  of  Joseph  Root,  of 
"  Great  Swamp  Society,"  and  his  wife,  Hannah  (Kellogg,)  of  Hartford,  b. 
July  13th,  1719.     She  was  sister  of  No.  (54,)  and  m  ;  they  lived 
near  where  Horatio  Waldo  (now,  1863,  does;)  he  was  son  of  David  Gris- 
wold and  Severance             ,  his  wife,  born  Oct.  2d,  1717;  was  a  large 
land-holder,  and  driving  farmer ;  he  "  owned  the  covenant"  in  Newington, 
Jan.  27th,  1754;  he  died  Sept.  3d,  1807,  aged  90;  she  died  June  19th, 
1814,  aged  95 ;  she  was  born  July  13th,  1719,  at  Newington,  near  Ken- 
sington line. 

THEIR    CHILDREN. 

1.  Elijah,  b.  ,  bap.  Aug.  23d,  1752,  at  Newington,  died  ,  aged  16  ;  stone 
in  New  Britain. 

2.  Samuel,  b.  Jan.  15th,  1754,  bap.  Jan.  27th,  1754,  at  Newington,  died  Sept.  2d, 
1776,  Revolutionary  Armjr  at  New  York. 

3.  Ashbel,  b.  May  12th,  1757,  m.  Elizabeth  Woodruff,  daughter  of  Noah. 

4.  Hannah,  b.  April  3d,  1760,  bap.  April  13th,  1760,  m.  Joel  Smith  ;  she  d.  March 
31st,  1786,  aged  26. 

5.  Lydia,  b.  Nov.  24th,  1765,  m.  Sept.  15th,  1788;  Michael  DeRecor,  a  French  sol- 
dier, who  was  taken  a  prisoner  from  Burgoyne's  army. 

28.  "  MARTHA,  wife  of  Samuel  Goodrich ;"  this  was  Martha  Lankton, 


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daughter  of  John,  and  his  wife,  Sarah  (Lee,)  b.  Dec.  31st,  1724,  m.  Sept. 
24th,  1747,  No.  (69 ;)  they  were  both  dismissed  and  reconjmended  to 
Kensington  by  letter,  and  received  there  Dec.  23d,  1764 ;  she  died  Feb. 
22d,  1810,  aged  76,  at  Luther  Stocking's,  in  Kensington. 

29.  "JOSEPH  SMITH,  jun.,'.'  son  of  No.  (25)  and  Mary  (Ryce,)  his 
wife,  b.  July  13th,  1710,  m.  March  2d,  1737,  No.  (30;)  she  d.  May  21st, 
1764,  aged  45,  when  he  m.  second,  Sept.  1766,  Widow  Esther  Deming, 
No.  (167  ;)  he  kept  a  tavern  on  East  street,  probably  the  homestead  of 
his  father ;  he  went  by  the  title  of  landlord  many  year's ;  he  left  an  estate 
of  £1,146  13s.;  he"  d.  March  25th",  1792,  aged  82;  Capt.  Jonathan  Bel- 
den,  executor;  his  second  wife,  Esther,  No.  (167,)  died  June  21st,  1804, 
aged  82. 

30.  "Wife  of  Joseph  Smith,  jun;"  this  was  TJiankful  Hubbard,  of  Mid- 
dletown,  daughter  of  George   and  Marcy  (Seymour,)  his  wife,  daughter 
of  Capt.  Richard,  b.  July  23d,  1719,  m.  March  2d,  1737,  No.  (29.) 

THEIR    CHILDREN. 

1.  Elnathar,  b.  Nov.  3d,  O.  S.  1738,  m.  July  9th,  1767,  No.  (156.) 

2.  Gideon  b.  Dec.  1st,  1740,  d.  Nov.  30th,  1762,  at  Havanna,  in  the  French  war, 
Capt.  Patterson's  company. 

3.  Joseph  b.  Oct.  llth,  1744 ;  was  in  the  war  of  Revolution;  m.  an  only  daughter 
of  Dr.  White,  of  Philadelphia. 

4.  Thankful,  b.  Nov.  17th,  1746,  m.  1st,  1766,  Isaac  Langdon,  before  Rev.  Samuel 
Clark. 

5.  Gordon,  b.  Aug.  12th,  1749,  m.  Oct.  llth,  1772,  Ruth  Judd,  daughter  of  Capt. 
Phineas  ;  he  died  in  the  army  of  the  Revolution. 

6.  Abigail,  b.  April  15th,  1752,  m.  Dec.  17th,  1769,  No.  (124.; 

7.  Rhoda,  b.  Sept.  15th,  1753,  m.  John  Doge,  of  Boston ;  descendants  in  Vermont. 

8.  Dolly,  born  1762,  bap.  April  29th,  1764,  m.  Oct.  10th,  1790,  Lemuel  Smith,  of 
Ebenezer,  jun.,  see  No.  (437.) 

31.  "  JEDEDIAH  SMITH,"  son  of  Joseph  and  his  wife,  Mary  (Royce,)  born 
Feb.  12th,  1715-16,  m.  Jan.  1st,  1740-1,  No.  (32;)  he  lived  near  his 
brother,  No.  (29  ;)  he  probably  m.  second,  Elizabeth  Kellogg,  Oct.  29th, 
1777  ;  she  of  Newington. 

32.  Wife  of  Jedediah  Smith ;  she  daughter  of  Joseph  Cogswell  and 
Anna  (Orvice,)  his  wife ;  her  name  Susanna,  born  Aug.  10th,  1720,  in 
Far.  South  Farms,  alias  Southington. 

THEIR    CHILDREN. 

1.  Mary,  b.  Jan.  28th,  1741-2. 

2.  Anna,  b.  Nov.  1st,  1744. 

3.  Huldah,  b.  Jan.  4th,  1749,  m.  Nov.  5th,  1772,  Joseph,  son  of  first  Elijah  Hart. 

33.  "  JOSIAH  LEE,"  the  youngest  son  of  Capt.  Stephen  and  his  wife, 
No.  (24,)  b.  Aug.  13th,  1711,  m.  Nov.  3d,  1737,  No.  (34;)  he  was  chosen 
deacon  April  1st,  1763,  to  supply  the  loss  of  Deacon  Patterson,  at  the 
Havanna,  1762.*    He  too  was  a  military  man,  as  appears  from  the  follow- 


144  FIRST     CHURCH 

ing :  "  I  Stephen  Lee,  for  parental  love  to  my  son,  Josiah,  and  his  wife, 
Hannah,  do  give  them  the  north  half  of  my  dwelling-house,  and  also  half 
my  barn,  garden  and  orchard,  with  use  of  cellar ;  it  is  understood  that  my 
son  is  bound  on  the  present  expedition  against  our  northern  enemies,  the 
French  ! !  if  any  accident  befall  him  that  he  return  no  more,  his  wife  is  to 
have  free  liberty  to  use,  occupy  and  enjoy  the  premises  as  above,  so  long 
as  she  remains  his  widow. 

Dated  April  15th,  1747." 

He,  like  his  father  before  him,  was  captain  of  the  militia  company  of 
Farmington.  About  the  year  1774,  he  with  his  son-in-law,  John  Patter- 
son, Esq.,  moved  to  Lenox,  Mass.,  and  subsequently  to  Chenango  county, 
New  York,  where  he  died,  1797.  He  had  built  what  is  now  called  the 
"  Skinner  house,"  and  sold  it  w.ith  his  barn  and  his  farm  of  sixty  acres, 
with  half  the  irons  of  the  saw-mill,  by  the  meeting  house,  and  half  of  five 
and  a  half  acres  of  land  there,  to  John  Richards,  for  £555,  March  16th, 
1776.  His  ratable  estate,  1763,  stood  in  the  list  of  that  year,  £121.  The 
house  probably  built  soon  after  the  decease  of  his  father,  1753,  and  the 
distribution  of  his  estate. 

34.  "  Wife  of  Josiah  Lee,"  Hannah  Warren,  of  Glastenbury,  probably 
daughter  of  Abraham  and  his  wife,  Experience  (Stephens,)  b.  Oct.  19th, 
1714,  m.  Nov.  3d,  1737,  No.  (33 ;)  she  was  sister  of  "  Will  Warren,  the 
hermit,"  and  sister  of  the  mother  of  No.  (91.) 

THEIR    CHILDREN. 

1.  Elizabeth,  b.  ,  the  only  child  they  had  to  live  to  adult  years  ;  she  m.  June 

2d,  1766,  John  Patterson,  Esq.,  son  of  Deacon  John,  and  they  both  "owned  the  cove- 
nant" Jan.  25th,  1767;  moved  to  Lenox,  1774.  See  Covenant  list,  No.  (XXVII.) 

35.  "  ISAAC  LEE,"  the  second  son  of  Doctor  Isaac  and  Mary  (Hub- 
bard,)  of  Middletown,  his  wife,  b.  Jan.  17th.  1716,  m.  July  10th,  1740, 
No.  (36 ;)  he  was  chosen  one  of  the  standing  committee  of  the  church,  at 
its  first  meeting,  and  a  deacon  Sept.  3d,  1772,  to  supply  the  loss  of  Deacon 
Elijah  Hart.     He  is  known  as  Colonel  Lee,  and  was  a  marked  character, 
strong,  physically,  mentally  and  morally.     As  a  magistrate  some  thirty 
years,  he  was  a  "  terror  to  evil  doers,"  and  a  "  praise  to  them  that  do  well." 
He  was  a  farmer  by  occupation,  and  was  of  Herculean  strength.     He  was 
the  leader  of  the  "  ring"  in  athletic  sports  and  gymnastics,  especially  in 
wrestling,  so  common  in  his  age.     He  is  the  man  to  whom  Mrs.  Willard 
alludes  in  her  poem  of"  Stealing  the  Bride,"  and  No.  (36)  was  the  bride. 
Many  anecdotes  are  related  of  him,  such  as  throwing  barrels  of  cider  into 
his  cart,  as  common  men  would  pumpkins  ;  throwing  to  the  ground  the  big 
bull;  and  thrice  throwing  the  big  Indian, in  Farmington  street.     He  lost, 
however,  the  bride  he  so  exultingly  carried  off,  for  she  died  Nov.  2d,  1770, 
with  a  cancer,  when  he  married  second,  Dec.  30th,  1772^  No.  (170;)  his 
residence  is  still  standing,  1867,  near  the  foot  of  Dublin  Hill,  east  side  of 


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Main  street.  He  was  one  of  the  two  men  in  New  Britain  who  were 
treated  with  the  utmost  reverence.  When  Dr.  Smalley  or  he  were  ap- 
proaching or  passing,  all  hats  were  doffed,  even  by  men  laboring  in  the 
field  some  distance  from  the  road.  His  second  wife  died  May  17th,  1782, 
of  small  pox,  when  he  married  third,  Oct.  9th,  1783,  No.  (175.)  He  was 
active  in  securing  the  incorporation  of  the  society,  in  building  the  first 
house  of  worship,  and  after,  viz.,  1784—5,  in  securing  the  incorporation  of 
the  town  of  Berlin,  with  our  share  in  the  school  fund.  He  died  Dec.  13tb, 
1802,  aged  86  ;  his  head-stone,  very  truly,  and  according  to  the  custom  of 
that  age,  gives  him  two  titles,  Colonel  and  Esquire.  Col.  Isaac  Lee  and 
Gen.  Selah  Hart,  were  delegates  to  the  State  Convention,  held  at  Hart- 
ford, Jan.  3d,  1788,  for  the  adoption  or  rejection  of  the  Constitution  for 
the  United  States. 

36.  '"  Wife  of  Isaac  Lee,"  daughter  of  Isaac  Norton  and  his  wife,  Eliz- 
abeth (Galpin,)  of  Stratford,  born  Dec.  20th,  1718,  at  Kensington;  name 
Tabitha  (Norton ;)  she  was  the  mother  of  his  children,  the  baptisms  of 
whom  are  lost  with  the  loss  of  the  records  of  Rev.  William  Burnham,  of 
Kensington,  and  the  like  of  other  families. 

1.  Theodore,  b.  May  21st,  1741,  d.  March  5th,  1742. 

2.  Theodore,  b.  Sept.,  26th,  1743,  m.  Nov.  10th,  1768,  Olive  Boardman,  settled  in 
Torringford. 

3.  Chloe.b.  Jan.  15th,  1746,  m.  July  9th,  1767,  Elnathan  Smith,  son  of  Joseph. 

4.  Isaac,  b.  Jan.  llth,  1749,  d.  March  16th,  1749. 

5.  Isaac,  b.  March  29th,  1752,  m.  May  25th,  1773,  No.  (154.) 

6.  Asahel,  b.  Feb.  22d,  1759,  bap.  March  4th,  1759,  m.  April  30th,  1772,  Sarah  Hun ; 
he  died  1776,  in  army  of  Revolution,  at  Scheensborough,  New  York,  aged  27. 

37.  «  STEPHEN  LEE,"  son  of  Dr.  Isaac  Lee  and  his  wife,  Mary  (Hub- 
bard-,)  b.  March  16th,  1723,  m.  Feb.  6th,  1746,  No.  (73;)  he  inherited 
from  his  father  the  old  homestead  of  his  grandfather,  Capt.  Stephen  Lee, 
called  later  the  "  Hinsdale  house,"  at  the  r  lyi-li  corner  of  East  and  Smal- 
ley streets.     He  died  Sept.  14th,  1783,  aged  60  £  years,  at  Lenox,  Mass., 
to  which  place  he  moved  about  1777.     He  sold  to  Elijah  Hinsdale,  Feb. 

•12th,  1777,  for  £208,  (except  the  incumbrance  of  his  father,)  his  home 
lot  of  two  acres,  and  house,  his  barn  lot  of  twenty-four  acres,  and  his  lot 
next  east  of  the  meeting-house,  containing  eight  acres. 

CHILDREN    OF    8TEPHKN    AND    KATA    LEE. 

1.  Ashbel,  b.  Feb.  28th,  1747 ;  lived  in  Lee,  Mass. ;  m.  April  30th,  1772,  Sarah  Hun. 

2.  Timothy,  b.  Oct.  19th,  1748,  m.  April  23d,  1772,  Lucy  Camp  ;  settled  in  Pitts- 
field,  Mass. 

3.  Mabel,  b.  Feb.  19th,  1750,  m.  April  22d,  1773,  Daniel  Luddington. 

4.  Kata,  b.  Nov.  25th,  1751,  bap.  Nov.  27th,  1751,  at  Newington. 

5    Martha,  b.  Nov.  25th,  1754,  m.  May  17th,  1773,  Ladwick  Hotchkiss,  No.  (278.) 
6.  Anna,  b.  Jane  22d,  1756,  m.  Feb.  1st,  1781,  Abel  Hubbard. 
7    Sarah,  b.  Aug.  22d,  1758,  bap.  Aug.  27th,  1758. 
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146  FIRST     CHURCH 

38.  JAMES  JUDD,  son  of  No.  (22)  and  No.  (23,)  m.  1749,  Hannah  (An- 
drus,)  daughter  of  Daniel,  jun.  and  Mabel  (  Goff,)  his  wife,  b.  Sept.  8th,  17 23, 
near  Wethersfield  line,  at  the  "  Great  Swamp."  They  lived  on  the  old 
homestead  of  his  father;  owned  the  saw-mill  long  known  as  "  Judd's  Mill ;" 
he  d.  Feb.  loth,  1783,  aged  66 ;  his  widow  d.  Dec.  29th,  1789,  aged  67, 
with  the  following  on  her  head-stone :  "  Blessed  and  happy  are  those  who 
die  in  the  Lord."  His  will  was  proved  in  court  Feb.  17th,  1783 ;  names 
in  it  two  sons  and  four  daughters. 

THEIR    CHILDREN. 

1 .  Hannah,  b.  Sept.  27th,  1750,  m  Jan.  4th,  1770,  Leonard  Belden,  son  of  Ezra ;  she 
died  Sept.  10th,  1780,  aged  30. 

2  Abigail,  b.  June  5th,  1752,  m.  Jan.  6th,  1774,  Abel  Clark,  son  of  John ;  she  died 
April  27th,  1829. 

3.  Lydia,  b.  Oct.  6th,  1754,  m.  Feb.  6th,  1777,  Joseph  Andrews,  son  of  No.  (53;) 
she  died  April  21st,  1804. 

4.  James,  b.  April  22d,  1755,  d.  July  13th,  1755,  aged  three  months,  nine  days. 

5.  James,  b.  Jan.  27th,  1757,  bap.  Jan.  30th,  1757,  m.  1779,  No.  (318;;  he  bap.  in 
Kensington. 

6.  Asahel,  b.  May  24th,  1759,  bap.  May  27th,  1759,  d.  Oct.  13th,  1777,  aged  19. 

7.  Daniel,  b.  Aug.  14th,  1761,  bap.  Aug.  23d,  1761,  m.  Irene  Hitchcock,  see  No. 
C435.) 

8.  Anne,  b.  March  19th,  1764,  d.  Oct.  31st,  1775,  in  her  12th  year. 

9.  Sarah,  b.  1768,  m.  Oct.  31st,  1794,  Moses  Smith,  son  of  Samuel;  she  died  Aug. 
24th,  1833,  aged  66. 

39.  URIAH  JUDD,  son  of  No.  (22)  and  No.  (23,)  b.  Dec.  28th,  1713, 
m.  Dec.  20th,  1744,  Mabel  Bidwell;  she  d.  Aug.  25th,  1745,  when  he 
m.  second,  Feb.  19th,  1747,  No.  (40 ;)  he  lived  just  south  of  the  first 
church,  probably  where  Alvin  North  does  now,  (1861 ;)  he  deeded,  1756, 
land  for  a  highway  through  his  farm  and  past  his  house,  three  rods  wide  ; 
he  removed  to  Pittsfield,  Mass.,  May,  1769,  and  to  Lenox,  1774,  where 
both  died,  leaving  six  children. 

40.  Wife  of  URIAH  JUDD,  Mercy  Seymor,  daughter  of  Samuel  Seymor, 
and  his  wife,  Hannah  (North,)  daughter  of  Thomas,  b.  Nov.  13th,  1708, 
grand-daughter  of  "  Capt.  Richard  Seamer,"  of  the  stockade. 

CHILDREN. 

1.  Uriah,  b.  Dec.  20t,  1745,  m.  1772,  Lucy  Miller;  m.  second,  Elizabeth  Brattle. 

2.  Mehitable,  b.  ,  m.  Benjamin  Bush,  of  Sheffield. 

3.  Samuel,  m.  1774,  Naomi  Noble,  of  Pittsfield,  daughter  of  Luke. 

4.  Benjamin,  b.  July.  3d,  1755,  m.  1776,  Keziah  Jacobs,  of  Northbnry  parish,  Conn. 

5.  Mercy,  b.  ,  m.  Bufus  Parker,  of  Lenox ;  she  d.  May  13th,  1837. 

6.  Molly,  b.  May  7th,  1761,  m.  Titus  Parker,  of  Lenox  ;  she  was  living,  1850. 

41.  NATHAN  JUDD,  son  of  No.  (22)  and  No.  (23,)  b.  Aug.  24th,  1719, 
m.  Feb.  3d,  1743,  No.  (42 ;)  they  lived  on  the  corner  of  East  Main  and 
East  street,  the  north  side  ;  his  estate  settled  1764  ;  amount  £442  ;  James 
and  Uriah,  his  brothers,  administrators  ;  Ladwick  Hotchkiss,  Daniel  Dewy 


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and  Noah  Stanley,  appraisers  ;  done  Oct.  9th,  1764;  he  died  Sept.  1st, 
1764,  aged  45. 

42.  Wife  of  Nathan  Judd,  Thankful  Wright;  she  d.  Aug.  25tb,  1764. 

THEIR    CHILDREN. 

1.  Anna,  b.  1744,  m.  1771,  Daniel  North,  of  Daniel;  she  died  1805,  aged  60. 

2.  Thankful,  b.  1747. 

3.  Levi,b.  1749. 

4.  Susanna,  b.  1752. 

5.  Mary,  b.  1754. 

6.  Rosanna,  b.  1756. 

7.  Nathan,  b.  1758,  bap.  April  5th,  1758,  by  Rev.  E.  Booge,  of  Northington,  at  New 
Britain  ;  "  his  church  record  ;"  this  was  just  two  weeks  before  the  ordination  of  Mr. 
Smalley. 

43.  PHINEAS  JUDD,  son  of  Deacon  Anthony,  b.  Feb.  4th,  1715,  was  a 
captain ;  m.  No.  (44 ;)  he  inherited  the  homestead  of  his  father,  (now, 
1862,)  owned  and  occupied  by  William  Ellis.     His  father,  for  parental 
love,  1748,  gave  him  five  pieces  of  land  and  half  his  house;  A.  D.  1763, 
he  became  guardian  for  his  nephew,  James  North,  son  of  James,  deceased, 
and  John  Hooker,  Esq.  certified  that  the  boy  was  fourteen  years  old  the 
18th  day  of  Jan.,  1763.     His  will  was  proved  Jan.  4th,  1791.     Capt.  Judd 
died  Dec.  22d,  1790,  aged  75 ;  he  enlisted  into  the  army  of  the  Revolu- 
tion during  the  war,  Feb.  24th,  1777  ;  had  a  bounty  of  £10. 

44.  Wife  of  Phineas  Judd;  this  was   Ruth    (Seymour,)  daughter  of 

,  and  sister  of  Sarah  (Seymour,)  mother  of  James  North,  Esq. ;  she 
was  born  1724.     Widow  Ruth  Judd  died  Nov.  23d,  1799,  aged  75. 

THEIR    CHILDREN. 

1.  Phineas,  jun.,  b.  Dec.  13th,  1750,  m.  Dec.  17th,  1780,  Elizabeth  Mazuzen ;  he 
died  1784,  when  she  m.  second,  No.  (118.) 

2.  Anthony,  b.  Aug.  1st,  1752,  m.  Aug.  29th,  1782,  Rebecca  Belden,  of  Ezra ;  they 
moved  to  Owego. 

3.  Ruth,  b.  March  31st,  1754,  m.  Oct.  llth,  1772,{Gordon  Smith;  m.  second,  Elijah 
Root,  of  Plainville. 

4.  Susanna,  b.  Feb.  7th,  1756,  m.  July  7th,  1774,  Elijah  Smith,  jun. ;  movedto 
Owego,  N.  Y. 

5.  Job,  b.  Oct.  21st,  1757,  m.  Andrus,  of  Glastenbury,  sister  of  Daniel ;  went 
to  Owego,  N.  Y. 

6.  Isaac,  b.  ;  removed  to  Owego,  N.  Y. 

7.  Hannah,  b.  March  15th,  1761,  bap.  March  15th,  1761,  at  New  Britain,  m.  March 
17th,  1785,  Martin  Hooker. 

8.  Selah,  b.  July  17th,  1763,  bap.  July  17th,  1763,  at  New  Britain,  m.  Elizabeth 
Andrews,  of  Hezekiah ;  he  died  1788,  and  she  m.  second,  Dec.  16th,  1790,  Roger  Fran- 
cis, of  Newington  and  West  Hartford. 

45.  JOHN  JUDD,  son  of  Deacon  Anthony  and  his  first  wife,  Susannah 
(Woodford,)  b.  April  25th,  1718,  m.  No.  (46 ;)  they  lived  near  where 
their  descendants  (now,  1863,)  do.  Deacon  Morton  and  Oliver  Judd.     He 
one  of  the  early  settlers  of  New  Britain  village,  perhaps  next  after  Nathan 


148  FIRST     CHURCH 

Booth  and  Joshua  Mather.  Tradition  says  that  he  boarded  the  candid- 
ates for  settlement  over  the  new  parish.;  that  among  them  (for  there  were 
several,)  was  one  overcome  by  the  temptation  of  a  nice  imported  "  case" 
that  stood  open  in  a  closet  next  his  room,  indulged  too  freely,  and  the  fact 
having  in  more  senses  than  one  leaked  out,  he  for  a  farewell  sermon 
shrewdly  took  the  text,  1st  Thess.  ii.  18.  "Wherefore  we  would  have 
come  unto  you  (even  I  Paul)  once  and  again ;  but  Satan  hindered  us." 
Left.  John  Judd  died  Oct.  16th,  1781,  aged  64;  his  inventory,  £466. 

46.  "  "Wife  of  John  Judd ;"  her  maiden  name,  Mary  Burnham,  b.  Feb. 
7th,  1721-22,  to  Rev.  William  and  his  first  wife,  Hannah,  daughter  of 
Mrs.  Judith  Wolcott,of  Wethersfield.     She  is  said  to  have  been  a  woman 
of  great  beauty  and  accomplishments.     Mary,  the  widow  of  Left.  John 
Judd,  died  May  22d,  1801,  aged  80. 

THEIB    CHILDREN. 

1.  John,  b.  Feb.  14th,  1746,  m.  No.  (135.) 

2.  Mary,  b.  Aug.  31st,  1748,  ro.  No.  (115.) 

3.  Seth,  b.  April  Sth,  1751,  m.  Oct.,  1772,  Lydia  Kichards,  of  John;  he  died  1777, 
killed  by  the  accidental  discharge  of  a  gun,  in  the  Kevolutionary  army. 

4.  Rhoda,  b.  Jan.  9th,  1754,  m.  No.  (149.) 

47.  "  JOSHUA  MATHER,"  son  of  Ensign  Atherton  Mather,  of  Windsor 
and  Suffield,  and  Mary,  his  second  wife,  b.  Nov.  26th,  1706,  at  Windsor, 
Conn.,  a  descendant  of  Rev.  Richard ;  the  emigrant,  lived  at  the  "  Sugden 
house,"  near  the  present  site  of  Frederick  North's  mansion ;  he  m.  No. 
(48.)     Tradition  says,  while  he  was  upon  a  journey,  and  stopping  at  a 
village  over  the  Sabbath,  where  the  pulpit  was  vacant,  the  people  learning 
his  name,  and  observing  his  black  coat,  invited  him  to  preach,  nothing  doubt- 
ing his  authority  or  ability.    He,  (probably  hoping  to  do  good,)  accepted  the 
invitation,  and  delivered  the  only  sermon  he  had  with  him ;  but  at  the  in- 
termission of  services,  he  fell  into  a  great  quandary,  for  being  only  a  plain 
farmer,  and  no  second  sermon  with  him,  the  hour  for  the  second  service  at 
hand,  and  no  expedient  yet  devised,  the  people  very  opportunely  sent  a 
deputation,  which  at  once  relieved  his  distress,  saying  they  were  so  greatly 
interested  in  his  discourse,  they  wished  him  to  repeat  it  in  the  afternoon. 
He  died  May  16th,  1777,  aged  71. 

48.  "  Wife  of  Joshua  Mather,"  Hannah  (Booth,)  daughter  of  Robert, 
sen.  and  Ann  (Hollister,)  his  wife.  b.  July  22d,  1716,  sister  of  No.  (65,) 
and  near  neighbor  for  life ;  she  died  April  8th,  1777,  aged  61. 

THEIB   CHILDREN. 

1.  Cotton,  bora  Sept.  19th,  1737. 

2.  David,  bora  Oct.  7th,  1738,  m.  June  1st,  1767,  No.  (139.) 

3.  Thomas,  bora  Sept.  7th,  1741,  married  March  12th,  1764,  Huldah  Bull,  sister  of 
Deacon  Bull,  of  Farmington ;  he  settled  in  Farmington,  as  a  physician,  and  died  there 
Aug.  10th,  1766,  aged  25. 

4.  Hannah,  born  Jan.  25th,  1745,  m.  Oct.  let,  1767,  William  Lewis,  son  of  Capt. 
Jonathan. 


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5.  Elenor,  born  Sept.  27th,  174  ,  record  illegible. 

6.  Elisha,  born  April  19th,  1749. 

7.  Joshua,  jun.,  b. 

49.  "  ELIJAH  HART,"  son  of  Deacon  Thomas  of  Kensington,  and  Sarah 
(Thompson,  of  Farmington,  his  wife,  b.  June  15th,  1711,  bap.  Aug.  12th, 
1711,  at  old  Farmington,  m.  Dec.  26th,  1734,  No.  (50;)  settled  in  "Hart 
quarter,"  at  the  southwest  portion  of  the  society,  a  near  neighbor  to  Judah 
Hart,  sen.,  and  from  these  came  the  name  to  this  section ;  his  house  was 
near  the  one  now  called  the  "  State  house ;"  he  was  a  very  economical 
and  industrious  farmer,  greatly  athletic,  yet  in  carrying  a  stick  of  fencing 
timber  on  his  shoulder,  he  stepped  into  a  hole  in  the  ground,  and  the 
weight  crushed  him  ;  he  died  in  consequence,  and  the  following  epitaph  : 
"  In  memory  of  the  justly  esteemed  and  much  lamented  Deacon  Elijah 
Hart,  who  provided  for  his  own  and  served  his  generation  with  great  dili- 
gence and  fidelity,  even  to  the  last  day  of  his  life,  was  taken  suddenly  to 
the  inheritance  above,  on  the  third  day  of  August,  1772,  in  the  61st  year 
of  his  age."     The  record  says  Sergeant  Elijah  Hart  was  chosen  and  ap- 
pointed deacon  at  a  meeting  of  the  church  soon  after  its  incorporation. 
From  the  death  of  Deacon  Hart,  Dr.  Smalley  kept  a  record  of  deaths  in 
his  parish,  which  unfortunately  had  been  before  neglected.     He  was  grand- 
son of  Capt.  Thomas  Hart  and  his  wife,  Ruth  (Howkins,)  who  located  in 
Stanley  quarter,  and  belonged  to  Newington   Society.     He  was  son  of 
Deacon  Stephen,  the  first  settler  of  the  name,  first  at  Cambridge,  Mass., 
then  at  Hartford,  and  last  at  (Tunxis,)    Farmington ;  he  was  a  deacon  in 
each  of  these  places.     Capt.  Thomas  stood  high  in  military  rank  in  Farm- 
ington, and  was  buried  1723,  with  military  honors.     His  will,  dated  1721, 
in  which  he  gives  his  children  over  2,000  acres  of  land. 

50.  "  Wife  of  Elijah  Hart,"  Abigail  (Goodrich,)  daughter  of  Allen  and 
Elizabeth,  his  wife,  daughter  of  David  Goodrich,  Esq.,  of  Wethersfield ; 
she,  Abigail,  born  Dec.  14th,  1714;  she  was  a  woman  of  great  force  of 
character ;  she  died  Jan.  21st,  1809,  at  Simsbury,  (with  her  only  daughter, 
Mary,  who  m.  Jonathan  Eno,)  at  the  advanced  age  of  95  years.     She  was 
sister  of  No.  (69)  and  No.  (63.) 

THEIR   CHILDREN. 

1.  Elijah,  bora  Sept.  26th,   1735,  see  No.  (52.) 

2.  Thomas,  born  Jan.  12th,  1738,  see  No.  (94.) 

3.  Jehudi,  born  Dec.  12th,  1739,  see  No.  (118.) 

4.  Josiah,  born  April  28th,  1742,  see  No.  (127.) 

5.  Mary,  born  Dec.  26th,  1 744,  see  list  that  "  owned  the  covenant." 

6.  Benjamin,  b.  Oct.  16th,  1747,  see  No.  (131.} 

7.  Joseph,  bora  May  17th,  1750,  see  No.  (210.) 

8.  Elizur,  born  Dec.  25th,  1752,  see  No.  (231.} 

9.  Aaron,  bora  Oct.  1st,  1756,  bap.  Oct.  31st,  1756,  in  Kensington,  died  Feb.  12th, 
1761,  aged  five  years.    Abedmelech,  a  servant  of  Deacon  Hart,  was  baptized  at  the 


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same  time  with  his  youngest  son,  Aaron,  by  Rev.  Samuel  Clark  of  Kensington.  The 
family  record  of  this  father,  (the  first  Elijah,)  was  in  his  own  hand  on  a  leaf  of  a  Bible 
printed  in  London,  1696,  and  can  be  seen  at  Dr,  Hart's,  in  Southington,  1863. 

51.  "  JCDAH  HART,"  grandson  of  John,  sen.,  the  man  who  headed  the 
first  petition  A.  D.  1705,  for  a  new  parish  at  the  southeast  corner  of  Farui- 
ington.     He  was  son  of  John,  jun.  and  Esther  (Gridley,)  his  wife,  born 
Oct.  25th,  1709,  m.  Feb.  20th,  1734-5,  Anne  Norton,  daughter  of  Sergeant 
John,  of  Kensington,  and  his  wife,  Anna  (Thompson,)  b.  Jan.  15th,  1718  ; 
he  probably  settled  in  "Hart  quarter"  soon  after  his  marriage,  which 
occurred  the  same  year  with  that  of  his  neighbor  and  kinsman,  Deacon 
Elijah  Hart,  the  first.     His  house  is  still  standing,  and  in  good  condition, 
opposite  the  school-house  in  District  No.  4.     He  was  a  man  of  more  than 
ordinary  intelligence,  of  much  force  of  character,  often  employed  in  public 
matters.     Anne,  his  wife,  was  cousin  to  Tabitha,  the  wife  of  Col.  Lee, 
and  these  families  were  intimate ;  she  died,  and  he  married  second,  Sept. 
27th,  1759,  Widow  Sarah  (Seymour)  North,  the  widow  of  James  North, 
sen.,  and  the  mother  of  his  son,  James  North,  Esq.     Mr.  Judah  Hart  died 
Sept.  14th,  1784,  aged  75.     Neither  of  his  wives'  names  appear  on  the 
church  records.     Sarah,  consort  of  Mr.  Judah  Hart,  died  Aug.  20th,  1781, 
aged  61.     His  will  was  dated  Sept.  6th,  1784,  in  which  he  gives  his  son, 
Judah,  jun.,  all  his  estate  on  condition  he  pay  all  his  debts,  funeral  charges, 
tomb  stones,  and  the  following  legacies,  viz :  to  the  heirs  of  son,  Elias 
Hart,  deceased,  20s. ;  to  the  heirs  of  my  daughter,  Ann,  late  deceased ;  to 
my  daughter,  Esther,  the  wife  of  Eliphaz  Alvord,  Esq. ;  to  the  heirs  of 
my  son,  John,  deceased,  10s. ;  and  I  appoint  my  son,  Judah,  jun.,  my  sole 
executor.     The  will  was  exhibited  and  proved  in  Probate  Court  at  Farm- 
ington,  Dec.  6th,  1784. 

Isaac  Andrus,          ) 

Thomas  Booth,        V-  Witnesses. 

Lemuel  Hotchkiss, ) 

THEIR   CHILDREN. 

1.  Elias,  born  Feb.  25th,  1735-6,  m.  Oct.  17th,  1753,  Hope  Whaples,  (No.  (XXIX.) 
^.  Judah,  born  Sept.  5th,  1737,  died  NOT.  3d,  1745,  aged  8. 

3.  Anna,  b.  May  22d,  1739,  m. 

4.  Esther,)  .    .        ,     A     .,  At,    ,-.„  Cm.  Nov.  29th,  1764,  Eliphaz  Alvord,  Esq., 

5.  Lois,     {  twms>  b"  A?ri1 4th> 1 742'  I  died  at  birth.  [of  Winchester. 

6.  John,  born  Jan.  20th,  1743,  m.  Oct.,  1764,  Anna  Deming ;  he  No.  (101.) 

7.  Roger,  born  May  10th,  1745. 

8.  Ruth,  born  Jan.  19th,  1748. 

9.  Judah,  second  of  name,  born  Sept.  10th,  1750,  (see  No.  (140.) 

52.  "  ELIJAH  HART,"  jun.,  son  of  No.  (49)  and  his  wife,  No.  (50,)  born 
Sept.  26th,  1735,  m.  Sarah  Gilbert,  daughter  of  Ebenezer  and  his  wife, 
Marcy  (Cowles,)  born  May  llth,  1737.     He  first  located  in  Hart  quarter, 
near  the  present  residence,  1867,  of  Levi  0.  Smith  ;  but  at  middle  life  he 
built  near  the  mills,  and  lived  in  the  north  part,  and  deeded,  Sept.  10th, 


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1793,  the  south  part  to  his  son,  Elijah,  third  of  the  name.  He  was  a  man 
of  puritanical  habits,  stern  virtue,  and  of  great  diligence  and  economy. 
He  was  a  plain  farmer,  with  a  large  family,  and  large  property.  He  was 
chosen  deacon  June  1st,  1780;  his  business  was  all  laid  aside  by  four 
o'clock  Saturday  afternoon,  by  himself,  workmen  and  servants,  his  face 
shaved,  his  long  boots  brushed,  his  cows  milked  before  sunset ;  his  best 
boots  would  last  him  seven  years,  and  his  best  surtout  coat,  twenty  years. 
He  led  the  singing  in  church,  many  years,  having  a  grand  voice,  and  good 
musical  taste  for  that  age,  (not  operatic.)  He  was  deacon  twenty  years, 
and  died  Dec.  10th,  1800,  aged  66 ;  his  widow  died  Sept.  22d,  1809,  aged 
73.  He  was  admitted  to  Kensington  church  Dec.  25th,  1757,  only  four 
months  before  this  church  was  organized.  No  evidence  appears  that  his 
wife  was  ever  a  member. 

THEIR   CHILDREN. 

1.  Elijah,  born  May  7th,  1759,  bap.  May  13th,  1759,  seeNo.  (181.) 

2.  Aaron,  born  Oct.  16th,  1761,  bap.  Oct.  25th,  1761,  see  No.  (247.) 

3.  Ozias,  born  Aug.  8th,  1768,  see  No.  (281.) 

4.  Sarah,  born  Feb.  21st,  1765,  bap.  Feb.  24th,  1765,  m.  March  3d,  1785,  No.  (296.) 

5.  Selina,  born  Aug.  30th,  1770,  bap.  Aug.  30th,  1770,  m.  Dec.  30th,  1790,  No.  (240.) 

6.  Olive,  born  1775,  bap.  Aug.  27th,  1775,  m.  Aug.  8th,  1803,  Seth  Merill,  son  of 
Allyn  and  his  wife,  Mary  (Andrews.)    They  lived  in  the  yellow  house  on  Dublin  Hill. 
The  father,  Allyn  Merill  was  killed  raising  Farmington  meeting-house,  July  1 1  th,  1 7  7 1 , 
aged  37,  at  one  o'clock  P.  M. 

53.  "  MOSES  ANDREWS,"  son  of  John,  of  Newington,  and  Mary  (Goffe,) 
his  wife,  born  May  12th,  1722,  m.  Nov.  10th,  1748,  No.  (54;)  they  came 
to  this  place  soon  after  marriage,  and  occupied  the  house  still  standing  on 
West  Main  street,  one  mile  west  of  the  village ;  the  house  and  barn,  with 
the  home  lot  was  given  to  Mrs.  Andrews  by  her  brother,  Joseph  Root, 
jun.,  who  had  built  the  house  for  his  own  use,  but  was  suddenly  taken 
away  by  death,  1748,  aged  28;  the  lady  to  whom  he  was  betrothed  having 
suddenly  died  before  him.     Mr.  Andrews  was  a  short  thick  set  man,  of 
the  kindest  natural  disposition,  a  carpenter  by  trade,  and  he  was  greatly 
respected  for  piety  and  benevolence ;  he  was  chosen  one  of  the  church 
committee  Sept.  3d,  1772  ;  his  military  title  was  Sergeant,  and  seldom  if 
ever  omitted  in  writing  or  speaking  his  name ;  he  died  May  17th,  1806, 
aged  85. 

54.  "  Wife  of  Moses  Andrews ;"  she  was  Lydia  (Root,)  daughter  of 
Joseph,  sen.  and  his  wife,  No.  (56,)  born  Oct.  5th,  1725  ;  a  woman  of  great 
Christian  patience  and  meekness;  she  fitted  out  for  the  Revolutionary 
Army,  six  of  her  nine  sons,  by  her  own  industry ;  she  died  July  6th,  1806, 
aged  82. 

THEIR   CHILDREN. 

1.  Samuel,  born  Nov.  2d,  1749,  see  No.  (124.) 

2.  Moses,  born  Dec.  15th,  1750,  died  Dec.,  1752,  buried  in  Christian  Lane  cemetery. 


152  FIRST     CHURCH 

3.  Joseph,  born  Dec.  23d,  1751,  m.  Feb.  6th,  1777,  Lydia  Judd ;  m.  second,  Amy 
Cowles. 

4.  Moses,  second  of  name,  born  April  7th,  1755,  see  No.  (191.) 

5.  Isaac,  born  Jan.  31st,  1757,  m.  No.  (298  ;)  he  a  physician. 

6.  John,  born  Nov.  29th,  1758,  bap.  Dec.  3d,  1758,  m.  May  10th,~l792,  No.  (249.) 

7.  Jesse,  born  Dec.  19th,  1760,  bap.  Jan.  llth,  1761,  a  physician,  died  April  4th, 
1790,  unmarried. 

8.  Nathaniel,  born  Oct.  15th,  1762,  m.  1786,  No.  (184 ;_)  m.  second,  Oct.  3d,  1790, 
Jerusha  Sage. 

9.  Seth,  born  Aug.  19th,  1765,  bap.  Aug.  25th,  1765,  died  Nov.  18th,  1766,  in  the 
second  year  of  his  age. 

55.  "  WILLIAM  PATTBKSON,"  brother  of  Edward,  the  tinman,  of  Ber- 
lin ;  they  had  a  sister,  Ann,  all  born  at  Dungannon,  county  Tyrone,  Ire- 
land, (the  seat  of  the  O'Neal's,  the  great  enemies  of  England.)     He  was 
in  Wethersfield,  1747 ;  his  wife, -sister  of  Solomon  Dunham,  Esq.,  see  No. 
(82 ;)  he  lived  in  the  present  Rhodes  house,  for  in  1759,  he  deeded  for 
£300,  twenty-six  acres,  bounded  east  on  Wethersfield  line,  north  and  west 
on  highway,  with  my  dwelling-house  and  all  the  buildings  thereon  stand- 
ing, except  the  shop  of  Ladwick  Hotchkiss,  and  the  land  it  stands  on,  to 
Rev.  John  Smalley.     It  seems  probable  they  left  the  place  soon  after,  for 
the  Ken.  church  record  says,  Wm.  Patterson  and  his  wife  were  received 
April  llth,  1762,  to  our  communion,  from    New    Britain,  by  letter  of 
recommendation.     He  deeded,  1777,  to  Jedediah  Norton,  (of  the  present 
limits  of  Berlin,)  130  acres,  with  house,  barn,  &c.  for  £800.     He  is  sup- 
posed to  have  been  of  Scottish  origin,  and  of  the  sturdy  Presbyterians, 
who  settled  in  the  north  of  Ireland. 

THEIR.  CHILDREN. 

1.  Esther,  b.  July  26th,  1752,  m.  Oct.  10th,  1769,  Gershom  Graham,  at  Kensington. 

2.  John,  b.  ,  supposed  to  have  moved  to  Piermont,  N.  H. 

3.  Elizabeth,  b.  Jan.  18th,  1757. 

4.  Sarah,  .    )  twins,  b.  Nov.  21st,  1758,  bap.  Nov.  26th,  1758,  m.  May,  1801,  Moses 

f      Foster,  of  Newington. 

5.  Susanna,  )  supposed  to  have  died  young. 

6.  William,  b.  Nov.  14th,  1760,  bap.  Nov.  16th,  1760,  m.  Jan.  17th,  1788,  Wealthy 
Dorrance. 

7.  Thomas,  b.  March  7th,  1762,  bap.  March  7tE,  1762,  m.  March  25th,  1784,  Pru- 
dence Williams. 

8.  David,  b.  Aug.  7th,  1763,  with  but  one  ear,  bap.  in  Kensington,  Aug.  14th,  1763. 

9.  George,  b.  Jan.  7th,  1765,  bap.  in  Kensington,  Jan.  13th,  1765. 

56.  "Widow  Hannah  Root,"  her  maiden  name,  Hannah  Kellogg,  said 
to  be  of  Hartford,  m.  Oct.  20th,  1715,  Joseph  Root,  son  of  John  and  Mary 
(Woodruff,)  his  wife,  bap.  March  19th,  1693  ;  they  lived  in  Wethersfield, 
near  Kensington  ;  she  spent  the  close  of  life  with  her  daughter,  Lj  dia, 
wife  of  Moses  Andrus,  for  she  signed  the  petition  to  the  General  Assem- 
bly, 1752,  with  those  then  living  in  the  limits  of  New  Britain,  and  directly 
west  of  it.     She  died  March  19th,  1771,  aged  84;  the  head-stone  to  her 


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grave  near  the  front  fence  in  the  old  part  of  the  cemetery  in  New  Britain. 
He  died  Oct.  15th,  1747,  aged  56,  leaving  an  estate  of  £1,988  11s.  7d. 
He  was  buried  in  the  old  cemetery  at  "  Christian  Lane,"  with  his  sons, 
Samuel  and  Joseph.  This  family  lived  early  in  Hartford. 

THEIB   CHILDREN. 

From  Hartford  Town  Record. 

1.  Samuel,  bom  June  28th,  1716;  made  his  will  Oct.  12th,  1747  ;  gave  all  to  three 
sisters  and  brother,  Joseph  ;  he  died  Oct.  27th,  1747,  aged  32. 

2.  Thankful,  born  July  15th,  1717,  m.  1736,  Nathaniel  North,  son  of  Nathaniel,  of 
Thomas;  she  died  1747. 

3.  Hannah,  born  July  13th,  1719,  see  No.  (27.) 

4.  Joseph,  born  June  4th,  1720;  will  dated  1748;  gave  all  to  sisters  and  cousins; 
died  May  29th,  1748,  aged  28. 

5.  Mary,  born  April  16th,  1722,  m.  Aug.  14th,  1740,  Azariah,  son  of  Joseph  Smith. 

6.  Lydia,  born  Oct.  5th,  1725,  see  No.  (54.) 

7.  Benjamin,  born  July  9th,  1733. 

8.  Temperance,  born  1734,  m.  Oct.  8th,  1752,  Job,  son  of  Samuel  Bronson ;  she  died 
May  19th,  1778,  aged  45;  they  lived  at  the  corner  west  of  "  Burritt  Hill ;"  hence  the 
name,  "  Job's  corner." 

9.  Sara,  born  ,  m.  Peck. 

57.  "  JOHN  KELSEY,"  son  of  John,  sen.  and  his  wife,  Mary  (Buck,) 
daughter  of  Ezekiel,  all  of  Wethersfield,  born  Nov.  22d,  1706,  m.  April 
26th,  1739,  No.  (58  ;)  he  lived  in  a  house  long  since  gone,  which  stood 
west  and  opposite  the  present  school-house,  in  the  south-east  district ;  he 
was   brother   to   Enoch   Kelsey,  sen.,  who  lived  near  David  Webster, 
towards  Beckley  quarter.     They  had, 

Amos,  born  April  llth,  1743,  and  perhaps  others. 

58.  "Wife  of  John  Kelsey;"  she  was  Martha  Bronson,  born  Oct.  18th, 
1711,  to  William  and  his  wife,  Eunice  (Barnes;)  she  was  aided  by  the 
town  late  in  life ;  she  was  remarkable  for  punctuality  and  good  season  at 
church  ;  when  asked  why  she  went  so  early,  replied,  "  to  have  time  to 
pray ;"  she  died  in  the  autumn  of  1800,  at  the  house  of  James  Booth,  sen., 
aged  89. 

59.  "JOSEPH  WOODRUFF,"  son  of  Joseph  and  Elizabeth  (Curtice,)  of 
Wethersfield,  his  wife,  born  July  7th,  1716,  m.  May  29th,  1735,  No.  (60 ;) 
they  lived  on  a  road  running  east  and  west  between  the  "  Bachelor  lots," 
east  of  the  present  town-house  ;  the  highway  long  since  sold  and  shut  up ; 
the  location  of  these  houses  of  Woodruff,  some  two  or  three  families,  is  in- 
dicated by  the  brickbats  that  plough  up;  he  died  Feb.  5th,  1777,  aged  61, 
of  small-pox.     He  was  a  captain. 

60.  "  Wife  of  Joseph  Woodruff,"  her  name,  Margaret  (North,)  daughter 
of  Nathaniel,  of  (Northington,)  Avon,  and  Margaret  (Holcomb,)  of  Sims- 
bury,  his  wife,  born  Jan.  2d,  1713;  she  was  sister  of  No.  (68.) 


154  FIRST     CHURCH 

THEIR    CHILDREN. 

1.  Margaret,  born  April  llth,  1736,  m.  Jonathan  Whaples;  m.  second,  Left.  Elijah 
Porter,  of  Farmington. 

2.  Dorcas,  born  April  8th,  1739,  m.  Cornelius  D'unham. 

3.  Sarah,  born  1744,  m.  May,  1775,  Asahel  Goodrich,  son  of  Allen. 

4.  Joseph,  jun.,  born  Sept.  4th,  1753,  m.  Sept.  5th,  1771,  lihoda  Hollister,  daughter 
of  Stephen;  he  m.  second,  Feb.  17th,  1785,  Abigail,  the  widow  of  Giles  Hooker,  and 
daughter  of  \o.  (8;)  she  died,  when  he  m.  third,  Widow  Wright,  whose  maiden  name 
was  Prudence  Spellman,  of  Granville ;  among  his  large  family  was  Erastus,  now,  1 863, 
of  Hartford. 

61.  "  SIMMONS  WOODRUFF,"  son  of  John,  born  Jan.  5th,  1710-11,  bap. 
July  31st,  1711,  in  old  Farmington,  m.  No.  (62;)  lived  near  No.  (59) 
He  inherited  his  father's  homestead.     His  will  dated  March  17th,  1767, 
made  his  wife,  Sarah,  and  his  son,  Asa,  executors.     In  the  settlement  of 
his  estate,  he  is  said  to  be  of  Hartford,  late  deceased.     The  following  from 
Farmington  town  records  shows  where  his  location  once  was,  viz :  Thomas 
Hart  and  Jonathan  Lewis,  town  committee,  sold  on  the  first  day  of  April, 
1746,  to  Joseph  and  Simmons  Woodruff,  two  acres  of  the  east  end  of  a 
highway  that  runs  east  and  west  between  the  "  Bacheldor  lots,"  so  called, 
butted  east  on  Wethersfield  line,  and  west  on  the  remainder  of  the  high- 
way.    He  died  1767,  at  Hartford,  aged  57, 

62.  «  Wife  of  Simmons  Woodruff,"  her  name,  Sarah. 

THEIR   CHILDREN. 

1.  Asa,  born  Dec.  10th,  1745. 

2.  Mary,  born  Jan.  5th,  1750-1. 

3.  Sarah,  born  June  26th,  1753. 

4.  Guardian,  born  July  14th,  1755. 

5.  Martin,  born  Oct.  19th,  1757. 

6.  Huldah,  born  ,  bap.  Sept.  3d,  1758. 

63.  "  JEDEDIAH  GOODRICH,"  son  of  Allen  and  Elizabeth,  his  wife,  b. 
July  24th,  1717,  m.  No.  (64,)  lived  at  the  corner  on  East  street,  next  east 
of  the  present  school-house  of  south-east  district.     He  is  spoken  of  by  the 
few  who  remember  him,  as  a  kind,  u  clever"  man,  and  good  neighbor ;  he 
died  Oct.  13th,  1803,  in  his  87th  year,  at  the  house  of  his  son-in-law,  No. 
(168.) 

64.  "  Wife  of  Jedediah  Goodrich,"  she  was  Mercy  Hooker,  daughter  of 
Samuel  and  his  wife,  Marcy  Leet,  of  Guilford,  born  Oct.  22d,  1719,  at 
Kensington;  she  died  June  13th,  1800,  aged  81,  of  a  cancer  on  one  side 
of  her  head,  of  enormous  size.     She  was  great-grand-daughter  of  Rev. 
Samuel  Hooker,  of  Farmington. 

THEIR   CHILDREN. 

1.  Mercy,  born  Jan.  1st,  1751,  see  No.  (120.) 

2.  Abigail,  born  Oct.  30th,  1753,  see  No.  (154.) 

3.  Thomas,  born  June  20th,  1762,  died  July  1st,  1764,  in  third  year  of  age. 


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65.  "  NATHAN  BOOTH,"  eldest  son  of  Robert,  from  Stratford,  and  his 
wife,  Ann  (Hollister,)  from  Glastenbury.     He  was  born  Aug.  6th,  1721, 
m.  No.  (66 ;)  he  is  called  the  first  settler  within  the  limits  of  the  borough 
of  New  Britain,  and  to  have  cut  the  first  tree ;  he  was  about  the  age  of 
John  Judd,  sen.  and  probably  located  about  1746,  near  the  present  Meth- 
odist church,  some  four  rods  south-east,  where  Arch  street  was  opened 
nearly  a  century  later.     He  was  a  large  farmer  and  landholder,  and  died 
Dec.  31st,  1802,  aged  82,  on  the  same  month  and  year  in  which  his  co- 
temporary,  Col.  Lee  died.     His  house,  after  owned  and  occupied  by  his 
son,  Robert,  and  his  grandson,  Samuel,  is,  (1861,)  in  good  condition,  and 
occupied  by  Henry  Andrews.     A.  D.  1775,  he  had  the  largest  tax-list  of 
any  one  man  in  the  parish. 

66.  "  Wife  of  Nathan  Booth ;"  this  was  Abigail  (Steele,)  daughter  of 
Dr.  Joseph,  of  "  Great  Swamp,"  and  his  wife,  Elizabeth  (Hollister,)  ^'rom 
Glastenbury,  born  Jan.  5th,  1720;  she  died  Decv3d,  1789,  aged  69. 

THEIR    CHILDREN. 

1.  James,  born  March,  1747-8,  m.  Nov.  23d,  1775,  No.  (166.) 

2.  Abigail,  born  Oct.  3d,  1748,  m.  March  24th,  1773,  Joshua  Webster;  m.  second 
Sylvanus  Dunham,  see  No.  (171.) 

3.  Nathan,  jun.,  b.  March  1st,  1749,  m.  June  24th,  1773,  Frances  Smith,  of  Ebenezer. 

4.  Joseph,  born  Oct.  1st,  1751,  m.  Dec.  18th,  1777,  No.  (155.) 

5.  Anna,  born  1754,  m.  Sept.  6th,  1781,  Seth  Lusk,  son  of  David,  see  No.  (42  ) 

6.  Eobert,  b.  June  20th,  17 58,  bap.  June  25th,  1758,  m.  May  30th,  1782,  see  No.  (194.) 

7.  Lucy,  born  March,  1760,  bap.  March  16th,  1760,  m.  April  15th,  1790,  Stephen 
Booth,  (cousins.) 

8.  Chloe,  born  1763,  bap.  Jan.  1st,  1864,  m.  Jan.  llth,  1804,  No.  (174.) 

67.  "LAD WICK  HOTCHKISS,"  son  of  Josiah  and  Abigail  Parker,  born 
Jan.  18th,  1723,  at  Wallingford  ;  came  to  this  town  from  New  Haven  ;  he 
was  a  blacksmith,  had  his  shop  on  the  east  side  of  east  street,  near  the 
Elnathan  and  Ira  E.  Smith  house ;  he  lived  on  the  west  side.     "When 
William  Patterson,  A.  D.  1759,  sold  to  Rev.  John  Smalley,  he  reserved 
the  shop  of  Ladwick  Hotchkiss,  and  the  ground  it  stood  on.     He  built  with 
his  son,  Lemuel,  a  house  and  saw-mill  on  and  near  the  road  to  Horse  plain. 
The  house  built  by  Eli  B.  Smith,  a  few  years  since,  stood  on  the  same 
spot.     He   was  a  captain   and  had  his  title  invariably.     He  moved  to 
(Farmington  Plains,)    Plainville,  and  united  with  Farmington  church, 
1780.     He  m.  Dec.  23d,  1743,  No.  (68 ;)  she  died  Feb.  21st,  1775,  aged 
57,  when  he  m.  second,  Aug.  9th,  1775,  Widow  Mercy  Hills,  widow  of 
Moses  Hills;  she  died  Feb.  7th,  1777,  aged  49,  when  he  m.  third,  Sept., 
1777,  Lydia  (Hotchkiss,)  the  widow  of  Thomas  Hart,  of  Bristol,  who  died 
Aug.  27th,  1798,  in  her  66th  year;  he  moved  with  his  son,  Lemuel,  to 
New  Durham,  N.  Y.,  where  he  died  March  7th,  1803,  aged  81.     He  was 
a  man  much  in  public  affairs,  of  strong  mind  and  great  influence ;  was 
appointed  one  of  the  church  committee,  1761. 


156  FIRST     CHURCH 

68.  "Wife  of  Ladwick  Hotchkiss,"  her  maiden  name,  Molly  North, 
daughter  of  Nathaniel,  of  (Northington,)  Avon,  and  his  wife,  Margaret 
(Holcomb,)  of  Simsbury.  She  was  born  March '18th,  1716-17,  was  a 
woman  of  superior  mind,  imparted  much  of  herself  to  her  children,  viz. 

1 .  Lemuel,  born  Nov.  8th,  1741,  m.  March  26th,  1864,  No.  (188.) 

2.  Molly,  born  July  21st,  1747,  m.  Dec.  17th,  1769,  John  Stedman  ;  moved  to  New 
Durham,  KY. 

3.  Ladwick,  born  May  25th,  1752,  m.  May  17th,  1773,  No.  (278.) 

4.  Josiah,  born  Nov.  7th,  1757,  bap.  Nov.  10th,  1757,  in  Kensington,  Rev.  Samuel 
Clark,  m.  Feb.  22d,  1781,  Mary  Eoot,  daughter  of  John ;  m.  second,  Widow  Esther 
Carrington;  he  blacksmith,  lived  and  died  at  (Farmington  Plains,)  Plainville;  he  died' 
April  14th,  1832,  a  kind  and  honest  man. 


Thus  far,  beginning  with  No.  (19,)  from  Kensington  church,  and  these 
sixty-eight  persons  constituted  the  first  church  of  New  Britain  parish, 
to  which  were  added  from  time  to  time  in  the  following  order : 

69.  "SAMUEL  GOODRICH,"  to  church  May  14th,  1758,  by  letter  from 
the  church  in  Wethersfield;  to  the  church  there,  1748.     He  was  born 
April  23d,  1720,  in  Wethersfield,  to  Allen  and  his  wife,  Elizabeth,  daugh- 
ter of  Col.  David  Goodrich,  m.  Sept.  24th,  1747,  No.  (28  ;)  they  were  dis- 
missed to  the  church  in  Kensington,  by  letter,  and  received  there  Dec. 
23d,  1764;  they  lived  on  "West  Lane,"  in  Kensington,  near  the  farm  of 
Frederick  North.     He  died  there  May  30th,  1789,  aged  69. 

THEIR   CHILDREN. 

1.  Samuel,  born  Dec.  17th,  1747,  died  Dec.  6th,  1750,  aged  three  years. 

2.  Asa,  born  June  26th,  1750,  m.  Dec.  16th,  1779,  Lydia  Bronson  ;  lived  in  Canaan, 
Conn.     He  died  Sept.  28th,  1794,  aged  44  years. 

3.  Sarah,  born  July  6th,  1753,  m.  July  17th,  1775,  Luther  Stocking,  of  Kensington. 
She  died  March  22d,  1829,  aged  76. 

4.  Martha,  born  Nov.,  1756,  m.  Dec.  21st,  1780,  No.  (238.) 

5.  Rhoda,  born  Jan.  3d,  1760,  bap.  Jan  10th,  1760,  m.  April  3d,  1786,  Selah  Stan- 
ley, of  Thomas,  of  Kensington  ;  lived  in  Farmington. 

6.  Samuel,  bora  Feb.  19th,  1762,  m.  Aug.  1783,  Mary,  daughter  of  Bela  Strong,  of 
Kensington. 

70.  "  DANIEL  KILBOURN,"  son  of  Left/Ebenezer  and  Eunice  (Hale,) 
of  Thomas,  of  Glastenbury,  his  wife,  born  May  5th,  1705,  m.  No.  (18;) 
they  lived  in  a  log-hut,  which  stood  in  the  home-lot  of  Hiram  Smith,  and 
back  of  his  house.     They  had  no  posterity.     He  was  received  to  this 
church  May  14th,  1758,  by  letter  from  Newington  church.     He  wasted 
his  property  and  had,  1766,  William  Smith,  his  neighbor,  appointed  to 
oversee  him.     He  was  suspended  from  special  ordinances,  Oct.  1st,  1760. 

71.  "JEMIMA  LAMB,"  to  church  May  14th,  1758,  by  letter  from  New- 
ington church;  she  "owned  the  covenant"  there  May  25th,  1755,  and  was 


OF    NEW    BRITAIN.  157 

received  to  full  communion  there  June  6th,  1756.*  She  deeded,  1763,  to 
John  Lusk,  five  acres  of  land,  lying  north-west  of  the  meeting-house,  butts 
partly  on  the  Mill  pond,  south  on  the  highway,  west  on  her  own  land,  and 
1765,  she  deeded  the  balance,  eight  acres,  to  Josiah  Lee,  and  made  her 
mark  to  the  deed.  She  had  living,  one,  at  least,  of  her  parents,  for  June 
4th,  1762,  she  was  suspended  by  the  church  for  breach  of  the  fifth  com- 
mandment ;  on  confession  in  July,  1762,  she  was  restored. 

72.  "  ZEBULON  ^GOODRICH,"  to  church  May  21st,  1758,  by  letter  from 
church  in  Newington,  born  Nov.  22d,  1713,  to  Col.  David,  of  Wethersfield, 
and  his  second  wife,  Prudence  Churchill ;  lived  near  "  Churchill's  Mills," 
m.  Jan.  8th,  1735-6,  Anne  Francis,  daughter  of  James  and  his  first  wife, 
Elizabeth  (Howard,)  born  Aug.  23d,  1714.     She  was  sister  of  No.  (91.) 

THEIR   CHILDREN. 

1.  Mary,  born  Aug.  23d,  1737  see  No.  (89.) 

2.  Elizabeth,  born  June  4th,  1739,  m.  Nov.  23d,  1758,  Thomas  Lusk,  see  No.  ("90.) 

3.  Phebe,  born  July  9th,  1741. 

4.  Zebulon,  jun.,  born  June  llth,  1744,  m.  Oct.  5th,  1759,  Oner  Whaples ;  he  moved 
to  Lebanon,  and  became  a  Quaker. 

5.  Ann,  born  Nov.  23d,  1746,  bap.  Nov.  24th,  1751,  at  Newington,  m.  Heman  Judd, 
of  Farmington. 

6.  Millicent,  born  Jan.  24th,  1752,  bap.  Jan.  26th,  1752,  at  Newington,  m.  Solomon 
Hollister. 

7.  Elijah,  born  June  3d,  1755,  bap.  July  13th,  1755,  at  Newington. 

8.  David,  born  Dec.  14th,  1757,  m.  Sept.  25th,  1783,  Huldah  Booth. 

73.  "  Kata,  wife  of  Stephen  Lee ;"  she  was  the  first  added  to  the  church 
on  profession  of  faith,  after  its  organization ;  to  church  May  21st,  1758 ; 
her  maiden  name,  Catharine  Furbs,  (Farmington  records,)  m.  Feb.  6th, 
1746,  No.  (37.)     This  family  moved  to  Lenox,  Mass.,  about  1775. 

74.  "JOHN  COLEMAN,"  (son  of  John,  of  Wethersfield,  and  his  wife, 
Comfort  Robins,)  born  July  27th,  1729,  m.  No.  (75;)  they  both  "owned 
the  covenant"  in  Kensington,  Sept.  15th,  1755,  Rev.  Joshua  Belden,  of 
Newingtou,  officiating,  and  both  to  this  church  on  profession  of  faith,  Aug. 
20th,  1758. 

75.  Experience,  wife  of  John  Coleman,  see  No.  (74.)     They  lost  a 
child,  buried  in  "  Blew  Hills,"  June  17th,  1757. 

76.  "  SOLOMON  DUNHAM  ;"  he  is  said  to  have  come  from  "  Martha's 
Vineyard,"  born  Sept.  20th,  1732  ;  was  a  tinner  by  trade  ;  m.  March  2d, 
1758,  No.  (77 ;)  they  both  to  this  church  Oct.  8th,  1758;  they  were  both 

*  She  and  her  sister,  Marcy,  both  of  Wethersfield,  Jan.  9th,  1756,  bought  out  the 
farm  of  Benjamin  Judd,  jun.,  for  £8,200,  old  tenor,  118  acres,  with  his  house,  barn, 
shop,  saw  and  fulling  mill,  standing  thereon,  butted  east  on  Wethersfield  line,  west  on 
highway,  north  on  James  Judd,  and  south  on  lands  belonging  to  the  heirs  of  Capt.  Ste- 
phen Lee;  in  1765,  she  sold  to  Isaac  Lankton,  for  £235,  her  house  and  barn,  with  27 
acres  of  land  on  the  west  of  highway,  and  three  acres  on  the  east  of  said  highway,  and 
made  her  mark  to  the  deed. 


158  FIRST     CHURCH 

dismissed  and  received  by  letter  to  Kensington  church ;  they  were  admitted 
there  June,  1759  ;  they  were  afterwards  constituent  members  of  Worthing- 
ton  church,  1775  ;  they  were  parents  of  Capt.  Reuben  Dunham,  and  there 
they  located  from  here  at  the  north  end  of  Worthington  village,  then  in 
Wethersfield  bounds.  He  was  many  years  a  magistrate  and  a  prominent 
man  ;  he  died  Jan.  22d,  1811,  aged  78. 

77.  "  ELIZABETH,  wife  of  Solomon  Dunham,"  see  No.  (76;)  her  maiden 
name,  Elizabeth  Ives,  of  Wallingford,  born  July  24th,  1734 ;  she  died 
Aug.  9th,  1793,  aged  60;  their  bodies  lie  in  the  Bridge  cemetery,  Berlin, 
indicated  by  head  stones. 

THEIR    CHILDREN. 

1.  Elizabeth,  born  Dec.  3d,   1758,  in  Farmington,  m.  Abel  Porter;  she  died  May 
10th,  1783. 

2.  Warner,  bora  Dec.  4th,  1759,  bap.  Dec.  14th,  1759,  at  Kensington,  m.  second, 
Mary  (Wolcott,)  widow  of  Elisha  Andrus. 

3.  Solomon,  jun.,  born  Jan.  18th,  1762,  bap.  March  1st,  1762,  at  Kensington,  died 
Aug.,  1786,  at  Point  Peter,  Gaudaloupe. 

4.  Elishama,  bora  Feb.  17th,  1764,  bap.  April  8th,  1764,  at  Kensington. 

5.  Lucy,  bora  March  5th,  1766,  bap.  March  23d,  1766,  at  Kensington. 

6.  Mary,  born  Oct.  25th,  1768,  bap.  Nov.   6th,   1768,  at  Kensington,  m.  Lardner 
Deming. 

7.  Reuben,  bora  Feb.  13th,  1773,  m.  Dec.  14th,  1797,  Betsey  Norton,  daughter  of 
Roger,  jun.  and  Hannah  (Rice.)     Capt.  Reuben  Dunham  died  April  5th,  1829,  aged  56. 

78.  "ANNA,  the  wife  of  Josiah  Kilbourn ;"  she  m.  May  3d,  1754,  No. 
(200  ;)  both  "owned  the  covenant,"  Dec.  7th,  1755,  at  Newington  ;  she  to 
this  church  Oct.  8th,  1758 ;  her  maiden  name,  Anna  Neal,  daughter  of 
William,  of  Southington,  and  Anne  (Barns,)  his  wife,  born  July  27th, 
1734,  bap.  Aug.  4th,  1734,  at  Southington  ;  she  was  sister  of  Jemima,  wife 
of  No.  (86;)  she  was  member  of  Farmington  church,  April  19th,  1796, 
when  they  occupied  the  "  Brown  place,"  west  of  "  Dead  Swamp."     She 
died  January,  1812,  aged  78,  at  the  Berlin  "  Alms-house,"  (in  Kensington, 
at  that  date.) 

79.  "  SARAH,  wife  of  Stephen  Hollister,"  daughter  of  Joseph  Cogswell, 
of  Southington,  and  Johannah  Andrus,  his  wife,  born  May  10th,  1726 ; 
she  to  this  church  Dec.  10th,  1758  ;  a  woman  remarkable  for  prayer  and 
piety ;  she  gave  in  old  age,  a  bible  to  her  daughter,  Anna,  wife  of  David 
Daniels,  sen.,  with  good  advice  in  her  own  hand,  with  her  family  records 
in  it.     She  left  this  church  for  the  Baptist,  1777,  and  1778,  the  church 
withdrew  their  watch.;  she  died  May  6th,  1814,  aged  88,  see  No.  (IG'J) 
for  her  husband  and  family. 

80.  "  ANNA  PATTERSON,"  daughter  of  Deacon  John  and  Ruth  (Bird,) 
his  wife,  born  Dec.  27th,  1736,  m.  Jan.  24th,  1759,  Rev.  Stephen  Holmes; 
she  to  church  Dec.  10th,  1758.     He  was  the  first  candidate  employed  to 
preach  in  the  parish;  he  preached  thirteen  Sabbaths,  at  £10  per  Sabbath, 
old  tenor. 


OF    NEW     BRITAIN.  159 

81.  "RUTH  PATTERSON,"  sister  of  No.  (80,)  born  June  10th,  1739; 
she  was,  on  the  llth  of  May,  1759,  unmarried,  for  her  father,  in  his  will 
of  that  date,  gave  her  all  that  lot  he  bought  of  David  Curtiss,  and  if  she 
remained  single,  one-quarter  of  his  dwelling-house  and  barn;  she  to  church 
Dec.  10th,  1758. 

82.  "  SARAH,  wife  of  William  Patterson,"  by  letter  from  the  church  in 
Meriden  to  this  church,  April  1st,  1759;  Sarah  Dunham,  probably  sister 
of  No.  (76;)  William  Patterson  and  his  wife   received  to  Kensington 
church  from  New  Britain,  April  llth,  1762,  see  No.  (55.) 

83.  "JONATHAN  GRISWOLD,"  to  church  April  16th,  1759,  m.  Feb.  3d, 
1725-6,  Mary  Willard,  of  Wethersfield  ;  she  died  April  30th,  1741 ;  was 
the  mother  of  his  children;  he  m.  second,  Oct.  6th,  1748,  No.  (16;)  his 
house  stood  next  east  of  George  Francis'  place,  in  Stanley  quarter,  on  the 
east  side  of  the  brook,  where  is  a  pleasant  locality,  and  where  several 
families  lived.     He  born  1695  ;  he  died  Feb.  26th,  1771,  aged  76  years. 

THEIR   CHILDREN. 

1.  Mary,  born  Nov.  27th,  1 726. 

2.  Jonathan,  born  April  25th,  1731. 

3.  Rhoda,  born  April  4th,  1733 ;  she  died  Aug.  23d,  1733. 

4.  Ashbel,  bom  Sept.  8th,  1735,  died  Feb.  13th,  1557,  aged  22. 

84.  "  HANNAH,  wife  of  William  Barber ;"  she  was  daughter  of  Capt. 
Stephen  Lee,  and  widow  of  Nathaniel  North,  born  Oct.  loth,  1708,  bap. 
May  8th,  1709,  in  old  Farmington  ;  she  to  this  church  April  1st,  1759  ; 
she  probably  died  before  May,  1760,  for  the  grandmother  of  her  children, 
No.  (24,)  calls  them  in  her  will,  the  heirs  of  Hannah  Barber,  and  William 
Barber  m.  Nov.  8th,  1764,  Abigail  Cole,  of  Kensington,  born  June  25th, 
1735,  to  Stephen;  she  died  Aug.  15th,  1766,  and  was  buried  in  Beckley 
quarter.     Hannah's  father,  in  his  will  dated  1747,  calls  her  a  single  woman, 
and  gave  her  in  bills  of  credit,  so  much  as  to  be  equal  to  seventy-four 
ounces  of  silver. 

85.  "  DANIEL  DEW.Y,"  son  of  Daniel  and  "  Catharon"  (Beckley,)  his 
wife,  daughter  of  John,  and  grand-daughter  of  Sergeant  Richard,  born 
Aug.  24th,  1707,  m.  Jan.  27th,  1731,  Rebecca,  daughter  of  Thomas  Cur- 
tice and  Mary  (Goodrich,)  his  wife,  see  No.  (26.)     He  to  church  1760; 
was  chosen  deacon  Sept.  3d,  1772 ;  he  lived  next  house  south  of  Deacon 
Anthony  Judd,  and  Capt.  Phineas  Judd,  south  end  of  Stanley  street,  and 
inherited  the  old  homestead  of  his  father,  Daniel,  who  died  in  the  midst 
of  life,  for  his  mother,  "Catharon,"  m.  Aug.  12th,  1731,  Deacon  John 
Deming,   of  Wethersfield,   before   Rev.   William    Burnham.      He   was 
appointed  one  of  the  standing  committee  July  30th,  1761.     He  was  mild 
and  amiable  in  his  temper  and  deportment.     He  died  Oct.  28th,  1786, 
aged  80. 


160  FIRST    CHURCH 

THEIR    CHILDREN. 

1.  David,  born  March  16th,  1732,  m.  Feb.  12th,  1755,  Esther  Dunham. 

2.  Rhoda,  born  Nov.  24th,  1736,  died  Oct.,  1748,  aged  11  years  and  10  months  ;  lies  in 
"  Christian  lane." 

3.  Josiah,  bora  July  7th,  1737,  m.  Aug.  llth,  1756,  Experience  Smith. 

4.  Hannah,  born  March  9th,  1740,  m.  April  7th,  1757,  John  Goodrich. 

5.  Lucy,  bora  Nov.  1st,  1742,  died  Oct.  22d,  1748,  aged  5  years  and  11  months; 
grave  in  "  Christian  lane." 

86.  "JOHN  KILBOURN,"  to  church  Nov.  9th,  1760,  son  of  Josiah,  sen. 
and  Ruth  (Warner,)  his  wife,  born  April  23d,  1733,  m.  Jemima  Neal ; 
they  both  "owned  the  covenant,"  July  30th,  1758 ;  he  lived  at  the  foot  of 
"  Half-way  Hill ;"  they  had  three  sons,  but  all  died  young;  he  died  1781, 
aged  48  ;  his  widow  m.  1783,  No.  (138 ;)  she  sister  of  No.  (78,)  bap.  July 
17th,  1737,  at  Southington. 

87.  "HEPZIBAH,  wife  of  John  Woods,"  to  church  March  9th,   1761, 
maiden  name,  Hepzibah  Beckley,  born  April  16th,    1735,  at  Beckley 
quarter,  to  Joseph  and  his  wife,  Mary,  daughter  of  Benjamin   Judd,  m. 
Jan.  18th,  1753 ;  they  lived  in  a  log-house  near  where  John  Henry  An- 
drews (now,  1864,)  does;  he  was  born  Oct.  15th,  1728,  to  Elixoder,  (an 
Englishman,)  and  was  a  clothier,  and  had  great  skill  in  his  art ;  he  died 
Oct.,  1798,  aged  70,  at  Bristol.     She  was  a  member  of  the  church  in  Bris- 
tol when  she  died,  1793,  aged  58 ;  he  bought  his  land  to  build  on  of  Uriah 
Judd,  who  was  brother  to  Mrs.  Wood's  mother. 

THEIB    CHILDREN. 

1    Eli,  bom  Oct.  23d,  1753. 

2.  Huldah,  bora  Oct.  13th,  1754. 

3.  Hepzibah,  born  Jan.  8th,  1756,  m.  Nov.  3d,  1774,  Judah  Barns. 

4.  Ruth,  born  March  13th,  1757. 

5.  Silas,  bom  Feb.  7th,  1759,  bap.  March  25th,  1759,  died  June  15th,  1760. 

6.  Charlotte,  born  April  21s't,  1763,  bap.  May  1st,  1763. 

7.  Silence,  bom  Oct.   10th,  1764,  bap.  Oct.  21st,  1764. 

8.  Abigail,  born  Oct.  10th,  1766,  brought  up  at  Ensign  Levi  Andrews,  m.  Benoni 
Johnson,  of  Harwinton. 

9.  John  b.  April  1st,  1768,  bap.  June  19th,  1768,  d.  Aug.  22d,  1769,  in  his  2d  year. 

10.  Thankful,  born  ,  bap.  Nov.  18th,  1770;  lived  at  Lot  Stanley's. 

11.  Zadoc,  born  ,  bap.  April  26th,  1772,  m.  Huldah  (Winchel,)  widow  of 
Mark  Mildrum. 

88.  "  ADONIJAH  LEWIS,"  to  church  Oct.  18th,  1761,  son  of  Capt.  Jon- 
athan and  his  wife,  Elizabeth  (Newel,)  of  Thomas,  born  July  12th,  1722, 
m.  July  31st,  1760,  at  Southington,  No.  (Ill ;)  he  inherited  lands  of  his 
father,  and  had  his  house  where  (now,  1865,)  John  Ellis  lives;  his  name 
is  on  the  public  records  as  a  man  of  public  spirit  and  business  ;  he  was  a 
blacksmith  by  trade  and  occupation;  he  died  Dec.  22d,  1799, at  the  house 
of  Dr.  John  Andrews,  aged  78.     The  first  wife  of  Dr.  Andrews  was  a 
daughter  of  his. 


OF    NEW     BRITAIN.  161 

THEIR   CHILDREN. 

1.  Lucy  born  Dec.  18th,  1761,  m.  Noah  Stanley. 

2.  Lydia,  born  1763,  m.  March  23d,  1780,  Amos  Richards. 

3.  Polly,  born  Nov.,  1765,  m.  1786,  No.  (251.) 

4.  Phebe,  bora  ,  bap.  May  15th,  1768,  m.  May  10th,  1792,  No.  (197.) 

5.  Elizabeth,  born  ,  bap.  July  1st,  1770,  d.  unmarried,  partially  insane. 

6.  Seth,  born  May  3d,  1772,  m.  Feb.  15th,  1795,  No.  (440J 

7.  Erastus,  born  June,  1774,  bap.  July  31st,  1774,  m.  May  28th,  1801,  No.  (568.) 

8.  Sally,  born  Sept.  15th,  1776,  bap.  Jan.  12th,  1777,  m.  Nov.  6th,  1796,  No.  (337.) 

9.  Gad,  born  ,  bap.  July  9th,  1779. 

10.  Isaac,  born  ,  bap.  Aug.  13th,  1780,  died  young. 

11.  Isaac,  born  ,  bap.  Oct.  13th,  1782,  m.  Oct.  28th,  1804,  No.  ("957.) 

12.  Abi,  born  ,  bap.  March  20th,  1785,  m  Nov.  5th,  1802,  Thomas  Eddy  ;  she 
died  May  6th.  1814. 

89.  "MARY,  wife  of  Samuel  Smith,"  to  church  April  llth,  1762,  daugh- 
ter of  Zebulon  Goodrich  and  Anne  Francis,  his  wife,  born  Aug.  23d,  1737, 
m.  Dec.  6th,  1759;  he  "owned  the  covenant"  Oct.  8th,  1758;  he  inher- 
ited the  home  of  his  father  No.  (6,)  south  part  of  Stanley  quarter,  at  the 
head  of  "  Spiritual  lane,"  so  called.     He  died  May  16th,  1802,  aged  70  ; 
she  died  Feb.  13th,  1819  aged  8l£  years. 

THEIR    CHILDREN. 

1.  Sarah,  born  April  5th,  1761,  m.  April  21st,  1791,  Francis  Cosslett,  see  No.  (636.) 

2.  Chloe,  born  ,  m.  Cornelius  Bassett,  who  died  Nov.  20th,  1806. 

3.  Moses,  born  Jan.  1st,  1766,  m.  Oct.  31st,  1779,  Sally  Judd,  of  James ;  he  died 
Oct.  9th,  1828. 

4.  Abijah,  born  Nov.  14th,  1767,  bap.  Nov.  15th,  1767,  m.  Jan.  18th,  1792,  No. 
(520,)  which  see. 

5.  William,  born  Sept.  2d,  1771,  m.  NOT.  6th,  1796,  No.  (295  ;)  he  m.  second,  Feb. 
10th,  1812,  No.  (472.) 

6.  Levi,  born  Sept.  29th,  1773,  bap.  Nov.  14th,  1773,  m.  Mary  Olmsted,  of  James, 
of  East  Hartford. 

7.  Mary,  born  Sept.  9th,  1777,  bap.  Oct.  19th,  1777,  m.  Roger  Hurlburt,  of  Levi,  of 
Newington ;  they  moved  to  York  State ;  she  died  at  Homer,  aged  84. 

90.  "  ELIZABETH,  wife  of  Thomas  Lusk,"  to  church  April  llth  1762  ; 
she  daughter  of  No.  (72,)  sister  of  No.  (89,)  born  June  4th,  1739,  m.  Nov. 
23d,  1758,  before  Rev.  John  Smalley,  the  first  on  his  record  of  marriages. 
He  "  owned  the  covenant,"  Oct.  7th,  1759 ;  was  son  of  No.  10  and  his 
wife,  No.  11 ;  had  a  tax-list  in  the  town,  1763,  of  £22  ;  owned  no  real 
estate,  and  moved  to  West  Stockbridge,  Mass.,  and  March  6th,  1789,  she 
sold  her  interest  in  her  father's  estate,  one  and  one-quarter  acres  of  land, 
for  £3  12s. ;  she  made  her  mark,  and  is  called  a  weaver.     He  signed  the 
deed  also,  at  West  Stockbridge,  and  is  called  a  carpenter,  and  Elizur,  their 
son,  signed  as  witness  to  the  deed ;  the  land  was  sold  to  Samuel  Smith, 
who  had  married  her  sister,  Mary,  No.  (89.)     She  to  church  in  West 
Stockbridge,  1784.     The  family  moved  to  Bloomfield,  New  York. 

11 


162  FIRST    CHURCH 

THEIR    CHILDREN. 

1.  Elizabeth,  born  ,  bap.  Oct.  7th,  1759. 

2.  Sylvia,  born  ,  bap.  Dec.  6th,  1761. 

3.  Asahel,  born  ,  bap.  June,  1764. 

4.  Elizur,  born 

5.  Amos,  born  ,  was  a  member  of  Stockbridge  church,  and  excommunicated. 

91.  "ELIJAH  FRANCIS,"  to  church  May  23d,  1762,  son  of  James  of 
Newington,  and  his  2d  wife,  Abigail  (Warren,)  of  Wethersfield,  born  Feb. 
25th,  1732-3,  m.  April  22d,  1755,  No.  (92  ;)  his  title  was  Lieut.;  he  lived 
in  the  south  part  of  Stanley  quarter ;  bought  his  house  and  farm  of  Josiah 
Kilbourn,  1773.     Towards  the  close  of  life  he  lived  with  his  son,  Deacon 
Elijah,  near  "  Osgood  Hill,  where  from  despondency  or  insanity  he  hung 
himself,  Aug.  18th,  1812,  aged  81.*     In  1757,  he  was  guardian  to  James, 
son  of  James  Francis,  of  Wethersfield,  then  eighteen  years  old. 

92.  "  Wife  of  Elijah  Francis,"  to  church  May  23d,  1762  ;  name,  Han- 
nah Buck,  daughter  of  Pelatiah  and  Jemima  (Andrus,)  his  wife,  sister  to 
No.  (9)  and  No.  (13,)  a  woman  with  strong  mind,  said  to  be  the  only  per- 
son in  the  parish  who  dare  tell  Dr.  Smalley  his  faults.     She  died  May 
14th,  1811,  aged  80,  one  year  before  the  sad  death  of  her  husband.     Dr. 
Smalley  held  her  memory  in  high  regard,  for  he  said  at  the  funeral  of 
Lieut.  Francis,  that  probably  his  insanity  was  induced  by  the  loss  of  his 
excellent  wife. 

THEIR   CHILDREN. 

1.  Elizabeth,  born  Dec.  12th,  1755,  m.Dec.  18th,  1777,  Joseph  Booth,  of  Nathan. 

2.  James,  born  Oct.  24th,  1757,  m.  Nov.  12th,  1780,  (No.  355.) 

3.  Elijah,  jun.,  bora  Jan.  6*h,  1760,  m.  Dec.  21st,  1785,  No.  (221.) 

4.  Justus,  born  Jan.  25th,  1762,  m.  March  10th,  1785,  Abi,  daughter  of  Deacon 
Timothy  Stanley. 

5.  Sylvia,  born  Dec.  12th,  1763,  bap.  Dec.  18th,  1763,  see  No.  (205.) 

6.  Hannah,  born  Nov.  20th,  1765,  died  Aug.  1st,  1784,  at  the  old  house  near  "  Half- 
way Hill." 

7.  Selah,  born  April  5th,  1768,  bap.  May  15th,  1768,  m.  Roxy  Buckley,  of  Eocky 
Hill,  moved  to  York  State. 

8.  Orange,  born  April  21st,  1771,  bap.  June  16th,  1771,  died  Aug.  28th,  1781,  aged 
10  years. 

93.  "THOMAS  HART,"  to  church  June  4th,  1762,  son  of  No.  (49)  and 
No.  (50,)  born  Jan.  12th,  1738,  m.  Feb.  2d,  1758,  No.   (209;)  was  a 
farmer  and  shoe-maker ;  lived  on  West  Main  street,  the  same  house  now, 
(1862,)  owned  and  occupied  by  Ira  Steele.     He  was  a  man  of  great  in- 
dustry and  economy  ;  was  noted  for  prayer  and  piety.     He  first  built  at 
the  east  corner  of  his  home-lot,  but  found  no  water,  and  just  as  his  house 

*  This  insanity  might  have  been  constitutional  or  hereditary  from  his  mother,  who 
was  insane  the  last  of  bar  days,  restless  nights,  disturbing  the  household,  called  on  the 
neighbors  with  a  note-book  to  have  them  write  something  about  her  son,  James,  who 
died  in  early  manhood,  and  broke  her  heart. 


OP    NEW     BRITAIN.  163 

was  finishing,  the  joiners  left  for  dinner,  it  took  fire  from  shavings,  and  it 
burned  down.     He  died  Jan.  7th,  1830,  aged  93. 

THEIR   CHILDREN. 

1.  Ruth,  born  Nov.  10th,  1758,  bap.  Dec.  3d,  1758;  her  father  "owned  the  cov« 
nant"  same  date. 

2.  Abigail,  born  Oct.  27th,  1761,  bap.  Nor.  1st,  1761,  m.  Feb.  15th,  1781,  Jonathan 
Seymour. 

3.  Abijah,  born  April  7th,  1764,  m.  Sept.  22d,  1794,  No.  (211.) 

4.  .Ismena,  born  ,  bap.  July  17th,  1768,  never  married,  see  No.  (216.) 

5.  William,  born  1772,  bap.  March  16th,  1772,  see  No.  (208.) 

94.  "  ELIJAH  THOMPSON,"  to  church  Nov.  13th,  1763,  by  letter  from 
the  church  in  Kent;  son  of  Daniel,  born  Dec.  21st,  1732,  m.  No.  (100.) 

THEIR   CHILDREN. 

1.  Samuel,  born  ,  bap.  Sept.  7th,  1766,  at  Kensington. 

2.  Daniel,  born  ,  bap.  Feb.  19th,  1769,  at  Kensington. 

3.  Aaron,  born  ,  bap.  Dec.  8th,  1771,  at  Kensington. 
A  child  buried  in  "  Blew  Hills,"  Dec.  24th,  1773. 

95.  "  JOHN  RICHARDS,"  to  church  Aug.  5th,  1764,  son  of  No.  (4)  and 
No.  (5,)  born  March  31st,  1730-31,  m.  April  14th,  1752,  Mary  French; 
he  was  by  trade  and  occupation  a  blacksmith ;  had  his  house  and  shop  in 
Stanley  quarter,  opposite  the  former  school-house,  on  the  corner,  where 
James  North  learned  his  trade.     Mary,  his  wife  died  ,  when  he 
married  second,  Dec.  26th,  1776,  Elizabeth  Dickinson,  daughter  of  Elihu 
and  Lucy  Deming,  his  second  wife.     He  bought  A.  D.  1776,  March  16th, 
for  £555,  of  Deacon  Josiah  Lee,  the  Skinner  house  and  farm  of  sixty 
acres,  and  lived  there  a  few  years ;  built  and  occupied  the  Smith  shop, 
subsequently  occupied  by  Elijah  Hinsdale.     He  sold  to  Capt.  John  Hins- 
dale,  1781,  for  £900,  and  moved  to  Piermont,  New  Hampshire,  where  he 
had  a  splendid  farm  on  Connecticut  River.     At  Piermont  he  was  chosen 
deacon  of  the  church.     His  wife,  Elizabeth,  died  about  1800,  when  he 
married  third,  Jan.  31st,  1802,  Hannah  Bear,  of  Hopkinton,  New  Hamp- 
shire, she  ^being  six  feet  in  height,  and  70  years  old,  while  he  was  72. 
He  died  1821,  aged  90.     He  and  his   son,  Amos,  signed  the  deed  March 
3d,  1781,  of  seventy  acres,  with  house  and  other  buildings  to  Capt  John 
Hinsdale. 

THEIR    CHILDREN. 

1.  Lydia,  born  April  10th,  1754,  bap.  April  21st,  1754,  at  Newington,  m.  Oct.,  1772, 
Seth  Judd ;  he  was  accidentally  shot  in  the  army,  when  she  married  second,  Samuel 
Huggins,  of  New  Hampshire  ;  she  died  Aug.  30th,  1841,  aged  87. 

2.  Elijah,  born  July  10th,  1756,  bap.  July  18th,  1756,  died  in  the  army,  at  Skeens- 
boro,  1776. 

3.  Amos,  born  April  7th,  1759,  m.  March  20th,  1780,  No.  ("277.) 

4.  Esther,  born  May  15th,  1764,  bap.  May  20th,  1764,  at  New  Britain,  m.  Deacon 
Joseph  Ford,  of  Piermont. 


164  FIRST     CHURCH 

SECOND  WIFE'S  CHILDREN. 

5.  Elijah,  second  of  name,  born  Nov.  llth,  1777,  bap.  Nov.  16th,  1777,  graduated  at 
Dartmouth  College,  1799. 

6.  John,  jun.,  born  ,  m.  Dec.  9th,  1809,  Polly  Burton  ;  he  died  1855,  aged  67. 

7.  Lucy,  b  ,  died  young. 

96.  "SARAH,  wife  of  John  Smalley,"  to  church  Aug.  llth,  1765,  daugh- 
ter of  Peter  Garnsey  and  his  wife,  Anne  (Gunn,)  born  about  1740,  at 
Milford,  Conn.  ;  her  father  and  family  removed  to  Bethlehem,  Conn.     A 
woman  of  remarkable  skill  and  economy  in  household  matters  ;  relieved 
her  husband  from  much  of  the  anxiety  incident  to  the  care  of  a  farm  and 
parish  at  the  same  time.     Dr.  Smalley  was  numbered  among  the  "  rich 
ministers  of  Hartford  county,"  and  for  this  success,  was  doubtless  much 
indebted  to  her  forethought.     She  died  Oct.  10th,  1808,  aged  68.     She 
had  a  brother,  Richard,  from  whom  her  grandson,  Richard  S.  Porter,  the 
present  clerk  of  the  town,  1867,  took  his  name  ;  also  a  brother  Solomon, 
who  married  Sarah  Kasson,  of  Bethlehem,  Conn. 

97.  "  JAKNA  CHURCHILL,"  to  church  Aug.  llth  1765,  son  of  Nathaniel, 
of  Westfield,  in  Middletown,  and  his  wife,  Rebecca  (Griswold,)  born  Feb. 
20th,  1738,  m.  No.  (98  ;)  he  was  a  farmer,  and  lived  on  the  present  Hoi- 
comb  farm,  which  he  owned,  together  with  five-elevenths  of  the  saw-mill, 
land  and  appurtenances,  called  Capt.  Hotchkiss'  mill,  on  "  Pond  River," 
alias  Quinipiac.     His  first  wife,  No.  (98,)  died,  leaving  no  children.     In 
1774,  he  fell  under   church  censure  for  intemperance  in  strong  drink. 
He  married  second,  the  widow  of  Thomas  Foster,  of  Essex,  Mass  ;  her 
maiden  name,  Sarah  Mix.     He  moved  to  Hubbardston,   Vermont;  he 
died  June,  1815,  at  Georgia,  Vermont,  aged  77. 

98.  "Wife  of  Janna  Churchill,"  to  church  Aug.  llth,  1765;  this  his 
first  wife. 

THE  CHILDREN  BY  SECOND  WIFE. 

1.  Sarah  J.,  bora  ,  m.  Isaac  Allen,  of  Peru,  Vermont. 

2.  Thomas  Foster,  born  Feb.  26th,  1780,  m.  Sept.  1st,   1808,  Mary  Strong;  he 
drowned  Feb.  17th,  1820,  in  Lake  Champlain. 

3.  Josiah,  born 

4.  Janna,  bora  ,  m.  Betsey  Pierson,  of  Fairfax,  Vermont. 

5.  Olive,  bora  ,  m.  Walker  Rnmsey,  of  Hubbardston,  Vermont. 

6.  Rachel,  born  ,  m.  March  26th,  1811,  Elisha  Lincoln. 

7.  Lucy,  born  ,  m.  1813,  Samuel  Brigham;  she  died  1814,  of  consumption. 

8.  Laura,  bora  ,  died  1829,  of  fever. 


99.  "  Lois  BLINS,"  to  church  1766,  supposed  to  be  daughter  of  Peter, 
of  Wethersfield,  and  his  wife,  Martha  (Collins,)  born  May  13th,  1745,  at 
Wethersfield. 

100.  "  SARAH,  wife  of  Elijah  Thompson,"  about  1766  to  church,  as  ap- 
pears from  the  Kensington  church  record,  which  says  that  Elijah  Thomp- 
son and  his  wife,  Sarah,  received  to  this  church  from  New  Britain,  June 
21st,  1767,  m.  No.  (94.) 


OP    NEW    BRITAIN.  165 

101.  "JOHN  HART,"  to  church  June  8th,  1766,  son  of  Judah,  sen.  and 
Anna  (Norton,)  his  wife,  see  No.  (51,)  born  Jan.  20th,  1743,  m.  Oct.  17th, 
1764,  Anna  Deming,  daughter  of  Zebulon,  of  Southington,  and  his  wife, 
Esther  (Adkins ;)  her  mother  became  the   second  wife   of  "  Landlord 
Smith,"  No.  (29.)     He  lived  near  his  father,  in  Hart  quarter,  where  now, 
(1862,)  Harlowe  Eddy  does  ;  he  was  a  farmer  and  large  land-holder;  he 
died  Sept.  13th,  1776,  aged  33,  and  his  widow  married  second,  Aug.  28th, 
1777,  David  Hills;  she  died  Oct.  30th,  1804,  aged  63  years. 

CHILDREN    OF   JOHN   AND    ANNA    HART. 

1.  Roger,  born  1765,  m.  Sibil  Robinson,  daughter  of  John  and  Mary  (Strickland,) 
his  wife ;  she  born  1 764,  at  Middletown.     He  inherited  a  large  farm ;  married  second, 
No.  (266.) 

2.  John,  born  1772,  bap.  July  12th,  1772,  died  Sept.  10th,  1776,  aged  4  years  3  mo's. 

3.  Roswell,  born  1775,  bap.  Aug.  13th,  1775,  died  Sept.  10th,  1776,  aged  14  months. 

102.  "DAVID  DEWT,"  to  church  May  24th,  1767,  son  of  No.  (85,) 
lived  with  his  father,  was  a  farmer,  born  March  16th,  1732,  m.  Feb.  12th, 
1755,  No.  (103,)  before  Kev.  Joshua  Belden.     The  family,  after  some 
years,  moved  to  Harwinton,  where  he  died  1814,  aged  82 ;  he  married 
second,  Widow  Johnson,  of  New  Hartford. 

103.  "  Wife  of  David  Dewy,"  to  church   May   24th,  1767 ;   maiden 
name,  Esther  Dunham,  sister  of  No.  (76)  and  No.  (139 ;)  she  died  May 
24th,  1799,  aged  70. 

THEIR    CHILDREN. 

1.  Josiah,  born  Jan.  6th,  1756,  m.  Nov.  24th,  1785,  No.  (157.) 

2.  Rhoda,  born  Feb.  14th,  1758. 

3.  Oliver,  born  Oct.  3d,  1766,  m.  Nov.  2d,  1792,  Mary,  daughter  of  No.  (115.) 

4.  Asahel,  born  Oct.  24th,  1768,  bap.  Oct.  30th,  1768. 

5.  Daniel,  born  May  6th,  1771,  bap.  May  19th,  1771. 

6.  Elishama,  born  April  6th,  1774,  bap.  May  8th,  1774. 

104.  "NATHANIEL  CHURCHILL,"  to  church  June  28th,  1767,  son  of 
Nathaniel,  of  (Westfield,)  Middletown,  consequently  a  brother  of  No. 
(97,)  and  of  Lucy,  the  first  wife  of  Jeremiah  H.  Osgood,  familiarly  known 
as  grandfather  Osgood.     He  was  in  the  army  of  the  Revolution ;  was  a 
captain  ;  very  fond  of  hunting ;  lived  near  Osgood,  alias  "  Half-way  Hill ;" 
he  was  born  June  25th,  1731,  at  Westfield,  m.  Sept.  25th,  1755,  Elizabeth 
Sage  ;  she  died  ;  he  married  second,  Feb.  16th,  1761,  No.  (105  ;) 
the  family  moved,  1802,  to  New  Canaan,  New  York.. 

105.  "Wife  of  Nathaniel  Churchill,"  to  church  June  28th,  1767;  this 
was  his  second  wife;  her  maiden  name,  Jane  Bushnell,  daughter  of  , 
of  Saybrook. 

THE    CHILDREN. 

1.  Nathaniel,  Jan.,  born  March  2d,  1756,  at  Middletown,  m.  April  2d,  1783,  Lydia 
Osgood,  widow  of  Jeremiah  Osgood,  and  daughter  of  Nathaniel  Penfield,  sen. 


166  FIRST     CHURCH 

2.  Bette,  bora  Nov.  18th,  1757,  at  Middletown;  she  m.  1780,  Stephen  Williams,  of 
Middletown. 

3.  Abigail,  bora  Dec.  5th,  1759,  m.  Ward,  of  Westfield,  in  Middletown. 

SECOND  WIFE'S  CHILDREN. 

4.  Stephen,  bora  Nov,  19th,  1761,  m.  Sept.  17th,  1787,  Polly  De  Wolf,  of  Stephen  ; 
went  to  New  Canaan. 

5.  Sage,  bora  Dec.  13th,  1763,  m.  Elizabeth  Mather,  of  David,  see  No.  (254.) 

6.  John,  bom  March  20th,  1765. 

1  ^  born  April  24th,  1767,  bap.  June  28th,  1767,  m.  Dec.  30th,  1790, 

7.  Solomon,       5-      K     /—,   * 


0    e      ,  g  born  April  24th,  1767,  bap.  June  28th.  1767,  m.  Reuben  Peck, 

raa'         J  -        died  1846,  aged  80,  in  Vermont. 

9.  Jane,  born  Jan.  17th,  1769,  m.  Oct.  2lst,  1790,  William  Stedman. 

10.  Mehitable,  bom  Jan.  30th,  1773,  bap.  March  14th,  1773,  m.  Dec.  24th,  1792, 
Appleton  Woodruff. 

11.  Almira,  bom  April  28th,  1776,  bap.  May  26th,  1776,  m.  Dec.  9th,  1795,  Jason 
Warner. 

12.  Anna,  bora  Apiil  14th,  1778,  bap.  May  10th,  1778,  m.  April  10th,  1798,  Jesse 
Nickerson. 

106.  "JACOB  ANDRUS,"  by  letter  from  Kensington,  July  4th,  1767, 
son  of  Daniel,  jun.,  of  Newington,  and  Mabel  (Goff,)  his  wife,  born  Jan. 
24th,  1729,  m.  Feb.  2d,  1758,  Eunice  Emmons,  of  Litchfield.     He  to 
church  in  Kensington,  March  23d,  1760.     He  lived  on  the  mountain,  west 
of  Roswell  Steele.     He  inherited  ten  acres  of  his  farm  from  his  father, 
and  from  his  grand-father,  Daniel,  sen.,  of  Farmington,  one  of  the  eighty- 
four  proprietors  ;  it  was  "  reserved  land,"  so  called.     He,  brother  of  No. 
(112,)  was  illiterate,  like  many  others  of  his  age,  for  1788,  when  he  deeded 
his  farm  to  Dr.  Smalley,  he  made  only  his  mark.     He  with  his  family, 
moved  to  New  Durham,  New  York,  with  the  Hotchkiss  families. 

THEIR    CHILDREN. 

1.  Jacob,  jnn.,  born  Jan.  20th,  1760,  bap.  March  23d,  1760,  at  Kensington,  m.  Jane 
Payne. 

2.  Caroline,  born  Oct.  20th,  1762,  bap.  Nov.  28th,  1762,  at  Kensington. 

3.  Sarah,  bom  Jan.  7th,  1765,  bap.  March  31st,  1765,  at  Kensington. 

4.  Rhoda,  bom  April  2d,  1767,  m.Nov.  23d,  1786,  Phineas  Hamblin;  she  to  church 
in  Farmington,  1795. 

5.  Learning,  bom  ,  bap.  July  21st,  1771,  at  New  Britain,  m.  Phebe  Case,  of 
Simsbury ;  he  was  drowned  in  Tunxis  river,  at  Hitchcockville,  found  at  Farmington, 
and  buried  there,  1804. 

6.  Luther,  born  ,  bap.  June  5th,  1774. 

7.  Ira,  bom  ,  bap.  May2d,  1779 ;  went  to  Barkhamsted,  with  Learning. 

8.  Rachel,  born  ,  bap.  June  20th,  1784. 

9.  Ard,  born 

10.  Laban,  born 

107.  "JOHN  LANKTON,"  to  church  July  12th,  1767,  son  of  John  and 
Sarah  (Lee,)  daughter  of  Capt.  Stephen,  his  wife,  born  1729,  m.  Dec. 
12th,  1754,  No.  (108;)  they  lived  in  Hart  quarter.     He  was  a  captain, 
always  known  by  his  title,  a  farmer  and  a  man  of  property  and  influence  ; 
he  died  Jan.  5th,  1791,  aged  62. 


OF    NEW    BRITAIN.  167 

108.  "Wife  of  John  Lankton,"  to  church  July  12th,  1767;  maiden 
name,  Mercy  Eno,  daughter  of  David  Eno,  of  Simsbury,  and  Mary  Gillet, 
his  wife ;  she  died  Nov.  3d,  1806,  aged  72. 

THEIR   CHILDREN. 

1.  Asa,  born  Sept.  14th,  1755. 

2.  Sarah,  born  Dec.  9th,  1756,  m.  Jan.  1st,  1778,  Elizur  Hart,  of  first  Elijah,  see 
No.  (232) 

3.  Timothy,  born  Dec.  4th,  1758,  bap.  Dec.  10th,  1758,  graduated  at  Yale,  1781,  m. 
Lucy  Trnmbull,  daughter  of  Rev.  John  and  Sarah,  his  wife.     He  studied  divinity  with 
Dr.  Smalley,  who  preached  his  ordination  sermon  at  Danbury,  where  Mr.  Langdon 
settled,  Aug.  31st,  1786 ;  he  continued  there  in  the  ministry  fourteen  years,  five  months, 
and  died  Feb.  10th,  1801  ;  his  first  wife  died  March  7th,  1794,  aged  35,  when  he  mar- 
ried second,  Elizabeth  Pitkiri  Perkins,  of  Hartford. 

4.  Mercy,  bora  Sept.  6th,  1761,  bap.  Sept.  13th,  1761,  m.  No.  (172J 

5.  John,  born  ,bap.  July  12th,  1767,  died  Nov.  18th,  1789,  aged  22. 

6.  Hannah,  bora  Nov.  1st,  1771,  bap.  Nov.  3d,  1771,  m.  Jan.,  1790,  Asahel,  son  of 
Jehudi  Hart. 

7.  Huldah,  bora  ,  bap.  Nov.  28th,  1773,  m.  Samuel  Whaples;  he  died  Dec. 
2d,  1833,  aged  72. 

8.  Abi,  born  ,  bap.  July  30th,  1775,  m.  No.  (442.) 

9.  Mary,  born  ,  bap.  May  2d,  1779. 

109.  "  WILLIAM  LEWIS,"  to  church  June  26th,  1768,  son  of  Capt.  Jon- 
athan, brother  of  No.  (88,)  m.  Oct.  1st,  1767,  No.  (110 ;)  lived  on  the  old 
homestead  of  his  father,  just  south  of  the  town-house,  on  the  west  side  of 
East  street,  said  to  be  the  oldest  place  in  New  Britain ;  built  near  the 
present  house  erected  by  Edwin  Belden.     Hannah,  his  wife,  died  when 
he  married  second, 

110.  "  Wife  of  William  Lewis,"  to  church  June  26th,  1768  ;  Hannah 
(Mather,)  daughter  of  No.  (47)  and  (48  ;)  she  born  Jan.  25th,  1745,  m. 
Oct.  1st,  1767,  No  (109,)  died  Feb.  loth,  1773,  aged  29. 

HIS  CHILDREN. 

1.  Thomas,  bora  July  20th,  1768,  bap.  July  24th,  1768,  m.  Hannah  Belden,  daugh- 
ter of  Leonard. 

2.  Ammah,  bora  ,  bap.  March  17th,  1771. 

SECOND  WIFE'S  CHILDREN. 

3.  Hannah,  born  ,  bap.  Aug.  20th,  1775,  died  1776,  aged  two  years. 

4.  Elizabeth  Newell,  bom  ,  bap.  July  20th,  1777. 

5.  Abner,  bom  ,  bap.  Feb.  10th,  1782. 

6.  William,  bora  ,  bap.  April  1 1th,  1784. 

111.  "MART,  wife  of  Adonijah  Lewis,"  to  church  July  3d,  1768,  born 
Feb.  8th,  1742-3,  to  James  Branson  and  his  wife,   Hannah   Peck,  of 
Southington.     She  married  at  Southington,  July  31st,  1760,  No.  (88.) 
She  was  some  twenty  years  younger  than  her  husband.     She  died  Feb. 
8th,  1790,  in  her  48th  year.     The  head-stones  of  both  about  the  center  of 
the  old  part  of  New  Britain  cemetery. 


168  FIRST     CHURCH 

112.  "HEZEKIAH  ANDRUS,"  to  church  Aug.  7th,  1768,  "owned  the 
covenant"  May  14th,  1758,  the  first  on  that  list.     He  was  son  of  Daniel, 
jun.,  son  of  Daniel,  sen.,  son  of  John,  the  settler,  of  (Tunxis,)  Farmington, 
born  Aug.  14th,  1731,  m.  May  26th,  1757,  No.  (312 ;)  came  to  this  place 
soon  after,  built  on  West  Main  street,  two  miles  from  the  village,  the  same 
house  his  grand-son,  Ezekiel,  now,  (1867,)  lives  in ;  built  also  a  saw-mill 
on  the  Quinnipiac.     He  was  a  man  of  mild  temper,  kind  disposition,  of 
good  Christian  deportment ;  he  died  April  19th,  1796,  aged  65. 

THEIR   CHILDREN. 

1.  Hezekiah,  born  Jan.  22d,  1758,  bap.  May  14th,  1758,  m.  June  25th,  1787,  No. 
(721.) 

2.  Anna,  born  Sept.  6th,  1760,  bap.  Oct.  1760,  m.  Dec.  21st,  1780,  No.  (181.) 

3.  Lois,  born  Dec.  1st,  1763,  bap.  Jan.  1st,  1764,  m.  Nov.  9th,  1786,  Justus  Francis, 
of  Newington. 

4.  Elizabeth,  born  Jane  8th,  1766,  see  No.  (222.) 

5.  Hannah,  born  June  llth,  1768,  bap.  Aug.  7th,  1768,  m.  June  12th,  1796,  (No. 
(345.) 

6.  Bethankful,  born  April  7th,  1771,  bap.  May  26th,  1771,  m.  June  6th,  1793,  Jon- 
athan Wells,  of  Wethersfield. 

7.  Rebecca,  bora  March  21st  1773,  bap.  May  9th,  1773,  m.  Jan.  12th,  1801,  Amzi 
Porter,  of  Farmington. 

8.  Ezekiel,  born  May  25th,  1775,  bap.  June  25th,  1 775,  m.  Dec.  llth,  1796,  No.  (314.) 

113.  "  TIMOTHY  STANDLY,"  to  church  Aug.  28th,  1768,  son  of  Thomas, 
2d,  and  his  wife,  Esther  (Cowles,)  born  Aug.  13th,  1727,  m.  May  5th, 
1757,  No.  (114;)  he  was  tanner  and  shoe-maker  by  trade;  his  house 
opposite  the  home  of  his  father,  north  part  of  Stanley  street,  on  the  east 
side  of  the  road,  subsequently  owned  and  occupied  by  his  son,  Oliver. 
He  was  elected  deacon  1795.     Late  in  life  he  was  somewhat  deaf,  and 
stood  in  the  pulpit,  the  better  to  hear.     His  hair  then  white,  and  he  used 
an  ear-horn.     His  habits  were  strictly  puritanical,  a  careful  observer  of 
holy  time  ;  his  wife  shaved  his  face  Saturday  afternoon  invariably,  and 
all  preparations  made  for  the  due  observance  of  the  Sabbath ;  he  died 
April  28th,  1817,  aged  89  years  10  months. 

114.  "  Wife  of  Timothy  Standly,"  to  church  Aug.  28th,  1768 ;  maiden 
name,  Lydia  Newell,  daughter  of  Capt.  John,  of  Farmington,  and  his  wife, 
Elizabeth  (Hawley.)     She  was  a  woman  noted  for  energy  and  piety ;  she 
died  Dec.  17th,  1826,  aged  89. 

THEIR   CHILDREN. 

1.  Oliver,  born  July  5th,  1758,  died  Aug.  3d,  1758. 

2.  Kachel,  born  March  20th,  1761,  m.  Eleazer  Curtiss;  m.  second,  No.  (402.) 

3.  Lydia,  born  April  26th,  1763,  m.  Dec.  9th   1787,  Joel  Smith,  son  of  Elijah. 

4.  Abi,  born  Aug.  9th,  1765,  m.  March  10th,  1785,  Justus  Francis ;  m.  second,  No. 
(149.) 

5.  Timothy,  born  June  29th,  1771,  bap.  July  14th,  1771,  m.  Abigail  Robins,  daugh- 
ter of  Uni,  of  Newington. 


OF     NEW    BRITAIN.  169 

6.  Oliver,  born  May  1st,  1775,  bap.  June  17th,  1775,  m.  May  10th,  1797,  Frances 
Booth. 

7.  Jesse,  born  Oct.  26th,  1779,  bap.  Dec.  26th,  1779,  m.  Sept.  27th,  1801,  Almira 
Lee  ;  she  died  Sept.  29th,  1815,  aged  35,  when  he  married  May  1st,  1816,  No.  (403.J 

115.  «  GAD  STANLEY,"  to  church  Aug.  28th,  1768,  son  of  Thomas  2d,» 
and  Esther  (Cowles,)  his  wife,  born  March  21st,  1735,  m.  Oct.  29th,  1767, 
No.  (125;)  lived  where  William  F.  Raymond  now,  (1862,)  does;  this 
was  the  old  site  of  his  father's  home.  He  was  a  large  farmer,  a  man  well 
qualified  for  public  business,  in  both  civil  and  military  life.  He  was  a 
captain  in  the  war  of  the  Revolution;  was  at  Washington's  retreat* from 
Long  Island,  and  led  (it  is  said,)  a  regiment  off  safely  past  the  British 
forces.  He  was  active  in  school  and  society  affairs,  especially  in  procur- 
ing the  incorporation  of  the  town  of  Berlin,  1785,  and  in  securing  our 
share  of  the  school  fund,  in  conjunction  with  Col.  Lee.  He  was  a  civil 
magistrate  many  years;  had  the  title  of  Colonel  from  the  year  1779, 
always  prefixed  ;  held  other  important  offices,  and  was  a  man  of  courtly 
address  and  bearing,  yet  courteous  and  affable  ;  he  died  Jan.  10th,  1815, 
aged  79. 

THEIB    CHILDREN. 

1.  Esther,  born  Sept.  21st,  1768,  m.  March  26th,  1789,  William  S.  Judd,  son  of 
Major  William,  of  Farmington. 

2.  Amzi,  born  Oct.  23,  1770,  bap.  Oct.  28th,  1770,  m.  Sept.  27th,  1801,  Lucy  Web- 
ster, daughter  of  Joshua. 

*  This  Thomas  2d,  died  Oct.  13th,  1755 ;  his  will  was  made  1747,  in  which  he  gives 
his  dearly  beloved  wife,  Esther,  the  use  of  one-third  of  his  real  estate,  during  her  life, 
and  one-third  the  personal,  to  be  her  own  forever,  and  she  is  to  take  my  negro  woman, 
Priscilla,  for  part  of  said  dowry ;  also  the  service  of  my  negro  girl,  Katharine,  during 
her  life ;  also  the  service  of  my  negro  boy,  named  Richard,  until  my  son,  Gad,  shall  be 
twenty-one,  provided  she  lives  my  widow  ;  and  furthermore,  I  do  give  my  dearly  be- 
loved wife,  my  great  Bible,  and  one  silver  spoon  during  her  life,  and  at  her  decease,  I 
give  the  Bible  to  my  son,  Thomas,  and  the  spoon  to  my  grand-daughter,  Anna.  Im- 
primus,  I  give  to  my  son,  Thomas,  and  his  heirs,  the  house  he  now  lives  in,  and  the 
barn,  and  six  acres  of  land,  they  stand  on,  the  east  side  of  the  highway,  and  my  silver- 
headed  cane.  Item,  I  give  to  my  sons,  Noah  and  Timothy,  the  house  I  now  live  in, 
and  the  bam  on  the  west  side  of  the  highway,  and  five  acres  on  which  they  stand,  in  a 
square  piece,  the  south  bounds  to  be  an  ash  tree  about  three  rods  south  of  said  house. 
Item,  I  give  Abigail,  a  front  chamber  in  my  house, '&c.  Item,  I  give  my  son,  Gad, 
lands  in  New  Cambridge,  and  my  negro,  Richard,  when  he,  Gad,  is  of  age,  and  ten 
sheep.  Item,  I  give  to  my  children,  Thomas,  Noah,  Timothy,  Abigail  and  Gad,  all 
my  right  in  the  reserved  lands  in  Farmington,  which  was  my  grand-father's,  John  Stan- 
ley. Item,  my  will  is  that  my  three  eldest  sons,  Thomas,  Noah  and  Timothy,  shall 
build  a  house  on  the  four  acre  orchard,  in  New  Cambridge,  (this  is  now  Bristol,  ED.) 
for  my  son,  Gad,  where  he  shall  choose  to  sit  it  on,  on  the  land  given  him  in  this  in- 
strument ;  all  the  great  timber  to  be  good  white  oak,  and  the  house  to  be  38  by  20  feet, 
covered  and  glazed  like  the  house  given  to  my  son,  Thomas,  and  must  be  finished 
when  Gad  is  twenty-two. 


170  FIRST     CHDKCH 

3.  Mary,  bora  Aug.  2d,  1772,  bap.  Oct.  4th,  1772,  m.  Nov.  2d,  1792,  Oliver  Dewy, 
of  David. 

4.  Abigail,  born  Aug.  18th,  1774,  m.  July  25th,  1796,  Stephen  W.  Cornwell,  of  Tim- 
othy, of  Middletown. 

5.  Gad,  born  Aug.  13th,  1776,  bap.  Oct.  6th,  1776,  m,  Nov.  3d,  1799,  No.  (589.) 

6.  Phebe,  born  Aug.  28th,  1778,  bap.  Oct.  25th,  1778,  m.  Sept.  28th,  1800,  Thomas 
Stow,  of  Zebulon,  of  Middletown. 

7.  Elizabeth,  born  July  17th,  1780,  bap.  Aug.  20th,  1780,  m.  Sept.  27th,  1801,  No. 
(449.) 

8.  Anna,  born  Jan.  15th,  1783,  bap.  March  30th,- 1783,  m.  July  15th,  1804,  No.  (330.) 

9.  Orrin,  born  Nov.  6th,  1784,  bap.  Dec.  26th,  1784,  died  Mar.  2d,  1786,  aged  2  years. 

10.  Cyrus,  born  July  29th,  1787,  bap.  Sept.,  1787,  m.  Sept.  7th,  1806,  No.  (422.) 

11.  Emily,  born  Aug.Slst,  1791,  bap.  Nov.  6th,  1791, d.  May  7th,  1792,  aged  1  year. 

116.  "NATHANIEL  PENNFIELD,"  to  church  1768,  by  letter  from  Mr. 
Whittlesey's  church,  New  Haven ;  he  was  probably  son  of  Nathaniel,  of 
Meriden  Society,  Wallingford,  and  his  wife,  Hannah.     He  built  the  house 
on  Main  street,  west  side,  and  about  sixty  rods  south  of  "  Osgood  Hill," 
which  is  still  standing,  (1864;)  he  was  a  farmer;  has  a  numerous  race  of 
descendants;  he  died  May  18th,  1777,  of  small-pox,  in  Meriden.     His 
father  had  died  in  Meriden,  Jan.,  1776. 

117.  "Wife  of  Nathaniel  Pennfield,"  to  church  1768,  by  letter  from 
the  church  in  New  Haven,  Mr.  Whittlesey,  pastor;  her  maiden  mame, 
Lydia  Barnes,  m.  No.  (116,)  Jan.  9th,  1755 ;  after  the  death  of  her  hus- 
band, No.  (116,)  she  m.  April  23d,  1778,  her  next  neighbor,  Jeremiah  H. 
Osgood,  son  of  Jeremiah,  of  Haverhill,  Essex  county,  Mass. ;  she  died  Jan. 
31st,  1811,  aged  76. 

THBIK   CHILDREN. 

1.  Phineas,  born  June  6th,  1756,  m.  April  9th,  1778,  Lucy  Osgood,  daughter  of 
Jeremiah  H. 

2.  Lydia,  bora  Aug.  19th,  1758,  m.  April  9th,  1778,  Jeremiah  Osgood ;  second,  Na- 
thaniel Churchill,  jun. 

3.  Nathaniel,  jun.,  bora  Nov.  14th,  1760,  m.  Oct.  22d,  1780,  Eunice  Kelsey,  daugh- 
ter of  Enoch,  sen. 

4.  Rebecca  Rena,  bom  May  9th,  1763,  m.  Oct.  26th,  1780,  William  Steele,  son  of 
Ebenezer,  sen. 

5.  Milla,  or  Amelia,  born  May  26th,  1766,  m.  Nov.  16th,  1786,  Samuel  Dickinson, 
jun. ;  second,  m.  Thompson,  of  Farmington. 

6.  Phebe,  bom  ,  bap.  Aug.  19th,  1772,  m.  Samuel  Gladden,  son  of  Azariah. 

7.  Sylvia,  born  June,  1774,  bap.  July  31st,  1774,  m.  James  Hart;  second,  John 
Wyard. 

8.  Elizabeth,  born  ,  m.  Oct.  29th,  1789,  Elisha  Savage,  of  Berlin. 

Each  of  these  were  heirs  to  the  father's  estate,  Feb.  10th,  1779,  £6  11s.  5£d.  being 
pet  to  them  by  the  distributors,  Elijah  Francis  and  Lemuel  Hotchkiss. 

118.  "  JEHUDI  HART,"  to  church  Sept.,  1769,  son  of  No.  (49,)  born 
Dec.  12th,  1739,  m.  July  9th,  1767,  No.  (119 ;)  he  was  a  farmer;  settled 
and  built  some  twenty  rods  south  of  his  father,  in  Hart  quarter ;  an  honest, 


OF    NEW    BRITAIN.  171 

inoffensive  man,  retiring  in  his  manners,  with  such  fondness  for  home  that 
it  is  said  he  never  saw  the  city  of  Hartford,  although  living  to  old  age, 
within  twelve  miles.  He  married  second,  the  widow  of  Phineas  Judd, 
jun.,  Elizabeth  (Mezuzen  ;)  she  died  April  26th,  1825,  aged  73  ;  he  died 
Aug.  25th,  1825,  aged  86.  She  was  daughter  of  Mark  Mezuzen,  and  bad 
brothers,  Orian  and  Mark.  This  was  a  French  family. 

119.  "  Wife  of  Jehudi  Hart,"  to  church  Sept.,  1769 ;  her  maiden  name, 
Mary  Munson,  daughter  of  Reuben,  born  1751,  bap.  April  14th,  1751,  at 
Southington,  and  parents  originally  from  Wallingford.     She  died  in  child- 
bed, Oct.  28th,  1786,  aged  36. 

THEIR    CHILDREN. 

1.  Mary,  bora  Aug.  5th,  1769,  bap.  Sept.  17th,  1769,  m.  Dec.  24th,  1806,  Eliphelet 
Wadsworth,  of  Farmington. 

2.  Asahel,  bora  May  24th,  1771,  bap.  June  23d,  1771,  m.  1790,  Hannah  Langdon. 

3.  James,  bora  May  22d,  1773,  m.  Sylvia  Pennfield ;  he  d  Mar.  29th,  1813,  aged  40. 

4.  Sylvia,  bom  Aug.  15th,  1774,  bap.  June  llth,  1775,  died  Nov.  19th,  1776. 

5.  Sylvia,  bom  April  15th,  1777,  bap.  June  1st,  1777;  single  and  living  Jan.,  1863, 
No.  (335.) 

6.  Joel,  bora  June  14th,  1779,  bap.  Aug.  1st,  1779,  m.  Sept.  17th,  1800,  Lydia  North. 

7.  Benjamin,  bora  Nov.  20th,  1781,  bap.  Feb.  10th,  1782,  m.  Honor  Deming. 

8.  Abigail,  bora  Oct.  28th,  1786,  m.  Jan.  29th,  1807,  No.  (420.) 

SECOND  WIFE'S  CHILDREN. 

9.  Oliver,  bora  Dec.  13th,  1788,  bap.  April  19th,  1789,  m.  Jan.  3d,  1838,  Deborah 
E.  Hurlburt  ;  m.  second,  Lurancy  Osbom. 

10.  Laura,  bora  ,  bap.  Aug.  4th,  1791,  died  young. 

11.  Elizur,  bora  Oct.  9th,  1794,  bap.  Dec.  2£th,  1794,  m.  Sept.  llth,  1832,  Sophronia 
Jerome,  of  Bristol ;  frozen  in  a  snow-storm  in  Ohio,  Feb.  16th,  1842,  aged  48. 

HER  CHILDREN  BT  FIRST  HUSBAND,  PHINEAS  JUDD. 

1.  Betsy,  bom  March  llth,  1785,  bap.  Sept.  llth,  1791,  m.  Moses  Ellis,  of  Owego; 
she  died  1850.  ;..•,.>,  >t 

2.  Polly,  born  April  1 1th,  1787,  bap.  Sept.  llth,  1791,  m.  Nov.  24th,  1814,  Jesse,  son 
of  Charles  Eddy  and  Eunice  (Kelsey,)  his  wife,  born  July  16th,  1788 ;  lived  in  Berlin  . 
she  remarkable  for  great  energy;  she  died  at  Berlin,  July  2d,  I860,  aged  74. 

120.  "  MERCY,  daughter  of  Jedediah  Goodrich,"  to  church  Dec.  3d, 
1769  ;  her  mother,  No.  (64 ;)  she  m.  Nov.  29th,  1790,  Joshua  Wells,  of 
Newington,  son  of  Mary,  the  second  wife  of  No.  (6,)  and  her  former  hus- 
band ;  she  lived  on  the  old  homestead  of  her  father,  and  died  in  a  fit,  April 
22d,  1804,  aged  53. 

121.  "  LEMUEL  HOTCHKISS,"  to  church  Dec.  17th,  1769,  son  of  Capt. 
Ladwick  and  No.  (68,)  m.  March  26th,  1764,  No.  (188;)  he  was,  like  his 
father,  a  blacksmith  ;  was  a  man  of  great  force  of  character ;  was  at  Horse 
Neck  in  the  Revolution ;  had  a  horse  shot  under  him ;  was  with  CoL 
Stanley  at  the  retreat  from  Long  Island,  as  lieutenant     He  lived  a  few 
years  on  East  street,  with  his  father,  when  he  built  on  Horse  Plain,  where 
Eli  B.  Smith  lately  built  a  house  ;  he  had  a  saw-mill  on  "  Pond  River," 


172  FIRST    CHURCH 

Quinnipiac ;  had  iron  works  there ;  brought  ore  from  Bristol,  "  New 
Cambridge  ;"  made  wrought  nails  quite  extensively,  by  hand.  He  taught 
school  in  early  manhood,  winter  seasons,  and  was  for  many  years  a  school 
visitor.  His  title  was  Capt.  Lemuel,  to  distinguish  him  from  Capt.  Lad- 
wick,  his  father.  He  moved  to  New  Durham,  New  York,  where  he  died 
Feb.  18th,  1802,  aged  58. 

THEIR   CHILDREN. 

1.  Lemuel,  bora  July  llth,  1764,  bap.  July  15th,  1764,  died  July  13th,  1766. 

2.  Chloe,  bom  April  24th,  1767,  m.  Jan.  18th,  1792,  Abijah  Smith,  son  of  Samuel, 
see  No.  (520.) 

3.  Lydia,  born  March  15th,  1769,  bap.  Dec.  17th,  1769,  m.  Jan.  18th,  1791,  Harvey 
Peck,  of  Kensington. 

4.  Penelope,  bom  June  25th,  1771,  bap.  Sept.  1st,  1771,  m.  Joseph  Crane  ;  she  died 
Nov.  6th,  1830. 

5.  Lemuel,  b.  Nov.  30,  1773,  bap.  Feb.  7th,  1774,  m.  Abigail  Ellis,  of  Hudson,  N.  Y. 

6.  Joseph,  b.  Oct.  28th,  1775,  bap.  Dec.  10th,  1775,d.  May  24th,  1786,  aged  11  years. 

7.  Nancy,  born  Feb.  16th,  1778,  bap.  April  5th,  1778,  d.  June  16th,  1786,  se  9  years. 

8.  Jason,  b.  Nov.  30th,  1779,  bap.  Feb.  13th,  1780,  m.  Nancy  Parker ;  he  died  1828. 

9.  Anna,  born  June  22d,  1782,  bap.  July  28th,  1782. 

10.  Henry,  bora  Aug.  9th,  1785,  bap.  Oct.  9th,  1785. 

llth.  Nancy,  bora  Feb.  18th,  1788,  bap.  April  6th,  1788,  m.  Rev.  John  B.  Whittle- 
sey,  York,  N.  Y. 

12.  Joseph,  born  July  24th,  1791,  bap.  Sept.  llth,  1791,  died  Sept.  13th,  1794. 

122.  "  LEVI  ANDRUS,"  to  church  May  5th,  1771,  son  of  Joseph,  of 
Newington,  and  Sarah  (Wells,)  his  wife,  born  Feb.  23d,  1747,  m.  Dec. 
20tb,  1770,  No.  (123 ;)  he  was  executor  of  his  father's  will  and  estate  in 
Newington,  1775  ;  the  house  in  which  he  was  born  is  still,  1862,  standing  ; 
he  located  in  the  south  part  of  Stanley  quarter ;  his  house  where  the  late 
Professor  E.  A.  Andrews'  stands.     He  was  clerk  and  treasurer  of  the 
society  several  years.     He  obtained  the  title  of  Ensign  in  the  militia,  and 
ever  after  was  known  by  it.     In  December,  1807,  he  was  chosen  one  of 
the  standing  committee  of  the  church,  which  office  formerly,  among  us,  was 
for  life,  or  good  behavior,  or  ability  to  serve.     He  resigned  1823.     He 
was  a  very  successful  farmer,  of  kind  and  cheerful  disposition,  and  a  great 
lover  and  promoter  of  peace.     He  was  great -great-grand-son  of  John,  the 
settler  on  Tunxis  river,  and  was  a  fine,  social  and  genial  specimen  of  his 
race.     He  died  May  8th,  1826,  aged  80.     He  was  son  of  Joseph,  of  New- 
ington, who  was  son  of  Benjamin,  who  was  son  of  Joseph,  of  John,  the 
settler  a»d  his  wife,  Mary.     He  had  a  sister,  Sarah,  who  married  Deacon 
Jedediah  Mills,  of  West  Hartford. 

123.  "  Wife  of  Levi  Andrus,"  to  church  May  5th,  1771,  by  letter  from 
Newington  church  ;  her  maiden  name,  Chloe  Wells,  daughter  of  Capt. 
Robert  and  Abigail  (Burnham,)  his  wife,  born  May  31st,  1746,  at  New- 
ington.    She  was  a  quiet,  unassuming  woman,  a  great  lover  of  order  and 


OF    NEW    BRITAIN.  173 

home,  and  a  devoted  Christian.     She  died  Jan.  llth,  1837,  aged  92.    Her 
father,  Capt.  Robert  Wells,  died  Feb.  3d,  1786. 

THEIR    CHILDREN. 

1.  Levi,  bora  Oct.  8th,  1771,  bap.  Oct.  13th,  1771,  died  March  10th,  1795,  at  New- 
bern,  N.  C. 

2.  Chloe,  bora  Nov.  16th,  1774,  died  Sept.  19th,  1775,  aged  one  year. 

3.  Chloe,  bora  Aug.  29th,  1777,  bap.  Aug.  31st,  1777,  m.  Nov.  3d,  1799,  Gad  ^ 
Stanley,  jun. 

4.  Ethan  Allen,  bora  April  7th,  1787,  bap.  May  20th,  1787,  m.  Dec.  19th,  1810, 
No.  (392.) 

124.  "SAMUEL  ANDRDS,"  to  church  Nov.  17th,  1771,  son  of  No.  (53) 
and  No.  (54,)  born  Nov.  2d,  1749,  m.  Dec.  17th,  1769,  Abigail  Smith, 
daughter  of  No.  (29)  and  No.  (30  ;)  his  house  on  the  corner  next  east  of 
Alfred  Andrews,  two  miles  west  of  the  village.     He  was  in  the  war  of  the 
Revolution,  and  died  Sept.  20th,  1776,  in  the  service,  aged  27  years ;  his 
widow  married  second,  Nov.  9th,  1780,  No.  (176.) 

THEIR   CHILDREN. 

1.  Seth.born  May  4th,  1770,  bap.  Dec.  8th,  1771. 

2.  Samuel,  jun.,  bom  March  7th,  1772,  bap.  April  12th,  1772,  m.  Nov.  14th,  1796, 
No.  (4470 

3.  Lydia,  bom  Feb.  18th,  1774,  bap.  Feb.  20th,   1774,  m.  Nov.  8th,  1797,  Oliver 
Richards,  son  of  Joseph  who  had  married  her  mother,  (after  the  death  of  Ephraim 
Rice;)  she  died  Jan.  8th,  1861,  aged  87,  at  Newington ;  was  the  mother  of  Amon, 
Samuel,  Oliver. 

125.  «MART,  wife  of  Gad  Stanley,"  to  church  Nov.  17th,  1771 ;  she 
daughter  of  No.  (45)  and  No.  (46 ;)  she  was  both  «  well  born  and  well 
bred ;"  became  the  mother  of  a  large  and  respectable  family,  to  whom  she 
imparted  much  of  herself;  she  died  Jan.  8th,  1818,  aged  70. 

126.  "IcHABOD  ANDRUS,"  to  church  Nov.  8th,  1772,  eldest  son  of 
Gideon,  of  Southington,  and  Abigail  (Potter,)  his  wife,  born  July  15th, 
1745,  bap.  March  24th,  1751,  at  Southington,  m.  Nov.  17th,  1763,  Lydia 
Smith,  of  Southington  ;  he  was  a  soldier  of  the  Revolution ;  had  his  poll- 
tax  of  £18  on  list  of  1775,  abated  by  the  legislature,  1777 ;  she  died  Sept. 
19th,  1772,  of  consumption,  when  he  returned  to  Southington  for  a  time. 
He  is  next  heard  from  as  collector  in  (West  Britain,)  Burlington,  1782. 

THEIR   CHILDREN. 

1.  Clement,  bora  March  22d,  1764. 

2.  David,  born  April  14th,  1766. 

3.  Hosea,  born  ,  bap.  Nov.  8th,  1772,  at  New  Britain. 

127.  "  Doctor  JOSIAH  HART,"  to  church  July  25th,  1773,  from  the  first 
church  in  Wethersfield.     This  was  son  of  No.  (49)  and  No.  (50,)  born 
April  28th,  1742;  graduated  at  Yale   College,  1762,  became  a  physician, 
was  surgeon  in  the  army  of  the  Revolution ;  he  prepared  for  college  under 
Rev.  Dr.  Norris,  studied  medicine  with  Dr.  Potter,  of  Wallingford,  m. 


174  FIRST     CHURCH 

1765,  No.  (128  ;)  she  died  June  4th,  1777,  of  small-pox,  when  he  married 
second,  March  25th,  1778,  Abigail  Harris,  of  Wethersfield.  He  lived  in 
that  town,  and  represented  it  in  the  legislature  several  times ;  he  was 
chosen  a  deacon  there  April  17th,  1793.  His  second  wife  died  Aug.  8th, 
1796,  at  "Wethersfield,  when  he  removed  to  Ohio,  near  Marietta,  where 
his  two  sons  were  early  in  life  settled.  He  was  chosen  deacon  of  the 
Congregational  church  there  at  its  first  formation.  He  had  a  third  wife, 
who  was  Miss  Anna  (Moulton,)  of  Newburyport,  Mass.  In  1811,  he 
moved  to  a  farm  ten  miles  from  Marietta,  where  he  died  Aug.,  1812,  aged 
74 ;  his  wife  died  a  few  hours  after  him,  and  both  were  buried  the  same 
day.  Doctor  Hart  was  of  high  repute  as  a  physician,  surgeon,  scholar, 
and  Christian ;  doubtless  one  of  the  brightest  stars  that  New  Britain  has 
yet  raised. 

128.  "  Wife  of  Dr.  Josiah  Hart,"  to  church  July  25th,  1773,  by  letter 
from  Wethersfield ;  her  maiden  name,  Abigail  Sluman  ;   she  was  from 
Stonington ;  with  her  husband  at  Wethersfield, "  owned  the  covenant"  April 
20th,  1766,  and  also,  Dec.  4th,  1768 ;  she  died  June  4th,  1777,  at  Weth- 
ersfield, of  small-pox. 

THEIR    CHILDREN. 

1.  Abigail,  born  Feb.  3d,  1766,  m.  Thomas  Wells. 

2.  Josiah,  born  Dec.  10th,  1768,  died  Jan.  15th,  1769,  aged  one  year. 

3.  Hannah,  born         24th,  1769,  m.  Joshua  Bobbins;  she  died  May  28th,  1862, 
aged  94,  at  Avon. 

4.  Emily,  born  Feb.  3d,  1771,  m.  Gideon  Wells. 

5.  Josiah  Sluman,  bora  Jan.  10th,  1773,  bap.  Feb.  7th,  1773,  by  Dr.  Smalley,  at 
New  Britain. 

6.  William,  born  March  4th,  1775,  m.  Wolcott. 

7.  Thomas,  born  Dec.  14th,  1776,  m.  in  Ohio. 

SECOND  WIFE'S  CHILDREN. 

8.  Betsey,  born  Dec.  22d,  1778,  m.  Titus  Buck. 

9.  Clarissa,  born  ,  m.  in  Ohio. 

10.  Cynthia,  born  ,  m.  in  Ohio. 

129.  "ISAAC  PARSONS,"  to  church  Nov.  6th,  1773,  son  of  Isaac,  born 
March  12th,  174  ,  m.  ,  he  m.  second,  July  17th,  1766,  No. 
(130 ;)  we  find  by  Southington  church  record  that  both  he  and  his  wife, 
Mary,  were  dismissed  from  this  church  to  that,  and  received  there,  July 
9th,  1780 ;  he  had  a  previous  wife,  who  died  April  7th,  1766,  at  South- 
ington. 

130.  "Wife  of  Isaac  Parsons,"   to  church  Nov.  6th,   1773;  maiden 
name,  Mary  Atkins  ;  was  his  second  wife. 

THEIR   CHILDREN. 

1.  Isaac,  born  March  3d,  1769,  died  Sept.  1st,  1776,  in  "Blue  Hills,"  Kensington. 

2.  Lemuel,  born  ,  bap.  Nov.  21st,  1773,  died  Sept.  8th,  1776,  in  "Blue  Hills." 

3.  Mary,  born  ,  bap.  Dec.  10th,  1775. 

4.  General,  bora  ,bap.  June  16th,  1782,  in  Sonthmgton. 


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131.  "BENJAMIN  HART,"  to  church  Dec.  12th,  1773,  son  of  No.  (49) 
and  (50,)  born  Oct.  10th  1747,  m.  Aug.  19th,  1772,  No.  132,)  before  Rev. 
Samuel  Clark,  of  Kensington.     His  house  and  farm  at  the  head  of  the 
mill  pond  of  Ozias  Hart,  now,  (1867,)  Henry  North's.     He  was  a  tall,, 
bony  man,  of  industrious  and  regular  habits,  a   successful  farmer,  and 
walked  orderly  in  his  Christian  life.     He  raised  a  large  family  to  respect- 
ability, and  died  Feb.  21st,  1827,  aged  80. 

132.  "  Wife  of  Benjamin  Hart,"  to  church  Dec.  12th,  1773,  daughter 
of  Ephraim  Fuller,  of  Berlin,  and  Mary  (Dunham,)  his  wife,  bap.  Jan. 
2d,  1757,  in  Kensington,  by  Rev.  Samuel  Clark;  her  mother,  sister  of 
No.  (76.)     She  named  Mary  after  her  mother.     She  died  Oct.  22d,  1834, 
aged  79. 

THEIH    CHILDREN. 

1 .  Benjamin,  born  Feb.  7th,  1773,  m.  Jan.  30th,  1800,  Hannah  Kellogg,  of  Martin ; 
second,  Almina  Carter. 

2.  Mary,  born  1775,  died  July  6th,  1790,  aged  15. 

3.  Khoda,  born  Jan.  10th,  1778,  died  May  9tb,  1786,  in  her  ninth  year. 

4.  Roxana,  born  June  21st,  1780,  bap.  Aug.  13th,  1780,  m.  NOT.  9th,  1797,  Leonard 
Belden,  jun.,  No.  (324.) 

5.  Theron,  born  Dec.  29th,  1782,  bap.  Feb.  9th,  1783,  m.  Abia  Warner;  second, 
Lydia  Hart;  he  died  Jan.  16th,  1859,  in  his  77th  year. 

6.  Fanny,  born  Feb.  17th,  1785,  m.  Dr.  Chauncey  Andrews;  she  died  Feb.  7th, 
1860;  he  died  Oct.  14th,  1863. 

7.  Rhoda,  born  Feb.  8th,  1788,  bap.  March  30th,  1788,  m.  March  28th,  1839,  Asa 
Tuller,  of  Simsbury. 

8.  Ephraim,  born  Nov.  4th,  1790,  bap.  Nov.  4th,  1790,  died  young. 

9.  Polly,  born  May  2d,  1792,  bap.  June  10th,  1792,  m.  David  Walkley,  of  Haddam. 

10.  Cyrus,  born  July  19th,  1795,  bap.  Sept.  6th,  1795,  ra.  March  31st,  1819,  Betsey 
Clark. 

11.  Esther,  born  March  5th,  1798,  bap.  June  10th,  1798,  m.  March  16th,  1819,  Edwin 
Gridley,  of  Southington. 

133.  "  CATHARINE,  wife  of  Joseph  Wright,"  to  church  March,  1774, 
daughter  of  William,  of  Hudson,  N.  Y.,  an  Englishman.  Mr.  Wright 
was  a  soldier  of  the  Revolution,  and  found  his  wife  during  his  service  on 
the  Hudson  River.  They  raised  a  large  family  on  small  means ;  lived  on 
the  corner  opposite  the  David  Steele  house,  on  Main  street,  back  of  Dub- 
lin Hill.  She  was  a  sedate,  pious  woman  ;  he  a  stirring,  jovial  man  ;  she 
died  Aug.  27th,  1817,  aged  71  ;  he  died  Feb.  26th,  1825,  aged  84. 

THEIB   CHILDREN. 

1.  John,  born  ,  bap.  March  20th,  1774. 

2.  David,  born  ,  m.  May  4th,  1795,  Abigail  Wadsworth ;  second,  Vidow 
Hart,  (alias)  Clarissa  (Hopkins.) 

3.  Dan,  bom  ,  bap.  March  19th,  1777,  died  March,  1777. 

4.  Dan,  born  ,  bap.  Aug.  2d,  1778,  m.  Oct.  20th,  1800,  Roxy  Daniels,  daugh- 
ter of  David. 

5.  Crujah,  born  ,  bap.  Sept.  17th,  1780,  m.  Nabby   Goodrich,  of  John,  of 
Newington. 


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6.  Joseph,  jun.,  born  ,  bap.  April  6th,  1783,  m.  May  31st,  1802,  Esther  Kelsey, 
of  Enoch. 

7.  Lois,  born  ,  bap.  March  23d,   1788,  killed  carelessly  by  Sage  Churchill, 
with  gun. 

8.  Anson,  born  ,  bap.  Aug.  24th,  1790. 

9.  Solon,  born 

10.  Chauncey,  born  Jan.  21st,  1788,  m.  Dec.  23d,  1812,  Elizabeth  Warner,  daughter 
of  Daniel,  of  Kensington,  and  Elizabeth  (Kellogg,)  his  wife,  no  children. 

134.  "JOHN  JUDD,  jun.,"  to  church  May  29th,  1774,  son  of  John,  sen., 
and  No.  (46,)  born  Feb.  14th,  1746,  m.  Nov.  23d,  1769,  No.  (135  ;)  lived 
near  the  site  of  Deacon  Morton  Judd's  residence  now,  (1862,)  and  was  his 
grandfather.     He  made  his  will  1795,  and  his  property  was  distributed 
1798.     He  died  Jan.  6th,  1796,  aged  50. 

135.  "  Wife  of  John  Judd,  jun.,"  to  church  May  29th,  1774,  name  Lydia 
(Mather,)  daughter  of  Joseph,  sen.,  and  Anna  (Booth,)  his  wife,  born 
Jan.  17th,  1744,  one  of  a  numerous  family,  born  and  brought  up  near  the 
old  red  store  of  Elnathan  Smith,  which  place  Joseph,  her  father,  owned 
and  occupied  many  years.     The  well  and  grounds  back  a  little  still  show 
the  spot. 

THEIR  CHILDREN. 

1.  Bela,  born  Aug.  4th,  1770,  bap.  June  5th,  1774,  m.  Rachel  Lusk,  daughter  of  John. 

2.  John,  born  May  8th,  1772,  bap.  June  5th,  1774,  m.  May,  1792,  Ursula  Stanley, 
of  Lot,  No.  (637.) 

3.  Alvin,  born  June  24th,  1774,  bap.  July  10th,  1774,  died  Nov.  7th,  1776. 

4.  Anna,  born  July  17th,  1776,  died  Oct.  1st,  1777,  aged  two  years. 

5.  Lydia,  born  Jan.  7th,  1779,  said  to  have  become  a  beautiful  woman,  m.   Seth 
Smith. 

6.  Oliver,  born  June  9th,  1782,  m.  March  llth,  1804,  Elizabeth  Belden,  of  Capt. 
Jonathan. 

136.  "  PHINEAS  SMITH,"  to  church  July  24th,  1774,  by  letter  from  the 
church  in  West  Springaeld.     He  m.  May,  1767,  No.  (137,)  before  Dr. 
Smalley. 

137.  "Wife  of  Phineas  Smith,"  to  church  July  24th,  1774,  by  letter 
from  the  church  in  West  Springfield.     Her  maiden  name,  Hannah  Smith. 

138.  "DAVID  MATHER,"  to  church  June  26th,  1774,  son  of  No.  (47) 
and  No.  (48,)  born  Oct.  7th,  1738,  m.  June  2d,  1757,  No.  (139  ;)  he  was 
a  farmer  by  occupation;  lived  on  Main  street,  just  south  of,  and  at  the 
foot  of  "  Osgood  Hill."     He  was  a  man  of  great  muscular  and  mental 
power;  had  only  a  common  school  education,  but  was  one  of  those  few  that 
Dr.  Smalley  ever  called  upon  to  pray  in  public.     He  was  for  many  years 
one  of  the  school  visitors.     On  the  2d  of  December,  1779,  he  was  chosen 
one  of  the  standing  committee  of  the  church.     His  wife  died,  and  he  m. 
second,  1783,  widow  of  John  Kilbourn,  Jemima  (Neal ;)  she  sister  of  No. 
(78.)     Mr.  Mather  was  in  the  war  of  the  Revolution,  at  Horse  Neck ;  had 
a  title,  Ensign,  by  which  he  was  ever  after  known.     He  "  owned  the  cov- 


OF    NEW    BRITAIN.  177 

enant"  June  llth,  1758.  His  second  wife,  Jemima,  died  Sept.  20th,  1813, 
aged  76;  he  died  May  27th,  1817,  aged  77.  He  was  chosen  selectman 
at  the  first  meeting  of  the  new  town  of  Berlin,  June  13th,  1785. 

139.  «  Wife  of  David  Mather,"  to  church  June  26th,  1774;  her  maiden 
name  Hannah  Dunham,  sister  of  No.  (76)  and  No.  (103.) 

THEIR   CHILDRKN. 

1.  Elenor,  bora  March  14th,  1758,  bap  June  llth,  1758. 

2.  Percia,  born  Jan.  2d,  1760,  bap,  Jan.  17th,  1760,  m.  Dec.  7th,  1780,  Thomas  Sng- 
den,  English,  a  deserter  from  the  British  army  of  the  Revolutionary  War ;  came  to  New 
Britain  1777;  had  several  children;  moved  to  Simsbury,  and  in  1802  to  Canton. 

3.  Cotton,  born  Aug.  3d,  1764,  bap.  Aug.  5th,  1764,  died  Sept.  7th,  1779. 

4.  Mary  Ann,  born  ,  m.  Libeus  Hungerford ;  m.  second,  David  Hills. 

5.  Elizabeth,  born  Nov.  20th,  1767,  m.  No.  (254.) 

6.  Hannah,  born  Aug.  10th,  1769,  bap.  July  10th,  1769,  m.  March  30th,  1.794,  Seth 
Hungerford. 

7.  Cotton,  bora  Sept.  2d,  1771,  bap.  July  10th,  1774,  m.  June  19th,  1791,  No.  (375.) 

8.  Thomas,  born  Dec.  10th,  1773,  died  same  day. 

9.  Rhoda,  bom  Oct.  27th,  1776,  bap.  Nov.  10th,  1776,  m.  Orrin  Goodrich,  of  Asahel. 

10.  Polly,  born  Dec.  27th,  1778,  bap.  Feb.  21st,  1779,  m.  April  23d,  1800,Ebenezer 
Gridley,of  Seth. 

140.  "  JUDAH  HART,  jun.,"  to  church  July  24th,  1774,  son  of  No.  (51,) 
born  Sept.  10th,  1750,  m.  April  19th,  1770,  No.  (141 ;)  was  a  farmer ; 
inherited  his  father's  homestead,  opposite  the  school-house  in  South-west 
district.     He  had  a  frail  constitution.     He  was  brother  of  No.  (101,)  and 
the  large  estate  of  their  father  was  divided  to  them  equally,  after  deduct- 
ing for  their  sisters'  share.     The  amount  of  his  inventory  was  taken  A.  D. 
1795,  at  £1,149  4s.  7d.;  he  died  April  28th,  1795,  aged  45.     His  wife 
was  daughter  of  his  step-mother,  and  was  sister  of*  James  North,  Esq. 

141.  "Wife  of  Judah  Hart, jun.,"  to  church  July  24th,  1774,  maiden 
name,  Sarah  North  ;  was  daughter  of  James,  sen.  and  Sarah  (Seymour,) 
his  wife,  born  Feb.  22d,  1749  ;  she  died  Sept.  15th,  1822,  aged  74.     She 
was  a  woman  of  great  diligence  and  economy. 

THBIB    CHILDREN. 

1.  Sarah,  bora  Nov.  7th,  1770,  bap.  July  31st,  1774,  m.  July  30th,  1793,  Asahel 
Hart,  of  Jehudi. 

2.  Anna,  born  May  3d,  1773,  bap.  July  31st,  1774,  died  Sept.  17th,  1776,  aged  3 
years,  4  months. 

3.  Salmon,  bora  May  20th,  1775,  bap.  June  25th,  1775,m.  May  2d,  1796,  No.  (347.) 

4.  Judah,  jun.,  born  Dec.  16th,  1777,  bap.  Feb.  8th,  1778,  m.  May  1st,  1800,  Abigail 
Belden,  of  Bildad. 

5.  Anna,  2d,  bom  March  17th,  1780,  bap.  April  30th,  1780,  m.  Sept.  17th,  1804, 
Truman  Woodruff;  she  died  Nov.  20th,  1857,  in  her  78th  year. 

6.  Roxana,  bora  Oct.  23d,  1784,  bap.  Dec.  12th,  1784,  m.  Nov.  22d,  1803,  Albert 
Meriman,  of  Southington ;  m.  second,  James  Beecher;  she  d.  Nov.  26th,  1859,  aged  75. 

7.  Henry,  born  ,  bap.  Feb.  llth,  1787. 

8.  Amzi,  bora  July  10th,  1792,  bap.  Aug.  19th,  1792,  drowned  in  a  well,  Sept. 
27th,  1795. 

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178  FIRST    CHURCH 

9.  Lydia,  born  Dec.  14th,  1786,  m.  June  20th,  1805,  Samuel  Porter,  of  Southington. 

10.  Eliphaz,  born  Jane  28th,  1789,  m.  Eliza  Armstrong,  of  Franklin,  Conn.     He 
was  a  jeweller. 

142.  "EZEKIEL  BRIGHT,"  to  church  August,    1774;  Dr.  Smalley's 
record  says  he  was  baptized  March  14th,  1762,  an  adult.     He  m.  Jan. 
26th,  1761,  at  Southington,  No.  (143.)     He  built  a  new  house  on  the 
south  branch  of  Bass  River,  near  Reuben  Wright's,  and  sold  it  1785,  to 
Elisha  Hart,  with  two  acres  of  land,  butted  east  on  highway,  and  north 
on  Justus  Francis ;  this  location  on  the  road  over  the  mountain  to  Farm- 
ington  ;  probably  moved  to  New  Hartford,  New  York  State. 

143.  "Wife  of  Ezekiel  Wright,"  to  church  August,  1774;  her  maiden 
name,  Eunice  Neal,  daughter  of  William,  of  Southington ;  baptized  there 
June  22d,  1740;  she  "owned  the  covenant"  March  14th,  1762,  in  New 
Britain ;  she  sister  of  No.  (78)  and  No.  (XVI.) 

THEIR    CHILDREN. 

1.  Lucy,  born  March  25th,  1763,  bap.  March  27th,  1763,  m.  Ebenezer  Steele,  jun. 

2.  Rachel,  bora  ,  bap.  May  30th,  1779. 

144.  "Widow  MARGARET  WHAPLES,"  to  church  Nov.  6th,  1774;  she 
was  widow  of  Jonathan  Whaples,  (son  of  Jonathan  and  his  wife,  Sarah ;) 
was  daughter  of  Joseph  Woodruff,  No.  (59)  and  No.  (60 ;)  probably  her 
husband  died  at  Claverack,  N.  Y.     She  married  second,  Dec.  22d,  1774, 
Lieut.  Elijah  Porter,  of  Farmington ;  this  was  his  third  wife.     She  and 
her  first  husband  "  owned  the  covenant"  at  Newington,  May  5th,  1754; 
she  to  church  in  Farmington,  1777.     After  the  death  of  Lieut.  Porter,  hi 
Farmington,  she  returned  to  this  place,  and  died  Nov.  6th,  1810,  aged  75, 
at  the  house  of  Selah  Steele,  sen. 

HER    CHILDREN. 

1.  Samuel  Whaples,  born  ,  bap.  May  5th,  1754,  at  Newington,  m.  Huldah 
Langdon. 

2.  Elizur  Whaples,  born  ,  bap.  Dec.  28th,    1755,  at  Newington,   m.  Ruth 
Woodruff,  of  Robert. 

3.  John  Whaples,  born  ,  m.  Rhoda  Lusk,  daughter  of  David. 

4.  Sally  Whaples,  bom  Jan.,  1758,  bap.  Jan.   15th,  1758,  at  Farmington,  by  Rev. 
Mr.  Booge,  of  Northington,  m.  Seth  Porter,  son  of  her  mother's  second  husband. 

5.  Mary  Ann  Whaples,  born  ,  bap.  Sept.  2d,  1774. 

6.  Amzi  Porter,  born  Nov.  17th,  1775,  m.  Jan.  12th,  1801,  Rebecca  Andrews,  of 
Hezekiah  ;  Amzi  Porter  to  church  in  Farmington,  1799;  Rebecca,  his  wife,  1821. 
They  moved  to  Oswego,  N.  Y.,  where  they  died. 

145.  "Widow  LTJCINA  STEDMAN,"  to  church  March  16th,  1777,  the 
widow  of  Theodore  Stedman,  who  was  a  soldier  of  the  Revolution ;  was 
taken  prisoner  and  died  January,  1777,  in  this  place,  soon  after  his  return 
from  captivity  in  New  York.     He  seems  to  have  resided  in  Kensington, 
for  his  tax  for  building  the  meeting-house  there  was  abated  by  vote  of  that 
society  Dec.  4th,  1777. 


OF    NEW    BRITAIN/  179 

THEIR   CHILDREN. 

1.  Ashbel,  bora  ,bap.  April  6th,  1777. 

2.  Betsey,  born  ,  bap.  April  6th,  1777;  her  mother  appointed  guardian  June 
14th,  1784,  by  Probate  Court  at  Farmington. 

£  Theodorus,  born  •          bap.  April  6th,  1777. 

4.  Henry,  bora  ,  posthumous,  bap.  July  4th,  1779. 

146.  "LYDIA  NOBTH,"  to  church  Aug.  10,  1777,  daughter  of  James, 
sen.  and  his  wife,  Sarah  (Seymour,)  sister  of  No.  (148 ;)  she  died  April 
18th,  1814,  aged  68. 

147.  "  SOLOMON  RUGG,"  to  church  Aug.  10th,  1777,  by  letter  from 
church  in  Kensington;  he  was  dismissed  by  letter,  1813  ;  no  reference 
had  to  the  place.     He  was  a  miller  by  occupation  ;  lived  east  of  Deacon 
Hart's  mill-pond,  and  attended  his  mill.     He  had  united  with  Kensington 
church  by  profession  March  15th,  1772.     His  wife  was  Margaret  (Hud- 
son,) born  June  13th,  1738,  to  Thomas ;  she  died  Nov.  21st,  1807,  aged 
69.     He  died  near  Ballston  Springs,  N.  Y.,  1817. 

THEIR   CHILDREN. 

1.  Solomon,  bora  ,  bap.  Sept.  24th,  1777,  m.  Phebe  Hitchcock,  March  23d, 
1786  ;  she  to  church  in  Southington ;  a  widow,  1804 ;  she  died  1835. 

2.  Matthew,  born  1767,  bap.  Sept.  24th,  1777,  in.  Polly  Webb,  daughter  of  David, 
of  Salem ;  was  a  cooper  by  trade ;  lived  in  District  No.  4,  by  Harlowe  Eddy's  ;  he  died 
April  29th,  1819,  aged  52 ;  was  a  quiet,  inoffensive  man. 

3.  Phebe,  born  ,  bap.  Sept.  24th,  1777,  m.  April,  1791,  Submit  Bailey,  of 
Kensington.  ;.  ' 

4.  Sylvanus,  bom  ,  bap.  Sept.  24th,  1777,  m.  Polly 

5.  Seth,  born  <  bap.  Sept.  24th,  1777,  m.  Sabra  and  moved  to  New 
Marlboro,  Mass. ;  he  a  cabinet  maker ;  learned  of  Aaron  Roberts. 

148.  "Wife  of  Ebenezer  Steele,"  to  church  from  Kensington  church, 
1777 ;  her  maiden  name,  Sarah  Sage,  daughter  of  David  and  his  wife, 
Bathsheba  Judd,  "  of  Great  Swamp  Society ;"  she  was  admitted  to  Ken- 
sington church  April  10th,  1757,  m.  Aug.  10th,  1749.     He  was  born  May 
12th,  1727,  to  Doctor  Joseph  Steele  and  his  wife,  Elizabeth   (Hollister,) 
of  Glastenbury,  who  lived  in  "  Great  Swamp,"  near  the  first  meeting- 
house.    She  was  the  mother  of  thirteen  children,  from  eight  of  whom,  at 
the  time  of  her  death,  had  descended  seventy  grand-children,  one  hundred 
and  seventy-one  great-grand-children,  and  twenty-four  great-great-grand- 
children, making  then  in  all,  278.     She  served  in  this  place  as  midwife 
many  years.     She  died  March  16th,  1823,  aged  94,  having  lived  about 
seventy-two  years  with  her  husband,  in  Kensington,  until  their  children 
had  been  born  and  baptized,  when  they  moved  on  to  "  Osgood  Hill,"  next 
door  south  of  "  Grand-father  Osgood."     He  died  Jan.  22d,  1821,  aged  94. 
He  never  united  with  the  church,  but  thought  he  experienced  a  saving 
change  late  in  life.     He  was  a  soldier  of  the  Revolutionary  War. 


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THEIR   CHILDREN. 

1.  Ebenezer,  jun.,  born  1749,  m.  Lucy  Wright,  of  Ezekiel ;  second,  Hannah  Brewer, 
No.  (225.) 

2.  Sarah,  bom  March  26th,   1750,  m.  Ezra  Belden;  second,  Lewis  Seymour,  a 
French  soldier. 

3.  Mary,  born  Sept.  7th,  1754,  m.  Aug.  19th,  1773,  Elisha  Booth  ;  she  died  Nov.  1st, 
1742,  at  Colebrook. 

4.  William,  born  1757,  m.  Oct.  26th,  1780,  No.  (246.) 

5.  Josiah,  born  1758,  bap.  June  llth,  1758,  at  Kensington,  m.  No.  (377.) 

6.  Charles,  born  1760,  bap.  July  6th,  1760,  at  Kensington. 

7.  Allen,  born  1762,  bap.  Jan.  3d,  1762. 

8.  Selah,  born  April  19th,  1764,  bap.  May  6th,  1764,  married  April  14th,  1786,  No. 
C853.) 

9.  Hnldah,  born  1768,  bap.  Jan.  3d,  1768,  at  Kensington,  m.  June  24th,  1784,  No. 
(183.) 

10.  Kebecca,  born  May  30th,  1769,  bap.  July  7th,  1769,  at  Kensington,  m.  June  19th, 
1781,  Cotton  Mather. 

11.  Salmon,  born  1771,  bap.  March  17th,  1771,  at  Kensington. 
It  is  thought  two  other  children  not  in  this  list  died  young. 

149.  "JAMES  NORTH,"  to  church  Sept.  14th,  1777,  son  of  James,  of 
"  Great  Swamp,"  and  Canaan,  where  he  died,  1758,  and  his  wife,  Sarah 
(Seymor,)  born  Jan.  18th,  1748,  (his  own  record,)  see  No.  (43,)  m.  Sept. 
29th,' 1774,  No.  (150 ;)  he  had  before  this  learned  his  trade  of  blacksmith 
of  John  Richards,  at  Stanley  quarter ;  he  had  his  shop  at  first  on  the  site 
of  his  grand-son,  Henry  North's,  opposite  the  present  Episcopal  church, 
but  moved  it  opposite  his  house,  the  same  where  his  son,  Henry,  lived  and 
died.     He  was  a  man  of  enterprise  and  influence ;  was  in  public  offices  and . 
employment;  of  good  understanding  and  judgment,  and  was  popular;  was 
captain,  magistrate,  representative ;  was  on  the  6th  Sept.,  1795,  chosen 
one  of  the  standing  committee  of  the  church,  and  Dr.  Smalley  then  entered 
his  name  as  Capt.  James  North.     He  wrote  a  fair  hand  and  was  treasurer 
and  clerk  of  the  school  and  ecclesiastical  societies,  after  the  resignation  of 
Col.  Lee.     Having  a  sound  body,  a  good  trade,  and  a  handsome  property 
by  his  wife,  he  began  his  career  in  life  with  fair  prospects,  which  by  the 
great  diligence  and  economy  of  both,  proved  a  success.     His  wife,  Rhoda, 
died  March  15th,  1824,  aged  70,  when  he  married  second,  Feb.  26th,  1828, 
Abi,  the  widow  of  Capt.  Justus  Francis,  and  the  daughter  of  Deacon  Tim- 
othy Stanley.     James  North,  Esq.  died  May  14th,  1833,  aged  85;  his 
widow,  Abi,  died  Oct.  8d,  1852,  at  West  Avon,  aged  87,  but  buried  in 
New  Britain  cemetery.     He  was  son  of  James,  of  Thomas,  son  of  Thomas, 
who  was  son  of  John,  the  settler. 

150.  "Wife  of  James  North,"  to  church  Sept.  14th,  1777 ;  her  maiden 
name,  Rhoda  Judd,  daughter  of  No.  (45)  and  No.  (46,)  born  Jan.  9th, 
•1754,  see  No.  (149.) 


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THEIR    CHILDREN. 

1.  Ehoda,bora  Feb.  10th,  1776,  bap.  Nov.  9th,  1777,  m.  No.  (645.) 

2.  James,  Jan.,  bora  Dec,  19th,  1777,  bap.  Feb.  8th,  1778,  m.  May  1st,  1800,  Rhoda 
Belden,  daughter  of  Capt.  Jonathan. 

3.  Seth  Judd,  bom  Aug.  13th,  1779,  bap.  Sept.  19th,  1779,  m.  Sept.  27th,  1801,  No. 
(3960 

4.  Alvin,  bora  Aug.  13th,  1781,  bap.  Oct.  7th,  1781,  m.  July  15th,  1804,  No.  (331 ;) 
married  second,  No.  (411.) 

5.  Henry,  bora  Nov.  3d,  1783,  bap.  Dec.  7th,  1783,  died  young. 

6.  Abi,  bora  Nov.  21st,  1784,  bap.  Dec.  26th,  1784,  m.  Oct.  10th,  1802,  No.  (550.) 

7.  Nancy,  bora  Jan.  llth,  1787,  bap.  Feb.  18th,  1787,  m.  Oct.  llth,  1807,  Cyras 
Booth,  son  of  Joseph. 

8.  Henry,  2d,  bora  Sept.  24th,  1789,  bap.  Nov.  8th,  1789,  m.  1810,  Sarah  Cosslett; 
married  second,  No.  (744.) 

9.  Orpha,  born  Aug.  12th,  1793,  bap.  Sept.  15th,  1793,  m.  1812,  No.  (311.) 

10.  William  Burnham,  born  Dec.  6th,  1797,  bap.  Feb.  4th,  1798,  m.  Aug.  16th, 
1824,  No.  (651.) 

151.  "The  wife  of  Seth  Judd."  to  church  Sept.  14th,  1777;  her  maiden 
name,   Lydia   Richards,   daughter  of  John,   the  blacksmith,  and  Mary 
(French,)  his  wife,  born  April  10th,  1754,  bap.  April  21st,  1754,  at  New- 
ington,  m.  Oct.,  1772,  Seth  Judd,  son  of  No.  (45)  and  No.  (46;)  he  was 
accidentally  shot  in  camp  in  time  of  the  Revolution,  when  she  m.  second, 
Samuel  Huggins,  of  New  Hampshire,  to  which  State  she  had  moved  with 
her  father;  she  died  Aug.  30th,  1841,  aged  87. 

152.  Widow  MARY  GILBERT,"  to  church  March  15th,  1778,  from  the 
church  in  Worthington,  by  letter ;  to  church  there  1777.     Her  maiden 
name,  Mary  Butrick;  she  m.  May  27th,  1762,  Ebenezer  Gilbert;  their 
house  was  opposite  John  Ellis'  place.     He  was  killed  in  the  army,  Feb. 
15th,  1776,  when  she  married  second,  Nov.  19th,  1778,  Lieut.  Elisha 
Booth,  who  built  the  Colonel  Wright  house,  (now,  1867,  Goodwin's,)  about 
1761,  as  indicated  by  the  carpenter's  mark  on  the  barn.     He  sold  this 
place  the  spring  of  1795,  to  Deacon  Benjamin  Wright,  and  moved  to  Hart- 
land,  where  he  died ;  she  took  a  letter  to  that  church,  but  after  the  settle- 
ment of  Lieut.  Booth's  estate,  at  Hartland,  she  returned,  (so  says  Dr. 
Smalley's  record,)  Aug.  3d,  1800,  and  spent  the  remnant  of  life  at  the  old 
Gilbert  house,  and  died  March  30th,  1831,  aged  86,  and  was  buried  in 
New  Britain  cemetery.     Elisha  Booth  was  the  youngest  son  of  Robert, 
and  had  married  Dec.  5th,  1751,  before  Rev.  Joshua  Belden,  Esther  Hoi- 
lister,  by  whom  he  had  seven  children,  when  she  died  Aug.  25th,  1776, 
aged  44. 

CHILDREN. 

1.  Thomas,  bora  Sept.  6th,  1750,  m.  Eunice  (Hurlbert,)  widow  of  Jonathan  Gilbert. 

2.  Elisha,  born  Nov.  8th,  1753,  m.  Aug.  19th,  1773,  Mary  Steele,  of  Ebenezer,  sen.  ; 
he  died  Nov.  1 6th,  1 804,  aged  51. 

3.  Esther,  bom  Sept.  1st,  1755  ;  never  married ;  kept  house  for  Thomas;  she  died 
July  15th,  1826. 


182  FIRST     CHURCH 

4.  Huldah,  born  Oct.  28th,  1760,  bap.  Nov.  16th,  1760,  m.  Sept.  25th,  1783,  David 
Goodrich. 

5.  Sylvanus,  born  Feb.  10th,  1763,  bap.  Feb.  27th,  1763,  died  in  the  army  of  the 
Revolution. 

6.  Nancy,  born  Aug.  18th,  1768,  m.  May  15th,  1797,  No.  (279.) 

7.  Sally,  born  July  25th,  1770,  died  Aug.  4th,  1776,  aged  four,  of  camp  distemper. 

SECOND  WIFE'S  CHILDREN. 

8.  Hannah,  born  Aug.  17th,  1779,  bap.  Sept.  19th,  1779. 

9.  Lois,  born  Jan.  14th,  1782,  bap.  Feb.  17th,  1782,  m.  Jan.  5th,  1812,  Joseph  Taylor. 

10.  Abi,  born  May  30th,  1784,  bap.  July  18th,  1784,  m.  Aug.  31st,  1800,  Sylvester 
Mygatt. 

153.  "MERCY  NORTH,"  to  church  Aug.  2d,  1778,  sister  of  No.  (149,) 
m.  July  18th,  1782,  Samuel  Bass;  they  lived  on  West  Main  street,  near 
where  Norman  Hough  has  his  residence.     She  was  an  active,  industrious 
woman.     Mr.  Bass  died  Nov.  29th,  1802,  aged  50,  of  a  cancer ;  she  died 
Aug.  6th,  1819,  aged  66. 

THEIK   CHILDREN. 

1.  Her  daughter  Asenath,  born  ,  bap.  Aug.  2d,  1778,  m.  Nov.  29th,  1798, 

Charles  Eddy. 

1.  Daniel,  born  ,  bap.  July  6th,  1783. 

2.  Bethia,  bora  ,  bap.  Dec.  12th,  1784,  m.  Dec.  31st,  1804,  Darius  Woodford. 

3.  Henry,  born  Dec.  9th,  1786,  m.  Amelia  M.  Love ;  he  died  1860,  aged  74,  of  can- 
cer, at  Cokesbury,  S.  C. ;  he  a  Methodist  minister. 

4.  Lydia,  born  ,bap.  Feb.  llth,  1787,  died  young. 

5.  Samuel,  born  ,  bap.  June  14th,  1789. 

6.  Lydia,  born  ,  bap.  June  10th,  1792,  see  No.  (474.) 

7.  Gunilda,  born  Oct.  3d,  1795,  bap.  Nov.  15th,  1795,  m.  No.  (459.) 

8.  Infant,  no  name,  died  young. 

154.  "ABIGAIL,  wife  of  Isaac  Lee,   3d,"  to  church   May   2d,  1779, 
daughter  of  No.  (63)  and  No.  (64,)  born  Oct.  30th,  1754,  m.  May  25th, 
1773,  No.  (168 ;)  she  died  April  9th,  1811,  aged  58. 

155.  ELIZABETH,  wife  of  Joseph  Booth,"  to  church  May  2d,  1779, 
daughter  of  No.  (91)  and  No.  (92,)  born  Dec.  12th,  1755,  m.  Dec.  18th, 
1777,  Joseph  Booth,  son  of  No.  (65)  and  No.  (66 ;)  they  lived  on  Dublin 
Hill,  the  only  house  there  for  many  years ;  it  is  still  standing ;  his  son, 
Joseph,  went  with  James  North,  jun.  and  Joseph  Shipman,  to  Stockb ridge, 
Mass.,  and  learned  the  trade  of  brass-founder.     The  family  moved  to 
Charlotte,  N.  Y.     She  died  May  18th,  1819,  aged  64.     He  died  June 
10th,  1835,  aged  84.    - 

THEIR   CHILDREN. 

1.  Joseph,  jun.,  born  Jane  10th,  1778,  bap.  May  23d,  1779,  m.  Charlotte  Bowman, 
New  York. 

2.  Abigail,  born  Aug.  21st,  1779,  bap.  Sept.  19th,  1779,  m.  Charles  Spoor,  N.  Y. 

3.  Orange  Francis,  bora  March  5th,  1782,  bap.  April  7th,  1782,  m.  Lucy  Hart,  of 
Candor,  N.  Y. 


OF    NEW    BRITAIN.  183 

4.  Elizabeth,  born  Aug.  29th,  1783,  m.  June  21st,  1801,  John  R.  Lincoln ;  m.  second, 
No.  (442.) 

5.  Hannah,  born  April  15th,  1785,  bap.  June  5th,  1785,  m.  May  18th,  1807,  Hermas 
Carter ;  she  died  Aug.  29th,  1867,  at  the  residence  of  her  son,  Newton,  in  Hartford. 

6.  Cyrus,  born  Oct.  10th,  1786,  bap.  Jan.  29th,  1787,  m.  Oct.  llth,  1807,  No.  (340.) 

7.  Jesse,  born  Aug.  29th,  1790,  bap.  Nov.  7th,  1790,  m.  Boxy  Francis;  lives  in 
Wisconsin,  1861. 

8.  Selah,  born  April  1st,  1792,  bap.  June  10th,  1792,  m.  Fuller ;  lives  in  Wis- 
consin, 1861. 

9.  Francis,  born  June  10th,  1795,  bap.  Sept.  6th,  1795,  died  March,  1835,  in  N.  Y. 

10.  Jane  Clark,  born  Oct.  8th,  1797,  bap.  April  1st,  1798,  m.  Hiram  Fuller,  brother 
of  Selah's  wife. 

156.  «CHLOE,  -wife  of  Elnathan  Smith,'-' to  church  May  16th,  1779, 
only  daughter  of  No.  (35)  and  No.  (36,)  born  Jan.  15th,  1746,  m.  July 
9th,  1767 ;  she  had  a  lady-like  appearance,  and  bore  a  good  Christian 
character.  He  lived  in  the  house  on  East  street,  known  (now,  1861,)  as 
the  Rhodes  house.  He  was  a  man  of  wealth,  standing  and  influence  in 
public  affairs.  He  kept  the  first  store  of  goods  to  retail  in  the  parish, 
(with  the  exception  of  Joseph  Clark,  who  had  done  a  little  in  that  way.) 
He  was  in  the  old  French  war,  and  acted  as  commissary  in  the  Revolu- 
tion. He  taught  district  school,  in  the  winter  season,  in  early  life.  He 
was  a  man  of  large  proportions  and  strong  passions.  He  bought  his  place 
of  Dr.  Smalley,  1788,  for  £400.  He  died  March  6th,  1826,'  aged  88. 
She  died  Sept.  26th,  1825,  aged  80,  having  lived  together  nearly  60  years. 

THEIR   CHILDREN. 

1.  Elnathan,  born  May  6th,  1768,  bap.  May  23d,  1779,  m.  Lois  Beckley,  of  Berlin, 
daughter  of  Elias  Beckley  and  Lois  (Parsons,;  his  wife  ;  he  died  at  Berlin,  Feb.  22d, 
1801,  aged  33. 

2.  Nancy,  born  March  17th,  1770,  bap.  May  23d,  1779,  m.  Benjamin  D.  Galpin ;  m. 
second,  Simeon  Lincoln. 

3.  Sylvia,  born  May  23d,  1772,  died  April  26th,  1773,  aged  one  year. 

4.  Sylvia,  born  April  5th,  1774,  bap.  May  23d,  1779,  m.  Oliver  Goodrich,  of  Rocky 
Hill. 

5.  Chloe,  born  May  23d,  1776,  bap.' May  23d,  1779. 

6.  Joseph  Lee,  born  May  28th,  1779,  bap.  Aug.  1st,  1779,  m.  Francis  M.  Kirby,  of 
Litchfield.     Col.  Joseph  L.  Smith,  died  May  27th,  1846,  aged  67,  at  St.  Augustine; 
had  been  U.  S.  Judge  of  Florida. 

7.  Lydia,  born  March  28th,  1782,  bap.  May  26th,  1782,  never  married. 

8.  Mary,  born  July  1st,  1784  ;  never  married;  died  April  4th,  1859,  at  New  Haven, 
aged  75. 

9.  Ira  Elliot,  born  Dec.  21st,  1786,  bap.  Feb.  llth,  1787 ;  never  married ;  died  Sept. 
5th,  1849,  aged  63 ;  he  was  a  lawyer  of  considerable  ability,  Judge  of  County  and  Pro- 
bate Courts,  and  was  a  leader  of  the  Democratic  party  for  many  years  in  town. 

157.  "MEHITABEL  KILBOURN,"  to  church  Jan.  30th,  1780,  daughter 
of  Joshua  and  Mehitabel  (Mather,)  his  wife,  born  April  23d,  1764,  bap. 
Aug.  29th,  1764,  m.  Nov.  24th,  1785,  No.  (179.) 


184  FIRST    CHURCH 

158.  "JONATHAN  BELDEN,"  to  church  Nov.  12th,  1780,  son  of  Ezra 
and  Rebecca  (Dix,)  his  wife,  bora  Jan.  llth,  1750,  m.  Dec.  29th,  1774, 
No.  (159  ;)  was  a  carpenter  by  trade,  but  followed  farming  ;  was  a  man 
of  great  firmness  of  purpose  ;  a  self  made  man  of  much  intelligence.     He 
was  an  ardent  politician  of  the  Jefferson  school.     He  was  engaged  much 
in  public  business,  and  was  very  capable.     He  was  patriotic,  public-spirited 
and  liberal.     His  residence  was  that  now,  (1862,)  owned  by  Edmund 
Steele,  on  Stanley  street     He  owned  much  of  the  present  village  land, 
and  was  apparently  prosperous  for  many  years.     He  was  a  captain,  and 
so  called.     At  length  he  became  involved  in  debt,  fell  under  censure  of 
the  church,  became  disheartened,  and  died  Sept.  10th,  1824,  aged  73.    He 
died  at  the  house  of  David  Steele,  where  his  daughter,  Polly  (Clark,)  was 
then  living,     He  was  naturally  a  fine  specimen  of  the  "  old  Roman  char- 
acter," and  was  in  his  day  considered  a  prodigy  of  learning.     It  was  said 
of  Elizur  Hart,  the  great  school-master,  that  he  (Hart,)  knew  every  tkingy 
he  knew  almost  as  much  as  Capt.  Belden.     The  action  of  the  church  in 
the  discipline  of  Capt.  Belden,  was  noted  ;  it  was  pending  a  long  time, 
and  created  great  excitement.    The  church  took  action  A.  D.  1812,  and 
an  appeal  to  Consociation  was  had  1813. 

159.  "Wife  of  Jonathan  Belden,"  to  church  Nov.  12th,  1780;  maiden 
name,  Mary  Allen,  sister  of  No.  (318,)  sister  also  of  No.  (708.)     She  was 
a  woman  that  looked  well  to  her  household.     "  Her  children  arise  up  and 
call  her  blessed."     She  daughter  of  Ephraim,  of  Wallingford,  Plymouth 
and  Southington,  and  his  wife,  Hannah  Williams;  she  died  Aug.  16th, 
1823,  aged  72,  at  the  present  house  of  Harlowe  Eddy,  in  District  No.  4. 

THEIR   CHILDREN. 

1.  Polly,  born  ,  i  Sept.  9th,  1780. 

2.  Jonathan,  born  ,  died  Sept.  12th,  1780. 

3.  Polly,  born  April  9th,  1780,  bap.  Nov.  26th,  1780,  m.  Feb.  14th,  1800,  Abner 
€lark,  see  No.  (639.) 

4.  Rhoda,  born  Dec.  22d,  1781,  bap.  March  24th,  1782,  m.  No.  (443.) 

5.  Elizatetb,  born  April  3d,  1784,  bap.  May2d,  1784,  m.  March  llth,  1804,  Oliver 
Judd,  of  John. 

6.  Jonathan,  born  1786,  bap.  March  26th,  1786,  m.  May  1st,  1803,  Catharine  An- 
drus,  ofPhineas. 

7.  Infant,  born  ,  bap.  April  16th,  1788,  died  yoong. 

8.  Nancy,  born  Aug.  31st,  1792,  bap.  Oct.  7th,  1792,  m.  May  5th,  1812,  No.  (370.> 

160.  «  SIBBEL,  wife 'of  Noadiah  Brownson,"  to  church,  Nov.  26th,  1780; 
her  maiden  name,  Horsington,  daughter  of  John,  of  Southington,  and  his 
wife,  Sarah  (Templar,)  of  Wallingford,  born  1745,  m.'  June  5th,  1766r 
Noadiah,  son  of  Elijah  Bronson  and  Abigail  (Winchel,)  his  wife ;  he  born 
Sept.  18th,  1740;  he  died  July  llth,  1803,  aged  63,  at  Kensington,  the 
same  year  his  grand-son,,  Orestes  A.  was  born.    They  had  no  permanent 


OF    NEW    BBITAIN.  185 

location ;  lived  several  years  at  the  Nathan  Judd  house,  on  the  corner  east 
of  Dr.  Smalley's,  and  south  of  the  Skinner  house. 

THEIR  CHILDREN. 

1.  Sylvester,  bora  June  7th,  1772,  bap.  Dec.  3d,  1780,  became  the  father  of  Orestes 
A.,  the  philosopher. 

2.  Sibbil,  bora  March  29th,  1775,  bap.  Dec.  3d,  1780. 

161.  "  COLLINS  LUDINGTON,"  to  church  Dec.  31st,  1780,  son  of  Dan- 
iel, of  East  Haven,  and  Susan  (Clark,)  his  second  wife,  born  about  1749, 
m.  Feb.  9th,  1775,  Sarah  Smith,  daughter  of  Elijah,  sen.  and  his  wife, 
Sarah  (Grimes.)     He  built  the  Whipple  house,  formerly  the  only  house 
between  Alvin  North's  and  Capt.  Belden's.     He  moved  to  Owego,  N.  Y., 
at  the  time  our  people  had  the  "  Wago  fever,"  as  it  was  called.     He  moved 
his  family  in  the  Spring,  and  came  to  the  Hudson  River  in  the  sleigh. 
The  people  there  told  him  not  to  cross,  for  the  ice  was  old  and  brittle. 
The  family  walked  over  and  all  arrived  safe  on  the  opposite  bank,  where 
they  eat  their  dinner  in  the  sleigh,  and  while  doing  so,  the  ice  parted  just 
above,  and  all  the  river  where  they  had  just  crossed  was  clear.     They 
cried  for  joy  at  their  narrow  escape.     He  settled  in  Candor,  where  his 
name,  1814,  was  on  their  church  catalogue.     He  had  a  bad  corn  on  one  of 
his  toes,  and  cut  the  toe  off  with  a  chisel,  and  came  near  dying  in  conse- 
quence.    He  used  the  first  two-horse  wagon  in  New  Britain,  it  is  said. 
He  died  1821,  at  Candor,  N.  Y.     He  was  in  the  war  of  the  Revolution, 
from  Farmington. 

THEIR   CHILDREN. 

1.  Sally,  born  Feb.  5th,  1777,  died  July,  1780. 

2.  Anna,  bora  March  20th,  1781,  bap.  Aug.  22d,  1781,  died  young. 

3.  Anna,2d,  born  March  20th,  1783,  bap.  June  15th,  1783. 

4.  Sophia,  bora  ,  bap.  May  29th,  1791. 

5.  Sarah,  bora  ,  bap.  Sept.  14th,  1794. 

162.  "  JOHN  HINSDALE,"  to  church  1780,  son  of  Barnabas,  jun.  and 
his  wife,  Martha  (Smith,)  of  Hartford,  born  Aug.  13th,  1706,  at  Hartford; 
was  a  blacksmith ;  had  his  shop  near  his  house,  opposite  the  present  Meth- 
odist church,  in  Berlin  street.     He  was  a  constituent  member  of  Wor- 
thington  church,  1775;  was  moderator  of  the  second  church  meeting  in 
their  new  meeting-house.     He  came  to  this  place  about  1780,  having  been 
dismissed  and  received  from  Worthington  church.     He  m.  Nov.  8th,  1733, 
No.  (163,)  and  both  were  received  to  Kensington  church  soon -after.     He 
was  one  of  the  standing  committee  in    Kensington  church,  1766.     He 
bought  the  Deacon  Josiah  Lee  farm,  (alias)  the  Skinner  place,  and  owned 
a  large  part  of  that  square.     He  sold  1788,  to  Dr.  Smalley,  ten  acres  and 
sixty-two  rods  of  land.     His  will  is  dated  July  26th,  1792,  names  Theo- 
dore, John,  Elizabeth,  Lucy,  Lydia  and  Elijah.     He  died  Dec.  2d,  1792, 
aged  86.     He  had  made  his  son-in-law,  Samuel  Hart,  executor  of  his  will. 


186  FIRST     CHURCH 

163.  "ELIZABETH,  wife  of  Capt.  John  Hinsdale,"  to  church  1780;  her 
maiden  name,  (Cole,)  born  at  Hartford,  probably  March  18th,  1709-10, 
to  Nathaniel  and  his  wife,  Elizabeth  (Knight;)  she  died  July  1st,  1782, 
in  her  74th  year;  her  grave  at  cemetery,  Worthington  South. 

THEIR   CHILDREN. 

1.  John,  born  Aug.  19th,  1734;  he  died  young,  Oct.  13th,  1743,  aged  nine  years; 
grave  in  "  Christian  Lane." 

2.  Elizabeth,  born  June  29th,  1736,  m.  April  28th,  1758,  David  Atkins,  of  Middle- 
town,  Conn. 

3.  Theodore,  born  Nov.  25th,  1738,  graduated  at  Yale,  m.  Anna  Bissell;  settled  a 
minister  at  Windsor,  Conn.,  North  Society,  April  30th,  1766. 

4.  Lucy,  born  July  16th,  1741,  m.  Jan.  27th,  1763,  Samuel  Plumb,  of  Middletown, 
Conn. ;  she  died  Feb.,  1791. 

5.  Elijah,  born  April  1st,  1744,  m.  Ruth  Bidwell;  owned  the  Stephen  Lee  farm, 
("alias,)  the  Hinsdale  place ;  extended  west  to  meeting  house  yard,  except  the  "  burying- 
ground ;"  he  a  blacksmith ;  also  made  silk  from  the  mulberry  orchard  next  west  of  the 
cemetery;  he  died  June  26th,  1797,  aged  54. 

6.  Lydia,  born  Aug.  llth,  1747,  m.  Oct.  4th,  1770,  Samuel  Hart;  she  mother  of 
"Mrs.  Willard  and  Mrs.  Phelps." 

7.  John,  born  Aug.  21st,  1749,  m.  Philomela,  daughter  of  Dr.  James  Hurlburt.    He 
father  of  Col.  Hosea  Hinsdale,  of  Winsted.     The  father  buried  at  Berlin,  died  Dec. 
9th,  1795,  grave  at  cemetery,  Worthington  South.     Col.  Hinsdale  died  1 866,  aged  91 . 

164.  "SARAH  FISHER,"  to  church  March  llth,  1781,  by  letter  from 
West  Hartford ;  her  maiden  name,  probably  Sally  Bibbins,  or  Bevans ;  to 
church  there  Oct.  14th,  1775,  and  baptized.     She  married  Jan.  20th,  1778, 
Eleazer  Fisher,  who  was  a  soldier  of  the  Revolution ;  had  his  poll  tax 
abated  by  the  legislature,  1777,  on  list  of  1775,  £18,  and  then  resided  in 
this  place. 

THEIR   CHILD. 

Jonathan,  born  ,  bap.  March  llth,  1781. 

165.  "JAMES  BOOTH,"  to  church  Sept.  9th,  1781,  son  of  No.  (65)  and 
No.  (66,)  born  March,  1748,  m.  Nov.  23d,  1775,  No.  (166;)  his  house 
stood  where  that  of  John  Stanley's  does ;  his  farm  bounded  north  by  land 
of  Col.  Lee,  west  by  Thomas  Hart,  and  south  by  John  Judd,  and  east  by 
highway ;  his  house  was  built  by  Col.  Lee,  for  his  son,  Theodore.     Mr. 
Booth  was  a  plain  farmer,  and  an  honest,  conscientious,  Christian  man. 
He  died  Sept.  18th,  1830,  aged  66. 

166.  "  Wife  of  James  Booth,"  to  church  Sept.  9th,  1781 ;  maiden  name, 
Thankful  Winchel,  daughter  of  Ebenezer,  of  Torringford,  and  his  wife, 
Thankful  (Loomis,)  of  Westfield,  Mass.,  born  about  1756;  is  remembered 
as  a  woman  of  energy  and  character;  she  died  Oct.  26th,  1820,  aged  64. 

THEIR   CHILDREN. 

1.  James,  born  Sept.  llth,  1776,  bap.  Oct.  7th,  1781,  m.  Dec.  22d,  1800,  No.  (338.) 

2.  Ebenezer  Winchel,  bora  July  3d,  1778,  bap.  Oct.  7th,  1781,  m.  June  14th,  1802, 
Betsey  Benham. 


OF    NEW     BRITAIN.  187 

3.  Aurelia,  born  1781,  bap.  Oct.  7th,  1781,  m.  Dec.  8th,  1801,  TimothyPercival ; 
m.  second,  No.  (425.) 

4.  Osmyn,  born  1796,  bap.  July  31st,  1796,  m.  Dec.  22d,  1819,  No.  (431.) 

167.  "ESTHER,  wife  of  Joseph  Smith,"  to  church  1781 ;  this  was  his 
second  wife,  m.  Sept.,  1766,  No.  (29,)  before  Dr.  Smaller,  and  was  called 
at  her  marriage  to  him,  Widow  Esther  Deming,  born  June  1st,  1720,  at 
Wallingford,  to  Benoni  and  Esther  Adkins;  she  died  June  21st,  1804, 
aged  84 ;  she  died  at  the  old  tavern  stand  of  her  husband,  (Seth  Lewis 
having  bought  out  the  heirs  to  the  estate  previous  to  her  decease.)     She 
was  the  widow  of  Zebulon  Deming,  of  Southington,  who  was  drowned 
May  17th,  1762,  (tradition  says  in  the  Hudson  River.)     Her  maiden 
name,  Esther  Adkins,  to  church  in  Southington,  June  26th,  1737 ;  she  m. 
Deming  about  1740 ;  they  lived  in  the  north  part  of  Southington. 

HEE   CHILDREN   BY    PIRST    HUSBAND,    ZEBULON    DEMING.  •'•1<*f 

1.  Anna,  born  ,  bap.  Feb.  21st,  1742,  at  Southington,  by  Rev.  Jeremiah  Cur- 
tiss,  m.  Oct.,  1764,  at  Southington,  before  Rev.  B.  Chapman,  No.  (101.) 

2.  Zealous,  born  ,  bap.  Feb.  9th,  1746,  at  Southington,  by  Rev.  J.  Curtiss. 

3.  Samuel,  bora  ,  bap.  July  llth,  1756,  at  Southington,  by  Rev.  B.  Chap- 
man ;  he  died  Sept.  14th,  1775,  in  his  20th  year ;  his  grave  in  New  Britain  cemetery ; 
probably  died  with  his  mother,  at  "  Landlord  Smith's."    Zebulon  Deming,  the  father, 
was  uncle  to  John  and  Chauncey,  of  Farmington. 

168.  "ISAAC  LEE,  jun.,"  to  church  Sept.  30th,  1781,  son  of  No.  (35) 
and  No.  (36,)  born  March  23d,  1752 ;  No.  (154,)  his  wife,  m.  May  25th, 
1773.     He  was  a  farmer,  and  inherited  his  father's  homestead,  still  called 
the  old 'Lee  house.     He  was  a  pious,  good  man,  greatly  interested  in  the 
welfare  of  the  church  and  society.     He  owned  a  large  part  of  the  land  on 
which  has  been  built  the  present  village  of  New  Britain ;  his  wife,  Abigail, 
died  April  9th,  1811,  aged  58,  when  he  married  second,  No.  (386.)     He 
gave  the  land  on  which  the  second  -  church  edifice  was  built,  now  called 
"Strickland  Hall,"  and  in  other  ways  showed  his  liberality.     He  died 
April  llth,  1828,  aged  76. 

THEIR   CHILDREN. 

1.  Isaac,  jun.,  born  April  13th,  1775,  bap.  May  9th,  1779,  m.  Sept.  27th,  1799, 
No.  (348.) 

2.  Thomas,  born  Nov.  28th,  1776,  bap.  May  9th,  1779,  married  Oct.  10th,  1797, 
No.  (357.) 

3.  Almira,  bom  July  17th,  1780,  bap.  Aug.  20th,  1780,  m.  Sept.  27th,  1801,  Jesse 
Stanley. 

4.  Polly, born  Dec.  22d,  1783,  bap.  Feb.  8th,  1784,  m.  July  llth,  1802,  No.  ("461 .) 

5.  Josiah,  bora  Aug.  6th,  1786,  bap.-Sept.  10th,  1786,  died  Nov.  29th,  1788. 

6.  Abigail,  bom  May  14th,  1788,  bap.  June  15th,  1788,  m.  Sept.  7th,  1806,  Cyru8 
Stanley. 

7.  Josiah,  2d,  born  Sept.  21st,  1791,  bap.  Oct.  8th,  1791,  died  Oct.  9th,  1791.' 

8.  Chloe,  bora  July  24th,  1793,  bap.  Sept.  15th,  1793,  m.  Oct.  8th,  1820,  Treat 
Deming,  of  Wethersfield. 

9.  Lorenzo,  born  Dec.  23d,  1795,  bap.  Feb.  7th,  1796,  died  Nov.  7th,  1798,  by  burn. 


188  FIRST    CHURCH 

169.  "STEPHEN  HOLLISTER,"  to  church  1781,  born  Aug.  6th,  1729 
to  Gershom ;  lived  at  the  south  end  of  Stanley  street,  near  the  brick-kiln, 
just  north,  on  the  east  corner,  m.  No.  (79 ;)  he  died  Aug.  31st,  1800, 
aged  73. 

THEIR   CHILDREN. 

1.  Ehoda,  born  May  10th,  1756,  m.  Sept.  5th,  1T71,  Joseph  Woodruff,  jun. 

2.  Anna,  born  June  23d,  1758,  bap.  July  2d,  1758,  m.  David  Daniels. 

3.  Thomas,  born  Sept.  10th,  1762,  married  March  9th,  1786,  Sarah  Hurlbnrt,  of 
Wethersfield. 

4.  Charlotte,  bora  Jane  21st,  1766,  m.  May  30th,  1787,  Edward  Patterson,  of 
Berlin. 

5.  Stephen,  jun.,  born  Jan.  1st,  1769,  bap.  Jan.  1st,  1769,  m.  Flowers. 

6.  Sarah,  born  ,  m.  April  19th,  1772,  Simeon,  son  of  Job  Bronson. 

170.  «  ELIZABETH,  wife  of  Col.  Isaac  Lee,"  to  church  Dec.  30th,  1781 ; 
her  maiden  name,  (Grant,)  from  East  Windsor,  m.  Dec.  30th,  1772,  see 
No.  (35  ;)  she  died  May  17th,  1782,  of  small-pox. 

171.  «  ABIGAIL,  wife  of  Joshua  Webster,"  to  church  June  23d,  1782, 
daughter  of  Nathan  Booth  and  Abigail  (Steele,)  his  wife,  born  Oct.  3d, 
1748,  m.  March  24th,  1773;  they  lived  on  West  Main  street,  and  the 
house  he  built  gave  place  to  the  present  residence  of  Edmund  R.  Swift. 
He  died  June  10th,  1798,  aged  49,  when  she  married  second,  March  15th, 
1813,  Sylvanus  Dunham,  who  lived  at  the  head  of  Shuttle  Meadow.     She 
•was  received  to  Southington  church,  1814,  by  letter  from  this  church;  she 
returned  after  the  death  of  Mr.  Dunham,  to  this  church,  June  6th,  1824, 
and  died  May,  1829,  aged  81,  at  the  alms-house,  at  Berlin. 

WEBSTER   CHILDREN. 

1.  Leonard,  born  ,  bap.  July  14th,  1782,  went  west  unmarried. 

2.  Abigail,  born  ,  bap.  March  2d,  1783,  m.  March  22d,  1802,  Abner  Webster; 
she  died  July  9th,  1823,  aged  40  years. 

3.  Lucy,  born  ,  bap.  Oct.  24th,  1784,  m.  Sept.  27th,  1801,  Amzi  Stanley,  son 
of  Col.  Gad ;  she  died  Aug.  8th,  1823,  and  he  Aug.  4th,  1823,  at  Marietta,  Ohio ;  the 
parents  of  Maria,  wife  of  Deacon  Orson  Seymour,  of  south  church,  see  No.  (656.) 

172.  "DANIEL  AMES,"  to  church  Sept.  15th,  1782,  son  of  John,  of 
Rocky  Hill,  and  his  wife,  Abigail  (Butler,)  born  Feb.  1st,  1751 ;  he  m. 
Sept.  7th,  1780,  No.  (173.)     He  learned  his  trade,  cabinet-maker  and 
joiner,  (as  was  common  in  those  days,  to  have  them  combined,)  at  Rocky 
Hill ;  he  built  the  Aaron  Robert's  house,  and  owned  the  place  which  he 
sold  to  Mr.  Roberts,  -he  being  a  fellow  craftsman,  having  served  their  time 
as  apprentices  together.     He  afterwards  built  the  house  in  Hart  quarter, 
now  occupied  by  Waldo  Hayden.     He  lost  one  arm  by  the  bursting  of  a 
gun,  1788,  after  which  he  kept  school.     He  had  a  kind  of  vice  to  hold 
the  quill,  while  he  made  the  pen  with  one  hand.     He  moved  to  Southing- 
ton,  and  lived  also  in  Simsbury ;  had  a  second  wife,  Lucina  (North,)  of 
Simsbury.     He  died  Nov.  19th,  1822,  aged  71,  at  Southington. 


OP    NEW     BRITAIN.  189 

173.  "Wife  of  Daniel  Ames,"  to  church  Sept.   15th,  1782,  Mercy, 
daughter  of  Capt.  John  Langdon,  and  No.  (108,)  born  Sept.  6th,  1761 ; 
she  died  Sept  12th,  1817,  at  Southington,  aged  56. 

THEIR   CHILDREN. 

1.  John,  born  Jan.  24th,  1781,  bap.  Oct.  20th,  1782,  died  Aug.  30th,  1784,  aged 
three  and  a  half  years. 

2.  Laura,  born  Feb.  23d,  1784,  m.  March  25th,  1807,  Timothy  C.   Cressey,  of 
Southington. 

3.  Anne,  born  April  23d,  1786,  died  April  24th,  1786,  aged  one  day. 

4.  Horace,  bora  July  21st,  1788,  m.  Sophia  Loyd ;  he  a  physician  at  Granville. 

5.  John,  2d,  born  June  10th,  1790,  bap.  July  llth,  1790,  died  May  llth,  1806, 
aged  16. 

6.  Amoii  Langdon,  born  Aug.  16th,  1798,  bap.  Oct.  14th,  I798,m.  Feb.  17th,  1825, 
Bosanna  Hart. 

7.  Ira,  born  May  7th,  1800,  bap.  Aug.  17th,  1800,  m.  May  23d,  1822,  Hannah 
Clark,  of  Southington. 

174.  "  ASAHEL  HART,"  to  church  Jan.  26th,  1783,  son  of  Joseph,  of 
Northington,  now  Avon,  and  Anna  Barnes,  of  Thomas,  of  Southington, 
his  wife,  born  May  12th,  1754,  bap.  May  25th,  1754,  Rev.  E.  Booge, 
officiating,  at  Northington.     He  bought  of  Elisha  Hart,  1791,  his  new 
house  which  Ezekiel  Wright  built,  on  Farmington  road,  near  Bass  River, 
with  two  acres  and  ten  rods  of  land,  where  he  lived  some  years ;  he  m. 
No.  (224.)     He  was  a  brick-mason  by  trade  and  occupation,  a  stirring, 
lively  man,  naturally  impulsive.     After  some  years  he  moved  to  the  foot 
of  "  Osgood  Hill,"  on  the  same  road.     His  wife  died  Feb.  22d,  1803,  when 
he  m.  second,  Jan.  llth,  1804,  Chloe  Booth,  daughter  of  Nathan,  sen.; 
she  died  Feb.  10th,  1807,  aged  44 ;  when  he  m.  third,  July  29th,  1807, 
Widow  Prudence  Gridley,  of  Avon,  widow  of  Stephen ;  her  maiden  name, 
Park.     Mr.  Hart  died  at  North  Granby.     Gridley,  her  former  husband, 
was  drowned  at  the  whirlpool  below  Farmington  bridge ;  he  had  swam 
the  river  once  safely,  when  a  bet  was  offered  that  he  could  not  do  it  again, 
and  he  was  drowned  in  the  attempt. 

THE   HART   CHILDREN. 

1.  Anna,  bora  ,  bap.  May  18th,  1783,  m.  Samuel  Cossett,  of  Granby. 

2.  Beula,  born  ,  bap.  May  18th,  1783,  never  married,  died  at  Simsbury. 

3.  Asahel,  jun.,  born  ,  bap.  Oct.  3d,  1784,  m.  in  Ohio ;  returned  and  drowned 
in  Farmington. 

4.  Joseph,  born  ,  bap.  Oct.  28th,  1787,  m.  Sophrona  Hart;  second,  Laura 
Buel. 

5.  Eunice,  born  ,  bap.  Jan.  3d,  1790,  m.  Sept.  15th,  1818,  Chauncey  Clark. 

6.  Azuba,  bora  ,  bap.  Sept.  16th,  1792,  m.  Apheck  Woodruff,  Nov.  9th,  1809. 

7.  Elizabeth  Norton,  born  ,  bap.  May  14th,  1795,  m.  Wakeman  Stanley. 

8.  Adna  Thompson,  born  1796,  bap.  May  28th,  1797,  m.  Lydia  Woodruff. 

9.  Hannah  Day,  bom  March  20th,  1799,  bap.  May  19th,  1799,  m.  Ozem  Wood- 
ruff,  of  Avon. 

10.  Ezra,  bora  ,  bap.  May  17th,  1801,  unmarried,  occasionally  insane. 


190  FIRST     CHURCH 

175.  "PHINEAS  PENNFIELD,"  to  church  April  6th,  1783,  son  of  No. 
(116)  and  No.  (117,)  born  June  6th,  1756,  m.  April  9th,  1778,  No.  (190;) 
he  was  a  farmer,  and  sometimes  cooper ;  house  on  Farmington  road,  still 
standing,  (owned  by  Thomas  Hicks,)  supposed  to  be  the  house  of  his 
father.     It  shows  the  primitive  style  of  architecture,  as  well  as  the  action 
of  time.     He  is  well  remembered  as  a  simple-hearted,  honest  man,  large 
reverence,  and  strictly  conscientious.     He  died  March  28th,  1834,  aged 
77.     His  posterity  numerous  and  mostly  pious. 

THEIR   CHILDREN. 

1.  Lucy,  born  Jan.  26th,  1777,  bap.  April  13th,  1783,  m.  April  7th,  1800,  Elijah 
Hall,  of  Farmington. 

2.  Abel,  born  June  3d,  1782,  bap.  April  13th,  1783,  m.  Lydia  Slater;  second,  Sally 
Eichards;  he  m.  third,  April  llth,  1813,  Betsey  Squire;  m.  fourth,  Mindwell  Norton. 

3.  Nancy,  born  July  20th,  1783,  No.  (457.) 

4.  Phineas,  jun.,  born  Oct.  18th,  1785,  m.  Nov.  25th,  1812,  No.  (526.) 

5.  Salome,  bora  Sept.  2d,178S,  bap.  Oct.  5th,  1788,  m.May  13th,  1807,  No.  (462.) 

6.  Minerva,  bora  Oct.  22d,  1798,  bap.  Feb.  24th,  1799,  see  No.  (527.) 

176.  "EPHRAIM  ROYCE,"  to  church  April  6th,  1783,  from  (North- 
bury  church,  i.  e.  Plymouth,)  son  of  Ephraim,  of  Meriden,  baptized  there, 
July  15th,  1744,  m.  Oct.  4th,  1764,  Abigail  Fox,  of  Cheshire,  both  to 
church  in  Meriden,  June  23d,  1765,  in  Northbury,  1773,  by  letter.     He 
m.  Nov.  9th,  1780,  Widow  Abigail  Andrews,  of  Jthis  place,  widow  of  Sam- 
uel Andrews,  and  daughter  of  "  Landlord  Joseph  Smith."     Mr.  Royce 
was  a  cooper ;  lived  at  the  house  of  his  second  wife,  Abigail,  opposite 
Alfred  Andrews'  present  place.     He  made  cedar  tubs  and  pails ;  procured 
his  stock  from  the  cedar  swamp  in  Wolcott.     He  was  a  pious,  good  man  ; 
he  died  Jan.  5th,  1790,  aged  46;  his  grave  in  the  west  and  old  part  of  our 
cemetery. 

HIS   CHILDREN   BY   HIS   SECOND   WIFE,   ABIGAIL. 

1.  Chauncey,  bora  Oct.  28th,  1781. 

2.  Abigail,  bora  Jan.  24th,  1783,  bap.  April  6th,  1783. 

3.  Mary,  bora  May  25th,  1789,  bap.  July  26th,  1789,  m.  Nov.  3d,  1807,  Amos  A. 
Webster;  she  died  Nov.  30th,  1853,  atEnfield,  Conn.,  aged  65. 

177.  "  Mrs.  MART  LEE,  wife  of  Col.  Isaac  Lee,"  to  church  Jan.  25th, 
1784,  "  not  by  letter  of  recommendation  merely,  but  upon  a  particular 
profession  of  her  religious  sentiments,  &c."     Her  maiden  name,  Mary 
Johnson,  daughter  of  Ephraim,  of  Wallingford.     When  she  married  Col. 
Lee,  she  was  the  widow  of  Amos  Hall,  who  kept  the  great  tavern  in  Wal- 
lingford, in  the  time  of  the  Revolutionary  War.     She  m.  Oct.  9th,  1783, 
Col.  Lee,  and  after  his  decease  she  returned  to  her  old  home,  where  she 
died,  Dec.  22d,  1810,  aged  73. 

178.  "ANTHONY  JUDD,"  to  church  Oct.  3d,  1784,  one  of  the  converts 
of  the  principal  revival  in  Dr.  Smalley's  ministry ;  son  of  No.  (43)  and 


OF    NEW    BRITAIN.  191 

No.  (44,)  born  Aug.  1st,  1752,  m.  Aug.  29th,  1792,  Rebecca  Belden, 
daughter  of  Ezra  and  Rebecca  Dix,  his  wife,  born  March  23d,  1757.  He 
was  a  joiner  by  trade;  lived  in  the  Thomas  Hooker  house  for  a  time;  then 
built  the  Alvin  North  house,  now  moved  and  occupied  by  Orrin  S.  North. 
He  moved  about  1801,  to  Owego,  N.  Y.  The  parish  library  was  kept  at 
his  house  while  the  meeting-house  was  "built  over,"  A.  D.  1787.  He  is 
spoken  of  as  a  kind  and  worthy  man. 

THEIR   CHILDREN. 

1.  Jesse,  bora  ,  bap.  Nov.  13th,  1785. 

2.  Alvin,  born  ,bap.  Aug.  1st,  1790. 

3.  Jason,  bora  ,  bap.  Sept.  8th,  1793. 

4.  Almira,  bom  ,  bap.  May  28th,  1797,  see  No.  (500.) 

5.  Selah,  bom  ,  bap.  Nov.  9th,  1800. 

179.  "  JOSIAH  DEWY,"  to  church  Oct.  3d,  1784,  son  of  No.  (102)  and 
No.  (103,)  born  Jan.  6th,  1756,  m.  Nov.  24th,  1785,  No.  (157 ;)  he  taught 
school  in  early  life  three  winters  in  succession,  in  South-east  district.     He 
lived  at  the  old  Dewy  house,  south  of  William  Ellis.     He  was  a  man  of 
eminent  Christian  graces,  especially  meekness  and  kindness.     He  died 
April  17th,  1838,  aged  82. 

THEIR   CHILDREN. 

1.  Daniel,  born  1787,  bap.  Feb.  18th,  1787,  m.  Fanny  Shepherd,  of  Hartford, 
daughter  of  Capt.  Charles. 

2.  Esther,  born  ,bap.  March  30th,  1788,  single,  died  March  7th,  1852,  aged 
64,  No.  (398.) 

3.  Franklin,  bom  1790,  bap.  Oct.  17th,  1790,  died  south,  aged  25. 

4.  Josiah,  born  Aug.  llth,  1792,  bap.  Oct.  7th,  1792,  m.  March  2d,  1814,  Betsey 
Eecor;  second,  No.  (488.) 

5.  Asahel,  born  Nov.  14th,  1794,  bap.  April  19th,  1795  ;  lives  in  Dorchester,  Mass. 

6.  Mehitable,  born  Jan.  28th,  1797,  bap.  May  28th,  1797,  m.  June  2d,  1824,  Ed- 
mund Hart. 

7.  Seth,  born  1799,  bap.  June  16th,  1799,  m.  Harriet  Sacket,  of  Westfield,  Mass. 

8.  Rebecca,  born  Aug.  26th,  1801,  bap.  Oct.  25th,  1801,  m.  April  21st,  1824,  Isaac 
Catlin. 

9.  Mary,  born  July  2d,  1804,  bap.  Oct.  21st,  1804,  see  No.  (597.; 

180.  "Widow    COMFORT   HART,"   to  church  about  1784,  widow  of 
Daniel  Hart,  of  Stephen  and  Sarah  Cowles,  his  wife,  born  March  21st, 
1708,  and  who  lived  at  the  northermost  house  in  the  parish,  at  the  foot  of 
"  Clark  Hill ;"  she  was  his  second  wife ;  his  first  was  Abigail  Thompson, 
whom  he  married  July  18th,  1734,  daughter  of  Thomas  and  his  wife, 
Abigail  (Woodruff;)  she  born  Sept.  3d,  1710,  died,  when  he  m.  second, 
No.  (180,)  the  widow  of  Benjamin  Stephens,  and  the  daughter  of  ; 
her  maiden  name,  Comfort  Kelsey ;  she  m.  Benjamin  Stephens,  Oct.  20th, 
1740,  see  Farmington  town  record. 

CHILDREN    OF    DANIEL   HART    AND   HIS   FIRST   WIFE,    ABIGAIL. 

1.  Eldad,  bora  June  6th,  1735,  died  May  17th,  1736. 


192  FIBST    CHURCH 

2.  Eldad,  2d,  born  March  22d,  1736,  m.  July  8th,  1761,  Stephens,  daughter 

of  Benjamin. 

Sarah,  born  May  18th,  1742. 

Stephen,  born  Dec.  8th,  1744,  m.  No.  ("563.) 

181.  "ELIJAH  HART,  jun.,"  to  church  Oct.  3d,  1784,  son  of  No.  (52) 
and  Sarah  (Gilbert,)  his  wife,  born  May  7th,  1759,  bap.  May  13th,  1759, 
m.  Dec.  21st,  1780,  No.  (182 ;)  he  lived  at  the  south  part  of  the  parish, 
and  owned  the  mills  ;  was  a  large  farmer  and  extensive  manufacturer  of 
corn-meal  for  West  India  trade.    "Nov.  26th,  A.  D.  1805,  Capt.  Elijah 
Hart  declared  his  acceptance  of  the  office  of  a  deacon  in  this  church,^o 
which  he  had  been  chosen  by  the  brethren,  at  a  previous  meeting  duly 
warned,"  and  1807  he  was  added  to  the  standing  committee  of  the  church. 
In  1824,  he  and  his  wife  took  letters  of  dismission  and  recommendation  to 
the  church  at  Mount  Carmel,  in  Hamden,  where  he  had  built  a  house  and 
mill,  and  where  he  lived  several  years.     He  however  returned,  and  died 
Aug.  4th,  1827,  aged  68,  by  the  sting  of  a  bee.    He  enlisted  into  the  Revo- 
lutionary army,  March  18th,  1778,  for  three  years ;  was  at  the  taking  of 
Burgoyne. 

182.  "  Wife  of  Elijah  Hart,  jun.,"  to  church  Oct.  3d,  1784,  daughter  of 
No.  (112)  and  No.  (312,)  born  Sept.  6th,  1760,  bap.  Oct.,  1760,  m.  Dec. 
21st,  1780,  No.  (181.)     A  modest,  quiet  woman,  of  great  industry  and 
economy;  died  Dec.  2d,  1835,  aged  75. 

THEIR   CHILDREN. 

1.  Elijah,  born  Feb.  llth,  1782,  bap.  Oct.  3d,  1784,  died  May  13th,  1802,  aged  20. 

2.  Selah,  born  Nov.  6th,  1784,  bap.  Dec.  12th,  1784,  m.  Oct.  5th,  1805,  No.  (454.) 

3.  Samuel,  born  April  7th,  1786,  bap.  June  18th,  1786,  married  March  18th,  1812, 
No.  (366.) 

4.  Jesse,  born  April  20th,  1789,  bap.  June  7th,  1789,  m.  April  5th,  1810,  No.  ("397.) 

5.  Jonathan,  born  Feb.  20th,  1792,  bap.  April  1st,  1792,  see  No.  (483.; 

6.  Norman,  born  Aug.  5th*  1794,  bap.   Sept.  14th,  1794,  m.  Sept.   8th,  1818, 
No.  (385.) 

7.  Anna,  born  Dec.  5th,  1796,  died  young. 

8.  Ira,  born  July  22d,  1798,  m.  May  3d,  1820,  No.  (485.) 

9.  Anna,  2d,  born  Nov.  17th,  1801,  diedAug.  8th,  1817,  aged  6. 

10.  Elijah,  2d,  bora  Sept.  llth,  1804,  m.  March  15th,  1826,  No.  (723.) 

183.  "  BETHEL  HART,"  to  church  Oct.  3d,  1784,  son  of  Joseph,  of  Avon, 
brother  of  No.  (174,)  born  Nov.  1762,  bap.  Nov.  28th,  1762,  at  Avon,  by 
Rev.  E.  Booge,  m.  June  24th,  1784,  No.  (243 ;)  was  a  farmer,  and  later 
in  life  a  peddler ;  his  house  stood  opposite  of  the  present  house  of  Elam 
Slater's.     He  was  much  gifted  in  prayer,  and  was  esteemed  a  pious,  good 
man ;  was  lame  late  in  life,  which  led  him  to  sell  for  a  living,  pewter  and 
tin  ware.     His  wife,  Huldah,  died  Sept.  28th,  1810,  aged  44,  when  he  m. 
second,  May  16th,  1811,  Widow  Nancy  Seely,  of  Rocky  Hill,  see  No. 
(361 ;)  he  died  Dec.  25th,  1824,  aged  62. 


OF    NEW    BRITAIN.  193 

THEIR    CHILDREN. 

1.  Huldah,  born  Oct.  18th,  1786,  bap.  Dec.  3d,  1786,  m.  March  1st,  1804,  Silas 
Pennfield. 

2.  Nancy,  born  Jan.  2d,  1790,  bap.  Feb.  14th,  1790,  m.  April  26th,  1809,  No.  {450.) 

3.  Sarah  Sage,  bom  ,  bap.  July  27th,  1794,  m.  Feb.  25th,  1816,  Henry,  son 
of  Seth  Root. 

4.  Betsey,   born  Sept.  28th,  1797,  m.  May  llth,  1813,  Romanta  Woodford,  of 
Avon  and  Berlin. 

5.  Lavinia,  born  Dec.  1st,  1798,  bap.  Feb.  24th,  1799,  m.  Dec.  5th,  1819,  Silas 
Goff,  jun.,  of  "West  Springfield. 

6.  Salome,  bora  Aug.  14th,  J801,  bap.  Oct.  25th,  1801,  m.  Jan.  30th,  1832,  Henry, 
son  of  James  Judd. 

7.  Adna,  born  Jan.  28th,  1804,  bap.   April  15th,  1804,   m.   March  20th,  1825, 
No.  (509.) 

8.  Daniel,  born  ,  bap.  June  3d,  1806,  died  June  4th,  1806. 

9.  Rosanna,  born  May  3d,  1807,  bap.  July  19th,  1807,  m.  Joseph  Yemans ;  married 
second,  No.  (1,001.) 

10.  Caroline  Upson,  born  Sept.  16th,  1809,  bap.  April  29th,  1810,  m.  July  3d,  1828, 
No.  (912.) 

184.  "  POLLY  LEWIS,"  to  church  Oct.  3d,  1784,  daughter  of  No.  (88) 
and  No.  (Ill,)  born  Nov.,  1765,  m.  1786,  No.  (251 ;)  she  bare  to  her  hus- 
band one  daughter,  and  died  of  consumption,  Jan.  1st,  1789,  aged  24. 

185.  "Widow  ELIZABETH  CLARK,"  to  church  Nov.  28th,  1784,  by 
letter  from  the  first  church  in  Fannington,  daughter  of  Capt.  John  Newel, 
of  Farmington,  and  his  wife,  Elizabeth  (Hawley ;)  she  was  the  widow  of 
Mr.  John  Clark,  who  lived  where  Omri  North  does  now,  A.  D.  1864; 
sister  of  No.  (114,)  and  were  next  door  neighbors.     She  m.  Sept.  2d, 
1742,  John  Clark,  son  of  Matthew.     This  family  was  one  of  the  three  set 
off,  or  rather  excepted  in  the  incorporation  of  the  parish.     They  chose  to 
go  to  Farmington,  where  it  appears  they  had  always  belonged.     Mrs. 
Clark  came  here  after  the  death  of  her  husband ;  she  was  partially  deaf, 
and  was  accustomed  to  stand  in  the  pulpit  to  hear.     She  died  Feb.  2d, 
1791,  aged  70.     He  died  June  10th,  1782,  aged  70. 

THEIR   CHILDREN. 

1.  Mercy,  born  1742-3,  m.  Dec.  1766,  William  Wadsworth,  of  Farmington;  she 
died  July,  1813,  aged  71. 

2.  Mary,  bora  Feb.  23d,  1745,  see  No.  (272.) 

3.  Marvin,  born  Nov.  26th,  1746,  m.  Jan.  18th,  1773,  Sarah  Woodruff,  daughter  of 
Abraham,  of  Farmington  Farms. 

4.  Dan,  born  Aug.  llth,  1748,  m.  Jan.  24th,  1771,  Lucy  Stanley,  daughter  of 
Thomas,  3d. 

5.  Abel,  bom  1751,  m.  Jan.  6th,  1774,  Abigail  Judd,  daughter  of  James,  No.  (38.) 

6.  Ruth,  born  March  19th,  1752,  m.  Jan.  6th,  1774,  Seth  Stanley,  son  of  Deacon 
Noah. 

.    7.  John,  born  March  18th,  1754;  went  to  Canandaigua;  died  1819. 
8.  Huldah,  bom  1756,  m.  Caleb  Richard  Walker;  went  to  Lenox. 
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194  FIRST     CHURCH 

9.  Elizabeth,  born  May  14th,  1758,  m.  Moses  Andrews,  Jan.;  she  died  1840,  at 
Montague,  Mass. 

10.  Jane,  born  Nov.  20th,  1763,  m.  Dec.  21st,  1785,  No.  (221.) 

186.  "NOAH  FULLER,"  to  church  Dec. 5th,  1784,  from  church  in  Ken- 
sington, son  of  No.  (V.)  and  his  wife,  No.  (VI.)  bap.  in  infancy,  Oct.  4th, 
1761,  A.  D.  1785;  he  bought  one  and  a  quarter  acres,  with  house  and 
barn,  of  No.  (29,;  on  the  corner  directly  west  of  the  present  school-house 
in  South-east  district,  and  the  same  year  he  bought  of  No.  (63,)  one  and  a 
quarter  acres  where  now,  1865,  stands  the  barn  of  James  P.  Moore,  which 
land,  with  a  "tan-works  and  pump,"  he  sold  to  David  Wetherell,  1788, 
and  then  called  himself  of  Dorset,  Bennington  county,  Vermont.     He  m. 
Jan.  20th,  1792,  at  Dorset,  Vermont,  Lucy  Wilson,  of  Coventry,  Conn. 
He  died  Feb.  19th,  1846,  at  Dorset,  Vermont,  in  his  84th  year.     She 
died  March  16th,  1855,  at  Clarkson,  N.  Y.,  in  her  84th  year. 

CHILDREN. 

1.  John  W.,  born  Dec.  14th,  1792,  m.  Aug.  20th,  1825,  Amelia  Teryl,  at  Salina, 
New  York. 

2.  Alice  S.,  born  Sept.  16th,  1795,  m.  Dec.,  1824,  George  Brace,  at  Dorset,  Vt. 

3.  Sarah,  born  Sept.  17th,  1797,  m.  Jan.  25th,  1815,  Horace  Johnson,  of  Rupert,  Vt. 

4.  Orson,  bom  Nov.  28th,  1799,  m.  Sept.  5th,  1822,  Eunice  P.  Smith,  at  Dorset,  Vt. 

5.  Alvin.born  Feb.  8th,  1802,  m.  Sept.,  1840,  Emily  White,  at  Alden,  N.  Y. 

6.  Lucy,  born  Feb.  21st,  1804,  died  June,  1820. 

7.  Noah,  jun.,  bora  March  9th,  1806,  m.  Jan.  12th,  1845,  Margaret  Eland,  in  Va. 

8.  Gurdon  T.,  born  Feb.  12th,  1810,  died  June,  1819. 

9.  Mehitable  Y.,  born  May  1st,  1815,  m.  Sept.  14th,  1842,  at  Lancaster,  N.  Y., 
Austin  Pinney,  of  Buffalo,  N.  Y. 

187.  "  Wife  of  Samuel  Wainwright,"  to  church  Dec.  5th,  1784,  daugh- 
ter of  Doctor  Isaac  Lee  and  his  second  wife,  Susanna,  born  April  27th, 
1746,  m.  Aug.  23d,  1768,  before  Dr.  Smalley ;  her  name,  Mary.     Their 
house  stood  about  thirty  rods  south-east  from  the  residence  of  John  Judd, 
in  Hart  quarter,  and  the  east  side  of  the  house  was  in  the  east  line  of  Dis- 
trict No.  (4.)     Her  mother  was  probably  Susanna  Cornwell,  of  Middle- 
town,  and  widow  of  Peter  Wolcott,  when  she  married  Dr.  Lee.     She  (i.  e. 
Mary,)  died  at  Middletown,  1832,  aged  86. 

188.  "Wife  of  Capt.  Hotchkiss,"   to   church    Dec.   5th,    1784;   her 
maiden  name,  Penelope  Mather,  daughter  of  Joseph,   sen.  and    Anna 
(Booth,)  his  wife,  born  May  27th,  174-,  m.  March  26th,  1764,  No.  (121 ;) 
she  kept  house  for  Dr.  Smalley,  before  her  marriage ;  her  father's  loca- 
tion was  opposite  the.  William  Patterson  house,  or  the  first  residence  of 
Dr.  Smalley. 

189.  "  Wife  of  Seth  Stanley,"  to  church  Dec.  5th,  1784;  Ruth,  daugh- 
ter of  John  Clark  and  No.  (185,)  which  see.     He  built,  1773,  the   house 
of  Martin  Brown,  (which  burned  down,  I860,)   where  they  lived  until 
Feb.,  1796,  when  they  moved  to  Ontario  county,  N.  Y.     He  played  the 


OF     NEW    BRITAIN.  195 

bassoon  in  church  choir,  and  composed  some  pieces  of  music.  His  grand- 
son, John  Mix  Stanley,  son  of  Seth,  jun.,  is  the  author  of  the  great  Indian 
Gallery  of  Paintings,  which  has  attracted  so  much  attention  in  the  coun- 
try; about  1860,  located  at  Washington,  D.  C.,  now,  1863,  at  Buffalo, 
N.  Y.  He  died  May  5th,  1823,  aged  7 2,  at  Stanley  Corners,  N.Y.  She 
died  Sept.  13th,  1796,  aged  44. 

THEIR   CHILDREN. 

1.  Asa,  born  Nov.  21st,  1774,  bap.  Jan.  9th,  1785,  m.  Tirza  Hayden. 

2.  Cruger,  bora  Nov.  19th,  1775,  bap.  Jan.  9th,  1785,  m.  Sally  Reed. 

3.  Erastus,  born  Oct.  22d,  1776,  bap.  Jan.  9th,  1785,  m.  Temperance  Smith. 

4.  Horatio,  born  Nov.  24th,  1777,  bap.  Jan.  9th,  1785,  never  married,  died  "at  sea, 
buried  at  New  Haven. 

5.  Salma,  bora  Oct.  10th,  1779,  bap.  Jan.  9th,  1785,  m.  Sally  Welch;  second, 
Lois  Whitman ;  third,  Rachel  Smith. 

6.  Nancy,  bora  Jan.  2d,  1781,  bap.  Jan.  9th,  1785. 

7.  Kata,  bom  Jan.  15th,  1782,  bap.  Jan.  9th,  1785. 

8.  Janna,*  bora  March  7th,  1783,  bap.  Jan.  9th,  1785,  m.  Sophrona 

9.  Seth,  bom  June  6th,  1784,  bap.  Jan.  9th,  1785,  m.  Sally 

10.  Ruth,  born  Nov.  14th,  1785,  bap.  Jan.  9th,  1785. 

11.  Cyrus,  born  April  8th,  1787. 

12.  Huldah,  bom  March  26th,  1788,  bap.  June.  1st,  1788. 

13.  Caleb  Walker,  bom  Nov.  20th,  1790,  bap.  Jan.  23d,  1791. 

14.  Infant,  no  name,  bora  March  25th,  1792. 

15.  Lucius,  bora  April  5th,  1793,  bap.  July  7th,  1793,  m.  Sally  Runyan  ;  second, 
Polly  Whedon. 

16.  Elizabeth,  bom  Nov.  18th*  1794,  bap.  May  17th,  1795,  m.  John  McKnight. 

190.  "Wife  of  Phineas  Pennfield,"  to  church  Dec.  5th,  1784,  Lucy, 
daughter  of  Jeremiah  H.  Osgood,  from  Middletown,  and  Lucy  (Churchill,) 
his  wife,  born  May  5th,  1757,  m.  April  9th,  1778  ;  for  locality  and  family 
see  No.  (175  ;)  she  died  Nov.  4th,  1832,  aged  75. 

191.  "  MOSES  ANDREWS,  jun.,"  to  church  Dec.  5th,  1784,  son  of  No. 
(53)  and  No.  (54,)  born  April  7th,  1755,  m.  No.  (192 ;)  lived  on  West 
Main  street,  two  miles  from  the  village ;  the  same  house  William  Wright 
(now,  A.  D.  1862,)  owns  and  occupies.     He  lived  one  year  in  the  Demas 
Warner  house,  on  the  hill,  north-west  of  where  he  built  his  new  one  on 
the  Quinnipiac,  by  the   bridge.     He   removed  to  Montague,  Mass.,  on 
Connecticut  River,  about  1800,  where  he  died  July  20th,  1848,  aged  93 ; 
his  obituary  notice  says  "  one  of  nine  sons,  seven  of  whom  were  in  the 
Revolutionary  army." 

192.  "Wife  of  Moses  Andrews,  jun.,"  to  church  Dec.  5th,  1784;  he? 
maiden  name,  Elizabeth  Clark,  daughter  of  John  and  No.  (185,)  born  May 
14th,  1758  ;  she  a  resolute,  spirited  woman,  with  much  force  of  character. 
She  died  at  Montague,  Mass.,  Dec.  8th,  1840,  aged  82.     She  once  came 

*  Written  by  himself  and  family,  Jonathan,  but  by  Rev.  Mr.  Smalley,  at  baptism, 
Janna. 


196  FIRST    CHURCH 

under  the  censure  of  the  church  for  assaulting  an  officer  who  was  arrest- 
ing her  husband;  on  confession,  restored,  1807. 

THEIR    CHILDREN. 

1.  Sidney,  born  March  8th,  1780,  bap.  Dec.  5th,  1784,  m.  Oct.  24th,  1804,  Mary 
Clark.     He  a  printer  by  trade. 

2.  Noah,  born  March  19th,  1782,  bap.  Dec.  5th,  1784,  m.  Feb.  22d,  1807,  Ruth 
Griswold ;  lived  in  Ohio. 

3.  Buly,  born  April  6th,  1784,  bap.  Dec.  5th,  1784,  m.  Dr.  J.  H.  Hills,  of  Farm- 
ington ;  lived  in  Ohio. 

4.  Betsey,  born  June  22d,  1786,  bap.  Aug.  7th,  1786,  m.  Wallace;  second, 
•  Handley,  in  Ohio. 

5.  Cynthia,  born  Feb.  20th,  1788,  bap.  March  30th,  1788,  m.  Barber;  second, 
Phiuney,  in  Ohio. 

6.  Kata,  born  June  8th,  1790,  m.  Nov.  24th,  1813,  No.  (470.) 

7.  Jesse,  born  Oct.  28th,  1792,  bap.  Jan  6th,  1793,  m.  Jan.  llth,  1818,  S.  Alvord, 
of  Greenfield. 

8.  Nancy,  bora  Feb.  4th,  1796,  bap.  May  1st,  1796,  m.  Thomas  Eussel;  second, 
John  Ortt,  of  Greenfield. 

193.  "  ROBERT  BOOTH,"  to  church  Dec.  5th,  1784,  son  of  No.  (65)  and 
No.  (66,)  born  June  20th,  1758,  m.  May  30th,  1782,  No.  (194,)  inherited 
the  home  of  his  father,  near  the  present  Methodist  church ;  spoken  of  as  a 
devout  Christian  and  worthy  man ;  was  a  large  farmer,  and  died  suddenly 
of  colic,  May  8th,  1796,  aged  38. 

194.  "Wife   of  Robert   Booth,"  to  church  Dec.  5th,  1784,  Abigail, 
daughter  of  William  Barton  and  Abigail  (Sage,)  of  Kensington,  his  wife ; 
she  baptized  on  admission  to  church  ;  she  married  second,  Jan.  7th,  1817, 
Constant  Welch,  of  Chatham  and  Bristol ;  she  died  Jan.  31st,  1831,  aged 
64,  in  this  place. 

THE  CHILDREN  OP  ROBERT  AND  ABIGAIL. 

1.  Salome,  born  March  15th,  1785,  bap.  May  29th,  1785,  married  May  28th,  1801, 
No.  (568.) 

2.  Rhoda,  born  Oct.,  1787,  m.  July  5th,  1810,  Ira  Strong,  of  Northampton. 

3.  Samuel,  born  Jan.  23d,  1790,  bap.  Feb.  28th,  1790,  m.  May  5th,  1812,  No.  (365.) 

4.  Abigail,  born  July  5th,  1792,  bap.  Aug.  19th,    1792,   m.   March    17th,  1813, 
No..  (557.) 

5.  Robert,  born  Dec.  8th,  1794,  bap.  Feb.  1st,  1795,  died,  aged  one  year. 

6.  Robert,  2d,  born  Aug.  1st,  1796,  bap.  Aug.  31st,  1796,  m.  Nov.  26th,  1818, 
Sally  Whaples ;  he  died  Oct.  23d,  1823,  aged  27. 

195.  "JAMES  JUDD,"  to  church  Dec.  5th,  1784,  son  of  No.  (38)  and 
Hannah  (Andrus,)  his  wife,  born  Jan.  27th,  1757,  m.  1779,  No.  (318.) 
He  brother  of  No.  (435.)     His  house,  built  1779,  still  (A.  D.  1864,) 
standing,  owned  and  occupied  by  Henry  Judd ;  he  with  his  brother,  Dan- 
iel, owned  and  run  the  saw-mill  so  long  known  as  "  Judd's  Mill,"  which 
they  sold  to  J.  Shiprnan  and  sons,  now  near  the  site  of  O.  B.  North's 
factory.     He  died  Nov.  10th,  1822,  aged  66. 


OF    NEW    BRITAIN.  197 

THEIR    CHILDREN. 

1.  Anna,  born  1781,  bap.  Dec.  12th,  1784,  m.  Nov.  25th,  1802,  Joseph  Churchill. 

2.  Esther,  bora  July  22d,  1782,  bap.  Dec.  12th,  1784,  m.  William  Steele,  Jan. 

3.  James,  born  March  12th,  1785,  bap.  June  5th,  1785,  m.  Salome  Lusk  ;  second, 
Gunilda  Bass. 

4.  Asahel,  born  Feb.  1st,  1787,  bap.  May  6th,  1787 ;  lived  in  Avon,  N.  Y.,  1839. 

5.  Samuel,  born  Jan.  25th,  1789,  bap.  May  3d,  1789,  April  23d,  1822,  No.  (560.) 

6.  Amzi,  born  May  15th,  1791,  bap.  Aug.  7th,  1791,  m.  Jan.  10th,  1816,  Susanna 
Hamblin  ;  he  died  Jan.  13th,  1863,  aged  71 J. 

7.  Hannah,  born  1793,  bap.  June  2d,  1793,  died  unmarried,  June  6tK,  1835  aged  42. 

8.  Allen,  born  Sept.  15th,  1795,  m.  June  10th,  1819,  Harriet  E.  Johnson  ;  second, 
Sarah  Kilby ;  third,  Ehoda  Doming. 

9.  Ethan,  bora  March  25th,  1798,  bap.  Aug.  26th,   1798,  m.  Nov.  18th,  1828, 
Melissa  Collins. 

10.  Henry,  bom  Jan.  15th,  1801,  bap.  Aug.  2d,  1801,  m.  Jan.  30th,  1822,  No.  (498.) 

196.  "ISAAC  ANDREWS,"  to  church  Dec.  5th,  1784,  son  of  No.  (53) 
and  No.  (54,)  born  Jan.  31st,  1757.     He  was  a  physician,  located  in 
Hart  quarter,  about  thirty  rods  south-east  of  the  residence  of  John  Judd ; 
the  old  road  which  ran  past  the  house,  closed  up,  and  the  house  long  since 
gone.     He  m.  No.  (298 ;)  he  died  Jan.  llth,  1799,  aged  42. 

THEIR   CHILDREN. 

1.  Isaac,  jun.,  bom  bap.  May  17th,  1795,  died  at  New  York. 

2.  Elizabeth,  bom  May,  1797,  died  Aug.  24th,  1798,  aged  fifteen  months. 

3.  Jesse,  bora  bap.  May  25th,  1800,  died  at  Berlin,  1824,  Oct.  8th,  aged  25  ; 
his  grave  in  cemetery  south  part  Wortblngton. 

197.  "  JOHN  ANDREWS,"  to  church  Dec.  5th,  1784,  a  brother  of  No. 
(196;)  was  a    physician;  taught  school  in  early  life;  located  near  his 
father's ;  house  still  owned  and  occupied  by  his  son,  Deacon  Milton  An- 
drews, on  "West  Main  street,  one  mile  west  of  the  village.     He  was  a  kind- 
hearted  man,  and  a  conscientious  Christian.     He  married  May  10th,  1792, 
No.  (249,)  who  died  Nov.  13th,  1797,  when  he  married  second,  March 
16th,  1800,  No.  (378.)     He  was  of  slender  frame  and  constitution,  yet 
lived  to  June  19th,  1839,  when  he  died,  aged  82. 

THEIR   CHILDREN. 

1.  Phebe  Lewis,  bom  Oct.  28th,  1797,  bap.  Feb.  4th,  1798,  m.  March  18th,  1823, 
Asa  Cowdry,  see  No.  (497.) 

2.  Milton,  bora  Nov.  12th,  1801,  bap.  April  4th,  1802,  m.  May  3d,  1827,  Charlotte 
Osgood. 

3.  John,  born  Oct.  10th,  1803,  see  No.  (539.) 

4.  Abigail  Bronson,  bom  May  16th,  1806,  bap.  July  6th,  1806,  see  No.  (532.) 

5.  Hiram,  born  April  7th,  1808,  bap.  June  26th,  1808,  died  Oct.  10th,  1815. 

6.  Caroline  Porter,  bora  Sept.  21st,  1812,  bap.  Oct.  25th,  1812,  died  Oct.  4th,  1819. 

198.  "AARON  ROBERTS,"  to  church  Dec.  5th,  1784,  son  of  Dr.  Aaron 
arid  Hepzibah  (Shepherd,)  his  wife,  born  April  20th,  1758,  a  twin  with 
Molly,  who  died  young,  born  at  Middletown.     He  served  his  time  at 


198  FIRST    CHURCH 

Rocky  Hill,  to  learn  his  trade  of  joiner  and  cabinet  making,  He  owned 
the  farm  (now,  A.  D.  1861,)  belonging  to  and  occupied  by  O.  B.  Bassett, 
Esq.,  and  lived  in  the  old  house  near,  still  standing,  which  he  bought  of 
Daniel  Ames,  a  fellow-apprentice  with  him.  He  was  a  kind  neighbor,  a 
good  citizen,  a  liberal  man  ;  had  no  children.  He  married  Feb.  17th, 
1785,  No.  (220,)  who  died  Feb.  18th,  1828,  aged  70;  he  married  second, 
May  20th,  1829,  No.  (292.)  He  gave  thirty  dollars  towards  our  com- 
munion service,  and  was  otherwise  liberal  in  sustaining  church  and  society. 
He  died  Sept.  27th,  1831,  aged  73.  His  father  and  mother  lie  by  his 
side  in  the  old  part  of  our  cemetery. 

199.  "SELAH  JUDD,"  to  church  Dec.  5th,  1784,  son  of  No.  (43)  and 
No.  (44,)  born  July,  1763,  m.  No.  (222;)  he  died  1788,  aged  25. 

200.'  "  JOSIAH  KILBOURN,"  to  church  about  1784,  son  of  Josiah  and 
Ruth,  daughter  of  John  "Warner,  of  Wethersfield,  his  wife ;  born  there, 
July  29th,  1730,  came  to  New  Britain  with  his  parents  in  childhood,  mar- 
ried May  3d,  1754,  No.  (78.)  It  appears  from  land  records  that  he  lived 
with  his  father,  who  built  the  house  where  Elijah  Francis,  sen.  lived,  and 
sold  him  the  farm  ;  he,  Josiah,  jun.,  had  after  this  a  small  hut  where  now 
Hiram  Smith's  barn  stands.  He  then  built  the  Slater  house,  near  Dead 
Swamp,  after  owned  by  Joel  Smith.  He  also  built  a  house  south-west  of 
this,  on  the  Brown  place,  near  the  line  of  the  parish.  His  house  was  in 
the  bounds  of  Farmington,  and  both  their  names  appear  on  the  church 
record  there,  at  that  date,  about  1796.  He  was  an  honest,  laborious  man; 
raised  a  large  family  on  small  means.  He  lost  his  property  in  the  war  of 
the  Revolution ;  struggled  hard  to  buffet  the  storms  of  adversity.  He 
died  1812,  at  the  alms-house  in  Berlin,  aged  81. 

THEIR  CHILDREN. 

1.  Josiah,  bora  Feb.  15th,  1756,  bap.  Feb.  22d,  1756,  was  in  the  army  at  19,  became 
a  captain,  m.  Dec.  13th,  1780,  Isabella  Whaples,  daughter  of  Daniel. 

2.  William,  bora  Jan.  12th,  1758,  by  trade  a  clothier,  married  Sarah,  daughter  of 
Jedediah  Sage. 

3.  Anna,  bom  Dec.  24th,  1759,  bap.  Dec.  30th,  1759,  m.No.  (174.) 

4.  Eunice,  bom  July  7th,  1762,  died  Aug.  28th,  1776,  in  her  15th  year,  of  camp 
distemper. 

5.  Lemuel,  bora  Oct.   7th,   1764,  bap.  Oct.  14th,  1764,  m.  Sarah  Hastings,  of 
Sonthington. 

6.  Urania,  born  Oct.  17th,  1767,  m.  Sylvester  Higley;  second,  Shubel  Hoskins, 
Esq.,  of  Simsbury. 

7.  James,  born  Oct.  19th,  1770,  bap.  Nov.  4th,  1770;  learned  the  clothier's  trade, 
and  became  an  Episcopal  minister,  and  a  member  of  Congress  from  Ohio,  from  1813 
to  1817.     He  married  Nov.  8th,  1789,  Lucy  Fitch,  daughter  of  John,  of  steamboat 
celebrity.     He  became  wealthy ;  had  the  title  of  colonel,  and  in  several  respects  the 
most  distinguished  man  New  Britain  ever  raised.     He  was  self  made,  having  with  the 
advice  of  his  father  left  his  home,  Sept.  23d,  1786,  to  seek  his  fortune  in  the  wide 
world.     He  had  a  second  wife,  Cynthia  (Goodale,)  married  1808 ;  he  died  April  24th, 
1850,  aged  80,  in  Ohio. 


OF    NEW     BRITAIN.  199 

8.  Azubah,  born  Nov.  16th,  1772,  bap.  Nov.  22d,  1772,  died  Aug.  17th,  1776,  aged  4. 
9?  Deborah,  born  ,  died  in  infancy. 

10.  Amasa,  born  1780,  went  to"  Vermont,  thence  to  Lower  Canada  ;  died  1805. 

201.  "  HULDAH  COUCH,"  to  church  Dec.  5th,  1784,  sister  of  No.  (336;) 
never  married ;  she  was  kind  and  inoffensive  and  useful.     She  died  Feb. 
15th,  1829,  aged  78,  daughter  of  Thomas,  of  Southington,  and  baptized 
there,  April  14th,  1751. 

202.  "  NAOMI  BURRITT,"  to  church  Dec.  5th,  1784,  daughter  of  Elihu, 
of  Stratford,  and  Eunice  (Wakeman,)  his  wife ;  she  taught  school  several 
years  before  her  marriage  to  Noah  Stanley,  as  his  third  wife.     She  was 
social  and  intelligent,  possessing  a  discriminating  mind.     Their  home  had 
been  that  of  Deacon  Noah  Stanley,  and  (now,  A.  D.  1862,)  is  owned  and 
occupied  by  their  son,  N.  W.  Stanley.     She  probably  born  1761,  at  Strat- 
ford, and  married  in  the  fall  of  1790,  before  Col.  Lee.     He  was  a  light- 
horseman  in  the  war  of  the  Revolution  ;  became  a  substantial  farmer ;  a 
man  of  scrupulous  honesty,  and  firm  integrity.     He  died  May  4th,  1829, 
aged  70 ;  she  died  Jan.  12th,  1853,  aged  92.     Mr.  Stanley  had  married 
Lucy  Lewis,  daughter  of  No.  (88)  and  No.  (Ill  ;)  she  died  July  24th, 
1784,  aged  23.     He  married  second,  Oct.  26th,  1786,  Experience,  daugh- 
ter of  Joshua  Wells,  of  Wethersfield,  and  Experience  (Dickinson,)  his 
wife,  born  Aug.  14th,  1758  ;  she  died  Aug.  9th,  1789,  aged  31. 

CHILD   BY    HIS   FIRST   WIFE. 

1.  Noah,  born  March  26th,  1782,  died  April  2d,  1782,  aged  eight  days. 

SECOND  WIFE'S  CHILDREN. 

2.  Lucy  Lewis,  born  Sept.,  1787,  bap.  March  4th,  1792,  see  No.  (342.) 

3.  Pede  Wells,  born  bap.  March  4th,  1792,  died  March  9th,  1794. 

THIRD    WIFE'S   CHILDREN. 

4.  Naomi  Burritt,  born  Sept.  24th,  1791,  bap.  March  4th,  1792,  see  No.  (810.) 

5.  Wakeman  Norton,  born  March  9th,  1793,  bap.  June  2d,  1793,  see  No.  (475.) 

6.  Noah  Wells,  born  Nov.  19th,  1794,  bap.  May  24th,  1795,  see  No.  (849.) 

7.  Jason,  born  Aug.  12th,  1796,  bap.  Nov.  13th,  1796,  died  Sept.  12th,  1803,  aged 
seven  years,  one  month. 

8.  Pede,  2d,  born  ,  died  Aug.  23d,  1803,  aged  five  years. 

9.  Horatio,  born  ,  bap  July  5th,  1801,  died  Aug.  19th,  1803,  aged  two  years. 

203.  "ABIGAIL  HART,"  to  church  Dec.  5th,  1784,  daughter  of  No.  (93) 
and  No.  (209,)  born  Oct.  27th,  1761,  m.  Feb.  15th,  1781,  Jonathan  Sey- 
mour, of  Kensington,  son  of  Eliakim  and  Susanna  (Judd,)  his  wife,  born 
Oct.,  1757;  was  a  blacksmith;  built  the  Saxy  Hooker  house,  in  Kensing- 
ton ;  had  his  shop  opposite.     She  was  received  to  Kensington  church  May 
5th,  1788,  her  husband  uniting  at  the  same  date ;  they  moved  west,  and 
she  died  Jan.  1st,  1833,  aged  72,  at  Harford,  Pa.     He  became  a  deacon 
at  Otsego,  where  he  located,  and  where  he  died  July  26th,  1819.     These 
are  the  grand-parents  of  Professor  Tyler,  of  Amherst  College.     Jonathan 


200  FIRST     CHURCH 

Seymour  was  great-grand-son  of  Capt.  Richard,  of  the  Seymour  Foi^,  in 
"  Great  Swamp." 

204.  "MART  ANN  MATHER,"  to  church  Dec.  5th,  1784,  daughter  of 
No.  (138)  and  No.  (139,)  m.  Lebbeus  Hungerford;  married  second,  Aug. 
3d,  1807,  David  Hills,  who  had  first  married  Aug.  28th,  1777,  Anna, 
widow  of  John  Hart,  who  died  Oct.  30th,  1804.     David  Hills  once  owned 
the  Lincoln  house,  where  now,  1862,  William  Harlowe  Eddy  lives ;  he 
then  bought  the  "  State  house,"  so  called,  and  last  he  lived  and  died  at  the 
old  house  of  Chester  Hart's ;  all  these  in  Hart  quarter.     Mrs.  Mary  Ann 
Hills  was  dismissed  and  recommended,  March  3d,  1816,  (record  of  Rev. 
N.  Skinner ;)  she  went  West  to  her  friends.     David  Hills  died  June  3d, 
1813,  aged  65. 

205.  "  SYLVIA  FRANCIS,"  to  church  Dec.  5th,  1784,  daughter  of  No. 
(91)  and  No.  (92,)  born  Dec.  12th,  1763,  bap.  Dec.  18th,  1763,  married 

Hull ;  he  died,  when  she  married  second,  Scovil ;  she  died 

1847,  at  Charlotte  Creek,  New  York,  aged  about  84. 

206.  "  LUCY  CARTER,"  to  church  Dec.  5th,  1784,  daughter  of  Thaddeus, 
of  Wallingford  and  Lucy  (Andrus,}  his  wife,  born  1768 ;  she  was  given 
to  Mrs.  Mary  Hall,  who  became  the  third  wife  of  Col.  Lee,  and  thus  came 
to  this  place  ;  she  married  Solomon  Smith,  son  of  Elijah,  sen.  and  Sarah 
(Grimes,)  his  wife,  born  Dec.  6th,  1767  ;  learned  the  blacksmith  trade  of 
James  North,  Esq. ;  they  moved  to  Kensington,  where  she  was  received 
to  that  church,  by  letter  from  this,  Jan.,  1790  ;  she  died  June  13th,  1831, 
aged  63,  at  Wallingford ;  he  died  Sept.  1st,  1844,  aged  76.     Their  mar- 
riage was  solemnized  by  Col.  Lee. 

THEIR    CHILDREN. 

1.  Laura,  born  April  17th,  1790,  bap.  Aug.  8th,  1790,  at  Kensington,  m.  Erastus  P. 
Parmelee,  Broadalbin,  N.  Y. 

2.  Amos  Hall,  bora  April  llth,  1792,  bap.  June  llth,  1792,  at  Kensington,  m. 
Philena  Benham. 

3.  Solomon,  born  Sept.  26th,  '1794,  bap.  Nov.  2d,  1794,  at  Kensington,  m.  Sarah 
E.  Kyan,  of  Woodbury,  Conn. 

4.  Mary  Johnson,  born  Oct.  llth,  1796,  bap.  NOT.,  1796,  at  Kensington,  married 
Dec.  22d,  1824,  Chauncey  Clark. 

5.  Willis,  born  July  13th,  1798,  m.  Olive  Smith. 

207.  "Wife  of  Joseph  Mather,"  to  church  Dec.  5th,  1784,  daughter  of 
Elihu  Burritt,  of  Stratford,  and  Eunice  (Wakeman,)  his  wife,  born  1750, 
name,  Polly;  she  married  at  sixteen,  No.  (217.)     A  woman  of  exemplary 
life  and  Christian  deportment     She  died  Nov.  3d,  1823,  aged  70 ;  sister 
of  N.  W.  Stanley's  mother. 

208.  "  BILLY  HART,"  so  the  record,  meaning  William,  (ED.)  to  church 
Dec.  5th,  1784,  son  of  No.  (93)  and  No.  (209,)  born  1772,  bap.  March 
16th,  1772,  graduated  at  Yale,  1792,  m.  1798,  Hannah  Bridge  Campe,at 
Shoreditch  church,  Wapping,  London,  England;  she  born  1765,  at  Lon- 


OF    NEW     BRITAIN.  201 

don.  He  prepared  for  college  with  Dr.  Smalley ;  licensed  to  preach  the 
gospel  by  Hartford  South  Association,  at  Southington,  June  3d,  1800. 
His 'wife  died  April  30th,  1817,  aged  52,  at  Hartford,  Conn.  It  will  be 
observed  that  he  was  but  twelve  years  old  when  received  to  church,  very 
young  for  that  period,  and  for  the  usages  of  that  age.  He  was  of  feeble 
health  and  constitution ;  of  the  kindest  disposition ;  maintained  a  devoted 
Christian  life.  He  preached  only  occasionally ;  not  settled.  He  had  a 
second  wife,  Widow  Joanna  Hand,  (alias)  Joanna  Meigs,  sister  of  Return 
J.  Meigs,  at  Madison,  Conn.  He  died  Aug.  2d,  1836,  aged  64,  at  Can- 
dor, N.  Y.,  with  his  son,  Jonathan. 

THEIR  CHILDREN. 

1.  Hannah  Bridge,  born  Feb.  llth,  1799,  m.  March  25th,  1818,  Henry  M.  Pratt; 
she  died  Aug.  15th,  1823,  at  Marietta,  Ohio. 

2.  Jonathan  Bird,  born  Aug.  25th,   1800,  m.  March,  1823,  Elvira  Humiston,  of 
Plymouth. 

3.  Mehitabel,  born  Jan.  llth,  1806,  at  Middletown,  Conn.,  m.  March  20th,  1844, 
Peter  J.  Krom,  of  Candor,  N.  Y.,  and  lives  there,  1862,  near  her  brother,  Jonathan. 

20.9.  "Wife  of  Thomas  Hart,"  to  church  Jan.  9th,  1785 ;  her  maiden 
name,  Mehitabel  Bird,  daughter  of  Jonathan,  sen.  and  Hannah  (Thomp- 
son,) his  wife,  born  July  15th,  1738,  m.  Feb.  2d,  1758,  No.  (93.)  She 
was  well  adapted  to  the  age  in  which  she  lived ;  industrious,  economical, 
and  self-sacrificing,  Christian  habits  and  deportment;  she  died  March  18th, 
1825,  aged  87.  She  was  a  sister  of  Jonathan  Bird,  M.  D.,  and  who  was 
also  a  minister  of  the  gospel ;  she  was  likewise  sister  of  "  Zurviah,"  who 
married  Daniel  Whaples, '  and  late  in  life  known  familiarly  as  "  Aunt 
Viah,"  and  lived  in  the  old  school-house  she  bought  and  moved  from  oppo- 
site the  present  William  Woodruff  house,  to  near  the  barn  of  O.  C.  Stan- 
ley. Her  correct  name,  Zeruiah.  She  was  born  March  30th,  1734,  at 
Farmington  ;  died  at  the  house  of  Joseph  Mather,  May  4th,  1818,  aged  84. 

210.  "JOSEPH  HART,"  to  church  Jan.  9th,  1785,  son  of  No.   (49)  and 
No.  (50,)  born  May  17th,  1750,  married  Nov.  5th,  1772,  Huldah  Smith, 
daughter  of  Jedediah,  and  Susanna  (Cogswell,)  his  wife,  born  Jan.  4th, 
1749.     He  built  in  Hart  quarter,  next   north  of  his   father,  the  same 
house  now  owned  and  occupied  by  Edwin  Francis,  which  he  sold  to  Oliver 
Gridley,  and  moved  to  New  Durham,  N.  Y. 

THEIR   CHILDREN. 

1.  Joseph,  jun.,  born  ,  bap.  Sept.  llth,  1785,'  m.   Sept.  7th,  1800,  Lydia 
North,  of  Jedediah. 

2.  Luther,  born  ,  bap.  Sept.  llth,  1785. 

3.  Huldah,  born-  ,  bap.  Sept.  llth,  1785. 

4.  Selah,  born  ,  bap.  Sept.  llth,  1785. 

211.  "  ABIJAH  HART,"  to  church  Jan.  9th,  1785,  son  of  No.  (93)  and 
No.  (209,)  born  April  7th,  1764;  he  took  an  honorary  degree  at  Yale, 


I 

202  FIRST     CHURCH 

1795  ;  taught  sehool  several  years ;  married  Sept  22d,  1794,  at  Middle- 
town,  before  Rev.  E.  Huntington,  No.  (326.)  He  became  extensively 
engaged  in  merchandize  and  commerce  in  New  York  city,  firm  of  Hicks, 
Vanderbilt  &  Hart ;  lost  all  by  French  spoliations,  and  returned  to  the  old 
home  of  his  father,  about  1808,  where  he  followed  farming.  He  was  a 
man  of  science  and  taste,  but  was  called  somewhat  visionary  in  practical 
affairs.  He  lost  his  first  wife,  and  married  second,  Oct.  26th,  1826, 
Widow  Lucy  Dunham,  widow  of  Samuel,  see  No.  (634.)  He  died  May 
3d,  1829,  aged  65. 

THEIR   CHILDREN. 

1.  Julia  Ann,  born  Sept.  1st,  1795,  m.  Dec.  16th,  1818,  Seth  Lewis ;  second, 
Oakley,  see  No.  (765.) 

2.  Caroline  Bird,  born  April  15th,  1798,  in  New  York  city,  married  Dec.  16th,  1818, 
No.  (478.) 

3.  Thomas  Giles,  born  Dec.  2d,  1800;  never  married  ;  educated  a  merchant ;  died 
July  26th,  1825,  at  Raleigh,  N.  C. 

4.  Henry  Abijah,  born  Aug.  9th,  1805;  a  physician;  m.  April  24th,  1827,  No.  (607.; 

5.  Samuel  Mansfield,  born  August  30th,    1807  ;  never  married;  died  1838,  SSe 
No.  (686.) 

212.  "  Lois  ANDRUS,"  to  church  Jan.  9th,  1785,  daughter  of  No.  (112) 
and  No.  (312,)  bora  Dec.  1st,  1763,  bap.  Jan.  1st,  1764,  m.  Nov.  9th, 
1786,  Major  Justus  Francis,  of  Newington,  died  1813,  aged  49.  She  was 
received  to  Newington  church,  March  4th,  1777,  by  letter  from  New 
Britain.  JShe  was  the  third  wife  of  Major  Francis,  the  mother  of  a  large 
family,  and  gave  place  in  the  midst  of  her  usefulness  to  his  fourth  wife, 
who  was  Widow  Ruth  Barber,  of  (Wintonbury,)  Bloomfield ;  her  maiden 
name,  Ruth  Pettibone,  and  married  Aug.  15th,  1815,  Major  Francis. 
His  first  wife  was  Keturah  Andrus,  of  Newington,  whom  he  married  May 
2d,  1773  ;  she  died  Aug.  14th,  1780,  aged  28,  when  he  married  second, 
July  3d,  1783,  Mary,  daughter  of  Rev.  Joshua  Belden,  who  died  March 
5th,  1785,  when  he  married  third  and  fourth  as  above.  He  died  Jan.  8th, 
1827,  aged  76. 

HIS    CHILD    BY   FIRST    WIFE,    KETURAH,   DAUGHTER    OF   PHINEAS. 

1.  Appleton  Andrus,  born  August  9th,  1778,  m.  Charlotte  Webster,  daughter  of 
David,  Nov.  18th,  1805. 

HIS   CHILD   BY    SECOND    WIFE,    MARY. 

2.  Keturah  Andrus,  born  March  19th,  1784,  died  April  9th,  1784,  aged  one  month. 

HIS  CHILDREN    BY    LOIS,   HIS   THIRD  WIFE. 

3.  Harvey,  born  Jan.  27th,  1789,  m.  Abigail  Kilborn,  Nov.  29th,  1828. 

4.  Anson,  born  Nov.  4th,  1790,  m.  Almira  Owen. 

5.  Newman,  born  June  25th,  1793,  m.  Octavia  Strickland. 

6.  Alfred,  born  Nov.  2d,  1795,  m.  Nancy  Deraing,  Aug.  25th,  1818. 

7.  Cyrus,  born  Dec.  16th,  1797,  m.  Sabra  Blin  ;  second,  Nancy  D.  Pratt,  No.  (493.) 

8.  Laura,  born  Jan.  23d,  1800,  m.  Grandison  Barber,  of  "Wintonbury,  Nov.  20th, 
1816. 


OF    NEW    BRITAIN.  203 

9.  Erastus,born  Nov.  16th,  1802,  m.Birtha  Stoddard,  July  17th,  1825,  and  married 
second,  Caroline  Stoddard. 

10.  Mary,  born  Jnne  28th,  1808,  m.  Orange  C.  Butler,  of  Hartford,  Mar.  31st,  1831. 

213.  "MILLA  PENNFIELD,"  to  church  Feb.  6th,  1785,  daughter  of  No. 
(116)  and  No.  (117,)  born  May  26th,  1766,  at  New  Haven,  m.  Nov.  16th, 
1786,  Samuel  Dickinson,  jun.,  son  of  Samuel,  sen.  and  Mary  (Andrus,)  his 
wife ;  he  was  a  joiner  and  cabinet-maker ;  lived  at  the  turn  of  the  road, 
next  north  of  Edwin  Francis ;  he  was  injured  seriously  by  a  cart-wheel, 
seven  years  before  his  death  ;  he  died  Dec.  16th,  1793,  when  she  married 
second,  Jan.  23d,  1804,  Eben  Thompson,  of  Farmington  ;  she  was  received 
to  that  church  June  3d,  1804,  by  letter  from  Dr.  Smalley,  (so  Farmington 
church  record ;)  she  is  called  on  the  church  record  of  New  Haven,  Emelia, 
and  was  baptized  there  June  1st,  1766. 

THEIR   CHILDREN. 

1.  Milla,  born  Aug.  30th,  1787,  bap.  Oct.  14th,  1787,  m.May  19th,  1814,  Sylvester 
Hills,  son  of  Channcey,  of  Plainville. 

2.  Samuel,  born  Aug.  9th,  1789,  m.  Sept.  23d,  1812,  Sukey  Porter,  daughter  of 
Shubael,  of  Farmington. 

3.  Elihu,  born  Dec.,  1791,  bap.  March  4th,  1792,  m.  Dec.,  1813,  ThirzaB.  Thomp- 
son, of  Farmington. 

214.  "  ELIZABETH  PENNFIELD,"  to  church  Feb.  6th,  1785,  daughter 
of  No.  (116)  and  No.  (117,)  sister  of  No.  (213,)  m.  Oct.  29th,  1789, 
Elisha  Savage,  of  Berlin,  who  learned  his  trade  of  joiner  and  cabinet- 
making  of  Aaron  Roberts.     She  was  dismissed  by  letter  to  Worthington 
church,  1789.     They   removed  to  Western  New  York ;  had  sons  and 
daughters. 

215.  "ISABEL  CORNWELL,"   to  church  Feb.  6th,  1785,  daughter  of 
Capt.  Timothy,  of  Middletown,  and  Mary  (Warner,)  his  wife ;  she  married 
Ithuel  Hill,  of  Long  Island ;  she  dismissed  and  recommended  to  Newing- 
ton  church  by  letter,  Nov.  4th,  1787,  where  she  was  received.     She  was 
sister  to  Stephen  Cornwell,  and  No.  (296,)  of  this  place. 

216.  "ISMENA  HART,"  to  church  Feb.  6th,  1785,  daughter  of  No.  (93) 
and  No.  (209,)  born  1768,  bap.  July  17th,  1768;  never  married;  lived 
and  died  on  the  old  premises  of  her  father,  where  (now,  1862,  Ira  Steele 
lives  ;)  she  was  remarkably  devoted  and  conscientious  as  a  Christian ;  gave 
the  residue  of  her  property  by  will  to  the  Home  Missionary  Society,  prized 
at  $750.     She  died  Feb.  20th,  1854,  aged  86. 

217.  "JOSEPH  MATHER,"  to  church  Feb.  26th,  1785,  son  of  Joseph 
and  Anna  (Booth,)  his  wife,  m.  No.  (207.)     He  served  in  the  war  of  the 
Revolution,  both  in  land  and  naval  forces ;  he  was  a  tanner  and  shoe- 
maker ;  learned  in  Wethersfield ;  located  on  West  Main  street,  one  and  a 
half  miles  west  of  the  village,  (where  now  is  Arma  Jerome,  A.  D.  1863.) 
He  was  in  early  life  a  sailor,  in  West  India  voyages.     He  married  second 


204  FIRST     CHURCH 

July  10th,  1825,  Widow  Hannah  Sage,  of  Wethersfield,  widow  of  Solo- 
mon  Sage.  He  was  later  in  life  an  exemplary  man ;  by  industry  obtained 
an  honest  living,  and  raised  a  large  and  respectable  family.  He  died  July 
10th,  1833,  aged  83.  He  was  a  member  of  the  standing  committee  of  the 
church,  1810. 

THEIR    CHILDREN. 

1.  Stephen,  born  1773,  m.  Oct.  12th,  1794,  Mehitabel  Loomis;  he  bora  in  Strat- 
ford ;  died  an  elder  of  the  church  in  Utica,  1856. 

2.  Eunice,  born  May  12th,  1775,  m.  1797,  Asahel  Pennfield;  she  born  at  Stratford; 
he  born  July  6th,  1770,  to  Samuel,  of  Branford,  and  Rebecca  Scovil,  of  Meriden,  Conn. 

3.  Polly,  bom  ,  bap.  Feb.  26th,  1785,  died  Feb.  3d,  1791 ;  bora  in  this  place. 

4.  Phebe,  bora  July  30th,  1780,  bap.  Feb.  26:h,  1785,  m.  Aug.  31st,  1809,  No.  (756.) 

5.  Betsey,  bora  Feb.  17th,  1783,  bap.  Feb.  26th,  1785,  m.  No.  (299  ;)  also  married 
second,  No.  (747.J 

6.  Naomi,  born  ,  bap.  Oct.  9th,  1785. 

7.  Polly,  2d,  born  ,  bap.  July  6th,  1788. 

8.  William  C.,  bora  July  19th,  1790,  m.  March  20th,  1820,  Julia  M.  Vandnsen ;  he 
died  June  13th,  1863,  aged  73,  at  Lyden,  near  Chicago. 

9.  Azuba,  born  ,  bap.  July  21st,  1793. 

10.  Jerusha,  bora  May  10th,  1793,  see  No.  (379.) 

11.  Chauncey,  bora  1796,  bap.  June  5th,  1796  ;  never  married ;  died  Feb.  13th,  1819, 
aged  22. 

NOTE.  The  father's  second  wife  was  Hannah  Treat,  of  Berlin,  when  she  married 
Solomon  Sage.  Mrs.  Hannah  Mather  died  March  4th,  1831,  aged  70;  grave-stone 
south  part  of  New  Britain  cemetery. 

218.  "JEMIMA,  wife  of  Joseph  Bronson,"  to  church  Feb.  26th,  1785, 
daughter  of  Cornelius  Dunham  and  Dorcas  (Woodruff,)  his  wife,  born 
March  5th,  1760;  he  son  of  Job,  who  lived  at  "Job's 'Corner,"  west  of 
"  Burritt  Hill,"  and  from  whom  that  corner  took  its  name.     His  will  is 
dated  Jan.  30th,  1783,  in  which  he  gives  his  daughter,  Esther  Munson,  six 
sheep,  and  twenty  shillings.     He  also  gives  his  daughter,  Anna  Booth. 
The  appraisers  to  the  estate  were  Ladwick  Hotchkiss  and  Ichabod  An- 
drus ;  the  witnesses  to  the  will  were  Ladwick  Hotchkiss,  Mary  Smith,  and 
John  Booth ;  his  inventory  amounted  to  £72  4s.  8d. 

219.  "  AZARIAH  GLADDING,"  to  church  June  12th,  1785,  from  church 
in  Farmington,  son  of  Azariah,  of  Norwich  and  Kensington,  and  his  wife, 
Anna  (Hudson,)  daughter  of  Thomas,  m.  March  25th,  1792,  No.  (269 ;) 
she  died ;  he  married  second,  Sophia  Stone. 

220.  "  RUTH,  wife  of  Aaron  Roberts,"  to  church  Aug.  7th,  1785,  daugh- 
ter of  No.  (93)  and  No.  (209,)  born  Nov.  10th,  1758,  bap.  Dec.  3d,  1758, 
m.  Feb.  17th,  1785,  No.  (198 ;)  she  had  no  children,  but  adopted  others; 
she  died  Feb.  18th,  1828,  aged  70. 

221.  "JANE  CLARK,"  to  church  Aug.  7th,  1785,  daughter  of  John  and 
his  wife,  Elizabeth  (Newel,)  i.  e.  No.  (185,)  m.  Dec.  21st,  1785,  No.  (413 ;) 
was  a  woman  of  vigorous  intellect,  and  kind  feelings ;  a  nice  house-keeper, 


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and  greatly  respected;  she  died  Feb.  16th,  1849,  aged  85;  she  had  no 
children. 

222.  "  ELIZABETH  ANDRUS,"  to  church  Nov.  24th,  1785,  daughter  of 
No.  (112)  and  No.  (312,)  born  June  8th,  1766,  m.  No.  (199;)  he  died 
1788,  when  she  married  second,  Dec.  1 6th,  1790,  Roger  Francis,  of  New- 
ington,  New  Britain  and  West  Hartford,  son  of  Josiah,  of  Newington,  and 
Hilly  (Stoddard,)  his  wife.     He  was  a  blacksmith  in  New  Britain;  bought 
the  house  (now,  1862,  Edwin  Francis,)  and  had  his  shop  opposite.     After 
a  few  years  he  exchanged  his  farm  with  his  brother,  Allen,  and  removed 
back  to  Newington,  to  which  church  she  was  received  by  letter,  Sept.  4th, 
1^91.     He  subsequently  went  to  West  Hartford,  and  became  a  wealthy 
farmer.     He  died  Sept.  16th,  1839,  aged  76.     She  died  Sept.  1st,  1845, 
aged  79. 

CHILDREN    OF   ROGER  FRANCIS   AND  HIS  WIFE,  ELIZABETH. 

1.  Charles,  born  Aug.  12th,  1792,  died  Oct.  17th,  1835  ;  never  married. 

2.  Amzi,  bora  July  31st,  1794;  became  a  minister  of  the  gospel;  settled  in  Long 
Island ;  married  March  10th,  1824,  Eliza  Talcott,  of  West  Hartford ;  she  died,  when  he 
married  second,  Feb.  15th,  1832,  Mary  L.  Hedges,  of  Long  Island. 

3.  Julia  Ann,  born  June  1st,  1807,  died  April  17th,  1810. 

4.  Chester,  born  Feb.  21st,  1812,  m.  Sept.  4th,  1834,  Lucy  Halsey,  of  Long  Island ; 
he  inherits  the  old  homestead  of  his  father,  in  West  Hartford;  is  a  successful  farmer, 
and  has  been  superintendent  of  their  Sunday  school. 

223.  "SUSANNA,  wife  of  Elijah  Smith,"  to  church  Feb.  5th,  1786, 
daughter  of  No.  (43)  and  No.  (44,)  born  Feb.  7th,  1756,  m.  July  7th, 
1774;  they  lived  with  his  father,  and  cultivated  his  farm  until  they  moved 
to  Owego,  N.  Y.     The  house  stood  on  East  street,  next  north  of  Leonard 
Belden's,  and  the  same  house  is  now  the  house  of  Samuel  Kelsey,  deceased, 
having  been  bought  when  Smith  moved  west,  and  moved  by  Mr.  Kelsey, 
in  1814,  and  fitted  up.     Elijah  Smith,  jun.,  was  son  of  Elijah,  sen.  and 
Sarah  (Grimes,)  his  wife,  born  May  30th,  1753;  he  died  Dec.  31st,  1824, 
aged  71^  years,  at  Candor,  N.  Y. '  He  was  a  soldier  in  the  "  Army  of  the 
Revolution ;"  was  at  the  battle  of  Yorktown,  and  a  witness  of  the  surren- 
der of  Cornwallis.     He  kept  a  diary  of  these  events,  which  is  still  extant. 

THEIR   CHILDREN. 

1.  Lydia,  born  Jan.,  1776,  and  died  Aug.  24th,  1776. 

2.  Elijah,  born  April  28th,  1777,  bap.  July  16th,  1786,  died  June  3d,  1827;  was 
insane. 

3.  Jesse,  born  Jan.  31st,  1782,  bap.  July  16th,  1786,  m.  Feb.  2d,  1815,  Esther  Hart ; 
married  second,  Betsey  Bacon. 

4.  Sarah,  born  April  7th,  1775,  bap.  July  16th,  1786,  died  June  12th,  1786. 

5.  Selah  Judd,  born  Oct.  18th,  1788,  bap.  Jan.  18th,  1789,  m.  Sept.  12th,  1812, 
Khoda  Potter. 

6.  James,  born  April  20th,  1791,  bap.  Sept.  llth,  1791,  m.  Dec.  31st,  1818,  Eunice 
Colburn. 

7.  Amzi,  born  July  16th,  1797,  m.  Sept.  8th,  1819  ;  he  died  Nov.  22d,  1850. 


206  FIRST     CHURCH 

224.  "ANNA,  wife  of  Asahel  Hart,"  to  church  April  1st,  1787,  daughter 
of  No.  (200)  and  No.  (78,)  born  1759,  bap.  Dec.  30th,  1759,  m.  No.  (174;) 
she  died  Feb.  22d,  1803,  aged  44. 

225.  "  HANNAH  BREWER,"  to  church  June  2d,  1787,  daughter  of  David, 
of  Chatham,  and  his  wife,  Hannah  (Eddy ;)  she  became  the  second  wife 
of  Ebenezer  Steele,  jun.,  about  1789  ;  she  born  June  1st,  1766,  at  East 
Haddam ;  they  lived  on  "  Horse  Plain,"  at  the  corner  east  of  Elam  Sla- 
ter's present  location.     She  was  neice  to  Charles  Eddy,  sen.,  her  mother 
being  his  sister.     He  was  a  feeble  consumptive ;  lived  by  peddling  pewter 
and  tin  ware,  and  raised  a  large  family  on  small  means.     His  first  wife 
was  Lucy  (Wright,)  probably  daughter  of  Ezekiel  and  Eunice  (Neal,)  fcis 
wife,  born  March  25th,  1763,  bap.  March  27th,  1763,  and  probably  mar- 
ried about  1775  ;  she  died,  when  he  married  as  above.     Mr.  Steele  died 
July  27th,  1812,  aged  61,  widow  Hannah  died  April,  1842,  aged  76,  in 
Troy,  N.  Y. 

FIRST   WIFE'S    CHILDREN. 

1.  Lucy,  born  March  3d,  1776,  m.  Feb.  16th,  1796,  Truman  Andrus,  see  No.  (265.) 

2.  Sally,  born  ,  m.  March  20th,  1796,  John  Belden,  son  of  Ezra. 

3.  Salmon,  born  ,  m.  Nelly  Williams,  see  No.  (406.) 

4.  Ebenezer,  jun.,  bora  m.  in  Hartford,  and  died  1813,  at  Hartford,  Conn. 

5.  Polly,  born  ,  bap.  May  29th,  1791,  on  account  of  her  grand-mother,  Sarah, 
to  whom  she  was  given. 

6.  Keziah,  born  ,  m.  Oct.  16th,  1814,  Elisha  S.  Lewis,  see  No.  C394.) 

SECOND  WIFE'S  CHILDREN. 

7.  Jason,  born  Jan.  15th,  1790,  bap.  June  26th,  1791,  died  as  a  soldier,  in  the  U.  S. 
Army,  at  Sackett's  Harbor,  in  the  war  of  1812. 

8.  Hannah,  born  June  1st,  1792,  m.  Feb.  20th,  1809,  Elias  Curtiss,  son  of  Amos. 

9.  Chauncey,  born  ,  bap.  Aug.  31st,  1794,  died  unmarried  in  Philadelphia. 

10.  Anna,  born  ,  bap.  May  28th,  1797,  m.  Judd  Eggleston,  of  Westfield,  Mass. 

11.  Marinda,  born  ,  bap.  April  14th,  1799,  died  Jan.  25th,  1815,  aged  16. 

12.  Eliza,  born  Sept.  27th,  1802,  m.  Roswell  Hart,  son  of  Roger,  Feb.  13th,  1826; 
live  in  Michigan. 

13.  Edmund,  bora  Oct.  9th,  1804,  bap.  Dec.  30th,  1804,  m.  Oct.  10th,  1830,  Lucy 
Newel,  No.  (689.) 

14.  Infant,  bora  ,  died  Oct.  1st,  1806. 

15.  Anna,  bom  April  15th,  1808,  bap.  Sept.  llth,  1808,  m.  Peter  Miller,  of  Troy, 
N.  Y.,  May  12th,  1831. 

226.  "  Widow  ELECTA  LUSK,"  to  church  Dec,  7th,  1788,  daughter  of 
Stephen  De  Wolf,  of  Berlin,  and  Mary  (Whaples,)  of  Newington,  his 
wife ;  she  married  No.v.  25th,  1784,  Solomon,  son  of  David  Lusk,  sen.  and 
Prudence  (Hurlburt,)  his  wife ;  they  lived  on  the  Farmington  road,  north 
of  "  Dublin  Hill."     In  bringing  from  the  mountain  a  load  of  wood  on  a 
sled,  in  the  evening  of  the  8th  of  February,  1788,  he  was  caught  between 
the  load  and  a  tree,  where  he  was  found  frozen  stiff,  with  his  arms  up,  as 
if  protecting  himself,  or  holding  the  load  from  turning  over  on  to  him. 
He  had  said  the  previous  morning  that  the  Bible  was  not  true,  for  it  de- 


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clared  that  the  "  wicked  should  not  live  out  half  their  days,"  but  he  had 
more.  His  widow  taught  school  at  the  North-west  district,  for  three  sea- 
sons next  after  the  death  of  her  husband.  She  married  second,  Aug.  29th, 
1793,  No.  (253,)  and  moved  to  Nelson,  New  York;  she  died  Aug.  27th, 
1858. 

CHILDREN    OF    SOLOMON   AND   ELECTA    (DE  WOLF)   LuSK. 

1.  "1       f  Saphrone,  born  Nov.  20th,  1785,  bap.  Jan.  18th,  1789,  m.  Feb.  12th,  1804, 
!  3  J      John  Francis. 

2.  f  I"  1  Salome,  born  Nov.  20th,  1785,  bap.  Jan.  18th,  1789,  m.  May,  7th,  1805, 
j  "  I     No.  (459.) 

227.  "  OLIVER  D.  COOK,"   to  church  July  12th,  1789.     He  was  a 
divinity  student  of  Dr.  Smalley ;  son  of  Aaron,  of  Northford,  in  New 
Haven  county,  and  Lucretia  (Dudley,)  his  wife;  graduated  at  Yale,  1786; 
licensed  to  preach  1789,  by  New  Haven  East ;  he  settled  in  the  ministry 
at  New  Fairfield,  Conn.,  May,  1792,  but  was  dismissed  for  bad  health, 
Nov.,  1793;  he  then  engaged  successfully  in  the  book-trade  in  Hartford, 
where  he  died  1833,  aged  65.     He  was  a  man  of  a  good  spirit,  and  was 
greatly  respected. 

THEIB   CHILDREN. 

1.  Oliver  Dudley,  bora  ,  m.  Sarah  Belknap. 

2.  Edward  Pratt,  born  ,  m.  Anna  Kissam,  New  York. 

3.  Laura  Sophia,  born  ,  m.  William  J.  Hamersley,  New  York  and  Hartford. 

4.  Julia  Maria,  born  ,  m.  Richard  Kissam,  New  York. 

228.  "  ISAAC  MALTBT,"  to  church  July  12th,  1789.     He  was  a  divinity 
student  of  Dr.  Smalley ;  son  of  Deacon  Benjamin,  of  Northford,  and  Eliz- 
abeth (Fowler,)  his  wife,  born  1767;  graduated  at  Yale,  1786;  licensed 
to  preach  1789,  by  New  Haven  East,  m.  Nov.,  1790,  Hatfield,  Mass., 
Lucinda  Murray,  only  child  of  Gen.  Seth,  and  he  settled  on  his  farm. 
He  was  twice  elector  of  President;  was  made  brigadier-general  in  1813, 
and  soon  after  removed  to  Waterloo,  N.  Y.,  with  six  children,  whither  he 
was  preceded  by  two  of  his  sons  and  eldest  daughter,  as  the  wife  of  Rev. 
Ephraim  Chapin.     A.  D.  1860,  eight  of  his  children  were  living  and  had 
families.     He  died  Sept.  9th,  1819,  aged  52,  at  Waterloo,  N.  Y.;  his 
widow  died  June  9th,  1844,  aged  73,  at  Buffalo,  N.  Y. 

229.  "JOSEPH  E.  CAMP,"  to  church  Aug.,  1789,  a  divinity  student  of 
Dr.  Smalley ;  son  of  David,  of  Durham,  Conn.,  and  Margery  (Johnson,) 
of  Guilford,  Conn.,  his  wife,  born  April  6th,  1766,  at  Bethlehem,  Conn.; 
graduated  at  Yale,  1787 ;  licensed  to  preach  1789,  by  Hartford  South 
Association;  ordained  1795,  and  installed  over  the  cbTirch  at  Northfield, 
Litchfield  county ;  salary  £80  and  thirty  cords  of  wood ;  married  Dec.  3d, 
1795,  Rhoda  Turner,  of  the  same  place,  daughter  of  Titus  and  Sarah 
(Blakesley,)  his   wife.     He  died  May  27th,  1838,  aged  72,  at  North- 
field. 


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THEIR   CHILDREN. 

1.  Albert  Barlow,  bora  Feb.  16th,  1797,  m.  Feb.  3d,  1829,  Mary  Ann  Wilder,  of 
Eindge;  she  died  1830;  he  married  second,  Frances  Ann  Stearns,  of  Boston;  live, 
1860,  in  Bristol ;  title  Rev. 

2.  Ralph  Garwood,  born  June  14th,  1799,  m.  Oct.  29th,  1845,  Louisa  Ann  Clark, 
of  Northfield,  who  died  1848  ;  he  married  second,  Jane  Fidelia  Norton  ;  live  in  Bara- 
boo,  Wisconsin ;  Colonel,  Judge,  Esquire. 

3.  David  Bushrod  Washington,  born  Feb.  8th,  1804,  married  Fanny  J.  Fox  ;  his 
title  M.  D. 

4.  Elizabeth  S.,  born  March  3d,  1807,  m.  Nehemiah  Kimberly,  West  Haven. 

5.  Joseph  W.,  born  March  12th,  1809,  m.  Lucy  A.  Brewster;  live;  in  Baraboo, 
Wisconsin. 

6.  Jabez  McCall,  born  June  26th,  1 81 1,  m.  Mary  Heaton ;  lives  at  Campville,  Conn. 

230.  "JAMES  KASSON  GARNSEY,"  to  church  Sept.  5th,  1790,  a  theo- 
logical student  of  Dr.  Smalley ;  bora  Dec.  31st,  17G9,  at  Bethlehem,  Conn., 
to  Solomon  and  his  wife,  Sarah  (Kasson.)     He  was  licensed  to  preach 
Oct.  8th,  1790,  at  Newington,  by-  Hartford  South,  at  the  house  of  Rev.  J. 
Belden,  and  was  then  said  to  be  from  Castleton,  Vermont.     He  is  said  to 
have  preached  the  second  sermon  in  the  village  of  Canandaigua,  N.  Y. 
He  seems  to  have  left  the  ministry,  for  he  was  chosen  sheriff  of  Ontario 
county,  1806,  to  succeed  Phineas  P.  Bates.     He  married  April  27th, 
1807,  Hannah  Trowbridge,  of  Albany;  she  died  April  7th,  1816,  when  he 
married  second,  April  29th,  1821,  Electa  Howes.     He  died  March  6th, 
1841,  in  his  72d  year,  at  Pittsford. 

THEIR   CHILDREN. 

1.  Sarah  Elizabeth,  born  April  27th,  1808,  m.  at  Pittsford,  by  Rev.  Mr.  Mahan, 
Jan.  31st,  1831,  Mortimer  F.  Delano. 

2.  Julia  Norton,  born  Aug.  20th,  1809. 

3.  James  Augustus,  bora  Nov.  2d,  1811,  died  1848. 

4.  Frances  Dickinson,  born  Feb.  17th,  1815,  m.  Oct.  15th,  1839,  Simon  Traver. 

SECOND  WIFE'S  CHILDREN. 

5.  George  Elliot,  born  Feb.  llth,  1822. 

6.  Godfrey,  bora  Oct.  8th,  1823,  died  Jan.  1st,  1834. 

7.  Catharine,  born  March  20th,  1825,  died  March  15th,  1848. 

8.  Lucy  Ellen,  born  Aug.  12th,  1826  ;  she  is  the  authoress  of  "Irish  Amy,"  &c. 

9.  Clara  Florida,  born  Oct.   1st,  1836;  these  two  last  live  with  their  widowed 
mother,  at  Rochester,  N.  Y.,  now,  1864. 

The  father  was  chosen  a  director  in  Livingston  County  Bank,  N.  Y.,  July,  1 830. 

231.  "  ELIZUR  HART,"  to  church  Nov.  21st,  1790,  son  of  No.  (49)  and 
No.  (59,)  born  Dec.  2'5th,  1752,  m.  Jan.  1st,  1778,  No.  (232  ;)  he  was  a 
noted  school-teachet ;  had  taught  seventeen  seasons,  and  it  was  said  of  him 
that  he  knew  almost  as  much  as  "  Capt.  Belden."     He  was  called  "  Land- 
lord Hart,"  from  his  keeping  a  tavern  in  Hart  quarter,  now  called  the 
"  State  house,"  in  which  was  a  dancing-hall,  occupied  for  that  purpose 
very  extensively.     It  was,  however,  during  the  revival  of  A.  D.  1821, 


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used  as  ardently  for  a  praying  and  preaching  hall.  Mr.  Hart  went,  A.  D. 
1794,  to  the  West  Indies  for  his  health,  and  died  at  Kingston,  Jamaica, 
aged  42. 

232.  "Wife  of  Elizur  Hart,"  to  church  Nov.  21st,  1790;  her  maiden 
name,  Sarah  Langdon,  daughter  of  No.  (107)  and  No.  (108,)  born  Dec. 
9th,  1756 ;  her  husband  having   died  1794,  she  married  second,  Seth 
Wadsworth,  of  Farmington ;  she  was  dismissed  and  recommended  by  let- 
ter to  that  church,  1817 ;  she  died  June  14th,  1822,  aged  65,  at  Farmington. 

THEIR    CHILDREN. 

1.  Sally,  born  Nov.  9th,  1778,  bap.  July  10th,  1791,  m.  Manly  Clark ;  second,  Mar- 
tin Lee. 

2.  Polly,  born  Oct.  5th,  1781,  bap.  July  10th,  1791,  m.  Sept.  8th,  1800,  John  Hills, 
of  David. 

3.  Sophia,  born  Sept.  3d,  1785,  bap.  July  10th,  1791,  m.  Franklin  Hitchcock,  of 
Southington. 

4.  Erastus  L.,  born  May  8th,  1787,  bap.  July  10th,  1791,  m.  Mary  Parmelee,  of  Go- 
shen  ;  he  t/L  D. ;  began  practice  in  Wolcott;  went  to  Goshen,  but  settled  in  Elmira, 
N.  Y.,  where  he  is  an  elder  in  the  Presbyterian  church,  and  has  an  extensive  practice 
as  physician. 

233.  "ANNA,  wife  of  Leonard  Belden,"  to  church  May  1st,  1791;  she 
was  the  second  wife,  and  her  maiden  name,  Anna  Buck,  from  Newington, 
m.  Nov.  21st,  1782;  she  had  no  children,  and  died  March  16th,  1840, 
aged  94.     His  first  wife  was  Hannah  Judd,  daughter  of  No.  (38)  and 
Hannah  (Andrus,)  his  wife,  born  Sept.  27th,  1750,  m.  Jan.  4th,  1770;  she 
died  Sept.  10th,  1780,  aged  30.     She  was  the  mother  of  his  children.   He 
was  son  of  Ezra  and  his  wife,  Rebecca  (Dix,)  born  Feb.  22d,  1749;  lived 
at  the  old  home  of  his  father,  on  East  street ;  his  grand-father's  name  was 
also  Ezra,  and  belonged  in  Wethersfield  ;  his  wife,  Elizabeth.     His  will, 
dated  Aug.  10th,  1770  ;  he  made  Ezra,  jun.,  sole  executor;  he  also  gave, 
1749,  for  love  to  his  son,  Ezra,  jun.,  in  Kensington,  Farmington,  sixty 
acres  of  land,  and  the  dwelling-house  and  barn  thereon  standing.     This 
Leonard  died  March  18th,  1809,  aged  60. 

THEIR    CHILDREN. 

1.  Leonard,  jun.,  born  Jan.  4th,  1770,  died  young. 

2.  Hannah,  bora  July  26th,  1770,  m.  Thomas  Lewis,  son  of  William. 

3.  Lydia,  born  Nov.  3d,  1772,  m.  June  22d,  1794,  Luther  Porter;  she  died  1847, 
aged  75. 

4.  Olive,  born  Aug.  18th,  1775,  m.  Uni  Wright,  see  No.  (547.) 

5.  Leonard,  2d,  born  July  13th,  1778,  m.  Eoxy  Hart,  No.  (324.; 

6.  Ezra,  born  Aug.  13th,  1780,  died  young. 

234.  "Widow  RUTH  GRIDLEY,"  to  church  May  1st,  1791,  daughter 
of  Deacon  John  Lee,  of  Kensington  and  Berlin,  the  widow  of  John  Grid- 
ley,  of  Kensington;  she  came  here  with  No.  (238,)  her  son,  and  No.  (235,) 
her  daughter ;  they  both  removed  to  Bristol  about  1799,  and  the  record  of 

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210  FIRST     CHURCH 

that  church  says  they  were  received  by  letters  from  New  Britain  church. 
Widow  Ruth  Gridley  died  Aug.  12th,  1811,  aged  91,  at  Bristol. 

235.  ''BETSEY  GRIDLEY,"  to  church  May  1st,  1791,  daughter  of  John 
and  Ruth  (Lee,)  his  wife;  she  was  baptized  Aug.  28th,  1757,  in  infancy, 
at  Kensington;  her  father  died  July  2d,  1784,  aged  63,  at  Kensington; 
she  was  sister  of  No.  (238  ;)  she  died  Sept.  29th,  1826,  aged  69,  at  Bristol. 

236.  "  HANNAH,  wife  of  Elisha  Hart,"  to  church  Feb.  5th,  1792  ;  they 
lived  in  a  house  he  bought  of  Ezekiel  Wright,  near  the  south  branch  of 
Bass  river,  on  the  road  to  Farmington,  and  at  the  head  of  the  road  run- 
ning west  from  Stanley  quarter  school-house.     They  moved  out  of  town 
about  A.  D.  1791,  having  sold  their  home  to  No.  (174.) 

THEIB   CHILDREN. 

1.  Truman,  born  ,  bap.  May  10th,  1791. 

2.  Sarah,  bora  ,  bap.  May  10th,  1791. 

3.  Phebe,  bora  ,  bap.  May  10th,  1791. 

4.  Hannah,  born  ,  bap.  May  10th,  1791. 

5.  Rhoda,  bora  ,  bap.  May  10th,  1791. 

6.  Elisha,  bom  ,  bap.  May  10th,  1791. 

237.  "  NATHANIEL  PENNFIELD,"  to  church  Feb.  5th,  1792,  son  of  No. 
(116)  and  No.  (117,)  born  Nov.  14th,  1760,  at  New  Haven,  and  there 
baptized  Jan.  25th^  1761,  (New  Haven  church  record,)  married  Oct.  22d, 
1780,  Eunice  Kelsey,  daughter  of  Enoch,  sen.  and  Mary  (Bidwell,)  his 
wife,  born  Aug.  22d,  1757,  bap.  Aug.  28th,  1757.     He  was  a  cooper  by 
trade  and  occupation,  and  also  a  farmer;  lived  on  "Horse  Plain,"  next 
west  of  "Job's  Corner;"  was  a  kind,  peaceable  man,  and  very  industrious. 
His  wife,  Eunice,  died  Jan.  23d,  1822,  aged  64,  when  he  married  second, 
Oct.  3d,  1822,  Widow  Polly  Rugg,  the  widow  of  Matthew;  her  maiden 
name,  Webb,  daughter  of  David,  of  Salem,  Conn.     He  was  in  the  Revo- 
lutionary war,  at  "  Horse  Neck  and  White  Plains."     He  died  Feb.  6th, 
1838,  aged  77. 

THEIR   CHILDREN. 

1.  Nathaniel,  Jan.,  born  Feb.,  1781,  bap.  July   1st,  1792,  m.  Nov.  5th,   1798, 
No.  (549.) 

2.  Silas,  born  ,bap.  July  1st,  1792,  m.  March  1st,  1804,  No.  (341.) 

3.  Polly,  bora  Sept.  4th,  1786,  bap.  July  1st,  1792,  m.  Aug.  llth,  1801,  Shubel 
Cut  tiss,  of  Amos. 

4.  Eunice,  born  May  12th,  1789,  bap.  July  1st,  1792,  m.  May  22d,  1808,  William 
Pennfield,  of  Jesse. 

5.  John,  bora  Oct.  18th,  1791,  bap.  July  1st,  1792,  m.  March  12th,  1815,No.  (432.) 

6.  Betsey,  born  April  13th,  1793,  bap.  July  7th,  1793,  m.  Feb.  6th,  1820,  Enos 
Pennfield,  of  Jesse ;  he  died,  and  she  married  second,  April,  1835,  Deacon  Joseph 
Langdon,  of  Sugar  Grove,  Pa. 

7.  Chester,  bora  Jan.  23d,  1796,  bap.  May  15th,  1796,  m.  June  4th,  1820,  No.  (528.) 

8.  Sally,  born  Nov.  8th,  1800,  bap.  May  17th,  1801,  see  No.  (496.) 


OF    NEW    BRITAIN.  211 

238.  "OLIVER  GRIDLEY,"  to  church  March  25th,  1792,  son  of  John 
and  No.  (234,)  born  Nov.  16th,  1751,  in  Kensington,  on  the  spot  where 
Frederic  North's  farm-house  stands.     He  bought  out  Joseph  Hart,  in  Hart 
quarter,    (now,  A.  D.  1862,)  Edwin  Francis.     He  married  Dec.  21st, 
1780,  No.  (239;)  was  a  gentlemanly  man,  of  good  deportment  and  excel- 
lent Christian  character.     He  moved  to  Bristol,  about  1799,  removing  his 
connection  to  that  church,  where  he  died  Nov.  16th,  1831,  aged  80;  a 
farmer  by  occupation. 

239.  "  Wife  of  Oliver  Gridley,"  to  church  March  25th,  1792 ;  she  was 
daughter  of  No.  (69)  and  No.  (28,)  born  1757;  her  maiden  name,  Mar- 
tha Goodrich ;  was  dismissed  with  her  husband  to  church  at  Bristol,  and 
died  there,  Feb.  llth,  1820,  aged  63. 

THEIR    CHILDREN. 

1.  Alva,  born  Sept.  18th,  1783,  bap.  July  22d,  1792,  m.  Oct.  29th,  1814,  Clarissa 
Goodrich,  of  Kensington. 

2.  Laura,  born  Oct.  25th,  1787,  bap.  July  22d,  1792;  she  died  Feb.  16th,  1849, 
aged  62. 

3.  Huldah,  born  Jan.  17th,  1790,  bap.  July  22d,  1792,  died  Dec.  8th,  1808,  aged  19. 

4.  Lucy,  born  April  10th,  1794,  bap.  April  25th,  1794;  living,  1863,  in  Bristol. 

5.  Cyrus,  born  Oct.  25th,  1797,  m.  Mary,  daughter  of  Samuel  Boot,  of  Plainville ; 
lives  in  Ohio. 

240.  "  SOLOMON  CHURCHILL,"  to  church  March  25th,  1792,  son  of  No. 
(104)  and  No.  (105,)  born  April  24th,  1767,  bap.  June  28th,  1767,  m. 
Dec.  30th,  1790,  No.  (241 ;)  had  a  twin  sister,  Sarah.     He  turned  his 
hand  to  various  employments,  and  lived  in  various  localities ;  raised  a  large 
family  on  small  means.     Late  in  life  united  with  the  Episcopal  church. 
He  died  April  27th,  1841,  aged  81. 

241.  "  Wife  of  Solomon  Churchill."  to  church  March  25th,  1792 ;  her 
maiden  name,  Selina  Hart,  daughter  of  No.  (52)  and  Sarah  Gilbert,  his 
wife,  born  Aug.  30th,  1770 ;  she  died  Nov.  22d,  1845,  aged  75. 

THE    CHILDREN. 

1.  Solomon,  jun.,  born  Oct.  20th,  1791,  bap.  April  8th,  1792,  m.  Dec.  1st,  1812, 
No.  (388.) 

2.  Amzi,  born  Dec.  llth,  1793,  bap.  Feb.  2d,  1794,  m.  Maria  White,  of  Long  Island. 

3.  Prudentia,  born  1795,  bap.  May  15th,  1796,  died  Sept.  24th,  1798,  aged  three. 

4.  Cyrus,  born  Dec.   15th,  1797,  bap.  April  1st,  1798,  m.-  Clarissa  Bradley,  of 
Guilford. 

5.  Infant,  born  1799,  bap.  Selina  Hart,  died  Nov.  17th,  1799. 

6.  Selina  Hart,  born  March  5th,  1801,  bap.  May  31st,  1801,  m.  Andrew  Kapelye. 

7.  Prudentia,  2d,  born  July  15th,  1804,  bap.  Oct.  6th,  1805,  m.  1820,  Albert 
Webster. 

8.  Louisa,  born  Nov.  20th,  1807,  bap.  Nov.  31st,  1807,  died  Jan.  5th,  1808,  aged  1. 

9.  Louisa,  2d,  born  Feb.  8th,  1809,  bap.  April  30th,  1809,  m.  1833,  Ebenezer  Evans ; 
she  died  Dec.  18th,  1862.  * 

10.  Jane  Bnshnel,  born  May  20th,  1810,  m.  Ebenezer  Evans,  of  Southington ;  she 
died  Sept.  llth,  1866,  aged  56. 


212  FIRST     CHURCH 

11.  John,  born  Aug.  10th,  1813,  m.  Emeline  Cleavland  ;  married  second,  Lucy 
French,  and  has  one  son,  Henry  Hart,  born  Jan.  22d,  1834  ;  he  is  living,  1863,  in  New 
Hartford. 

242.  "ANNA,  wife  of  Seth  Lusk,"  to  church  April  7th,  1793,  daughter 
of  No.  (65)  and  No.  (66,)  m.  Sept.  6th,  1781 ;  he  son  of  David  and  Pru- 

•  dence  (Hurlburt,)  his  wife,  bap.  Sept.  6th,  1755,  at  Newington ;  lived  at 
the  "old  Lusk  house,"  (half  of  which,  with  twenty  acres  of  land,  was  given 
him,  1788,  by  his  father,)  back  of  "  Dublin  Hill,"  on  the  Farmington  road ; 
he  was  a  farmer ;  a  large  man ;  he  died  Sept.  19th,  1823,  aged  68 ;  she 
died  Jan.  28th,  1822,  aged  68. 

THEIR    CHILDREN. 

1.  Nancy,  born  1783,  bap.  June  2d,  1793,  m.  Sept.  27th,  1799,  No.  (348.) 

2.  Adna,  born  ,  bap.  June  2d,  1793,  unmarried;  subject  to  fits;  died  May 
10th,  1826,  aged  43. 

3.  Seth,  jun.,  born  April  6th,  1786,  bap.  June  2d,  1793,  m.  July  6th,  1806,  Roxy 
Recor,  of  Michael;  he  died  Jan.  3d,  1857,  in  New  York;  his  widow  lives,  1862,  at 
McCornel's  Grove,  Illinois. 

243.  "HULDAH,  wife  of  Bethel  Hart,"   to  church  April  7th,    1793,. 
daughter  of  Ebenezer  Steele  and  No.  (148,)  his  wife,  born  1768,  see  No. 
(183;)  she  baptized  Jan.  3d,  1768,  in  Kensington;  she  died  Sept.  28th, 
1810,  aged  44. 

244.  "REUBEN  WRIGHT,"  to  church  May  26th,  1793,  son  of  Judah 
and  his  wife,  Mary  (Judd,)  bap,  July  9th,  1749,  at  Newington.     Pie  a 
carpenter  and  joiner;  learned  of  his  father;  married  Marck  12th,  1780, 
Martha  Gfidley,  daughter  of  Ebenezer,  of  Kensington  and  Farmington 
Plains,  and  Zubah  Orvice,  his  wife  ;  she  born  April  10th,  1756.     He 
built  on  the  Farmington  road,  north  of  "  Half-way,"  or  "  Osgood  Hill ;"  his 
house  burned  in  the  fall  of  1790,  when  he  built  again.     His  joiner  shop 
stood  opposite  his  house,  and  has  been  moved  east  to  the  next  corner,  and 
is  the  house  of  Philip  Recor.     Mr.  Wright   moved   west,  to  Redfield, 
Oneida  county,  New  York,  with  his  family,  in  1803 ;  he  died  April  17th, 
1841,  aged  93. 

THEIR    CHILDREN. 

1.  Gad,  born  Sept.  30th,  1780,  bap.  July  7th,  1793,  died  in  Virginia. 

2.  Martin,  born  Sept.  5th,  1782,  bap.  July  7th,  1793,  m.  Feb.  22d,  1812,  Mary 
Tryon  ;  he  died  Sept.  23d,  1865,  aged  83. 

3.  Reuben,  jun.,  born  Nov.  17th,  1784,  bap.  July  7th,  1793,  m.  March  10th,  1811, 
Betsey  Seymour. 

4.  Hannah,  born  Jan.  23d,  1787,  bap.  July  7th,  1793,  m.  Henry  Brooks,  Jan.  25th, 
1807. 

5.  Lois,  born  July  28th,  1789,  bap.  July  7th,  1793,  m.  Feb.  5th,  1812,  Michael 
Hinman. 

6.  James,  born  Oct.  25th,  1791,  bap.  July  7th,  1793,  m.  Jan.  16th,  1823,  Julia 
Strong.          4 

7.  Mary,  born  Feb.  13th,  1794,  bap.  April  6th,  1794,  m.  April  28th,  1819,  James 
Bacon ;  she  died  July  29th,  1864,  aged  70. 


OF    NEW    BRITAIN.  218 

8.  Nancy,  bora  April  21st,  1796,  bap.  May  22d,  1796,  died  Aug.  22d,  1839,  an- 
married.  _• 

9.  John,  born  ,  married,  and  now,  1865,  living  in  DeSoto,  Kansas. 

245.  "  ELIJAH  ANDRUS,"  to  church  May  26th,  1793,  son  of  Elijah,  of 
Newington,  and  his  wife,  Phebe  (Hurlburt,)  born  Oct.  16th,  1752,  married 
March  2d,  1775,  No.  (252 ;)  he  a  shoe  maker  and  tanner ;  learned  his 
trade  of  No.  (113;)  lived  on  the  road  from  Stanley  quarter  school-house, 
west  to  Farmington  road.     He  was  a  man  greatly  beloved  for  his  kind  and 
courteous  disposition ;  is  well  remembered  for  his  piety ;  he  died  Nov. 
24th,  1839,  aged  87. 

THEIR   CHILDREN. 

1.  Truman,  born  Jan.  23d,  1776,  bap.  July  7th,  1793,  m.  Feb.  16th,  1796,  No.  (265.) 

2.  Ebenezer,  born  Dec.  24th,  1778,  bap.  July  7th,  1793,  m.  Oct.  26th,  1800,  Mary 
Griswold. 

3.  Josiah,  born  June  29th,  1781 . 

4.  Phebe  Hurlburt,  born  June  17th,  1783,  bap.  July  7th,  1793,  m.  Sept,  1st,  1822, 
Harvey  Curtiss. 

5.  Ira,  born  Dec.  8th,  1785,  bap.  July  7th.  1793,  m.  May  28th,  1807,  Amy  Steele, 
No.  (642.) 

6.  Rachel,  bora  Feb.  6th,  1789,  bap.  July  7th,  1793,  see  No.  (344.) 

7.  Azuba  Orvice,  bora  March  20th,  1791,  bap.  July  7th,  1793,  m.  May  10th,  1815, 
Otis  Robinson. 

8.  Dinah,  bora  Aug.  21st,  1793,  bap.  Oct.  6th,  1793  ;  is  deaf  and  unmarried. 

9.  Abi,  born  Aug.  28th,  1795,  bap.  Sept.  1st,  1795;  is  Wind  and  nearly  deaf. 

10.  Benjamin,  bora  Jan.  8th,  1799,  bap.  June  16th,  1799,  m.  June  16th,  1823,  Sallie 
Innis,  of  Philadelphia. 

246.  "  BECCARENA,  wife  of  William  Steele,"  to  church  May  26th,  1793, 
daughter  of  No.  (116)  and  No.  (117,)  bora  May  9th,  1763,  at  New 
Haven,  and  the  town  record  has  her  name  Rebecca  Rena,  married  Oct. 
26th,  1780.     He  was  son  of  Ebenezer,  sen.  and  his  wife,  No.  (148,)  born 
1757 ;  he  lived  in  part  of  his  father's  house,  made  up  of  the  old  school- 
house  of  the  North-west  district,  which  he  bought.     He  was  in  the  war  of 
the  Revolution,  and  a  noted  fifer ;  was  a  short  thick  set  man ;  he  died 
March  28th,  1825,  aged  68;  she  died  April  26th,  1838,  aged  75  ;  she  was 
baptized  in  New  Haven,  May  9th,  1763,  and  is  called  on  their  church 
record  Rebecca  Rhena. 

THEIR    CHILDREN. 

1.  Lydia,  bora  ,  bap.  July  7th,  1793,.  m.  July  12th,  1801,  Elisha  Vaughn. 

2.  Billy,  bora  July  8th,  1787,  bap.  July  7th,  1793,  m.  Esther  Judd. 

3.  Samuel,  bora  ,  bap.  July  7th,  1793. 

4.  Rena,  bom  Feb.  2d,  1794,  bap.  May,  1794,  m.  Sept.  25th,  1814,  Moses  Gilbert, 
see  No.  (751 J 

5.  Cynthia,  bora  April  8th,  1796,  bap.  May  22d,  1796,  m.  Aug.  24th,  1818tNo.  (646.) 
6.]    "Jemmy,"        fborn  ,  bap.  May  19th,  1799,  m.  Dec.  2d,  1819,  Rosetta 

3  j      Hunter  ;  he  died  Jan.  31st,  1849,  aged  50.    * 

7.    (   Nancy,          =>  j  born  ,  bap.  May  19th,  1799,  m.  Nov.  4th,  1819,  No. 

'    1      (955.) 


214  FIRST     CHURCH 

8.  John,  born  Feb.  13th,  1801,  bap.  May  17th,  1801,  m.  Dec.  2d,  1822,  No.  (571.) 

9.  Jefferson,  born  ,  bap.  March  1st,  1804,  m.  Feb.  16th,  1823,  Betsey  Goff. 
10.  Henry,  born  April  5th,  1806,  bap.  June  15th,  1806,  m.  Nov.  19th,  1827,  No.  (528.) 

247.  "AARON  HART,"  to  church  May  26th,  1793,  son  of  No.  (52)  and 
his  wife,  Sarah  Gilbert,  born  Oct.  16th,  1761,  m.  March  4th,  1790,  No. 
(248  ;)  was  a  captain  and  a  farmer  ;  inherited  the  old  home  of  his  father, 
in  the  south-west  corner  of  the  parish,  (now,  A.  D.  1861,)  owned  and 
occupied  by  his  son,  Horace,  but  1862,  owned  and  occupied  by  Levi  O. 
Smith.     He  was  a  large,  portly  man,  of  stern  virtue  and  integrity.     He 
made  weaver's  reeds,  with  tools  used  by  his  father,  and  inherited  by  him 
from  his  grandfather,  Deacon  Thomas  Hart,  of  the  "  Great  Swamp"  Soci- 
ety.    The  will  or  deed  conveying  the  tools,  is  dated  March  14th,  1760,  by 
which  he  gives  them  to  his  grand-son,  Elijah  Hart,  jun. 

248.  "Wife  of  Aaron  Hart,"  to  church  May  26th,  1793;  maiden  name, 
Sarah  Francis,  daughter  of  Josiah  Francis,  of  Newington,  and  his  wife, 
Milly  (Stoddard,)  born  April  6th,  1769  ;  possessed  a  social,  genial  spirit, 
active  and  quick,  even  in  old  age;  she  died    Jan.  1st,  1847,  aged  78  ;  he 
died  July  2d,  1829,  aged  68. 

THEIB   CHILDREN. 

1.  Francis,  born  Dec.  18th,  1791,  bap.  June  23d,  1793,  married  Dec.  30th,  1812, 
No.  (343.) 

2.  Chester,  born  Feb.  7th,  1793,  bap.  June  23d,  1793,  m.  No.  (489,)  and  married 
second,  No.  (490.  J 

3.  Sarah,  born  1798,  bap.  April  29th,  1798,  died  June  24th,  1814,  aged  16. 

4.  Anson,  born  ,  bap.  Aug.  24th,  1800,  died  May  13th,  1850,  aged  50,  un- 
married. 

5.  Betsey,  born  1795,  bap.  Oct.  18th,  1795,  died  Sept.  5th,  1798,  aged  three  years 
and  a  few  days. 

6.  Betsey,  2d,  born  Feb.  26th,  1803,  bap.  June  12th,  1803,  m.  April  10th,  1822, 
No.  (674.) 

7.  Aaron,  jun.,  bora  Nov.  25th,  1805,  bap.  April  20th,  1806,  m.  Nov.  27th,  1827, 
No.  (532.) 

8.  Horace,  bom  July  29th,  1808,  m.  Dec.  2d,  1831,  Harriet  J.  Church,  daughter  of 
James,  of  Iladdam. 

9.  Walter,  born  ,  by  trade  a  silver-plater;  died  Sept.  10th,  1847,  aged  40, 
unmarried. 

249.  "PHEBE,   wife  of  John  Andrus,"   to  church   May  26th,   1793, 
daughter  of  No.  (88)  and  No.  (Ill,)  born  ,  bap.  May  15th,  1768, 
m.  May  10th,  1792,  No.  (197,)  died  Nov.  13th,  1797,  aged  29. 

250.  "Wife  of  Nathaniel  Andrus,"  to  church  May  26th,  1793;  maiden 
name,  Jerusha  Sage,  daughter  of  Deacon  Jedediah,  of  Berlin,  and  Sarah 
(Marcy,)  his  wife,  born  Aug.  15th,  1771 ;  was  his  second  wife,  his  first 
being  No.  (184 ;)  his  widow,  Jerusha,  died  Dec.  9th,  1857,  at  Flint,  Mich- 
igan, aged  86. 

251.  "  NATHANIEL  ANDRUS,"  to  church  June  23d,  1793,  son  of  No. 


OP    NEW     BRITAIN.  215 

(53)  and  No.  (54,)  born  Oct.  15th,  1762,  m.  1786,  No.  (184;)  married 
second,  Oct.  3d,  1790,  No.  (250 ;)  he  was  a  farmer ;  was  in  the  army  of 
the  Revolution,  at  the  age  of  sixteen  years ;  was  above  common  height, 
well-proportioned,  of  kind  and  conciliatory  spirit,  greatly  beloved  and  re- 
spected. He  lived  with  his  father,  in  the  same  house,  still,  (A.  D.  1867,) 
standing,  when  about  A.  D.  1805,  and  after  the  decease  of  his  parents, 
who  were  very  aged,  he  moved  with  his  family  to  Whitestown,  N.  Y. ;  he 
died  Aug.  27th,  1845,  at  Flint,  Michigan,  aged  83. 

THEIR   CHILDREN. 

1.  Polly,  born  Jan.  13th,  1787,  bap.  April  15th,  1787,  m.  1820,  Ambrose  Cone, 
and  died  A.  D.  1848. 

2.  Orpha  Sage,  bora  Aug.  12th,  1791,  bap.  Jane  30th,  1793,  married  Major  James 
Delibar,  1813. 

3.  George,  born  Dec.  2d,  1793,  bap.  Feb.  2d,  1794,  m.  1817,  Polly  Walker,  and 
lives,  A.  D.  1863,  in  Troy. 

4.  Philip,  born  March  16th,  1796,  bap.  May  8th,  1796 ;  is  a  machinist,  in  Chemung, 
Michigan. 

5.  Clarissa  Sage,  born  Feb.  5th,  1798,  bap.  April  15th,  1?98,  unmarried,  died  Oct. 
24th,  1828. 

6.  Samuel,  born  July  21st,  1800,  bap.  March  16th,  1800;  lives  in  West  Bloom- 
field,  Michigan. 

7.  Sarah  Marcy,  born  Feb.  llth,  1802,  bap.  April  25th,  1802,  m.  1820,  John  Beebe. 

8.  LydiaRoot,  born  March  8th,  1804,  bap.  April  15th,  1804,  m.  1824,  Rev.  Charles 
G.  Finney,  of  Oberlin. 

9;  Mary  Ann,  born  March  21st,  1806,  m.  Thomas  Beebe,  1826;  she  died  Oct. 
24th,  1829.    • 

10.  Edward  W.,  born  Oct.  29th,  1 808  ;  a  gunsmith  by  trade  and  occupation  ;  lives 
in  Oberlin,  Ohio  ;  married  Margaret  McMillen  ;  married  second,  Delia 

252.  "  RACHEL,  wife  of  Elijah  Andrus,"  to  church  June  23d,  1793, 
daughter  of  Ebenezer  Gridley,  of  Kensington  and  Farmington  Plains,  and 
his  wife,  Azuba  Orvice,  born  Nov.  10th,  1753,  m.  March  2d,  1775,  No. 
(245  ;)  she  died  Oct.  20th,  1836,  aged  83. 

253.  "  ISAAC  GOODRICH,"  to  church  July  14th,  1793,  son  of  Asahel 
and  Abigail  (Gilbert,)  his  wife,  born  Feb.  2d,  17 65,  bap.  April  21st,  1765, 
in  Kensington;  he  was  a  blacksmith  ;  married  March  14th,  1790,  Polly 
Wright;  she  died  March  24th,  1793,  aged  26,  when  he  married  second, 
Aug.  29th,  1793,  No.  (226.)     He  first  established  his  business  in  Hart 
quarter,  District  No.  4,  near  the  school-house,  but  when  the  shop  of  Elijah 
Hinsdale  was  left  vacant  by  his  death,  he  moved  there  ;  after  a  few  years 
he  built  a  new  house  and  shop  on  Horse  Plain,  and  subsequently  went  to 
Avon,  and  last  to  Nelson,  New  York.     He  died  April  19th,  1847,  at 
Georgetown,  Madison  county,  New  York.     He  united  with  the  Baptists, 
and  became  a  preacher  in  that  denomination,  in  the  later  years  of  life ;  he 
is  spoken  of  as  a  conscientious,  good  man. 


216  FIRST     CRURCH 

THEIR    CHILDREN. 

1.  James,  born  April  20th,  1791,  died  May  10th,  1791,  aged  twenty  days. 

2.  Polly,  born  April  12th,  1792,  died  ,  aged  three  hours. 

3.  Polly,  born  Aug.  28th,  1795,  bap.  Aug.  30th,  1795,  m.  May  17th,  1817,  Deacon 
Anson  Chidsey,  of  Avon. 

4.  Laura,  born  May  8th,   1796,  bap.  Oct.  2d,  1796,  m.  June  8th,  1813,  Anson 
Kellogg. 

5.  Betsey,  born  Sept.  21st,  1798,  bap.  April  7th,  1799. 

254.  "ELIZABETH,  wife  of  Sage  Churchill,"  to  church  Aug.  4th,  1793, 
daughter  of  No.  (138)  and  No.  (139,)  born  Nov.  20th,  1767,  m.  No.  (257 ;) 
she  married  second, 

255.  "  DAVID  CLARK,"  to  church  Feb.  5th,  1759,  bap.  same  time;  his 
name  not  on  list  of  members,  but  is  on  list  of  baptisms,  as  an  adult,  with 
two  of  his  sons,  as  his  children.     He  is  out  of  chronologic  order  from  the 
fact  that  proof  of  his  membership  did  not  appear  until  this  work  had  thus 
far  progressed.     He  son  of  ,  born  -          ,  married  Christian  ; 
she  died  July  30th,  1766,  when  he  married  second,  March  8th,  1770,  Lois 
Andrus,  of  Wethersfield. 

HIS   CHILDREN   BY    FIRST   WIFE. 

1.  Martha,  born  Feb.  27th,  1746. 

2.  David,  born  ,  bap.  Feb.  5th,  1759. 

3.  Bildad,  born  ,  bap.  Feb.  5th,  1759. 

4.  Huldah,  born  ,  bap.  March  18th,  1759. 

5.  Christian,  born  ,  bap.  Sept.  13th,  1761. 

256.  "Widow  WRIGHT,"  to  church  Sept.  3d,  1793;  her  maiden  name, 
(probably,)  Keziah  Loveland,  when  married,  Aug.  15th,  1770,  to  "Mas- 
ter Judah  Wright ;"  she  was  the  widow  of  Joseph  Crofoot,  of  Kensington ; 
she  died  March  20th,  1806,  aged  72 ;  she  was  his  second  wife,  the  first 
probably,  Mary  Judd,  of  Northampton,  Mass.,  who  was  the  mother  of  his 
children.     He  lived  where  his  son,  Reuben,  built,  north  of  Half-way  Hill. 
A.  D..1775,  his  taxable  estate  was  £30  15s.     In  1752,  he  bought  of 
Thomas  Stanley,  at  Half-way  Hill,  a  pitch  of  eight  acres,  called  the  "  Flagg 
Swamp,"  and  lies  south-west  of  the  house.    He  was  probably  son  of  Judah 
and  Mary  Hoyt,  his  wife,  of  Deerfield,  married  April  4th,  1707. 

CHILDREN    OF   JUDAH   WRIGHT    AND    HIS    FIRST    WIFE,    MART   JUDD. 

1 .  Daniel,  born  ,  died  in  the  old  French  war. 

2.  Amos,  born  25th,  see  "No.  (XV.) 

3.  Simeon,  born  ,.m.  March  25th,  1766,  Ann  Whaples,  of  Newington. 

4.  Joseph,  born  Oct.  llth,  1741,  see  No.  (133.; 

5.  Lois,  born  Sept.  17th,  1744. 

6.  Reuben,  born  ,  bap.  July  9th,  1749,  see  No.  (244.) 

7.  Asahel,  bora  ,  bap.  Sept.  22d,  1751,  at  Newington. 

257.  "  SAGE  CHURCHILL,"  to  church  Sept.  3d,  1793,  son  of  No.  (104) 
and  No.  (105,)  born  Dec.  13th,  1763,  m.  No.  (254.)     He  when  a  lad, 


OF    NEW     BRITAIN.  217 

carelessly  killed  the  only  daughter  of  Joseph  Wright,  with  a  gun  ;  she  a 
school-girl.  He  died  Feb.  27th,  1813,  aged  50,  at  Lake  Champlain ;  she 
married  second, 

THEIR   CHILDREN. 

1.  Aaron,  bom  ,  bap.  Oct.  6th,  1793. 

2.  Bushnel,  bora  ,  bap.  Oct.  6th,  1793. 

3.  Betsey,  born  ,  bap.  Oct.  6th,  1793. 

4.  Roxan,  born  ,  bap.  Oct.  6th,  1793. 

258.  "  Lois,  wife  of  Zenas  Goodrich,"  to  church  Sept.  3d,  1793,  daugh- 
ter of  Peat.  Galpin,  of  Berlin,  and  his  wife,  Lois  (Beckley,)  born  Dec. 
10th,  1758,  bap.  Dec.  10th,  1758,  at  Kensington.     He  was  son  of  John 
and  Hannah  (Dewy,)  his  wife,  born  Nov.  6th,  1763,  bap.  Nov.  13th, 
1763,  in  Kensington ;  was  a  blacksmith ;  learned  of  his  father;  lived  and 
had  his  shop  on  the  corner  west  of  John  Ellis'  house;  he  and  family  moved 
to  New  Durham,  New  York. 

THEIR    CHILDREN. 

1.  Salome,  born  ,  bap.  Oct.  27th,  1793. 

2.  Chauncey,  born  ,  bap.  Oct.  27th,  1793. 

3.  Billy,  born  ,  bap.  Oct.  27th,  1793. 

4.  Hannah,  bora  ,  bap.  Oct.  27th,  1793. 

5.  Lois,  born  ,  bap.  Oct.  27th,  1793. 

259.  "  ASHER  NORTH,"  to  church  Dec.  1st,  1793,  son  of  James,  sen. 
and  Sarah  (Seymour,)  his  wife,  born  1741,  m.  April  29th,  1773,  No. 
(260.)     He  was  brother  of  No.  (149  ;)  was  a  very  small  man,  but  active 
and  quick ;  lived  west  of  "  Clark  Hill,"  hence  "  Asher  corner,"  to  this 
day ;  lived  in  various  localities ;  raised  a  large  family  on  small  means. 
He  died  Feb.  29th,  1816,  aged  75.     Was  a  light-horseman  in  the  Revo- 
lutionary war. 

260.  "  Wife  of  Asher  North,"  to  church  Dec.  1st,  1793 ;  her  maiden 
name,  Betsey  Foster,  probably  of  Kensington ;  the  Widow  Betsey  North 
was  by  letter  dismissed  and  recommended  Sept.  12th,  1819. 

THEIR    CHILDREN. 

1.  Samuel,  born  ,  went  south. 

2.  Thomas,  born  ,  bap.  June  8th,  1788,  on  account  of  Thomas  Hart;  was  a 
mariner,  in  New  York. 

3.  Asher,  bora  ,  bap.  June  8th,  1788,  on  account  of  Daniel  Ames  ;  lived  in 
New  York. 

4.  Betsey,  born  ,  bap.  June  8th,  1 788,  on  account  of  Elijah  Hart,  jun.,  married 
Samuel  Carter. 

5.  Edward,  born  ;  a  mariner,  died  at  sea. 

6.  Mary,  born  Jan.  6th,  1785,  m.  July  10th,  1804,  Elisha  Stone;  married  second, 
David  Buel. 

7.  Sally,  born  July  29th,  1787,  m.  Ira  Buel,  of  Litchfield,  see  No.  (1427.) 

8.  James,  born  ,  died  at  Harwinton. 

They  had  a  child  buried  in  Beckley  quarter,  Dec.  5th,  1773,  (the  eldest,  probably,) 
and  not  embraced  in  this  list. 


218  FIRST    CHURCH 

261.  "  FANNY,  wife  of  Nathan  Booth,"  to  church  Dec.  1st,  1793,  daugh- 
ter of  No.  (8)  and  No.  (9,)  born  March  3d,  1753,  ra.  June  24th,  1773 ; 
she  died  Sept.  14th,  1828,  aged  74,  atN  Springfield,  Mass.,  and  buried 
there.     He  was  son  of  No.  (65)  and  No.  (66,)  born  March  1st,  1749  ;  he 
owned  and  occupied  the  Joseph  Shipman  place,  on  Stanley  street,  in  Ship- 
man  district,  and  sold  it  to  Mr.  Shipman,  when  he  moved  to  Granville, 
Mass.,  where  he  died  Feb.  19th,  1825,  aged  76. 

THEIR    CHILDREN. 

1.  Sylvester,  born  ,  bap.  April  6th,  1794,  married  a  widow  in  Canada. 

2.  Fanny,  born  Dec.  27th,  1776,  bap.  April  6th,  1794,  m.  May  10th,  1797,  Oliver 
Stanley,  of  Timothy. 

3.  Nathan,  jun.,  born  May  3d,  1782,  bap.  April  6th,  1794,  m.  April  5th,  1805,  Ruth 
Bates,  of  David. 

4.  Horace,  born  ,  bap.  April  6th,  1794,  m.  Martha  Lewis  ;  he  died,  aged  24, 
in  Cherry  Valley,  N.  Y. 

5.  Aziel,  bora  ,  bap.  April  6th,  1794;  never  married ;  died  at  New  Britain, 
April  9th,  1853,  aged  68. 

6.  Mehitabel,  bora  Jan.  13th,  1790,  bap.  April  6th,  1794,  m.  Benjamin  P.  Stiles. 

7.  Elisha  Smith,  born  June  8th,  1794,  bap.  Aug.  17th,  1794,  m.  No.  (648.) 

8.  Jeptha,  born  ,  bap.  April  7th,  1799,  married  in  the  State  of  New  York ; 
lived  and  died  there. 

262.  "  POLLY  OSGOOD,"  to  church  July  6th,  1794,  daughter  of  Jere-. 
miah  H.  Osgood,  and  Lucy  (Churchill,)  his  wife,  born  June  5th,  1776  ; 
she  married  Josiah  Beeman,  of  Fairfax,  Vermont. 

263.  Widow  SARAH  FLAGG,"  to  church  about  1794 ;  her  name  not  on 
Dr.  Smalley's  list  of  members,  but  on  the  Deacon's  tax-list,  for  the  supply 
of  the  table,  (as  was  the  case  with  several  other  known  members.)     She 
was  born  at  Cheshire,  1724;  married  June  3d,  1744,  Joseph  Bill,  who  by 
a  former  wife  had  a  son,  Joseph ;  Joseph  Bill  and  Sarah  Clark  had  "a 
daughter,  Mollee,  born  Nov.  27th,  1747,  when  the  father  died,  and  Sarah, 
the  widow,  married  July  4th,  1754,  Abijah  Flagg,  from  Sudbury,  Mass., 
(who  had  a  former  wife,  Mary  Stone,  by  whom  he  had  Eunice.)     Abijah 
and  Sarah,  his  wife,  lived  in  Bristol,  where  she  owned  the  covenant.     She 
was  received  to  Kensington  church  from  Bristol,  Sept.  7th,  1766 ;  from 
Kensington  to  "West  Hartford,  Jan.  7th,  1781 ;  from  there,  here,  as  above. 
She  died  Jan.  15th,  1812,  aged  88  years,  at  the  house  of  Josiah  Andrews, 
on  Horse  Plain. 

CHILDREN    OF   ABIJAH    AND    SARAH    FLAGG. 

1.  Abijah,  jun.,  born  May  5th,  1755,  at  Bristol;  learned  tanner's  trade ;  married 
Feb.  7th,  1782,  Thankful  Seymour;  he  married  second,  Thankful  Woodhouse ;  he 
died  Nov.  22d,  1842. 

2.  Abigail,  born  1757,  m.  March  18th,  1784,  Josiah  Andrews,  see  No.  (329.) 

3.  Solomon,  born  1758,  m.  Olive,  daughter  of  Zachariah  Hart  and  Abigail  Beck- 
ley,  his  wife. 

4.  Dimond,  born  July  16th,  1761,  m.  Sarah  Carrington,  of  Southington ;  was  a 
clothier;  raised  a  large  family  in  Cheshire,  and  died  there,  June  22d,  1797,  aged  36. 


OP     NEW    BRITAIN.  219 

5.  Sarah,  bora  ,  bap.  Sept.  7th,  1766,  at  Kensington,  married  Joseph  Bill,  son 

of  Joseph. 

6.  Martha,  born'          ,  bap.  Sept.  7th,  1766,  at  Kensington,  married  Asahel  Hoi- 
comb,  of  East  Granby. 

7.  Allen,  born  Jan.  5th,  1771,  bap.  April  29th,  1771,  at  Kensington,  married  Jemima 
Bidwell ;  married  second,  Sally  Taylor.     He  made  spinning-wheels  in  Berlin. 

264.  "ABIGAIL  WOODS,"  to  church  July  27th,  1794,  daughter  of  No. 
(87,)  and  her  husband,  John  Woods.     She  was  brought  up  at  Ensign 
Levi  Andrews,  and  she  married  Benoni  Johnson,  of  Harwinton ;  she  died 
1848,  aged  82. 

265.  "Lucr  STEELE,"  to  church  July  31st,  1794,  and  baptized  an 
adult  same  time,  daughter  of  Ebenezer  and  Lucy  (Wright,)  his  wife,  born 
March  3d,  1776,  m.  Feb.  16th,  1796,  Truman  Andrus,  son  of  Elijah;  she 
died  Dec.  19th,  1820,  aged  45.     He  lived  in  the  old  home  of  his  father, 
see  No.  (245.)     He  died  June  18th,  1849,  aged  73.     He  had  a  second 
wife,  married  Feb.  17th,  1822,  Sally  Barnes,  by  whom  he  had  Benjamin. 

THEIR    CHILDREN. 

1    Elijah,  born  Feb.  9th,  1797,  b*p.  May  28th,  1797,  m.  Oct.  1st,  1817,  Nancy 
Bronson;  he  died  1843. 

2.  Miran,  born  Jan.  18th,  1799,  m.  Lois  Barnes;  he  died  April  30th,  1845,  aged  46. 

3.  Amzi,  bora  Dec.  15th,  1800,  bap.  May  17th,  1801  ;  lives  in  Chester,  Ilandolph 
county,  Illinois. 

4.  Curtiss,  bora  May  16th,  1803,  m.  Almira  Barnes,  see  No.  (581.) 

5.  Keziah,  bora  Dec.  6th,  1805,  m.  May  5th,  1825,  Lyman  Booth,  see  No.  (555.) 

6.  Lucy  Maria,  bora  Aug.  29th,  1808,  bap.  Aug.  13th,  1809,  m.  March  8th,  1830, 
William  Eugg,  of  Matthew. 

7.  Dinah,  bom  Dec.  20th,  1810,  bap.  June  2d,  1811,  m.  Henry  Dunbar. 

8.  Almira,  bora  Feb.  22d,  1813,  bap.  March  5th,  1813,  died  March  7th,  1813. 

9.  Truman  Erastus,  bora  Aug.  18th,  1814,  bap.  June  18th,  1814,  m.  Aug.  19th, 
1839,  Mary  Montroy. 

SECOND  WIFE'S  CHILD. 
10.  Benjamin,  bora  Nov.  1st,  1822. 

266.  "  PHEBE,  wife  of  Samuel  Gladden,"  to  church  Aug.  31st,  1794, 
daughter  of  No.  (116)  and  No.  (117,)  baptized  Aug.  19th,  1772,  m. 

He  son  of  Azariah  and  Anna  (Hudson,)  of  Saybrook,  his  wife.  They 
lived  on  the  road  leading  to  the  mountain,  from  near  the  school-house,  in 
District  No.  4,  or  South-west.  He  was  a  stout,  heavy-built  man,  a  farmer 
by  occupation,  but  was  cut  down  suddenly  by  spotted  fever,  an  epidemic 
fatal  to  many  of  our  people  that  year.  He  died  Aug.  14th,  1823,  aged 
56.  His  widow  married  second,  Oct.  24th,  1824,  Roger  Hart,  her  next 
neighbor.  He  was  son  of  No.  (101)  and  his  wife,  Anna  (Deming,)  born 
1765,  married  Sibil  Robinson,  daughter  of  John,  of  Middletown,  and  Mary 
(Strickland,)  his  wife;  she  baptized  Dec.  18th,  1763;  died  Jan.  loth, 
1817,  aged  53,  when  he  married  second,  the  widow  of  Joel  Tryon ;  (her 
maiden  name,  Lavinia  Frisbee;)  she  died  Nov.  22d,  1822,  when  he  mar- 


220  FIRST    CHURCH 

ried  third,  Oct.  24th,  1824,  No.  (266 ;)  he  died  July  31st,  1828,  aged  63. 
Mr.  Hart  inherited  a  large  farm  from  his  father,  but  by  mismanagement 
it  wasted  away  soon  after  his  first  marriage,  when  his  friends  helped  him 
move  a  small  house  from  "  Strip  Lane,"  which  is  the  one  now,  1862,  occu- 
pied by  Solomon  Hamblin.  He  raised  a  large  family  to  respectability  on 
small  means,  by  industry  and  economy. 

HIS    CHILDREN   BT   HIS    FIRST    WIFK,    SIBIL. 

1.  Azuba,  born  July  7th,  1789,  m.  Allen  Goodrich,  of  Farmington,  son  of  Elias, 
Dec.  13th,  1807. 

2.  "Betsey,  born  Sept.  17th,  1791,  see  No.  (432.) 

3.  Polly,  born  June  5th,  1793,  m.  Nov.  27th,  1828,  George  Cook,  son  of  John  and 
his  wife,  Lncina  (Lewis.) 

4.  Chauncey,  born  Oct.  5th,  1795,  m.  May  3d,  1821,  Polly  Markum,  of  Kensing- 
ton ;  he  a  carriage-maker. 

5.  John,  born  March,  1798,  m/ Polly  Stephens,  of  New  Haven;  he  a  cabinet-maker. 

6.  Ann,  born  Sept.  6th,  1800,  m.  Curtiss  M.  Doolittle,  of  New  Haven,  an  engraver. 

7.  Roswell,  born  Sept.  1st,  1802,  m.  Feb.  13th,  1826,  Eliza,  daughter  of  Ebenezer 
Steele,  jun. ;  she  born  1 802.     [Roswell  Hart  learned  the  trade  of  harness-maker,  of  A. 
Bodwell,  of  Farmington,  and  lives  now,  1862,  in  Plymouth,  Michigan.] 

8.  William,  born  Oct.  14th,  1805,  m.  Sarah,  daughter  of  Theodore  Barnes;  mar- 
ried  second,  Sept.  19th,  1859,  Widow  Harriet  Dagget. 

CHILD   OF   ROGER   HART   AND    HIS    SECOND    WIFE,    LAVINIA. 

9.  Levi,  born  ,  went  to  Illinois. 

HER   CHILDREN    BT   HER   FIRST    HUSBAND. 

1.  Anna,  born  ,  bap.  Sept.  21st,  1794,  m.  Jamin  Goodrich. 

2.  Phebe,  born  ,  bap.  June  18th,  1795. 

3.  Samuel,  born  ,  bap.  April  llth,  1798,  died  May,  1798. 

4.  Leva,  born  ,  bap.  July  1 1th,  1802. 

5.  Samuel  Hudson,  born  ,  bap.  July  23d,  1809,  died  Sept.  23d,  1810,  aged  2. 

6.  Riley  Ward,  born  ,  bap.  May  10th,  1812. 

267.  "  ELIZABETH,  wife  of  Reuben  Wright,"  to  church  Sept.  28th, 
1794,  see  No.  (244,)  for  her  husband  and  family. 

268.  "SARAH,  wife  of  Lewis  Seymour,"  to  church  Nov.  16th,  1794, 
daughter  of  Ebenezer  Steele,  senior,  and  No.  (148,)  born  March  26th, 
1750,  married  first,  Ezra  Belden;  she  married  second,  Sept.  1st,  1788, 
as  above;  he  was  a  Frenchman,  taken  prisoner  of  war,  with  Michael 
DeRecor,  and  while  held  as  such  in  Hartford,  Mr.  Gideon  Griswold,  one 
of  the  principal  farmers  then  of  this  place,  paid  some  debts  they  had  con- 
tracted, and  brought  them  home  with  him.     They  both  made  industrious 
citizens.     She  and  her  first  husband  lived  in  Rocky  Hill,  but  for  some 
cause  unknown  to  us,  he  left  and  went  to  New  York  State,  where  he  died, 
when  she  returned  to  her  father's  home.     She  had  one  son,  "  John  Bel- 
den,"  but  no  child  by  Seymour.     He,  Seymour,  died  Sept.  6th,  1810, 
aged  60. 

269.  "ELIZABETH,  wife  of  Azariah  Gladden,"  to  church  Nov.  16th, 
1794;  her  maiden  name,  Alderman,  of  Simsbury,  married  March  25th, 


OF    NEW    BRITAIN.  221 

1792,  before  Dr.  Smalley,  No.  (219  ;)  she  dismissed  and  recommended  to 
Kensington  church,  July,  1796. 

270.  "  ASENATH  BASS,"  to  church  Nov.  16th,  1794,  daughter  of  No. 
(153,)  bap.  Aug.  .2d,  1778,  m.  Nov.  29th,  1798,  Charles  Eddy,  son  of 
Charles  and  Hannah  (Kelsey,)  his  wife,  born  March  26th,  1773;  he  lived 
in  the  house  on  West  Main  street,  owned  (now,  1866,)  by  Mrs.  Tolles, 
which  was  built  by  Elijah  Dickinson.     Mr.  Eddy  was  a  stout,  tall  and 
athletic  man ;  he  died  Sept.  1st,  1826,  aged  53,  when  she  married  second, 
Jan.  1st,  1850,  James  Fortune,  of  Wethersfield ;  she  died  April  8th,  1852, 
aged  74,  and  he  died  Aug.  8th,  1855.     She  was  a  devout  woman. 

THEIR   CHILDREN. 

1.  Rebecca  Bass,  born  Oct.  3d,  1799,  bap.  NOT.  17th,  1799,  m.  June  28th,  1825, 
Albert  Norton,  of  Kensington. 

2.  Emeline,  born  Feb.  22d,  1802,  bap.  April  25th,  1802,  m.  Oct.  12th,  Kalph  S.' 
Cormvell ;  married  second, 

3.  William  Harlowe,  born  Feb.  4th,  1805,  bap.  May  19th,  1805,  m.  Sept.  23d,  1827, 
Mary  Dobson,  of  John. 

4.  Levi,  bora  June  9th,  1809,  bap.  Aug.  20th,  1S09,  died  Oct.  3d,  1828,  aged  19. 

5.  Caroline,  born  Aug.  30th,  1811,  bap.  Oct.  27th,  1811,  m.  James  H.  Webb. 

6.  Samuel  Henry,  bora  July  15ih,  1815,  bap.  Oct.  15th,  1815,  died  May  7th,  1828, 
aged  13. 

271.  "  ELIZABETH,  wife  of  Andrew  Pratt,"  to  church  April  29th,  1795, 
daughter  of  Daniel  Whaples'  former  wife,  (Mrs.  Mary  Hunn,)  was  bapti- 
zed on  admission  to  church  ;  had  her  two  children,  Lydia  and  Daniel,  bap- 
tized May  4th,  1795,  and  she  died  on  the  15th  of  the  same  month.     Her 
step-father  owned  and  occupied  the  Pratt,  alias  Patterson   farm.     She 
married  June  1st,  1787,  No.  (345.)     She  inherited  *ne-half  of  her  step- 
father's estate,  by  will  made  Aug.  30th,  1780,  and  her  sister,  Isabel,  who 
married  Josiah  Kilborn,  jun.,  the  other  half,  abating  the  use  of  one-third, 
(alias  the  jointure,)  Mr.  Daniel  Whaples  made,  with  his  last  wife,  viz. 
Zeruiah  (Bird,)  before  marriage,  and  one-third  part*  he  gave  Mary,  the 
wife  of  Timothy  Lee,  and  daughter  of  Widow  Mary  Hunn,  deceased. 
His  estate  amounted  to*£889  14s.  2d.  ,He  says  these  heirs  by  his  will 
were  called  Elizabeth  (alias)  Betty  Whaples  and  Isabel  Whaples,  and 
that  they  were  daughters  of  Mrs.  Mary  Hunn,  alias  Widow  Mary  Hunn, 
deceased,  and  in  this  will  he  says,  Betty  was  the  youngest  daughter  of 
Mrs.  Mary  Hunn ;  the  executors  to  the  will  were  Col.  Gad  Stanley  and 
Lieut.  Elijah  Francis ;  the  distributors  were  Isaac  Lee,  Lemuel  Hotch- 
kiss,  and  Levi  Andrus ;  they  set  to  Betty,  the  Ruth  lot,  the  Gre.en  Swamp 
lot,  the  north  dwelling-house  and  the  barn,  and  made  her  to  share  equally 
with  Isabel,  in  the  rest  of  the  estate. 

272.  "  MARY  CLARK,"  to  church  March  22d,  1795,  daughter  of  No. 

*  This  one-third  part  of  the  household  goods  he  received  of  said  Widow  Mary  Hunn. 


222  FIKST     CHURCH 

(185)  and  John  Clark,  her  husband,  born  Feb.  23d,  1745  ;  she  was  a 
school-teacher;  had  a  private  school,  the  first  known  in  the  place,  on  East 
street,  in  the  old  Thomas  Hooker  house,  which  stood  on  the  west  side  of 
the  road,  on  the  site  of  Amzi  Judd's.  She  had  scholars  from  Hartford, 
and  other  places.  She  was  dismissed  and  recommended  to  Farmington 
church,  1803  ;  she  died  Feb.,  1814,'aged  70;  never  married. 

273.  "  HULDAH,  wife  of  Simeon  Lincoln,"  to  church  Aug.  2d,  1795, 
daughter  of  Gideon  Porter  and  Huldah  (Hart,)  his  wife,  and  widow  of 
John  Riley,  when  she  married  Mr.  Lincoln.     She  had  by  her  first  hus- 
band, to  whom  she  was  married  April  1st,  1773,  two  children,  when  he 
was  killed  or  otherwise  fell  in  the  war  of  the  Revolution,  at  Northampton, 
Mass. ;  she  returned  to  Kensington  with  her  two  children,  and  married 
Mr.  Lincoln,  who  is  supposed  to  have  come  from  near  Boston,  Mass.     In 
his  deed  of  four  and  a  half  acres  by  David  Hills,  he  is  said  to  be  of  Weth- 

.ersfield.  He  was  a  brick-mason  by  trade,  but  chiefly  farmer ;  built  the 
house  on  West  Main  street,  now  occupied  and  owned  by  Timothy  Looinis, 
and  Mr.  Revoir  in  1863.  He  after  bought  the  place  where  Harlowe 
Eddy  owns  and  occupies,  near  the  school-house,  District  No.  4,  and  subse- 
quently built  opposite,  the  house  owned  and  occupied  by  Oris  Tolles.  He 
went  to  Demeriara,  "West  Indies,  for  a  patrimony,  but  never  was  heard 
from  after.  She  died  Jan.  24th,  1812,  aged  59. 

THEIR    CHILDREN. 

1.  Theodore  Riley,  born  April  7th,  1775,  m.  Jan.  18th,  1808,  No.  (427.) 

2.  Electa  Riley,  born  Dec.  13th,  1776,  m.  Oct.  10th,  1797,  No.  (356.) 

CHILDREN'    BY    HER   SECOND    HUSBAND. 

1.  John  Riley  Lincofci,  born  ,  bap.  Sept.  27th,  1795,  m.  June  21st,  1801, 
No.  (319.) 

2.  Roxana  Lincoln,  bora  ,  bap.  Sept.  27th,  1795,  m.  Jane  6th,  1809,  Moses 
Peck. 

3.  Simeon  Lincoln,  jun.,  born  April  2d,  1790,  bap.  Sept.  27th,  1795,  m.  Oct.  5th, 
1817,  Almira  Hart,  daughter  of  Capt.  Samuel  Hart,  of  Hart  street,  in  Berlin,  and  his 
second  wife,  Lydia  (Hinsdale ;)  she  was  the  seventeenth  child  of  her  father,  and  younger 
sister  of  the  celebrated  Mrs.  Emma  Willard,  of  Troy.     Mr.  Lincoln,  her^rst  husband, 
was  a  printer  by  trade,  and  died  Oct.  4th,  1823,  when  she  nftrried  second,          Phelps, 
and  now,  1863,  resides  at  the  Eutaw  place,  near  Baltimore,  in  Maryland. 

4.  Porter  Lincoln,  born  ,  bap.  Nov.  8th,  1801,  died  Oct.  4th,  1802. 

274.  "  BENJAMIN  WRIGHT,"  to  church  Oct.  4th,  1795,  by  letter  from 
the  church' in  Stepney,  son  of  Deacon  Benjamin  and  Hannah  (Holmes,) 
his  wife,  born  July  25th,  1737,  at  Stepney,  m.  No.  (275 ;)  they  came  to 
this  place  March,  1795  ;  bought  the  farm  of  Lieut.  Elisha  Booth,  (now, 
A.  D.  1861,)  owned  and  occupied  by  David  Oaborne,  and  by  a  mark  on 
the  barn,  "T.  L.  1761,  B.,"  probably  indicates  the  date  and  builder  or 
carpenter.     He  had  been  a  captain  of  militia  in  the  war  of  the  Revolution ; 
also  a  deacon  of  the  church  in  Stepney,  (alias)  Rocky  Hill.     He  was 


OF    NEW    BRITAIN.  223 

chosen  to  and  accepted  the  deacon's  office  in  this  church,  Feb.  1st,  1801 ; 
was  a  retiring,  inoffensive  man,  and  a  plain  farmer.  He  died  Sept.  23d, 
1813,  aged  76. 

275.  "  Wife  of  Benjamin  Wright,"  to  church  by  letter  from  the  church 
in  Stepney,  Oct.  4th,  1795  ;  her  maiden  name,  Elizabeth  Culver;  was  of 
Long  Island,  and  driven  off  by  the  war  of  the  Revolution,  and  took  refuge 
in  Stepney,  where  she  became  acquainted  with  and  married  Mr.  Wright. 
She  died  Jan.  21st,  1814,  aged  69. 

THEIR   CHILDREN. 

1.  Joseph,  born  Oct.  7th,  1779,  m.  Feb.  3d,  1814,  No.  (559.) 

2.  Haldah,  born  ,  married  Isaac  Jones,  of  Hartford. 

3.  Rhuhamah,  born  ,  died  in  infancy. 

4.  Rhuhamah,  2d,  born  ,  m.  June  20th,  1804,  Eleazer  Wheeler,  of  Vermont. 

276.  "MART,  wife  of  John  Lusk,"  to  church  Jan.  10th,  1796,  daughter 
of  Ebenezer  Smith,  sen.  and  Mary  (Whittlesey,)  of  Newington,  his  wife ; 
she  married  Aug.,  1763.     He  had  but  one  eye,  the  other  lost  in  childhood, 
by  sickness ;  they  lived  north  of  "  Dublin  Hill."     He  died  June  8th,  1797, 
aged  67 ;  she  died  Dec.  30th,  1819,  aged  93.     He  "  owned  the  covenant," 
Sept.  2d,  1764.     No.  (XXIII.) 

THEIR   CHILDREN. 

1.  Mary,  born  Feb.  22d,  1768,  bap.  Aug.  28th,  1768,  married  Samuel  Stedman,  see 
No.  (333.) 

2.  Eliphalet,  born  ,  a  brick-mason ;  learned  of  Asahel  Hart ;  went  west. 

3.  Rachel,  born  ,  married  Bela  Judd,  son  of  John,  jun. ;  she  died  A.  D.  1848, 
in  Albany,  at  the  house  of  her  son,  Franklin. 

277.  «LYDIA,   wife  of  Amos  Richards,"  to  church  Aug.  7th,  1796, 
daughter  of  No.  (88)  and  No.  (Ill,)  born  1763,  married  March  23d,  1780; 
he  son  of  No.  (95)  and  Mary  (French,)  his  wife,  born  April  7th,  1759, 
and  died  at  Lyme,  Jefferson  county,  New  York,  near  Lake  Ontario.    She 
was  probably  admitted  to  church  on  a  sick  bed,  at  the  house  of  Thomas 
Hooker,  where  now  stands  the  house  of  Amzi  Judd,  for  she  died  Aug.  llth, 
1796,  aged  33,  of  consumption,  only  four  days  after  the  baptism  of  two  of 
her  children,  and  her  admission  to  church.     She  had  taught  school  at 
Unionville,  and  was  brought  home  sick.     She  had  taught  school  in  the 
summer  of  1794,  in  the  South-east  District. 

THEIR   CHILDREN. 

1.  Adna,  born  ,  bap.  Aug.  7th,  1796,  m.  Anna  Douglas,  of  New  York  State. 

2.  Mary,  born  Sept.  29th,  1785,  bap.  May  1st,  1791,  on  account  of  Aaron  Roberts, 
by  whom  she  had  been  adopted ;  married  June  2d,  1805,  Salmon  Eno,  of  Simsbury,  son 
of  Jonathan  and  Mary  (Hart,)  his  wife,  born  Dec.  13th,  1779;  lived  in  Simsbury,  but 
built  in  New  Britain,  x>n  Washington  street ;  he  died  April  3d,  1 842,  aged  62. 

3.  John,  born  ,  bap.  Aug.  7th,  1796 ;  learned  tin  making,  of  Seth  Lewis ;  he 
married  Mary  Britton,  of  New  York  State. 


224  FIRST     CHURCH 

278.  "MARTHA,  wife  of  Ladwick  Hotchkiss,"  to  church  Oct.  2d,  1796, 
daughter  of  No.  (37)  and  No.  (73,)  born  Nov.  25th,  1754,  ra.  May  17th, 
1773 ;  he  son  of  No.  (67)  and  No.  (68,)  born  May  25th,  1752 ;  they 
lived  in  various  localities ;  he  was  a  soldier  of  the  Revolution  ;  she  died 
Feb.  20th,  1813,  aged  59.     He  was  a  large  man,  of  quick  and  compre- 
hensive mind  ;  he  died  Dec.  1st,  1823,  aged  72. 

THEIR    CHILDREN. 

1.  Ladwick,  born  Dec.  6th,  1773;  learned  the  blacksmith  trade  of  Jonathan  Sey- 
mour, at  Kensington,  and  went  west  with  him,  when  he  moved. 

2.  Seth,  born  June  3d,  1775,  m.  Temperance  Kelly,  of  Yarmouth,  Mass. 

3.  Orren,  born  Feb.  26th,  1778. 

4.  Jesse,  born  Dec.  4th,  1780. 

5.  Sally,  born  Aug.  26th,  1782,  bap.  June  4th,  1797,  m.  No.  (522.) 

6.  Abi,  bora  Aug.  15th,  1784,  bap.  June  4th,  1797,  m.  Dec.  1st,  1805,  No.  (425.) 

7.  Levi,  bora  June  12th,  1786,  m.  Abigail  Jones,  of  Newburyport,  Mass. 

8.  Alvin,  bora  May  1st,  1788,  bap.  June  4th,  1797,  m.  Jan.  31st,  1810,  Sally  Wil- 
liams ;  second,  married  No.  (1,094.; 

9.  Mabel,  born  Dec.  llth,  1791,  bap.  June  4th,  1797,  m.  June,  1813,  Ira,  son  of 
Luke  Branson  ;  called  later  in  life,  Mehitable  ;  she  died  Jan.  13th,  1859,  aged  68,  at 
Kensington. 

10.  Daniel,  bora  Aug.  22d,  1794,  bap.  June  4th,  1797,  died  1821,  at  Kensington. 

279.  "ELEAZER  MERRILL,"  to  church  Dec.  4th,  1796,  from  the  church 
in  Newington ;  he  married  May  15th,  1797,  No.  (280;)  was  dismissed 
and  recommended  back  to  Newington  the  next  year,  and  yet  had  a  taxa- 
ble estate  in  the  list  of  1799,  of  $77,  in  New  Britain  parish. 

280.  "  Wife  of  Eleazer  Merrill,"  to  church  from  Newington,  Dec.  4th, 
1796;  her  maiden  name,  Nancy  Booth,  daughter  of  Lieut.  Elisha  and 
Esther  (Hollister,)  his  wife,  born  Aug.  18th,  1768,  dismissed  and  recom- 
mended back  to  Newington,  with  her  husband,  by  letter,  June  2d,  1797. 

281.  "OziAS  HART,"  to  church  June  4th,  1797,  son  of  No. -(52)  and 
Sarah  (Gilbert,)  his  wife,  born  Aug.  8th,  1768,  m.  No.  (282.)     He  was 
by  occupation  a  farmer,  yet  built  and  run  a  saw-mill,  on  the  North  branch 
of  the  Mattabesset  River,  at  the  south  end  of  the  parish.     His  residence  is 
now  owned  by  Henry  North.     He  had  an  active,  but  somewhat  erratic 
mind  ;  a  man  of  stern  virtue  and  integrity ;  he  died  February  6th,  1845, 
aged  77. 

282.  "Wife  of  Ozias  Hart,"  to  church  June  4th,  1797;  her  maiden 
name,  Sarah  Lee,  daughter  of  Deacon  John  Lee,  of  Worthington,  and  his 
wife,  Sarah  Cole,  baptized  Aug.  16th,  1761 ;  she  died  Oct.  19th,  1829,  at 
Holland  Patent,  New  York  State.     She  was  grand-daughter  of  Deacon 
Jonathan  Lee,  the  blacksmith  of  "  Great  Swamp"  memory. 

THEIR    CHILDREN. 

1.  Ozias,  jun.,  bora  Dec.  9th,  1793,  bap.  June  4th,  1797,  m.  Nov.  15th,  1816, 
No.  (410.) 


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2.  John  Lee,  born  ,  died  in  infancy. 

3.  Emily,  born  ,  bap.  April  1st,  1798,  died  April  3d,  1813,  aged  15. 

4.  Otis,  born  Feb.,  1800,  bap.  April  20th,  1800,  died  July  1st,  1819,  aged  19, 
No.  (408.) 

5.  Sarah  Cole,  born  ,  bap.  April  3d,  1803,  died  Jan.  12th,  1804,  aged  one 
year  and  ten  months. 

6.  Sarah  Cole,  born  March  27th,  1805,  bap.  June  16th,  1805 ;  lives  in  New  Britain, 
unmarried,  1867. 

7.  Eliza  Ann,  born  1808,  bap.  April  2lst,  1808,  died  May  8th,  1808,  aged  3  months. 

283.  "  ELEAZER  BROWN,"  to  church  June  2d,  1799,  by  letter  from 
Newington  church,  married  No.  (284,)  and  these  persons  to  Newington 
church,  1798,  by  letter  from  church  in  New  London  ;  he  to  church  there, 
1795  ;  he  probably  (says  Miss  Caulkins,)  came  to  New  London  from 
Stonington. 

284.  "ANNA,  wife  of  Eleazer  Brown,"  to  church  June  2d,  1799,  from 
Newington,  m.  No.  (283;)   she  to  church  in  New  London,  1794,  and  had 
their  children  baptized  there  in  the  Congregational  church,  see  New  Lon- 
don church  record. 

CHILDREN  OP  ELEAZER  BROWN  AND  ANNA,  HIS  WIFE. 

1 .  Esther,  born  bap.  July  22d,  1794,  at  New  London,  Congregational  church. 

2.  Ebenezer,  born 

3.  Thomas,  born 

4.  Isaac,  born 

5.  Anna,  born 

6.  Sarah,  born 

285.  "  Widow  PHEBE  BRONSON,"  to  church  Sept.  22d,  1799,  daughter 
of  Joseph  Mather,  senior,  and  his  wife,  Anna  (Booth,)  born  Jan.  6th,  1748, 
m.  Roger  Bronson,  of  Kensington,  and  moved  to  New  Durham,  with  Capt. 
Hotchkiss,  where  he  was  frozen  to  death,  when  she  returned  and  married 
second,  Nov.  28th,  1814,  Josiah  Andrus ;  he  lived  several  years  on  Dr. 
Smalley's  farm,  on  the  South  Mountain,  afterwards  on  the  Capt.  Lemuel 
Hotchkiss  farm,  on  the  Horse  Plain  road.     She  in  a  fit  fell  into  the  fire, 
in  an  old-fashioned  large  fire-place,  and  burned  to  death,  Feb.  21st,  1824, 
aged  76.     He  had  a  previous  wife,  Abigail  (Flagg,)  whom  he  married 
March  18th,  1784;  he  died  Oct.  16th,  1824,  aged  74.     He  was  a  light- 
horseman  in  the  Revolution,  and  body-guard  to  Gen.  Pulaski,  and  related 
in  after  life,  many  feats  of  valor.     He  was  a  thick-set  robust  man,  but  left 
no  posterity.     He  was  a  brother  of  No.  (245.)     His  first  wife  is  No.  (329.) 

286.  "  STEPHEN  GLADDEN,"  to  church  Feb.  2d,  1800,  son  of  Azariah 
and  Anna  (Hudson,)  his  wife,  m.  July  4th,  1796,  No.  (287.)     He  was 
brother  of  No.  (219.)     He  died  in  a  fit  of  apoplexy,  in  the  store  of  Elna- 
than  Smith,  Aug.  23d,  1803,  aged  31. 

287.  "  Wife  of  Stephen  Gladden,"  to  church  Feb.  2d,  1800;  her  maiden 

15 


226  FIRST     CHURCH 

name,  Azuba  Warner,  born  Oct.  4th,  1778,  to  Denaas  and  his  wife,  Rhoda 
(Gridley  ;)   she  was  baptized  on  admission  to  church. 

THEIR    CHILDREN. 

1.  Infant,  born  ,  died  Oct.  23d,  1799,  aged  five  months. 

2.  Azariah,  born  ,  bap.  Feb.  16th,  1800,  died  June  7th,  1800. 

3.  Sophronia,  born  ,  bap.  July  12th,  1801. 

4.  Lois  Warner,  born  ,  bap.  April  24th,  1803. 

288.  "  Wife  of  Chauncey  Merrill,"  to  church  Feb.  2d,  1800 ;  maiden 
name,  Polly  Hart,  born  June  25th,  1770,  to  Stephen  and  his  wife,  No. 
(563,)  m.  Aug.  1st,  1793;  he  son  of  Abraham,  of  West  Hartford;  they 
lived  north  of  "  Dublin  Hill,"  in  a  house  vacated  by  David  Lusk.     She 
died  March  12th,  1825,  aged  55. 

THEIR   CHILDREN. 

1.  Rhoda  Hart,  bora  ,  bap.  March  2d,  1800,  married  Jan.  22d,  1822,  Jerry  D. 
Goodrich. 

2.  Mary  Hart,  born  Dec.  30th,  1802,  bap.  April  24th,  1803,  m.  Dec  1st,  1819,  John 
Bunco;  married  second,  April  15th,  1827,  Augustus  Robinson,  son  of  Amos. 

3.  Judith  Brace,  born  ,  bap.  June  16th,  1805,  m.  Sept.  21st,  1826,  Austin 
Moshier. 

4.  William  Walter,  bora  ,  bap.  June  26th,  1808,  died,  aged  two  years  and 
six  months. 

289.  "Wife  of  Levi  Smith,"  to  church  Feb.  2d,  1800;  maiden  name, 
Mary  Olmsted,  daughter  of  James,  of  East  Hartford,  and  his  wife,  Mary 
(Beaumont ;)  he  was  son  of  Samuel  and  his  wife,  No.  (89,)  baptized  Nov. 
14th,  1773;  he  lived  in  the  house  by  the  bridge,  next  south  of  Martin 
Brown,  in  Stanley  quarter;    they  moved,  Sept.,  1804,  to  Sangersfield, 
where  he  was  killed  by  the  rolling  of  a  log,  Feb.,  1806.     She  was  recom- 
mended to  the  church  there,  and  married  second,  1808,  Pliny  Nims;  she 
died  Sept.,  1813,  aged  36. 

THEIR    CHILDREN. 

1.  Maria  Mercia,  born  May  1st,  1798,  bap.  May  25th,   1800,  m.  Nov.  23d,  1815, 
Sylvester  P.  Herick. 

2.  Norman  Olmsted,  born  March  15th,  1800,  bap.  May  25th,  1800,  m.  May  13th, 
1832,  Rebecca  Mather. 

3.  Julietta,  born  Oct.  9th,  1802,  bap.  April  24th,  1803,  m.  1826,  Benjamin  Anderson. 

4.  Mary  Beaumont,  born  Feb.  9th,  1805,  m.  1830,  Henry  D.  Smead. 

CHILDREN    BY    SECOND    HUSBAND. 

5.  Abigail  Nims,  bom  Dec.  9th,  1809,  to  Pliny  Nims  and  his  wife,  Mary  O.  f  Smith ;) 
she  married,  1839,  Phinea's  R.  Hunt,  and  sailed  for  Madras,  as  a  missionary,  July  30th, 
1839. 

290.  "Wife  of  Elihu  Burritt,"   to  church  Feb.  16th,  1800;  maiden 
name,  Elizabeth  Hinsdale,  daughter  of  Elijah  and  Ruth  (Bidwell,)  his 
wife,  daughter  of  James,  of  Hartford,  born  Feb.  6th,  1775,  m.  July  20th, 
1793;  he  was  son  of  Elihu,  of  Stratford,  and  Eunice  (Wakeman,)  his 


OP    NEW    BRITAIN.  227 

wife,  born  Dec.  13th,  1765;  was  in  the  war  of  the  Revolution;  was  a  man 
of  an  active  and  speculative  mind,  scrupulously  honest  and  moral ;  a  shoe- 
maker by  trade ;  learned  of  No.  (217  ;)  had  his  residence  at  first  on  Main 
street,  where  now,  1863,  is  the  house  of  Mrs.  O.  C.  Stanley;  the  building 
is  still  standing,  at  the  foot  of  "  Dublin  Hill ;"  he  lived  in  various  other 
localities  ;  raised  a  large  family  on  small  means.  Her  father  owned  the 
lot  west  of  the  "  Burying  Ground ;"  had  on  it  a  mulberry  orchard,  and  a 
"  Silk-house,"  where  the  worms  were  fed  and  grown,  and  where  the  silk 
was  reeled  and  manufactured  to  such  an  extent  that  he  obtained  a  yearly 
bounty  from  the  State  for  many  years.  This  "  Silk-house"  was  occupied 
by  Mr.  Burritt  and  hts  family  until  its  destruction  by  fire,  when  another 
house  was  built  on  the  north-west  corner  of  the  lot,  where  he  died,  Jan. 
29th,  1827,  aged  63.  She  was  equally  well  versed  in  the  Bible  as  in  the 
silk  business  ;  was  a  woman  of  strong  faith  and  prayer,  and  died  Aug.  27th, 
1843,  aged  G8,  at  the  house  of  Stephen  L.  Strickland,  her  son  in-law. 

THEIB    CHILDREN. 

1.  Elijah  Hinsdale,  bora  April  20th,  1794,  bap.  Nov.  2d,  1800,  m.  Oct.  28th,  1819, 
No.  (755.) 

2.  Betsey  Hinsdale,  born  July  22d,  1796,  bap.  Nor.  2d,  1800,  m.  Aug.  24th,  1829, 
Hezekiah  Seymour,  of  Hartford. 

3.  Emily,  born  Aug.  12th,  1798,  bap.  Nov.  2d,    1800,  m.   1838,   Capt.  Taylor,  of 
Texas,  see  No.  (418.) 

4.  George,  born  Dec.  5th,  1800,  bap.  Nov.  29th,  1801,  died  Aug.  22d,  1822,  in 
Georgia,  aged  22. 

5.  Mary,  born  Feb.  18th,  1803,  bap.  May  20th,  1804,  m.  May  26th,  1825,  William 
Williams,  of  Kensington.  . 

6.  William,  born  July  8th,  1805,  bap.  Dec.  1st,  1805,  m.  May  5th,  1826,  Clarissa 
Cole,  of  Kensington. 

7.  Isaac,  born  May  31st,  1808,  bap.  Oct.  23d,  1808,  m.  Oct.  16th,   1832,  Nancy 
Barnes,  see  No.  (593.) 

8.  Elihu,  born  Dec.  8th,  1810,  bap.  Dec.  1st,  1811,  seeNo.  (584.) 

9.  Eunice  Wakeman,  bora  May  2d,  1813,  bap.  Nov.  30th,  1817,  see  No.  (599  J 
10.  Almira  Bidwell,  born  July  27th,  1816,  bap.  Nov.  30th,  1817,  see  No.  ("855.) 

291.  "  POLLY  CRANDALL,"  to  church  Feb.  16th,  1800,  daughter  of 
Crandall,  of  Norwich,  and  Molly  (Bill,)   who  was  half-sister  of 

Abigail  Flagg,  who  married  Josiah  Andrus.  She,  Polly,  taught  school 
several  seasons,  in  the  South-west  district  of  New  Britain,  A.  D.  1795, 
and  later.  She  married  Michael  Gillet,  of  New  Hartford,  and  they  moved 
to  Prattsburgh,  New  York,  where  they  died  childless. 

292.  "  MARY  HART,"  to  church  March  30th,  1800,  daughter  of  No. 
(118)  and  No.  (119,)  born  Aug.  5th,  1769,  married  Dec.  24th,  1806, 
Eliphalet  Wadsworth,  of  Farmington  ;  he  died  Jan.  21st,  1823,  aged  75, 
when  she  married  second,  May  20th,  1829,  No.  (198  ;)  she  removed  her 
connection  from  this  to  Farmington  church,  April  5th,  1807,   but  was 
recommended  back  by  letter  Oct.  4th,  1829 ;  she  was  a  very  discreet, 


228  FIRST     CHURCH 

patient  and  good  woman  ;  was  removed  again  to  Farmington  church,  by 
letter  Aug.,  1834;  she  died  Nov.  llth,  1847,  aged  78  ;  grave  in  Farm- 
ington, old  cemetery,  on  the  hill.  , 

293.  "JAMES  HART,"  to  church  March  30th,  1800,  son  of  No.  (118) 
and  (119,)  born  May  22d,  1773,  married  June,  1793,  No.  (294;)  he  built 
opposite  his  father,  in  Hart  quarter;  a  farmer   by  occupation;  his  house 
disappeared,  and  his  family  was  scattered;  he  died  March   29th,  1813, 
aged  40 ;  had  fallen  under  censure  of  the  church,  for  intemperate  habits. 

294.  "  Wife  of  James  Hart,"  to  church  March  30th,  1800;  her  maiden 
name  was  Sylvia,  daughter  of  No.  (116)  and  No.  J^117,)   married  June, 
1793,  No.  (293 ;)  he  died  March  29th,  1813,  when  she  married  second, 
Jan.  7th,  1818,  John  Wyard,  of  Wolcott,  and  she  was  recommended  by 
letter  to  that  church. 

THE  HART  FAMILY  CHILDREN. 

1.  Lydia,  born  May  13th,  1796,  bap.  May  25th,  1800,  m.  Nov.  25th,  1818,  John  C. 
Root,  of  Farmington. 

2.  Ethan,  born  Sept.,  1799,  bap.  May  25th,  1800,  m.  Nov.  3d,  1819,  Martha  Wyard. 

3.  Clarissa,   bora  Feb.  22d,  1803,  bap.  June  12th,  1803,  m.   June,    1822,  Euos 
Beckwith. 

4.  Harriet,  bora  Oct.  6th,  1806,  bap.   May  31st,  1807,  m.  April,  1821,  William 
McCreary. 

5.  Mary,  born  Jan.,  1810,  bap.  Oct.  7th,  1810,  m.  June,  1831,  George  McLaughlin. 

6.  James,  born  March,  1812,  bap.  June  27th,  1813,  as  son  of  Widow  Sylvia  Hart, 
died  Nov.,  1819,  aged  7. 

295.  "  Wife  of  William  Smith,"  to  church  March  30th,  1800,  daughter 
of  No.  (88)  and  No.  (Ill,)  married  Nov.  6th,  1796,  No.  (337;)  she  died 
Feb.  4th,  1810,  aged  34,  of  consumption  ;  a  disease  common  and  fatal  to 
the  Lewis  family,  with  some  few  exceptions ;  she  was  attractive  in  person 
and  deportment. 

296.  "ROBERT  CORNWALL,"  to  church  April  20th,  1800,  son  of  Capt. 
Timothy,  of  Middletown,  and  his  wife,  Mary  (Warner,)  born  Aug.  30th, 
1757,  married  March  3d,  1785,  No.  (297  ;)  he  was  brother  of  No.  (215  ;) 
was  a  cooper  by  trade;  his  house,  that  (now,  A.  D.  1862,)  owned  and 
occupied  by  Charles  L.  Baldwin,  in  Hart  quarter,  where  he  had  his  shop, 
opposite  his  house,  and  where  he  kept  a  tavern  several  years,  after  the 
Middletown  and  Berlin  turnpike  was  constructed,  in  A.  D.  1810.     He 
was  a  plain,  honest  man,  of  common  size  ;  maintained  a  consistent,  Chris- 
tian life,  and  died  Oct.- 5th,  1819,  aged  62  ;  latter  part  of  life,  somewhat 
deaf. 

297.  "Wife  of  Robert  Cornwall,"  to  church  April  20th,  1800,  daughter 
of  No.  (52)  and  Sarah  (Gilbert,)  his  wife,  born  Feb.  21st,  1765,  married 
March  3d,  1785,  No.  (296;)  was  a  discreet,  worthy  woman,  and  died  Sept. 
15th,  1846,  aged  81. 


OF    NEW     BRITAIN.  229 

THEIR    CHILDREN. 

1.  Sally  Gilbert,  born  June  2d,  1786,  bap.  May  25th,  1800,  m.  Oct.  1st,  1812,  Eras- 
tus  Storrs,  a  jeweller. 

2.  Robert,  bora  Oct.  7th,  1788,  died  Aug.  30th,  1798,  aged  10. 

3.  George,  bora  Nov.  7th,  1791,  bap.  May  25th,  1800,  m.  Aug.  24th,  1815,  Hannah 
Hooker,  of  William. 

4.  Chauncey,  bom  Sept.  22d,  1795,  bap.  May  25th,  1800,  m.  July  15th,  1819, 
No.  (404.) 

5.  Mary,  bora  July  12th,  1798,  bap.  May  25th,  1800,  m.  April  4th,  1816,  Moses  W. 
Beckley. 

6.  Robert,  bora  Aug.  16th,  1801,  bap.  Oct  18th,  1801,  see  No.  (798.) 

7.  Julia  Ann,  bora  Feb.  16th,  1804,  m.  Oct.  3d,  1821,  Harvey  Dunham,  jun.,  of 
Southington. 

298.  "  BETSEY,  widow  of  Dr.  Isaac  Andrews,"  to  church  April  20th, 
1800 ;  maiden  name,  Talbot;  she  had  a  sister,  Hope;  was  the  wife  of  No. 
(196,)  but  after  his  death  married  second,  on  the  26th  of  April,  1806, 
Elijah    Loveland,  of  Berlin,   a   tavern-keeper;  probably  dismissed  and 
recommended  to  Berlin  church,  1806,  but  no  record  of  either  church  shows 
the  date ;  her  maiden  name  is  on  Berlin  church  catalogue,  incorrectly 
called  Percival. 

299.  "  LEVI  WELLS,"  to  church  Aug.  3d,  1800,  by  letter  from  the 
church  in  Newington,  son  of  Elisha  and  Lydia  (Deming,)  his  wife,  born 
1764,  at  Hartford  Rocky  Hill,  married  Dec.  9th,  1790,  No.  (300  ;)  they 
both  to  Newington  church,  Dec.  9th,  1797.     He  bought  out  the  farm  of 
Timothy  Kilbourn,  and  moved  to  New  Britain,  in  the  spring  of  1800;  the 
house  stood  opposite  the  present  residence  of  his  son,  Horace ;  he  was  an 
industrious  farmer;  his  wife,  Hannah,  died  March  1st,  1809,  aged  39, 
when  he  married  second,  Nov.  21st,  1813,  No.  (334;)  he  died  Oct.  23d, 
1823,  in  his  59th  year,  of  spotted  fever,  a  disease  that  year  fatal  to  many 
of  our  people. 

300.  "Wife  of  Levi  Wells,"  to  church  Aug.  3d,  1800;  her  maiden 
name,  Hannah  Wells,  daughter  of  Capt.  Robert,  jun.  of  Newington,  and 
his  wife,  Abigail  (Hurlburt;)  she  died  March  1st,  1809,  aged  39;  born 
1770,  at  Newington. 

THEIR    CHILDREN. 

1.  Lydia,  bom  Oct.  24th,  1792,  bap.  June  12th,  1797,  at  Newington,  see  No.  (368.) 

2.  Levi,  born  Sept.  7th,  1793,  bap.  June  12th,  1797,  married  Ann  Ames;  lived  in 
Illinois ;  died  there. 

3.  Horace,  born  Aug.  llth,  1795,  bap.  June  12th,  1797,  see  No.  (511.) 

4.  Hannah,  born  Aug.  1797,  bap.  May  27th,  1798,  m.  Sept.  19th,  1821,  No.  (481,) 
in  Newington. 

5.  Elva,  born  Sept.  llth,  1800,  bap.  Nov.  9th,  1800,  m.  May  12th,  1824,  No.  (481.) 

6.  Lemuel  Watts,  born  July  4th,  1803,  bap.  Sept.  25th,  1803,  see  No.  (512.) 

7.  Manila,  born  Sept.  26th,  1805,  bap.  Aug.  17th,  1806,  see  No.  (491.) 

301.  "Widow  EUNICE  BURRITT."  to  church  Oct.  5th,  1800;  she  was 
the  mother  of  Elihu,  the  widow  of  Elihu,  sen. ;  her  maiden  name,  Wake- 


230  FIRST    CHURCH 

man,  daughter  of  Stephen  and  Sarah,  of  Green's  Farm?,  and  a  descendant 
of  Ezborn;  she  was  the  mother  of  No.  (202)  and  No.  (207;)  she  died 
Jan.  29th,  1802,  aged  62,  at  the  house  of  Joseph  Mather.. 

302.  "MABEL,  wife  of  Daniel  Luddington,"  to  church  Nov.  16th,  1800, 
daughter  of  No.  (37)  and  No.  (73,)  born  Feb.  19th,  1750,  m.  April  22d, 
1773;  he  son  of  Daniel,  of  East  Haven,  and  Susan   (Clark,)  his  second 
wife,  born  May  9th,  1744,  at  East  Haven.     They  lived  on  the  hill,  oppo- 
site "  Judd's  mill ;"  house  built  .by  Elijah  Bronson  ;  he  was  a  joiner  by 
trade ;  they  had  no  children  ;  he  had  a  brother,  No.  (161  ;)  he  died  May 
8th,  1820,  aged  78  ;  she  died  Oct.  10th,  1822,  aged  74. 

303.  "  ABIJAH  CARRINGTON,"  to  church  April  llth,  1802,  son  of  Dr. 
Elias,  of  Woodbridge,  and  Esther  (Northrop,)  of  Milford,  his  wife,  born 
Nov.  22d,  1778;  graduated  at  Yale,  1800;  studied  theology  with  Dr. 
Smalley  ;  was  licensed  and  began  to  preach,  but  speaking  publicly  affected 
his  lungs  unfavorably,  and  he  went  into  trade;  had  a  store  in  Milford;  was 
State  Senator;  was  Comptroller,  Judge  of  Probate,  &c. ;  married  Amanda 
(Tyler,)  of  Wallingford  ;  second,  Ann  (Austin  ;)  third,  Sarah  Gunn,  both 
of  Milford;  he  died  March  loth,  1851  ;  on  his  monument  of  granite  is 
this:  "Honored  and  esteemed  by  his  fellow-citizens,  he  filled  with  ability 
and  integrity  many  important  offices ;  fondly  attached  to  his  family,  he 
was  an  affectionate  husband  and  father ;  he  was  an  able  counsellor,  and  a 
faithful  Christian."     He  had  two  children  by  his  first  wife,  and  two  by  his 
second  wife ;  his  third  is,  1860,  still  living. 

304.  "PiTKix  COWLES,"  to  church  April  llth,  1802,  born  April  7th, 
1777,  to  Ashbel,  of  Southington,  and  his  wife,  Rhoda  (Lee;)  graduated  at 
Yale,  1800;  gave  an  oration  at  Southington,  1800,  on  Washington's  death; 
studied  divinity  with  Dr.  Smalley,  1802 ;  settled  over  the  Congregational 
church  in  North  Canaan,  Aug.  29th,  1805  ;  he  continued  in  the  pastoral 
office  until  January,  1833;  he  died  in  Southington,  in  the  same  room  where 
born,  while  on  a  visit,  Feb.  8th,  1833 ;  buried  in  Canaan.     He  married 
May  25th,  -1808,  Fanny  Smith,  born  June  2d,  1784,  to  Ebenezer  Smith, 
an  officer  of  the  Revolutionary  war,  and  resident  of  New  Marlboro,  Mass.; 
she  was  sL-ter  of  Rev.  Dr.  David,  of  Durham,  Conn. 

THEIR  CHILDREN. 

1.  Frances  A.,  bora  April  I9th,  1809,  ra.  Dr.  Albert  A.  Wright,  of  Goshen,  May 
17th,  1831. 

2.  Sarah  Lee,  born  Nov.  18th,  1811,  m.  Jan.  12th,  1853,  Gen.  Thomas  Harvey,  of 
New  York  ;  he  died  in  1854. 

3.  Catharine  R.,  born  Oct.  25th,  1813. 

4.  Edward  P.,  born  Jan.  19th,  1815,  married  Nov.  25th,  1851,  Sarah  E.  Boies,  of 
Northampton,  Mass. ;  he  a  judge  and  lawyer. 

5.  David  S.,  born  Feb.  25th,  1817  ;  a  lawyer,  settled  in  Hudson,  New  York. 

6.  Walter  S.,  bom  Feb.  25th,  1819  ;  a  lawyer,  married  Mary  Thompson,  and  set- 
tled in  Syracuse,  New  York. 


OP    NEW     BRITAIN.  231 

7.  Almira  Canning,  born  Aug.  26th,  1826,  married  Rev.  Elisha  Whittlesey  ;  settled 
in  Leroy,  New  York. 

305.  "  THOMAS  RICH,"  to  church  April  19th,  1802,  son  of  Capt.  Cyrus, 
and  Abigail  (Field,)  his  wife,  born  Feb.  9th,  1775,  in  Westou,  now  War- 
ren, M-ss. ;  graduated  at  Dartmouth,  1799;   studied  theology  with  Dr. 
Smalley;  ordained  in  Westbrook,  Conn.,  June  13th,  1804;  was  a  delegate 
to  General  Association  of  Connecticut,  June,  1808  ;  dismissed  Sept.  5th, 
1810;  installed  at  Columbia,  Conn.,  March  6th,  1811;  dismissed  June 
13th,  1817  ;  preached  at  Sharon,  and  Salisbury,  Mass.     His  wife,  Mary 
(Field.;     He  died  at  Amesbury,  Mass.,  Sept.,  1836,  aged  61  ;  a  heavy 
built  man,  with  powerful  voice  ;  a  good  preacher,  and  greatly  respected. 
While  here  he  taught  a  school  in  the  North-east  District,  to  great  accept- 
ance. 

THEIR   CHILDREN    WERE 

1.  Abby.    2.  Charles.    S.Thomas.    4.  Mary  Field,  baptized,  Sept.,  1811.    5.  Rob- 
ert, baptized,  May,  1814.     6.  George  Cutler,  baptized,  1817. 

306.  "  ALLEN  STEEL  E,"  to  church  Aug.  1st,  1802,  son  of  Josiah,  sen. 
and  his  wife,  No.  (377,)  born  Nov.  23d,  1779,  married  July  29th,  1799, 
No.  (307  ;)  they  lived  in  a  small  house  next  north  of  Deacon  Francis  ;  his 
wife  died  Nov.  24th,  1820,  aged  48,  when  he  married  second,  Feb.  5th, 
1821,  Ruth  Hinsdale,  daughter  of  Elijah  and  Sarah  (Daniels,)  his  second 
wife,  who  was  a  worthy  member  of  the  Baptist  church,  and  died  April 
30th,  1858,  aged73  ;  he  died  May  9th,  1828,  aged  49  ;  a  man  of  kind  dis- 
position, correct  habits,  of  slender  constitution ;  he  was  a  farmer  by  occu- 
pation. 

HIS    CHILDREN. 

1.  Naboth  Lewis,  born  Oct.  17th,  1800,  bap.  May  22d,  1803,  married  Aug.  18th, 
1819,  Sarah  Hunter. 

2.  Ebenezer  Hart,  bora  Nov.   17th,  1802,  bap.  May  22d,  1803,  married  Manila 
Richards,  of  Oliver. 

3.  Lyman  Jerome,  born  Aug.  16th,  1805,  bap.  Nov.  3d,  1805,  married  Jan.  8th, 
1828,  Mary  Wescott. 

4.  Allen,  born  May  24th,  1808,  married  first,  Sabra  Dorman ;  second,  Clarissa 
Wright ;  he  a  Methodist  preacher. 

5.]  „  f  Emily,  born  May  12th,  1811,  married  Miles  Peck;  second,  Abner  Ray  ; 

!  $  I      she  died  Feb.  6th,  1867,  aged  55. 

6.  f  p  j  Emeline,  born  May  12th,  1811,  married  Moses  Wilson;  she  a  distinguished 

J  '  [     scholar  and  teacher. 

307.  "Wife  of  Allen  Steele,"  to  church  Aug.  1st,  1802;  maiden  name, 
Lucy  Jerome,  daughter  of  Andrew,  of  Bristol,  and  Chloe  (Sage,)  his  wife, 
born  Feb.  6th,  1773  ;  she  learned  to  weave  of  Timothy  Hart's  family,  at 
the  Jesse  Stanley  house ;  she  was  brought  up  at  Rev.  Samuel  Newel's,  in 
Bristol ;  married  Oct.  2d,  1791,  Ebenezer  Hart,  son  of  Stephen  ;  he  died 
on  his  passage  from  the  West  Indies,  of  yellow  fever,  May  30th,  1798, 


232  FIRST     CHURCH 

when  she  married  second,  No.  (306 ;)  she  died  Nov.  24th,  1820,  aged  48. 
In  1808,  she  joined  the  Baptist  church,  and  in  the  year  1820,  united  with 
the  Methodist  church. 

THE    HART    FAMILY. 

1.  Emily,  born  April  27th,  1792,  died  April  20th,  1796,  aged  4. 

2.  Albert,  born  Nov.  18th,  1793,  died  Feb.  29th,  1795,  aged  fifteen  months. 

3.  Dorothy,  bom  Sept.  16th,  1795,  bap.  May  22d,  1803,  married  Feb.  3d,  1814,  Col. 
Joseph  Wright.  . 

4.  Ebenezer,  born  May  21st,  1798,  killed  by  the  kick  of  a  horse,  Feb.  3d,  1802, 
aged  four  years. 

308.  "  MOSES  THOMPSON,"  to  church  Aug.  1st,  1802;  said  to  have 
come  from  Vermont ;  was  a  day-laborer ;  lived  in  various  localities ;  made 
himself  useful ;  was  inoffensive  and  kind ;  he  married  No.  (309  ;)  he  died 
Jan.  2d,  1826,  aged  63  ;  he  fell  under  church  censure  Jan.  26th,  1824. 

309.  "Wife  of  Moses  Thompson,"  to  church  Aug.  1st,  1802;  Susan 
Steele,  daughter  of  Josiah,  senior,  and  No.  (377,)  married  No.  (308;)  and 
married  second,  Oct.  16th,  1828,  George  Daniels,  the  blacksmith.     She 
fell  under  church  censure,  A:  D.  1832. 

THEIR    CHILDREN. 

1.  Emeline,  born  Dec.  12th,  1803,  bap.  April  15th,  1804,  married  Aug.  22d,  1824, 
Leander  S.  Hart;  she  died  at  Hubbardston,  Vermont,  Nov.  1st,  1840. 

2.  Milo,  born  1807,  bap.  April  3d,  1808,  married  July  22d,  1829,  Amelia  Squire, 
of  Solomon. 

3.  James  Harvey,  born  1810,  bap.  April  29th,  1810,  died  Feb.  27th,  181 1,  aged  1  yr. 

4.  Porter  S.,  born  Oct.  7th,  1822,  married  June  10th,  1851,  Rosey  McCartney. 

310.  «  The  Widow  DORCAS  DUNHAM,"  to  church  Aug.  22d,  1802;  her 
maiden  name,  Dorcas  Woodruff,  daughter  of  Capt.  Joseph,  of  the  "  Great 
Swamp"  parish,  and  his  wife,  Margaret  (North,)  of  Northington,  now 
Avon,  born  April  8th,  1739,  married  Cornelius  Dunham,  senior.     He  had 
an  estate  "taxable,"  A.  D.  1775,  of  £39 ;  he  enlisted  in  the  army  of  the 
Revolution,  Feb.  6th,  1778,  during  the  war,  and  had  £10   bounty.     She 
died  of  a  cancer,  at  the  house  of  Moses  Andrews,  April  9th,  1803,  aged  64. 

SOME    OF    THEIR    CHILDREN. 

1.  Cornelius,  jun.,  born  April  25th,  1756  ;  he  enlisted  into  the  same  company  with 
his  father,  but  two  years  previous,  viz.  Feb.  24th,  1777  ;  had  £10  bounty. 

2.  Jemima,  born  March  5th,  1760,  married  Joseph  Bronson,  see  No.  (218.) 

3.  Samuel,  born  July  26th,  1763. 

4.  Dorcas,  born  ,'died  Jan.  27th,  1777. 

311.  "SAMUEL  HART,"  to  church  Oct.,  1802,  son  of  No.  (181)  and 
No.  (182,)  born  April  7th,  1786,  married  March  18th,  1812,  No.  (366;) 
was  the  principal  physician  for  many  years  in  this  place ;  an  active  and 
laborious  man  ;  built  his  house  on  the  west  side  of  Central  Park  ;  success- 
ful in  farming,  as  well  as  physic ;  of  slender  form  and  constitution,  for 


OF     NEW    BRITAIN.  233 

many  of  his  last  years  unable  to  walk,  from  rheumatic  affection  and  paraly- 
sis ;  to  South  church,  1842  ;  he  died  June  20th,  1863,  aged  77 ;  his  voice 
was  seldom  if  ever  heard  in  public,  yet  his  influence  in  town  and  society 
matters  was  very  controlling ;  he  was  for  more  than  sixty  years  a  member 
of  the  church. 

THEIR    CHILDREN. 

1.  Anna,  bora  Sept.  9th,  1813,  bap.  Oct.  31st,  1813,  died  July  23d,  1819,  aged  6  y'rs. 

2.  Samuel  B.,  born  Sept.  23d,  1818,  died,  aged  seventeen  days. 

3.  Lucinda,  born  Aug.  30th,  1820,  bap.  Nov.  5th,  1820,  married  1842,  No.  (652.) 

4.  Samuel  Waldo,  born  May  22d,  1825,  bap.  Aug.  7th,  1825,  see  No.  (815.) 

5.  Louisa,  born  Oct.  5th,  1828,  bap.  Nov.  23d,  1828,  see  No.  (896.) 

312.  "The  Widow  ANNA  ANDREWS,"  to  church  Dec.  5th,  1802,  the 
widow  of  No.  (112,)  daughter  of  Thomas  Stedman,  of  Wethersfield,  and 
Mary  (Sage,)  his  wife,  born  June  20th,  1736,  on  "  Stedman   Hill,"  in 
Wethersfield ;  of  fine  form  and  features ;  of  a  proud  and  indomitable  spirit 
and  will,  but  was  subdued  by  the  grace  of  God,  late  in  life;  she  died  Sept. 
17th,  1809,  aged  73. 

313.  "EZEKIEL  ANDREWS,"  to  church  Sept.  llth,  1803,  son  of  No. 
(112)  and  No.  (312,)  born  May  25th,  1775  ;  inherited  his  father's  home- 
stead and  mill ;  a  man  of  full  common  size,  of  nearly  perfect  form  and 
features,  possessing  his  mother's  spirit,  yet  of  some  noble  impulses  ;  was 
patriotic  and  public  spirited  ;  was  in  the  war  of  1812,  as  a  captain  ;  drew 
part  of  his  land  bounty  during  his  own  life,  and  his  widow  the  balance. 
He  was  a  successful  farmer ;  had  much  military  taste  and  spirit,  but  his 
early  training  and  education  deficient.     He  married  Dec.  llth,  1796,  No. 
(314  ;)   she  died  Jan.  4th,  1832,  aged  54,  when  he  married  second,  Oct. 
20th,  1833,  No.  (762 ;)  he  died  Sept.  3d,  1852,  aged  77,  leaving  an  estate 
of  some  $16,000. 

314.  "  Wife  of  Ezekiel  Andrews,"  to  church  Sept.  1 1th,  1803  ;  maiden 
name,  Roxana  Hinsdale,  daughter  of  Elijah  and  Ruth  (Bidwell,)  daughter 
of  James,  of  Hartford,  his  first  wife,  born  June  10th,  1778,  bap.  Sept.  llth, 
1803,  on  admission  to  church ;  a  woman  of  prayer  and  piety;  she  died  Jan. 
4th,  1832,  aged  54;  left  some  interesting  written  reminiscences  of  reli- 
gious experiences. 

THEIR    CHILDREN. 

1.  Alfred,  born  Oct.  16th,  1797,  bap.  Oct.  30th,  1803,  married  Dec.  16th,  1818,  No. 
(479 ;;  married  second,  No.  (657.) 

2.  Thesta,  born  Dec.  16th,  1798,  bap.  Oct.  30th,   1803,  married  Nov.  27th,  1823, 
Bryan  Porter,  of  Samuel. 

3.  Allura,  born  April  16th,  1801,  bap.  Oct.  30th,  1803,  died  single,  hopefully  pious, 
May  30th,  1831,  aged  30. 

4.  Infant,  born  March  8th,  1803,  died  March  10th,  1803. 

5.  Edwin  Norton,  born  June  27th,  1804,  died  single  of  fever,  Aug.  25th,  1825, 
aged  21. 


234  PIEST     CHURCH 

6.  Mary  Bidvrell,  born  April  13th,  1807,  bap.  Jane  7th,  1807,  married  April  21st, 
1830,  Samuel  E.  Curtiss. 

7.  Ezekiel,  born  July  19th,   1809,  bap.  Oct.  22d,   1809,  married  Aug.  7th,  1833, 
No.  (690.) 

8.  Nathan  Hosmer,  born  June  23d,   1812,  bap.  Aug.  30th,  1812,  died  single,  in 
Texas,  Oct  27th,  1837. 

9.  Koxana,  born  April  6th,  1815,  bap.  Sept.  3d,  1815,  gee  No.  C672.) 

10.  Jane  Louisa,  born  Feb.  2d,  1818,  bap.  April  26th,  1818,  No.  (784.) 

11.  Elijah  Hinsdale,  born  Aug.  llth,  1820,  bap.  Oct.  8th,  1820,  died  Oct. 30th,  182!, 
of  croup. 

12.  Ellen  Maria,  born  Sept.  18th,  1824,  bap.  March  20th,  1825,  No.  (976.) 

315.  "REBECCA  SMALLET,"  to  church  Nov.  27th,  1803,  daughter  of 
No.  (1)  and  No.  (96,)  born  Dec.  3d,  1778,  married  Oct.  loth,  1804,  No. 
(321 ;)  she  was  deranged  for  some  years  late  in  life,  but  in  passing  a 
bridge  on  the  Western  Canal,  was  hit  on  the  head  and  restored  to  reason. 
She  was  a  woman  of  fine  social  qualities,  and  very  industrious  ;  she  died 
Jan.  8th,  1838,  aged  59. 

316.  ''  SABRINA  STEELE,"  to  church  Jan.  6th,  1805,  daughter  of  Josiah 
and  his  wife,  No.  (377 ;)  the  family  write  the  name  Sabra ;  she  married 
April  12th,  1805,  Uriah  Carrington,  son  of  Jesse  and  (Hungerford,) 
his  wife  ;  a  Methodist  preacher  and  went  west. 

317.  "NANCY  HART,"  to  church  Jan.  6th,  18^5,  daughter  of  No.  (183) 
and  No.  (243,)  bora  Jan.  2d,  1790,  married  April  26th,  1809,  No.  (450;) 
he  died  March  4th,  1838,  and  she  was  dismissed  to   the  church  in  West 
Meriden,  1840,  where  she  now,  A.  D.  1867,  lives. 

318.  "  ESTHER,  wife  of  James  Judd,"  to  church  Feb.  3d,  1805,  married 
1779,  No.  (195;)  she  sister  of  No.  (159)   and  No.  (708,)  daughter  of 
Ephraim  Allen  and  his  wife,  Hannah  Williams,  of  Wallingford  and  Ply- 
mouth;  she  died  Sept.  28th,  1847,  aged  87. 

319.  "  ELIZABETH  LINCOLN,"  to  church  April  7th,  1805,  the  widow  of 
John  Riley  Lincoln,  son  of  Simeon,  and  Huldah  (Porter  Riley,)  his  wife, 
see  No.  (273 ;)  he  died  Feb.  15th,  1803,  aged  22,  when  she  married  sec 
ond,  Nov.  25th,  1807,  No.   (442 ;)  her  maiden  name,    Booth,  daughter  of 
Joseph  and  his  wife,  No.  (155,)  born  Aug.  29th,  1783 ;  a  woman  faithful 
in  all  her  relations  and  duties  in  life. 

CHILD    OF   JOHN    RILEY    LINCOLN    AND    NO.    (319.) 

Eliza  Riley,  born  Oct.  19th,  1801,  bap.  May  26th,  1805,  see  No.  (529.) 

320.  «  SALOME  PENNFIELD,"  to  church  Oct.  6th,  1805,  daughter  of  No. 
(175)  and  No.  (190,)  born  Sept.  2d,  1788,  married  May  13th,  1807,  No. 
(462  ;)  he  died  June  14th,  1836,  aged  50 ;  she  was  dismissed  and  recom- 
mended to  the  Congregational  church  in  West  Meriden,  1841,  where  A.  D. 
1867,  she  still  lives  with  her  daughter,  Fowler;  a  modest,  retiring  woman, 
but  of  sterling  worth. 


OP    NEW    BRITAIN.  235 

321.  u  DAVID  WHITTLESEY,"  to  church  Oct.  13th,  1805,  son  of  Elipha- 
let,  of  Stockbridge,  Mass,  and  Comfort  (Waller,)  his  wife,  born  Feb.  14th, 
1775 ;  a  farmer  and  school-teacher;  married  Oct.  15th,  1804,  No.  (315  ;) 
he  occupied  the  home  of  Dr.  Smalley,  as  he  had  no  sons,  and  was  chosen 
deacon,  1807  ;  led  the  church  singing  many  years;  was  the  first  Sunday 
school  superintendent  in  the  place  or  county,  organized  May,  1816  ;  rep- 
resented the  town ;  was  magistrate,  school  visitor,  &c. ;  he  was  a  man  of 
stern  integrity,  and  a  reformer  ;  headed  the  list  of  temperance  and  anti- 
slavery  societies  in  the  place  ;  intelligent  and  public-spirited  ;  was  a  suc- 
cessful farmer ;  raised  and  educated  a  large  and  respectable  family  ;  he 
died  July  21st,  1851,  aged  76,  of  cancer. 

THEIR    CHILDREN. 

1.  William  born  Sept.  19th,  1805,  bap.  Oct.  20th,  1805,  see  No.  (541.) 

2.  Nancy  Smalley,  born  Feb.  19th,  1807,  bap.  May  24th,  1807,  married  No.  (680.) 

3.  Sarah  Guernsey,  bora  Sept.  15th,  1808,  bap.  Oct.  22d,  1808,  see  No.  (534.) 

4.  Mary,  born  Sept.  2d,  1809,  bap.  Dec.  3d,  1809,  married  No.  (679.) 

5.  John. Smalley,  born  Jan.  8th,  1811,  bap.  Aug.  4th,  1811,  died  Oct.  4th,  1811, 
aged  nine  months. 

6.  John  Smalley,  born  Oct.  2d,  1812,  bap.  Nov.  8th,  1812,  married  No.  (611.) 

7.  Rebecca  Smalley,  born  June  26th,  1814,  bap.  July  24th,  1814,  married  Deacon 
Daniel  Fairchild,  of  Stockbridge,  Mass. 

8.  David  Waller,  born  March  31st,  1816,  bap.  Nov.  17th,  1816,  see  No.  (767.) 

9.  Calista  Curtiss,  born  Nov.  7th,  1818,  bap.  Jan.  17th,  1819,  married  Oct.  10th, 
1843,  Amos  M.  Ebersol. 

10.  Eliphalet,  bora  May  14th,  1821,  bap.  June  17th,  1821,  married  Oct.  31st,  1854> 
Ann  A.  Patten. 

11.  Elizabeth  Pamela,  born  Nov.  1st,  1822,  bap.  April  27th,  1823,  married  Oct.  27th, 
1847,  Eev.  Charles  W.  Camp. 

322.  "STEPHEN  WEBSTER,"  to  church  July  5th,  1807,  by  letter  from 
the  church  in  West  Hartford,  son  of  Isaac  and  Amy  (White,)  his  wife, 
married  May  9th,*1765,  Anne  McCloud,  of  Wethersfield,  who  died  March 
10th,  1805,  when  he  married  second,  June  1st,  1806,  Hannah,  the  widow 
of  Seth  Kilborn,  and  lived  on  her  farm,  where  now,  186.7,  Levi  S.  Wells, 
owns  and  occupies ;  her  maiden  name,  Churchill ;  he  was  a  farmer,  and 
the  family  moved  west. 

HIS  CHILDREN    BY    HIS    WIFE,    ANNE. 

1.  Norman,  born, 

2.  Polly,  bora  ,  married  Cook,  of  Plymouth. 

3.  Theodore,  born  April  15th,  1769,  married  Feb.  12th,  1795,  Chestina,  daughter 
of  Stephen  Hart;  he  died  Aug.  2d,  1851,  aged  83  ;  she  died  April  26th,  1828,  aged  55 ; 
he  born  in  West  Hartford,  and  died  there. 

4.  Stephen,  born  ,bap.  Sept.  9th,  1770,  in  West  Hartford,  married  Prudence 
Butler,  of  Gershom. 

5.  William,  bora  ,  married  Nabby  Johnson,  of  East  Berlin. 

6.  Allen,  born  ,  married  Polly  Hurlburt,  of  Newington. 

7.  Anne,  born  ,  married  Shapley. 

8.  McCloud,  born  ,  married  Lucina  Townsend,  of  Bolton. 


236  FIRST    CHURCH 

323.  "Widow  EUNICE  BARTHOLOMEW,"  to  church  Dec.  6th,  1807; 
maiden  name,  Orvice  ;  was  the  widow  of  Abraham  Bartholomew,  of  Bris- 
tol.    His  estate  was  settled  1777;  it  amounted  to  £202  8s.  lid.     She 
was  the  mother  of  No.  (436,)  and  spent  the  last  of  life  with  her  on  East 
street,  at  the  old  home  of  that  family  of  Judds.    She  died  May  13th,  1825, 
aged  85. 

324.  "  Widow  ROXY  BELDEN,"  to  church  April  3d,  1808  ;  daughter 
of  No.  (131)  and  No.  (132,)  born  June   21st,  1780,  married  Nov.  9th, 
1797,  Leonard  Belden,  jun.,  son  of  Leonard  and  Hannah  (Judd)  his  wife, 
born  July  13th,  1778  ;  lived   on  the  home  of  his  father  and  grandfather 
Ezra,  on  East  street,  near  the  former  school  house.     He  was  a  farmer, 
and  died  March  8,  1807,  aged  29.     She  took  a  letter  to  the  church  at 
East  Windham,  N.  Y.,  living,  A.  D.  1861,  at  Big  Hollow,  Green  county, 
N.  Y,,  but  died  Feb.  12th,  1864,  in  her  84th  year,  at  Big  Hollow,  N.  Y. 

THKIB    CHILDREN. 

1.  Emily  Hart,  born  Sept.  12th,  1798,  bap.  June  26th,  1808,  married  May  16th, 
1820,  Lee  M.  Watrous. 

2.  Hannah  Judd,  born  July  23d,  1800,  bap.  June  26th,  1808,  see  No.  (499.) 

3.  Rhoda  Roxalina,  born  Aug.  24th,  1802,  bap.  June  26th,  1808,  see  No   (556.) 

4.  George  Dunham,  born  Feb.  7th,  1805,  bap.  June  26th,  1808,  married  July  17th, 
1826,  Elizabeth  Sanger. 

5.  Leonard  Dix,  born  Jan.  29th,  1807,  bap.  June  26th,  1808,  married  Nov.  6th, 
1836,  Mary  C.  Smith,  of  Southington ;  he  married  2d,  Aug.  1  Ith,  1844,  Emily  Avery, 
daughter  of  Asa,  and  lives  on  the  old  home  of  his  great  grandfather  on  East  street. 

325.  "  RHODA  HART,"  to  church  April  3d,  1808,  daughter  of  No. 
(131)  and  No.  (132,)  born  Feb.  8th,  1788,  married  March  28th,  1839, 
Asa  Tuller,  of  Simsbury,  lived   there  until  her  husband  died,  Nov.  7th, 
1853  ;  she  attended  the  Methodist  church  in  Simsbury,  and  does  so  here 
since.her  return;  has  never  been  dismissed  from  this  church  ;  had  no  chil- 
dren ;  lived,  A.  D.  1861,  on  Arch  street;  taught  school  in  early  life. 

326.  "ANNA,  wife  of  ABIJAH  HART,"  from  New  York  city.  June  5th, 
1808,  to  church  ;  maiden   name,  Hall,  daughter  of  Capt   Giles,  of  Mid- 
dletown,  and  his  wife,  Anna  (Lord,)  born  Aug.  24th,  1765,  married  Sept. 
22d,  1794,  No.  (211.)     She  was  a  noble  looking  woman,  of  elegant  man- 
ners, kind  disposition,  and  a  warm   Christian   heart ;    died  Jan.  15th, 
1824,  aged  58. 

327.  "  DANIEL  TAYLOR,"  to  church  Sept.  1st.  1808,  by  letter  from 
church  at  Thompson  ;  son  of  Othniel,  born  March  24th,  1778,  at  Wor- 
cester, Mass.,  married  Dec.  28th,  1802,  No.  (328 ;)  he,  by  occupation  a 
miller,  came  here  to  run  Deacon  Hart's  mill,  lived  on  the  east  side  of  the 
mill  pond ;  was  a  man  of  great  kindness  and  charity,  and   distinguished 
for  piety;  left  this  town  1815,  with  a  letter  to  the  church  at  Canton,  Ct. 
He  died  there  Sept.  14th,  1845,  aged  67. 


OP    NEW    BRITAIN.  237 

328.  "Wife  of  DANIEL  TAYLOR,"  to  church,  Sept.  1st,  1808  by  letter 
from  Thompson,  Ct. ;  maiden  name,  Phebe  Upham,  daughter  of  Luke,  of 
Thompson;  she  was  born  Feb.  24th,  1778,  married  No.  (327,)  and  with 
him  dismissed  and  recommended  to  church  in  Canton,  where  they  were 
received,  May  7th,  1815.     She  died  March  24th,  1842,  aged  66. 

THEIR    CHILDREN. 

1.  Sabin,  born  Oct.  21st,  1803,  at  Thompson,  married  April  12th,  1827,  Diodama 
C.  Stockwell. 

2.  Eliza,  born  Nov.  27th,  1805,  at  Thompson,  married  Jan.,  1827,  Ebenezer  Ham- 
blin. 

3.  Mary  Gaines,  born  Jan.  26th,  1808,  at  Palmer,  Mass.,  bap.  at  New  Britain 
Aug.  21st,  1808,  and  died  Sept.  22d,  1809. 

4.  Maria,  born  Sept.  llth,  1810,  died  Jan.  22d,  1811. 

5.  Nancy,  born  Aug.  9th,  1812,  bap.  Nov.  8th,  1812. 

6.  Mary  Ann,  born  Sept.  17th,  1815,  at  Canton,  Ct.,  married  Jan.,  1834,  Green 
Taylor. 

7.  Lucinda,  born  June  5th,  1818,  at  Canton,  married  Aug.  23d,  1842,  Rev.  Luther 
Barber. 

8.  Emeline,  born  July  26th,  1822,  at  Canton,  bap.  Feb.  10th,  1823,  died  Feb.  12th, 
1823. 

329.  "  ABIGAIL,  wife  of  JOSIAH  ANDREWS,"  to  church  July  9th, 
1809,  daughter  of  Abijah  Flagg,  sen.,  of  Berlin,  and  No.  (263,)  his  wife ; 
married   March  18th,  1784,  Josiah  Andrews,  brother  of  No.  (245;)  was 
his  first  wife,  a  tall  woman  of  kind  disposition.     She  adopted  a  daughter 
named  Abigail  Bills,  (daughter  of  her  sister   Sarah,)  after  her  marriage 
to  Josiah  Andrews,  who  died  April  21st,  1805,  aged  22,  of  consumption. 
Abigail,  the  wife  of  Josiah  Andrews,  died  April  2d,  1814,  aged  57.     For 
further  history,  see  No.  (285.) 

330.  "  ALVIN  NORTH,"  to  church  Oct.  1st,  1809,  son  of  No.  (149) 
and  his  wife,  No.  150  ;)   born  Sept.  4th,  1781,  learned  trade  of  cabinet 
maker,  in  f  Tartford,  of  John  I.  Wells,  located  on  the  corner  of  East  Main 
and  Stanley  Streets,  house  built  by  Anthony  Judd,  but  in  1830  gave  place 
to  a  new  one.     He  married  July  15th,   1804,  No.   (331.)     She  died, 
when,  2d,  he  married,  May  1,  1816,  No.  (411.)     He  was  an  extensive 
manufacturer  of  various  kinds  of  hardware,  and  was  so  active  in  old  age 
as  to  make,  after   he  was  79  years  old,  a  well  made  and  handsomely 
finished  bureau  for  his  wife,  and  one  for  each  of  his  children.     Honest  in 
his  dealings,  successful  in  his  business,  and  liberal  in  his  public  benefac- 
tions.    He,  with  his  2d  wife,  to  South  church,  1842.     He  died  Sept.  1st, 
1865,  aged  84. 

THEIR    CHILDREN. 

1.  Orrin  Stanley,  born  July  13th,  1805,  bap.  Oct.  8th,  1809,  married  Feb.  3d,  1831, 
No.  (712.) 

2.  Harriet  A.,  born  March  5th,  1807,  died  March  4,  1809,  aged  2  ;  scalded. 

3.  Henrietta,  born  August  16th,  1809,  bap.  Oct.  8th,  1809,  died  Oct.  5th,  1810, 
aged  1. 


238  FIRST     CHURCH 

SECOND  WIFE'S  CHILDREN. 

4.  Oliver  Burnham,  born  March   13th,  1817,  bap.  June  29th,  1817,  married,  1843, 
Martha  E.  Post,  of  Glastenbury. 

5.  Harriet  A.,  born  Sept.  28th,  1818,  bap.  Nov.  22d,  1818,  see  No.  (769.) 

6.  Sarah  Rogers,  bom  Aug.  28th,  1820,  bap.  Nov.  5th,  1820,  see  No.  (830.) 

7.  Hubert  Franklin,  born  Nov.  13th,  1822,  bap.  April  27th,  1823,  see  No.  (8310 

8.  Mary  Cordelia,  born  July  1st,  1825,  bap.  Oct.  16th,  1825,  see  No.  (934.) 

9.  Henrietta  Clarissa,  born    Sept.   16th,  1829,  married  July    18th,    1855,  Josiah 
Shepherd,  N.  O.,  but  1867,  of  New  Britain. 

331.  "ANNA,  wife  of  Alvin   North,"  to  church,  Oct.  1st,  1809;  born 
January  loth,  1783,  to  No.  (115)  and  his  wife,  No.  (125,)  married  July 
15th,  1804,  No.  (330.)     She  died  June  26th,  1815,  aged  62. 

332.  "  EUNICE,  wife  of  Asahel  Eennfield,"  to  church  Oct.  1st,  1809, 
daughter  of  No.  (217)  and  his  wife,  No.  (207;)  born  at  Strat- 
ford, married               He  was  son  of  Jesse,  of  Plymouth,  Ct.,  and  his  wife, 
Mary  (Upson.)     They  lived  where  Albert  Williams  now  (A.  D.  1861) 
does,  near  the  school  house  in  the  Southwest  district.     They  moved  to 

N.  Y.,  about  1810. 

THEIR    CHILDREN    BORN    AT    NEW    BRITAIN. 

1.  Edward,  bora  ,  bap.  Oct.  22d,  1809. 

2.  AJmira,  born  ,  bap.  Oct.  22d,  1809. 

3.  Horatio,  born  ,  bap.  Oct.  22d,  1809. 

4.  Asahel,  born  ,  bap.  Oct.  22d,  1809. 

5.  Eliza,  born  ,  bap.  Oct.  22d,  1809. 

333.  "MARY,  wife  of  Samuel  Stedman,"  to   church   Oct.  1st,   1809, 
daughter  of  John  Lu#k  and  his  wife,  No.  (276 ;)  born  Feb.  22d  1768, 
married         1790,  lived  at  the  Slater  house,  near  "  Dead  Swamp,"  and  in 
West   Hartford,  then  in  Southwest  district,  where   now,   1861,   Gideon 
Deming  does.     He- was  son  of  Charles,  and  his  wife  Jemima  (Gaines,)  of 
Wethersfield,  born  1760,  died  Aug.  31st,  1825,  aged  66,  of  a  bad 
foot.     She  was  dismissed  and  recommended  by  letter  to  church  in  South- 
ington,  August,  1834,  and  from  that  to  Farmington  church,  1848,  where 
she  became  partially  paralyzed,  and  died  there  Jan.  30th  1861,  aged  93. 
She  knit  for  years  when  she  could  not  walk,  and  thus  saved  some   funds 
to  pay  her  funeral  charges  and  for  a  headstone  at  her  grave  in  Fanning- 
ton,  and  yet  she  had  been   helped  by  the  kindness  of  friends  and  the 
church  there.     She  was  a  woman  of   courage  and  fortitude,  struggled 
bravely  with  poverty  and  calamity,  and  we  trust  won  a  crown  at  last  by 
the  grace  of  God. 

THEIR    CHILDREN. 

1.  Laura,  born  July  12th,  1791,  not  married,  had  a  daughter  who  married  Charles 
Bradley,  and  married,  second,  Charles  Cowles. 

2.  Fanny,  born  Jan.  31st,  1793,  married  Nov.  29th,  1820,  Willys  Bradley,  son  of 
Ichabod,  of  Southington. 


OF    NEW    BRITAIN.  239 

3.  Jennette,  born  May  1st,  1795,  bap.  Oct.  19th,  1809,  to  church  at  Farmington 
April  5th,  1858,  not  married. 

4.  Eliphalet,  born  Nov.  15th,  1797,  bap.  Oct.  19th,  1809,  died  young. 

5.  Rhoda,  bom  Nov.  13th,  1798,  bap  Oct.  19th,  1809,  very  squint  eyed,  died  April 
26th,  1828,  aged  30. 

6.  Henry,  born  Nov.  20th,  1799,  bap.  Oct.  19th,  1809,  married  Emeline  Clark,  of 
Meriden. 

7.  Franklin,  born  March  7th,  1802,  bap.  Oct.  19th,  1809,  married  widow  Mary 
Lyon  (alias)  Banks, 

8.  John  Lusk,  born  Oct  25th,  1804,  bap.  Oct.  19th,  1809,  see  No    (544.) 

9.  Horace,  born  April  17th,  1806,  bap.  Oct.  19th,  1809,  died   Dec.   13th,   1832,  at 
Milledgeville,  Ga. 

334.  "  BETSEY  MATHER,"  to  church  Oct.  1st,  1809,  daughter  of  No. 
(217)  and  No.  (207,)  born  Feb.  17th,  1783,  married  Nov.   21st,  1813, 
Levi  Wells,  No.   (299  ;)  he  died  Oct.  23d,  1823,  when  she  married, 
second,  Oct.  23d,  1835,  Eli  Smith,  No.  (747.)     She  had  a  discriminating 
mind,  had  been  in  early  life  a  school   teacher.     After  the  death  of  her 
first  husband,  she  used  her  dower  in  fitting  up  her  father's  old  home  on 
West  Main  street,  where  she  spent  the  remnant  of  her  life  ;  she  had  no 
posterity.     She  died  July  20th,  1864,  in  her  81st  year. 

335.  "SYLVIA  HART,"  to  church  Oct.   1st,  1809,   daughter  of  No. 
(118)  and  No.  (119,)  born  April  15th,  1777,  lived  at   the  home  of  her 
father,  during  his  life,  then  in  various  families,  having  no  certain  dwelling 
place  ;  never  married ;  retained  her  faculties  to  old  age,  epecially  mem- 
ory.    She  died  May  9th,  1864,  aged  87  years  and  24  days,  at  the  old 
house  of  Chester  Hart;  to  South  church,  1842 — was  supported  in  old  age 
by  the  church  and  by  the  town,  but  chiefly  by  Deacon  0.  Seymour,  her 
nephew. 

[Here  ends  Dr.  Smalley's  record  and  that  of  Rev.  Newton  Skinner 
begins.] 


336  "  EBENEZER  COUCH,"  to  church  Aug.  5th,  1810,  son  of  Thomas, 
of  Southington,  and  baptized  there  May  21st,  1749;  he  was  a  grandson 
of  Ebenezer,  of  Wethersfield.  He  was  brother  of  No.  (201,)  both  dis- 
tinguished for  honesty,  humility  and  homeliness.  He  married,  Aug.  8th, 
1786,  Hannah,  daughter  of  Moses  Barnes,  sen.,  and  his  wife 
Blakesley,  .  She  had  a  daughter  Nancy  before  her  mai'riage  to 

Mr.  Couch  ;  she  was  sister  to  Blakesley  Barnes  of  Berlin,  who,  from  a 
boy,  without  a  penny,  became  a  man  of  wealth  by  his  tact,  energy  and 
industry.  She  died  Aug.  5th,  1813,  of  consumption.  He  died  July  6th, 
1826,  aged  77.  He  left  no  posterity.  They  lived  in  various  localities. 
Her  father  was  located  on  the  hill  near  Mr.  Revoir,  1^  miles  west  of 


240  FIRST     CHURCH 

of  New  Britain  village,  where  is  a  spring  in  the  rocks  bearing  his  name 
on  the  old  land  records.     This  spring  was  his  well. 

337.  "  WILLIAM  SMITH,"  to  church,  Oct.  7th,  1810,  son  of  Samuel 
and  his  wife  No.  (89  ;)  born  Sept.  2d,  1771,  married  Nov.  6th,  1796,  No. 
(2'.»5  ;)  she  died  Feb.  4th,  1810,  agee  34,  when  he  mar.,  second,  Feb.  10th, 
1812,  No.  (472.)  He  was  a  farmer  and  bought  the  farm  on  West  Main 
street,  embracing  all  Walnut  Hill  at  that  time  and  the  present  location  of 
Mr.  Swift.  He  was  a  successful  business  man,  engaged  sometime  in 
manufacturing  tin  ware.  He  was  chosen,  Dec.  30th,  1823,  one  of  the 
standing  committee  of  the  church  in  place  of  Levi  Wells,  deceased.  He 
represented  the  town,  was  justice  of  the  peace,  and  held  other  town  offices  ; 
was  active  in  every  duty  and  relation  of  life,  possessing  an  ardent,  san- 
guine temperament.  He  died  Nov.  2d,  1838,  aged  67. 

THEIR    CHILDREN. 

1.  Betsey  Lewis,  born  NOT.  24th,  1797,  bap.  May  25th,  1800,  not  married,  died 
Jan.  30th,  1836,  aged  38. 

'     2.  William  Henry,  bora  Oct.  22d,  1800,  bap.  Jan.  llth,  1801,  married  Aug.  7th, 
1825,  No.  (633,)  second,  No  (770.) 

3.  Lanretta,  born  Sept.  24th,  1802,  bap.  April  24th,  1803,  married  Jan.  24th,  1821, 
No.  (743.; 

4.  Samuel  Walter,  born  May  15th,  1805,  bap.  Sept.  1st,  1805,  married. 

5.  Sally  Maria,  bora  April  llth,  1816,  bap.  Oct.  19th,  1817,  see  No.  (841.) 

6.  Levi  Olmsted,  bora  March  25th,  1818,  bap.  Sept.  12th,  1819,  married  Oct.  26th, 
1847,  Sarah  E.  Whiting. 

7.  Harriet  Strong,  bora  Sept.  29th,  1820,  bap.  June  3d,  1821,  married  May  14th, 
1845,  Horace  Brown. 

f  Elizur  Newton,  bora  Dec.  13th,  1822,  bap.  June  1st,  1823,  married  Dec. 
22d,  1846,  Laura  L.  Clark. 


M  Elizabeth  Augusta,  born  Dec.  13th,  1822,  bap.  June  1st,  1823,  see  No. 
'     L 


(938.) 


338.  "JAMES  BOOTH,  jun.,"  to  church  Oct.  7th,  1810,  son  of  No.  (165) 
and  (166;)  born  Sept.  llth,  1776,  married  Dec.  22d,  1800,  No.  (358.) 
He  was  by  trade  a  tanner  and  shoe  maker  ;  had  his  tannery  where  now, 
1861,  Hall  &  Stanley's  store  stands,  (alias)  Elizur  N.  Smith's  building. 
His  house,  that  now  owned  and  occupied  by  his  son  Horace.  He  was  a 
man  much  given  and  gifted  in  prayer  and  exhortation,  but  somewhat 
erratic.  He  kept  a  boarding  house  and  hotel  several  years.  He  removed 
his  church  connection  from  the  First  to  the  South,  June  8th,  1856.  He 
died  January  2d,  18o9,  aged  82. 

THEIR    CHILDREN. 

1.  Aurelia,  bora  Feb.  10th,  1802,  died  March  19th,  1809,  aged  7. 

2.  Lyman  Wilcox,  born  Feb.  9th,  1804,  bap.  Oct.  2lat,  1810,  married  May  5th, 
1825,  No.  (555.) 

3.  George  W.,  born  Jan.  30th,  1806,  bap.  Oct.  21st,  1810,  see  No.  (519.) 

4.  Ralph,  bom  April  29th,  1811,  bap.  June  16th,  1811,  died  March  3d,  1818,  aged  7. 


OF    NEW    BRITAIN.  241 

'   5.  Lucetta,  born  Aug.  6th,  1814,  bap.  Oct.  2d,  1814,  see  No.  (671.) 

6.  Ralph,  bora  May  25th,  1818,  bap.  Aug.  2d,  1818,  married  Jan.  26th,  1846,  Julia 
Daily  of  Providence. 

7.  Horace,  bora  Nov.  6th,  1821,  bap.  April  1st,  1822,  see  No.  (793.) 

339.  "  ABI,  the  wife  of  Amon  Stanley,"  to  church  Dec.  2d,  1810, 
daughter  of  No.  (149)  and  No.  (150;)  born  Nov.  21st,   1784,  married 
Oct.  10th,  1802,  No.  (550.)     A  kind  and  watchful  mother  and  a  devout 
Christian  woman.     "  Her  children  arise  up  and  call  her  blessed,  her  hus- 
band also  and  he  praiseth  her." 

340.  "  NANCY,  the  wife  of  Cyrus  Booth,"  to  church   Dec.  2d,  1810, 
daughter  of  No.  (149)   and  No.   (150,)  born  Jan.   llth,   1787,  married 
Oct.  llth,  1807,  Cyrus  Booth,  son  of  Joseph  and  No.  (155,)  his  wife, 
born  Oct.  10th,  1786,  a  brass  founder  by  trade,  and  well  skilled  in  the 
art.     They  lived  in  the  house  on  Main  street  lately  owned  by  Grove 
Loomis,  now  deceased,  but  he  lived  in   various  localities,  and  his   wife 
Nancy  having  died,  June  18th,  1818,  aged  31,  he  married,  second,  July 
1st,  1825,  Myrta  Loper,  moved  to  Manchester,  111.,  makes  lime  and  drives 
farming. 

THEIR   CHILDREN. 

1.  Mary  Burnham,  born  April  18th,  1808,  bap.  June  2d,  1811,  married  June  1st, 
1826,  Edmund  F.  Booth,  of  Joseph. 

2.  M.aria,  bora  April  15th,  1809,  bap.  June2d,  1811,  married  July  1st,  1827,  Theo- 
dore C.  Bronson. 

3.  William,  bora  Sept.  10th,  1810,  died  young. 

4.  Elizabeth  Frances,  bom  Oct.  31st,  1811,  bap.  Dec.  22d,  1811,  mar.  Sept.  llth, 
1832,  No.  (812.) 

5.  Cyrus,  bom  Oct.  12th,  1813,  bap.  Dec.  19th,  1813,  died  1839,  in  Texas. 

6.  Nancy  North,  bora  Oct.  26th,  1814,  bap.  April  16th,  1815,  married  David  P. 


7.  Henry  North,  born  Dec.  2d,  1816,  bap.  Jan.  16th,  1817. 

SECOND  WIFE'S  CHILD. 

8.  Helen  Mary,  born  ,bap.  Nov.  17th,  1830. 

341.  "HuLDAH,.  wife  of  Silas  Pennfield,"  to  church  Jan.  6th,  1811,. 
daughter  of  No.  (183)  and  No.  (243,)  born  Oct.  18th,  1786,  married 
March  1st,  1804,  Silas  Pennfield,  son  of  No.  (237,)  and  his  wife  Eunice 
(Kelsey,)  born  ,  bap.  July  1st,  1792.  He  built  next  west  of  his 

father,  on  Horse  Plain,  where  Mr.  Hunter  now  lives ;  was  a  farmer, 
and  died  Nov.  29th,  1812,  aged  28.  She  married,  second,  Jan.  18th, 
1814,  No.  (463.)  She  died  June  23d,  1852,  aged  67. 

THEIR   CHILDREN. 

1.  Caroline,  born  1805,  died  Aug.  23d,  1809,  aged  4. 

2.  Caroline,  born  ,  bap.  April  7th,  1811. 

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242  FIRST     CHURCH 

3.  Elvira,  born  June  18th,  1807,  bap.  April  7tb,  1811,  married,  Dec.  9th,  1824, 
No.  (515.) 

4.  William,  born  April  22d,  1809,  bap.  April  7th,  1811,  married  Nov.  8th,  1828, 
Jane  Smith,  of  New  Haven. 

842.  "LuCT  L.  STANLEY,"  to  church,  Jan.  6th,  1811,  daughter  of 
Noah  Stanley  and  his  second  wife  Experience  (Wells,)  of  Wethersfield, 
born  Sept.  ,  1787,  never  married ;  of  a  quiet,  retiring  and  kind  dispo- 
sition, she  exemplified  a  good  Christian  character,  and  died  Feb.  3d, 
1869,  aged  72. 

343.  "  DOLLY  STANLEY,"  to  church  Jan.  6th.  1811,  daughter  of  Lot 
Stanley  (son  of  Thomas  3d,)  and  his  wife  Rhoda  (Wadsworth,)  of  Farm- 
ington,  born  Feb.  15th,  1794,  married  Dec.  30th,  1812,  No.  (353  ;)  had 
no  children  to  live.  He  died  June  27th,  1845,  aged  54.  She  married, 
second,  Oct.  22d,  1860,  Solomon  D.  Gridley,  of  Southington,  son  ot  Joel, 
and  Amanda  (Woodruff,)  his  wife,  born  July  -14th,  1805.  They  now, 
1867,  live  in  her  house  on  Arch  street.  She  was  baptized  on  admission 
to  church.  She  became,  1842,  a  constituent  member  of  the  South  church. 

344  "RACHEL  ANDREWS,"  to  church  January  6th,  1811,  daughter  of 
No.  (245)  and  No.  (252,)  born  Feb.  6th,  1789  ;  never  married,  but  lived 
with  her  father  near  Bass  river,  on  the  road  to  Farmington,  took  kind 
care  of  him  during  his  long  life,  where  she  died  May  20th,  1840, 
aged  51. 

345.  "ANDREW  PRATT,"  to  church  March   17th,  1811,  son  of  Hum- 
phrey, of  Saybrook,  and  his  wife,  Lydia  (Tulley,)  born  Nov.  8th,  1756; 
was  &.  farmer  and  shoe  maker,  a  man  of  intelligence,  with  an  active  mind, 
was  a  warm  politician,  and  represented  the   town  of  Berlin  in    1817  and 
1818  ;  was  a  magistrate,  and  active  in  the  care  of  the  public  library. 
He  married,  March  1st,  1780,  Nancy    Dorrance,  of  Rhode  Island.     She 
died,  Feb.  2d,  1785,  aged  28,  when  he  married,  second,  June  1st,  1787, 
No.  (271,)  who  died,  May  15th,  1795,  when  he  married,  third,  June  12th, 
1796,  No.  (346.)     They  lived  on   East  street,  first  in  the  old  house  of 
Deacon  Patterson's.     He  built  new  on  the  same  site,  which  is  now,  A.  D. 
1862,  owned  and  occupied  by  Henry  his  son.     He  was  short,  thick  set 
and  robust.     He  died  Jan.  2d,  1830,  aged  73. 

346.  "Wife  of  Andrew  Pratt,"  to  church,  March  17th,  1811;  she 
was  his  third  wife,  and  the  daughter  of  No.  (112)   and  No.  (312,)  born 
June  llth,  1768,  married  June  12th,  1796,  No.  (345;)  was  a  woman  of 
a  strong  masculine  mind,  of  great  energy  and  force  of  character,  of  gen- 
erous impulses,  and  very  industrious  ;  she  died  Dec.  28th,  1841,  aged  74. 

l 

FIRST    WIFE'S    CHILDREN. 

1.  Sally,  born  Dec.  3d,  1781,  died  ,  aged  16  months. 

2.  Tally,  born  March  25th,  1784,  died  ,  aged  14  months. 


OF    NEW    BRITAIN.  243 

SECOND  WIFE'S  CHILDREN. 

3.  Lydia,  born  Nov.  16th,  1788,  bap.  May  4th,  1795,  married  Nov.  10th,  1811, 
Hiland  Parker,  second,  Benjamin  Taggart. 

4.  Daniel  Humphrey,  born  Sept.  20th,  1793,  bap.  May  4th,  1795,  died  January 
28th,  1823,  aged  30. 

THIRD   WIFE'S    CHILDREN. 

Betsey  Whaples,  born  February  23d,  1797,  bap.  June  16th,  1811,  see  No. 


(492.] 

Henry  Morgan,  born  February  23d,  1797,  bap.  June  16th,  1811,  married 
March  25th,  1818,  daughter  of  No.  (208;)  she  died  Aug.  15th,  1823,  at 
Marietta,  Ohio;  he  married,  second,  June  18th,  1826,  Mary  S.  Love- 
land,  who  died  May  23d,  1863,  aged  61 ;  she  was  daughter  of  Elijah,  of 
Kensington,  and  his  wife  Azubah  (Scovell.) 

7.  William  Tully,  born  March  27th,  1801,  bap.  June  16th,  1811,  married  May  6th, 
1825,  Eliza  Steele,  of  Horace,  of  Berlin. 

8.  Nancv  Dorrance,  born  March  25th,  1803,  bap.  June  16th,  1811,  see  No.  (493.) 

9.  Horatio  Andrews,  born  June  27th,  1808,  bap.  June  16th,  1811,  married  Sept. 
24th,   1832,   Charlotte  Francis,  daughter  of  Appleton,  of  Kensington,  and  his  wife 
Charlotte  (.Webster,)  of  David,  of  Berlin. 

•347.  "SARAH,  wife  of  Salmon  Hart,"  to  church;  April  7th,  1811 1 
daughter  of  Asahel  Goodrich  and  Sarah  (Woodruff,)  his  second  wife, 
born  May  2d,  1777,  married  May  2d,  1796,.No.  (441;)  she  died  Aug. 
2d,  1815,  aged  38. 

348.  "NANCY,  wife  of  Isaac  Lee,  jun.,"  to  church  April  7th,  1811, 
daughter  of  Seth  Lusk  and  No.  (242,)  born  ,  1783,  baptized  June 
2d,  1793,  married  Sept.  27th,  1799,  No.  (351.)     Widow  Nancy  Lee  died 
May  9th,  1825,  aged  42,  of  dropsy  of  the  heart. 

349.  "MART,  the  wife  of  Joseph  Shipman,"  to  church  April  7th,  1811, 
daughter  of  No.  (168)   and  No.  (154,)   born  Dec.  22d,  1783,  married 
July  llth,  1802,  No.  (461.)     She  died  Nov.  2d,  1838,  aged  55.     I  quote 
part  of  an  obituary  notice  of  her  from  the  New  York  Evangelist :    "  She 
exemplified  in  her  last  sickness,  the  patience,  the  faith,  and  the  hope  of 
the  Christian  in  a  remarkable   degree.     Social  Society  is  thus  deprived 
of  one  of  its  brightest  ornaments,  the  church  one  of  its  corner  stones, 
polished  after  the  similitude  of  a  palace." 

350.  "  JESSE  BROWN,"  to  church  April  7th,  1811,  was  brother  of  No. 
(548,)  taught  school  in  the  Southeast  district  one  winter ;  went  to  Little 
Rock,  Arkansas,  and  married  and  died  there. 

351.  "  ISAAC  LEE,  jun.,"  to  church,  June  2d,  1811,  son  of  No.  (168) 
and  No.  (154,)  born  April  13th,  1775,  married  Sept.   27th,  1799,  No. 
(348 ;)  of  frail  constitution,  he  taught  school  several  winters,  was  in  com- 
pany with  his  brother  Thomas  in  merchandize,  went  south  for  his  health. 
He  was  gentlemanly  in  his  address  and  manners.     He  lived  in  part  of 
his  father's  house,  which  is  still  (1867)   standing.     He  died  April  16th, 
1818,  aged  43,  of  consumption. 


244  FIRST    CHURCH 

THEIR    CHILDREN. 

1.  Henry,  horn  ,  bap.  June  2d,  1811,  died  on  his  passage  to  the  West  Indies, 
Dec.  22d,  1819,  aged  20. 

2.  Phillip,  borm  May  6th,  1802,  bap.  June  2d,  1811,  married    Dec.  28th,  1823, 
No.  (655.) 

3.  Betsey,  born  March  27th,  1804,  bap.  June  2d,  1811,  married  June  12th,  1827, 
No.  (858.) 

4.  Harriet,  born  1806,  died  April  10th,  1811,  aged  5. 

5.  Nancy,  born  1807,  bap.  June  2d,  1811,  married  Sept.  27th,  1826,  Henry  Belden, 
of  Jonathan,  jun. ;  she  died  Dec.  17th,  1854,  aged  47. 

6.  Maria,  born  1809,  died  April  llth,  1811,  aged  2. 

7.  Charles,  born  ,  bap.  Aug.  1st,  1813,  drowned  in  a  well  April  28th,  1817. 

8.  Isaac  Newton,  born  Nov.  18th,  1810,  bap.  June  2d,  1811,  married  Oct.  20th, 
1833,  No.  (734.) 

9.  Harriet,  bora  1812,  bap.  May  24th,  1812,  died  of  consumption  Aug.  15th,  1828, 
aged  16. 

352.  "  EZRA  CARTER,"  to  church  June  2d,  1811,  son  of  Ithiel,  of  Ken- 
sington, and  his   wife   Lois  (Deming,)   married  Sept.  29th,  18-11,  Mary 
Stanley,  daughter  of  Lot,  and  Rhoda  (Wadsworth,)  his  wife  born  Feb. 
13th,  1791.     He  was  a  tanner  and  shoe  maker,  learned  of  Oliver  Stan- 
ley, at  the  old  tannery  of  Deacon  Timothy  Stanley.     He  was  baptized 
on  admission  to  church ;  was   dismissed  and  recommended  to  church  in 
Leyden,  N.  Y.,  Jan.  28th,  1821.     She  died  there  May  27th,  1846,  aged 
55.     He  married,  second, 

THEIR   CHILDREN. 

1.  Loyal  Wadsworth,  born  ,  bap.  Nov.  8th  1812,  married  Jan.  6th,  1839, 
Lucy  Kose,  of  Farmington. 

2.  Ezra,  bora  ,  bap.  April  16th,  1815,  died  June  14th,  1815. 

3.  Francis  Hart,  bom  Jan.  20th,  1822,  at  Leyden,  N.  Y.,  married  Oct.  19th,  1848, 
No.  (1022.) 

353.  "  FRANCIS  HART,"  to  church  Aug.  4th,  1811,  son  of  No.  (247) 
and  No.  (248,)  bora  Dec.  18th,  1791,  married  Dec.  30th,  1812,  No.  (343.) 
He  was  a  tanner  and  shoe  maker,  learned  of  Treadway,  of  Torringford. 
He  lived  in  Hart  quarter,  the  place  formerly  .owned  and  occupied  by 
Asahel  Hart,  on  the  corner   near  the   Shuttle  Meadow  road.     He  was 
active  as  a  citizen  and  as  a  Christian  ;  to  South  church,  1842.     He  died 
June  27th,  1845,  aged  54.     He  had  often  been   entrusted  with  both  civil 
and  military  offices,  and  was  a  colonel.     He  left  no  posterity. 

354.  "JAMES  FRANCIS,"  to  church  Oct.  6th,  1811,  son  of  No.  (91) 
and  No.  (92,)  born  Oct.  24th,  1757,  married  Nov.  12th,  1780,  No  (355.) 
He  was  a  farmer  and  lived  in  south  part  of  Stanley  quarter ;   a  substan- 
tial man,  of  good  understanding  and  judgment,  was   in  the   war  of  the 
Revolution,  and  often  called  to  do  public   business.     His  wife  died,  when 
he  married,  second,  Oct.  22d,  1827,  widow  Sarah  Clark,  of  Wetherstield. 
He  died,  April  13th,  1839,  aged  82. 


OP    NEW    BRITAIN.  245 

355.  "  Wife  of  James  Francis,"  to  church  October  6th,  1811,  maiden 
name,  Sylvia  Stanley,  daughter  of  No.  (14)  and  his  wife,  Ruth  (Norton,) 
born  Oct.  24th,  1753.     She  died  Jan.  21st,  1822,  aged  68. 

THEIR    CHILDREN. 

1.  Ursula,  born  Jan.  18th,  1781,  married  Oct.  28th,  1804,  No.  (458.) 

2.  Laura,  born  Nov.  16th,  1782,  married  April  26,  1811,  Daniel  Willard,  of  New- 
ington. 

3.  James,  jun.,  born  July  21st,  1786,  married  Feb.  28th,  1820,  No.  (473.) 

4.  Romeo,  bora  May  30th,  1790J  married  Nov.  24th,  1813,  No.  (471.) 

356.  "  THOMAS  LEE,"  to  church  Oct.  6th,  1811,  son  of  No.  (168) 
and  No.  (154,)  born  Nov.  28th,  1776,  married  Oct.  10th,  1797,  No.  (357.) 
Soon  after  marriage  set  up  tin  making  at  the  present  house  of  Mr.  Pettis, 
on  West  Main  street,  then  with  his  brother,  No.  (351,)  set  up  a  store  of 
goods  on  Main  street,  where  now  stands  the  house  of   Henry  North. 
This  was  the  second  store  in  town,  but  the  first  in  the  village.     He  was 
also  engaged  in  various  manufactures.     He  represented  the  town  of  Ber- 
lin, was  magistrate,  judge  of  probate,  postmaster,  and  was  an  active  poli- 
tician.    His  wife  having  died,  he  married,  second,  Feb.  2d,  1831,  widow 
Laura  Whittlesey,  of  Newington,  No.  (740.)     She  died  Feb.  9th,  1837, 
when  he  married,  3d,  Jan.  3d,  1838,  No.  (880.)     His  house  he  built  on 
the  site  of  Elihu  Burritt's,  and  is  now  (1861)  occupied  by  Mrs.  O.  C. 
Stanley.     He  died  Aug.  20th,  1840,  aged  64. 

357.  "Wife  of  Thomas  Lee,"  to  church  Oct.  6th,  1811,  baptized  same 
time  ;  her  maiden  name,  Electa  Riley,  daughter  of  John,  of  Northampton, 
and  his  wife,  Huldah  (Porter,)  of  Kensington,  No.  (273  ;)  born  Dec.  13th, 
1776,  married  Oct.  10th,  1797,  No.  (356.)     She  was  a  superior  woman 
of  great  decision  of  character.     She  died  Dec.  5th,  1826,  aged  50. 

THEIR  CHILDREN. 

1.  Minerva,  born  April  22d,  1798,  bap.  Nov.  3d,  1811,  married  Sept.  8th,  1818, 
No.  (954.) 

2.  Lorenzo  Porter,  born  April  12th,  1800,  bap.  Nov.  3d,  1811,  married  Nov.  3d, 
1828,  Jennette  Hills. 

3.  Thirza,  born  Nov.  19th,  1801,  bap.  Nov.  3d,  1811,  married  Sept.  20th,  1849, 
Rev.  David  Tilton. 

4.  John  Riley,  born  April  22d,  1804,  bap.  Nov.  3d,  1811,  graduated  at  Yale  Col- 
lege 1826,  No.  (900.) 

5.  Electa,  born  March  24th,  1806,  bap.  Nov.  3d,  1811,  married  Aug.  20th,  1826. 
Wells  Hubbard. 

6.  Thomas  Goodrich,  born  Sept.  1st,  1808,  bap.  Nov.  3<1,  1811,  see  No  ("545.) 

7.  Caroline,  born  Nov.  8th,  1810,  bap.  Nov.  3d,  1811,  No.  (609.) 

8.  Almira  Stanley,  born  Aug.  9th,  1812,  bap.  Oct.  18th,  1812,  No.  (825.) 

9.  William  Henry,  born  Feb.  10th,  1816,  bap.  June  2d,  1816,  died  Dec.  27th,  1816, 
aged  11  months. 

10.  William  Henry,  born  May  19th,  1818,  bap.  Aug.  30th,  1818,  married  Jan.  6th, 
1849,  Louisa  Northam. 

11.  Angeline,  born  January  4th,  1824,  bap.  April  4th,  1824,  married  No.  (826.; 


246  FIRST    CHURCH. 

358.  "  OLIVE,  the  wife  of  James  Booth,  jun.,"  to  church,  Oct.  6th, 
1811,  daughter  of  Josiah  Wilcox,  of  Berlin,  and  his  wife,  Huldah  (Sav- 
age,) born  Jan.  14th,  1778,  baptized  May  24th,  1778,  at  Worthington,  by 
Rev.  Mr.  Strong,  of  Hartford,  married  Dec.  22d,  1800,  No.  (338.)     She 
was  a  woman  of  strong  mind  and  good  sense,  very  large  and  fles-hy.     She 
died  Feb.  16th,  1847,  aged  69. 

359.  "EBENEZER  ANDREWS,"  to  church  Oct.  6th,  1811,  son  of  No. 
(245)  and  No.  (252,)  born  Dec.  24th,  1778,  married  Oct.   26th,  1800, 
Mary  Griswold,  daughter  of  Ashbel,  and  his  wife,  Elizabeth  (Woodruff,) 
born  1783.     She  died  Oct.  18th,  1858,  aged  75,  at  Rochester,  N.  Y.     He 
was  a  carpenter  by  trade,  learned  of  Deacon  John  Osgood  ;  lived  on  the 
road  to  Farmington,  in  the  house  built  by  her  father.     He  was  a  fine 
looking  man,  with  kind  and  amiable  disposition.     He  died  Aug.  5th,  1827, 
aged  49. 

THEIR   CHILDREN. 

1.  Adna  Gridley,  born  May  22d,  1801,  bap.  Dec.  15th,  1811,  married  April  19th, 
1825,  Maria  Andrews,  of  Elisha,  of  Canaan;  he  married,  second,  July  29th,   1849, 
Jane  Evarts  of  Rochester. 

2.  Aaron  Cadwell,  born  Feb.  25th,  1804,  bap.  Dec.  15th,  1811,  married  Sept.  6th, 
1830,  No.  (684.) 

3.  Philo,  born  May  8th,  1806,  bap.  Dec.  15th,  1811,  married  Nov.  27th,  1828, 
Amelia  Kelsey. 

4.  Walter,  born  Jane  14th,  1811,  bap.  Dec.  15th  1811,  married  Oct.  10th,  1831, 
Emily  Beckley ;  live  in  Wisconsin. 

5.  Mary  Griswold,  born  ,  bap.  Dec.  15th,  1811,  see  No.  (713  ) 

6.  Orpha.born  May  13th,  1813,  bap.  Aug.  1st,  1813,  married  Sept.  6th,   1830, 
Thomas  Barrill. 

7.  Henry  Woodruff,  bora  April  10th,  1819,  bap  Aug.  29, 1819,  married  Nov.  29th, 
1843,  No.  (1076.) 

8.  Sophia,  born  July  24th,  1821,  bap.  Dec.  16th,  1821,  married  Oct.  13th,  1844, 
Samuel  Stanley. 

9.  Charles,  bom  ,  died  Feb.  9th,  1827,  aged  3  years. 

10    Ebenezer  Newton,  born  ,  married  Ann  Hunter,  of  Rochester,  N.  Y. 

360.  "  NANCY  JUDD,"  to  church  Oct.  6th2  1811,  daughter  of  John,  jun., 
and  No.  (637,)  born  Sept.  17th,  1793,  married  Dec.  12th,  1813,  Austin 
Woodford,  of  Vermont.     She  was  dismissed  and  recommended,  1814,  to 

.     She  was  baptized  on  admission  to  church.     She  died  Oct.  24th, 
1814,  in  Vermont,  aged  21.     Her  sister,  No.  (369.) 

361.  "NANCT,  wife  of  Bethel  Hart,"  to  church  Doc.  1st,  1811,  by  let- 
ter from  the  Third  church  in  Wethersfield.     She  was  his  second   wife, 
called  widow  Nancy  Seely,  m.  May  16th,  1811.     He  died  Dec.   25th, 
1824,  when  she  married  Elias  Brown,  of  Farmington,  non  of  Ephraim, 
jun.,  of  Windsor,  and  Mercy  (Wesland)  his  wife,  born  March  15th,  1758. 
She  died  June  8th,  1850,  aged  85.     He  was  fife  major  in  the  Revolution 
and  drew  a  pension  late  in  life. 


OF    NEW    BEITAIN.  247 

362.  «  POLLY,  wife  of  Shubel  Curtiss,"  to  church  Feb.  2d,  1812, 
daughter  of  No.  (237,)  born  Sept.  4th,  1786,  married  Aug.  llth,  1801, 
son  of  Amos,  and  Mabel  (Squire)  his  wife.  He  was  a  cooper  by  trade, 
learned  of  his  father  Pennfield ;  lived  in  the  old  place  of  Josiah  Steele, 
on  "  Horse  Plain,"  but  late  in  life  built  near  "  Job's  Corner,"  where  his 
widow  still  (1866)  lives.  He  died  Oct.  3d,  1845,  aged  64.  She  is  a 
woman  of  great  patience  and  industry  ;  to  South  church,  1842. 

THEIR    CHILDREN. 

1.  Mary,  born  July  31st,  1802,  bap.  June  21st,  1812,  married  Oct.  4th,  1819,  John 
Eaton  ;  m:  tried,  second,  Daniel  Cook  ;  married,  third,  Pliny  Richardson. 

2.  Andrew,  born  Nov.  3d,  1804,  bap.  June  21st,  1812,  married  Aug.  7th,  1825, 
Laura  Dunham. 

3.  Charlotte,  born  ,  bap.  June  21st,  1812,  married  Pliny  Sanders. 

4.  Eunice,  born  ,  bap.  June  21st,  1812,  married  Horatio  Webster. 

5.  William,  born  March  7th,  1812,  bap.  June  21st,  1812,  died  August  25th,  1812, 
aged  6  months. 

6.  Adaline,  born  1813,  bap.  Jan.  30th,  1814,  married  Thomas  Butler,  of  Hartford. 

7.  Harriet,  born  1816,  married  Joel  Cook,  she  died  Dec.  5th,  1839,  aged  23. 

8.  William,  born,  Oct.  16ch,  1819,  married  Sept.  1st,  1840,  Lucy  Ann  Pennfield,  of 
Nathaniel,  jun. 

9.  Julia  Ann,  born  March  16th,  1824,  married  Aug.  24th,  1852,  Jarvis  Hall,  see 
No   (800.) 

10.  EmelineL.,  born  1825,  married,  Nov.  4th,  1849,  Benjamin  F.  Eddy,  of  Thomas. 

11.  Electa,  born  Dec.  16th,  1829,  married  Oct.  17th,  1845,  Augustus  Hinman. 

863.  "HETTY  CONE,"  to  church  Feb.  2d,  1812,  daughter  of  Joshua, 
of  Daniel,  of  Middletown,  who  lived  on  Main  street,  at  the  extreme  south 
end  of  the  parish,  and  his  wife  Mehitable  (Blinn,)  of  Wethersfield.  She 
was  a  tailoress  by  trade,  social  and  kind,  but  became  insane.  She  was 
baptised  on  admission  to  church.  She  died  April  16th,  1858,  aged  74, 
at  the  alms  house  ;  never  married. 

364.  "  ADELIA  GRIDLEY,"  to  church,  Feb.  2d,  1812,  baptised  same 
time,  daughter   of  Alexander,  of  Farmington,  and   Chloe  (Bidwell,)  his 
wife.     She  is  still  remembered  by   some  of  our  people  as  a  lovely  girl ; 
married  Feb.  10th,  1812,  No.  (371.)     She  was  born  Oct.  18th,  1790,  at 
Farmington  ;  now,  1862,  living  with  her  daughter,  Delia  La  Foy,  of  Mad- 
ison, New  Jersey. 

365.  "NANCY  BELDEN,"  to  church  Feb.  2d,  1812,  daughter  of  No. 
(158)  and  No.  (159,)  born  Aug.  31st,  1792,  married  May  5th,  1812,  No. 
(370.)     She  was  greatly  gifted  by  nature  and  grace,  possessed  a  strong, 
discriminating  mind,  had  a  leading  voice  in  church   music,  was  ready  for 
every  good  work,  and  engaged  in  public  reforms,  with  modest  and  becom- 
ing zeal.     She  and  her  husband  were  dismissed  and  recommended,  March, 
1816,  to  church  in   Cherry  Valley,  N.  Y.,  but  received  back  in   1817. 
After  the  death  of  her  husband  she  was  dismissed  and  recommended  to 


248  FIRST     CHURCH 

the  North  church  in  Hartford.  She  died  in  Canada,"  July  4th,  1852,  aged 
62  ;  brought  home  for  interment.  During  the  vicissitudes  of  an  eventful 
life  she  manifested  a  calm  trust  in  God,  and  doubtless  sings  the  song  of 
victory  with  the  hundred  and  forty-four  thousand. 

366.  "  ORPHA  NORTH,"  to  church  Feb.  2d,   1812,  daughter  of  No. 
(149)  and  No.  (150,)  born  Aug.  12th,  1793,  married  March  18th,  1812, 
No.  (311.)     She  was  scrupulously  devoted  to  the  cause  of  Christ  and 
his  church;  to  South  church,  1842.     She  died  Jan.  12th,  1847,  aged  53. 

367.  "PERCES  ROOT,"  to  church,  Feb.  2d,  1812,  baptized  same^time; 
she  lived  in  the  family  of  Amzi  Stanley   on  the  new  "  Highway  "  road, 
and  married,  Sept.  20th,  1813,  Rice  Wells,  son  of  Eli.     They  moved  to 
the  west  the  same  year,  and  she  took  a  letter  of  dismissal  and  recommen- 
dation. 

368.  "  LYDIA  WELLS,"  to  church  Feb.  2d,  1812,  daughter  of  No.  (299) 
and  No.  (300,)  born  Oct.  24th,  1792,  married  Jan.  20th,  1814,  Augustus 
Flagg,  of  West  Hartford,  son  of  Abijah,  and  his  wife,  Thankful  (Sey- 
mour.)    He  was  a  shoe-maker  and  tanner  by  trade.     She  was  dismissed 
and  recommended  to  church  in  West  Hartford,  July  28th,  1816,  and  in 
1845  she  removed  her  church  connection  to  Yonkers,  N.  Y.,  where  now 
(1866)   she  resides;  a  woman   of  sterling  qualities,   genial,   social  and 
happy.     He  died  Jan.  21st,  1842  ;  he  was  born  March  19th,  1784. 

THEIR   CHILDREN. 

1.  Marcia  M.,  born  May  31st,  1815,  at  New  Britain,  bap.  Aug.  27th,  1815,  died 
Aug.  27th,  1851,  at  Yonkers,  N.  Y. 

2.  Levi  W.,  born  FeJ>.  14th,  1817,  at  West  Hartford,  married  June,  1848,  Charlotte 
S.  Whitman. 

3.  Newton,  born  Dec.  17th,  1819,  at  West  Hartford,  married  June,  1854,  Ellen  H. 
Goodwin,  of  Illinois. 

4.  Ethan,  born  July  20th,  1820,  at  West  Hartford,  married  Jan.  30th,  1850,  Mari- 
etta Wells,  daughter  of  Lemuel  Wells,  No.  (512.)     She  died,  when  he  married,  second, 
March  7th,  1855,  Julia  Baldwin. 

5.  Lucy  A.,  born  February  17th,  1822,  married  John  Olmsted,  1855,  died  June 
7th,  1858. 

369.  "AURORA  JUDD,"  to  church  Feb.  2d,  1812,  baptized  same  time, 
daughter  of  John,  jun.,  and  No.  (637,)  born  March  20th,  1795;  never 
married.     She  died  April  20th,  1816,  aged  21,  of  consumption;  sister  of 
No.  (360.) 

370.  "  SAMUEL  BOOTH,"  to  church  Feb.  2d,  1812,  son  of  Robert,  2d, 
and  his  wife,  Abigail  (Barton,)  born  Aug.  31st,  1792;  was  by  trade  a 
blacksmith  ;  learned  of  James  North,  Esq. ;  he  inherited  the  home  of  his 
father  and  grand-father,  Nathan,  senior,  the  old  red  house  at  the  south  end 
of  the  "  Green,"  has  been  removed  and  remodeled,  and  (now,  1863,)  is  on 
Arch  street,  and  occupied  by  Henry  Andrews.     Mr.  Booth  was  a  man  of 
prayer  and  piety ;  could  hear  "  the  sound  of  a  going  in  the  tops  of  the 


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mulberry  trees,"  as  early  as  any  other  one  in  the  church ;  was  greatly  use- 
ful in  social  prayer  meetings  ;  a  constant  laborer  in  the  Sabbath  school, 
and  active  in  the  various  reforms  and  benevolent  objects  of  the  age.  He 
became  one  of  the  standing  committee  of  the  church,  1 843.  He  lost  one 
leg  by  amputation,  from  a  bad  knee,  and  bore  the  operation  with  such 
Christian  fortitude  that  it  astonished  beholders.  He  had  various  losses 
and  successes  in  business,  experienced  much  joy  and  sorrow  in  life,  and 
died  in  hope  of  a  glorious  resurrection,  May  llth,  1846,  of  dropsy,  aged 
56;  wife,  No.  (365.) 

THEIR   CHILDREN. 

1.  William  Belden,  born  April  13th,  1813,  bap.  June  27th,  1813,  married  March 
31st,  1837,  Betsey  Blin;  he  married  second,  Jan.  1st,  1846,  Maria  A.  Reach;  he  mar- 
ried third,  May  29th,  1855,  Widow  Mary  C.  Reid. 

2.  Mary  Ann,  born  March  24th,  1815,  bap.  March  27th,  1815,  died  March  27th, 
1815,  aged  three  days. 

3.  Walter  Henry,  born  Dec.  26th,  1816,  bap.  June  29th,  1817,  died  Nov.  16th,  1822, 
aged  six  years. 

4.  Nancy,  born  July  28th,  1819,  died  same  day. 

5.  Nancy,  born  Aug.  28th,  1821,  bap.  Oct.  28th,  1821,  see  No.  (792.) 

6.  Hubert  Henry,  born  Dec.  12th,  1823,  bap.  March  28th,  1824,  see  No.  (791.) 

7.  Albert,  born  July  13th,  1828,  died  Oct.  15th,  1829,  aged  fifteen  months. 

8.  Samuel  Albert,  born  June  29th,  1830,  bap.  Oct.  17th,  1830,  died  Aug.  5th,  1831. 

9.  Mary  Allen,  born  June  1st,  1833,  bap.  Sept.  15th,  1833  ;  is  a  sweet  singer ;  mar- 
ried 1866,  George  Glad  win,  the  artist. 

371.  "ERASTUS  CONE,"  to  church  Feb.  2d,  1812,  baptized  same  time, 
son  of  Joshua  and  his  wife,  Mehitable  (Blinn,)  of  Wethersfield.     He  was 
a  saddler  and  harness-maker;  learned  of  Abner  Clark;  married  Feb.  10th, 
1812,  No.  (364,)  both  dismissed  by  letter  of  recommendation,  A.  D.  1813, 
to  church  in  Simsbury ;  lived  in  Newark,  New  Jersey,  now,  1862,  living 
with  his  daughter,  Delia  La  Foy,  at  Madison,  New  Jersey.     He  was  born 
Jan.  25th,  1790,  at  New  Britain. 

THEIR    CHILDREN. 

1.  Thomas,  born  Jan.  3d,  1813,  at  Simsbury,  died  Sept.,  1815. 

2.  Thomas  B.,  born  Aug.  26th,  1814,  at  Simsbury. 

3.  Sophia,  born  Aug.  25th,  1816,  at  Simsbury. 

4.  Harriet  N.,  born  May  6th,  1819,  at  Middletown. 

5.  Adelia,  born  March  17th,  1821,  at  Middletown,  married  La  Foy. 

6.  Walter  North,  born  Oct.  13th,  1822,  at  Middletown. 

7.  Julia  Bid  well,  born  July  30th,  1824,  at  Newark,  New  Jersey. 

8.  Alexander  Gridley,  born  Dec.  16th,  1825,  at  Newark,  New  Jersey. 

9.  Margaret  Douglass,  bora  Oct.  16th,  1827,  at  Newark,  New  Jersey. 

10.  Edward  Tuttle,  born  March  llth,  1830,  at  Newark,  New  Jersey. 

11.  William,  born  April  20th,  1832,  at  Newark,  New  Jersey,  died  March,  1836. 

372.  "JASON  STEELE,"  to  church  Feb.  2d,  1812,  son  of  Ebenezer,  jun. 
and  his  wife,  No.  (225.)     He  was  her  eldest  son,  baptized  June  26th, 


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1791,  soon  after  birth;  was  an  interesting  young  man  and  Christian.    He 
died  1812,  as  a  soldier  of  the  United  States,  in  the  war  of  that  year. 

373.  "  JOHN  PENNFIELD,"  to  church  Feb.  2d,  1812,  son  of  No.  (237) 
and  Eunice  (Kelsey,)  his  wife,  bdrn  Oct.  18th,  1791,  married  March  12th, 
1815,  No.  (432  ;)  was  a  farmer  ;  lived  and  died  on  the  place  vacated  by 
the  death  of  his  brother,  Silas;  was  a  Christian  of  much  prayer  and  strong 
faith ;  was  illiterate  but  honest  and  earnest ;  he  lost  one  leg  by  the  fall  of 
a  tree,  endured  much  pain  and  suffering  of  body,  but  was  joyful  in  spirit. 
He  had  removed  his  connection  from  the  first  church  to  the  Methodist, 
about  1830,  and  our  watch  was  withdrawn  Dec.  1st,  1831.     No  doubt  the 
Methodist  church  was  more  agreeable  to  his  tastes  and  sympathies.     He 
died  July  15th,  1846,  aged  55. 

THEIR    CHILDREN. 

1 .  Eliza  Ann,  born  Jan.  16th,  1816,  bap.  May  19th,  1816 ;  never  married ;  eminently 
pious. 

2.  Jane  Maria,  born  Sept.  25th,  1818,  bap.  Nov.  15th,  1818,  married  Aug.  28th, 
1842,  George  Williams. 

3.  Burnham  H.,  born  April  3d,  1824,  bap.  Aug.  8th,  1824,  married  May  10th,  1846, 
Annette  Judd,  daughter  of  Amon.     He  was  killed  Jan.  25th,  1847,  aged  23,  by  running 
against  a  clothes  line. 

4.  Chester,  born  Aug.  21st,  1831,  married  Dec.  22d,  1850,  Sarah  Hamilton,  of 
Hartford. 

374.  "KiLBOURN  BATES,"  to  church  Feb.  2d,  1812,  son  of  David,  of 
Granville,  Mass,  and  his  wife,  Abigail  (Burt,)  born  Jan.  12th,  1793;  was 
an  apprentice  to  Oliver  Stanley,  in  the  tanning  and  shoe-making  business; 
married  May  4th,  1814,  Rhoda  Booth,  daughter  of  Elisha,  jun.  and  Mary 
(Steele,)  his  wife,  born  Oct.  17th,  1792,  died  July  28th,  1818,  by  drowning 
in  a  pool  of  water,  aged  26.     He  married  second,  Isabel  Hall,  of  Blan- 

-  ford,  Mass. 

THEIR    CHILDREN. 

1.  David,  born  ,  married  Elizabeth  Ripley. 

2.  Catharine,  bora  ,  died  Jan.  14th,  1856,  aged  38. 

375.  «  Widow   REBECCA  MATHER,"  to  church  April  5th,  1812,  born 
May  30th,  1769,  to  Ebenezer  Steele  and  his  wife,  No.  (148,)  married 
June  19th,  1781,  Cotton  Mather,  son  of  No.   (138)  and  No.  (139,)  born 
Sept.  2d,  1771.     He  was  a  heavy,  robust  man,  but  of  dissipated  habits. 
He  lived  near  his  father^at  the  foot  of  "  Osgood  Hill ;"  died  July  25th, 
1807,  aged  43.    At  the  funeral,  while  the  body  was  being  conveyed  with 
a  bier  on  men's  shoulders,  the  frame  or  bier  broke,  the  coffin  parted  as  it 
fell,  and  the  body  rolled  out  upon  the  ground.     She  died  June  3d,  1813, 
aged  38,  of  consumption. 

THEIR   CHILDREN. 

1.  Cyprian,  born  May  30th,  1792,  married  Jan.  18th,  1814,  No.  (341.) 

2.  Elenor,  born  July  9th,  1794. 


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3.  Hunnah,  born  Aug.  1st,  1796,  married  Sept.  14th,  1818,  William  Morgan;  she 
died  May  16th,  1851. 

4.  Rebecca,  born  Feb.  16th,  1799,  married  May  13th,  1822,  Norman  0.  Smith. 

5.  Thomas,  born  June  5th,  1800,  married  Aug.  14th,  1820,  Susanna  Hungerford, 
of  Harwinton,  daughter  of  Tertius  and  Ruth  (Cook,)  his  wife,  born  Aug.  12th,  1801. 

6.  Alonzo,  born  May  9th,  1802,  died  May  10th,  1802,  aged  one  day. 

376.  "  WILLIAM  BASSETT,"  to  church  April  5th,  1812,  baptized  same 
time,  son  of  Cornelius  and  his  wife,  Chloe  (Smith,)  daughter  of  Samuel, 
born  Jan.  19th,  1795,  married  April  23d,  1823,  Polly  Judd,  daughter  of 
No.  (435)  and  No.  (436,)  born  Dec.  15th,  1795 ;  she  died  June  26th, 
1837,  aged  42,  when  he  married  second,  June  3d,  1838,  No.  (882.)     He 
was  a  wagon-maker  by  trade ;  learned  of  Henry  North  ;  built  on  the  site 
of  William  A.  Churchill's  residence ;   had  his  shop  where  Churchill  and 
Stanley's  jewelry  shop  stands-    He  sold  to  Churchill,  and  built  on  West 
Main  street,  the  house  now,  1866,  owned  and  occupied  by  A.  P.  Collins. 
He  sold  out  and  moved  to  Simsbury,  where  he  died  Dec.  21st,  1860 ;  he 
to  South  church,  1842. 

THEIR   CHILDREK. 

1.  Charles,  born  Feb.  26th,  1824. 

2.  Mary  Smith,  born  Dec.  13th,  1825,  see  No.  (9*1-) 

3.  Jennie  Maria,  born  Dec.  10th,  1832,  married  June  2d,  1857,  Frederic  Hart,  of 
Salmon. 

SECOND  WIFE'S  CHILDREN. 

4.  Dwight  Evans,  born  April  17th,  1839,  married  July,  1861,  Susan  Hutchins,  of 
Canton. 

5.  Marcelon  Cornelius,  born  Aug.  20th,  1844. 

6.  Eugene  Selden,  born  Oct.  2d,  1846,  died,  aged  sixteen  months. 

7.  William  Clark,  born  June  29th,  1850,  died  Nor.  21st,  1850,  aged  five  months. 

8.  Walter  Clark,  born  Aug.  19th,  1852. 

377.  "  SUSANNA,  wife  of  Josiah  Steele,"  to  church  June  7th,  1812;  her 
maiden  name,  Lewis ;  she  was  from  Oxford,  Conn.;  they  lived  on  "  Horse 
Plain,"  near  Capt.  Lemuel  Hotchkiss'  saw-mill  and  iron  works ;  he  was  a 
blacksmith ;  was  in  hard  service  in  the  war  of  the  Revolution  ;  compactly 
built  and  of  great  endurance,  he  enlisted  into  the  Revolutionary  army 
April  20th,  1777,  for  three  years;  had  £10  bounty;  he  died  March  25th, 
1825,  aged  68.     She  was  a  kind-hearted,  good  woman;  buffeted  the  storms 
of  adversity  bravely,  and  died  July  31st,  1821. 

THEIR   CHILDREN. 

1.  Josiah,  jun.,  born  Feb.  9th,  1778,  married  Nov.  5th,  1798,  No.  (445.) 

2.  Allen,  born  Nov.  23d,  1779,  married  July  29th,  1799,  No.  C307.) 

3.  Susanna,  born  ,  married  No.  (308,)  and  married  second,  Oct.  16th,  1828, 
George  Daniels. 

4.  Sybil,  born  Oct.  21st,  1782,  married  April  9th,  1799,  Nathaniel  Carrington,  of 
Farmington,  son  of  David. 

5.  Avery,  born  ,  married  Polly  Rugg ;  married  second,  Jerusha  Williams. 


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6.  Levi,  born  ,  married  Nov.  23d,  1811,  Betsey  Gilbert;  he  died  Aug.  5th, 
1829,  by  suicide. 

7.  Sabra,  bora  ,  married  April  12th,  1805,  see  No.  (316.) 

8.  Amon,  bora  ,  married  Electa  Curtiss,  daughter  of  Amos. 

9.  Cynthia,  born  .married  Feb.  23d,  1817,  James  Hull,  of  Isaac  and  Eunice 
(Carrington.)  f 

10.  George,  born  ,  bap.  June  21st,  1812,  married  Jan.  llth,  1824,  Lucina  Bel* 

•den,  of  John ;  he  died  July  8th,   1837,  when  she  married  second,  Noble  Andrus,  o 
Farmington  and  Bristol. 

378.  "  CAROLINE,  wife  of  John  Andrews,"  to  church  June  7th,  1812, 
baptized  same  time,  born  Feb.  1st,  1769,  to  Jesse  Bronson,  of  Kensing- 
ton, and  his  wife,  Abigail  (Allen,)  married  March  16th,  1800,  No.  (197 ;) 
she  possessed  a  happy  turn  of  mind,  took  great  delight  in  the  ordinances 
of  the  gospel,  and  means  of  grace  ;  died  Dec.  25th,  1846,  aged  77 ;  her 
mother  is  No.  (708.) 

379.  "JERUSHA  MATHER,"  to  church  June  7th,  1812,  daughter  of  No. 
(217)  and  No.  (207,)  born  May  10th,  1793,  married  May  15th,  1827, 
No.  (773 ;)  she  was  a  tailoress  by  trade,  very  industrious,  intelligent  and 
discreet;  died  Oct.  17th,  1838,  aged  45  ;  left  no  posterity. 

380.  "BuLAH  HART,"  to  church  Aug.  2d,  1812,  by  letter  from  the 
church  in  Simsbury,  baptized  May  18th,  1783;  never  married;  died  at 
Simsbury;  she  was  daughter  of  No.  (174)  and  No.  (224.) 

381.  "  NORMAN  WOODRUFF,"  to  church  Oct.  4th,  1812,  baptized  same 
time,  son  of  Gad  and  his  wife,  Sarah  (Loomis,)  born  Nov.  6th,  1790,  mar- 
ried March  19th,  1813,  No.  (557;)  a  brass-founder  by  trade;  his  house 
stood  where  now,  1861,  Dr.  L.  Woodruff's  stands,  on  Main  street;  his 
shop  back  of  the  house,  where  he  was  largely  engaged  in  manufacturing 
brass  goods.     His  present  residence,  1866,  is  in  Plainville,  with  his  son, 
John.     He  was  dismissed  July  23d,  1815,  to  the  church  in  Lenox,  Mass., 
but  subsequently  returned  viz.  Feb.  2d,  1823,  by  letter  of  recommendation 
from  that  church,  with  his  wife.     He  was  a  tall  man,  of  serious  turn,  and 
sober  demeanor,  but  honest  and  generous.     He  and  wife  South  church, 
1842. 

THEIR   CHILDREN. 

1.  Sarah,  bora  Dec.  21st,  1813,  bap.  March  20th,  1814,  see  No.  (670.) 

2.  Almira,  borfl  Feb.  2d,  1816,  see  No.  (927.) 

3.  Betsey,  bora  May  19th,  1818,  married  Oct.  8th,  1838,  No.  (861.) 

4.  Maria,  bora  May  5th,  1820,  married  June  3d,  1842,  No.  (862.) 

5.  John,  bora  May  llth,  1823,  bap.  Aug.  24th,  1823,  married  Sept.  23d,  1851, 
Sarah  Stowe. 

6.  James,  born  April  26th,  1827,  bap.  Sept.  16th,  1827,  married  Dec.  14th,  1854, 
Clara  R.  Clapp. 

7.  Mary,  born  March  14th,  1830,  died  April  2d,  1830. 

8.  Norman,  bora  Feb.  7th,  1834,  bap.  July  llth,  1834,  died  Aug.  12th,  1834. 

382.  "  BENJAMIN  CADWELL,"  to  church  Oct.  4th,  1812,  baptized  same 
time ;  he  was  an  apprentice  of  James  Booth,  jun.,  at  the  business  of  tan- 


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ning  and  shoe-making ;  came  from  the  town  of  Durham,  Conn. ;  kept  the 
turnpike  gate  on  the  Middletown  and  Berlin  road,  on  the  west  side  of  the 
parish,  where  he  died,  of  consumption,  Jan.  9th,  1818,  aged  27.  He  mar- 
ried Feb.  loth,  1813,  Roxana  Hamblin,  of  Farmington,  daughter  of  Phin- 
eas  and  his  wife,  Rhoda  (Andrus,)  born  Oct.  3d,  1793  ;  she  died  March 
3d,  1849,  aged  56,  at  Wethersfield.  He  adorned  his  profession  by  a  lowly 
walk. 

THEIR   CHILDREN. 

1.  Adelia,  born  May  24th,  1814,  bap.  July  10th,  1814,  married  Feb.  14th,  1836, 
William  Taylor,  a  machinist  and  instructor  of  convicts  at  Connecticut  State  Prison,  at 
Wethersfield;  he  died  May  1st,  1853;  she  resides  in  Hartford,  1860. 

2.  Benjamin,  born  June,   1817,  bap.  Sept.  23d,  1817,  died  March  23d,  1818,  aged 
nine  months. 

383.  "  OLIVE,  wife  of  Cyprian  Hart,"  to  church  Dec.  6th,  1812,  daugh- 
ter of  James  Whedon  and  his  wife,  Dinah,  of  North  Branford,  born  June 
20th,  1765 ;  he  came  into  this  place  to  run  Deacon  Hart's  mill,  and  lived 
near  it ;  he  was  son  of  Lieut.  Noadiah  and  Lucy  (Hurlbut,)  his  wife,  born 
May  23d,  1772,  at  Kensington  ;  they  lived  several  years  where  now, 
1862,  Silas  Wright  does,  on  the  "Mountain  Lake  road;"  he  died  July  5th, 
1843  ;  she  died  June  17th,  1846 ;  she  was  dismissed  by  letter  from  this 
church  Sept.  5th,  1819,  but  our  records  previous  and  up  to  that  date  never 
say  where  dismissed  to. 

THEIR    CHILDREN. 

1.  Truman,  born  June  llth,  1793,  married  July  4th,  1815,  Laura  Lewis  Steele, 
daughter  of  Josiah,jun. 

2.  Noadiah,  born  April  16th,  1795. 

3.  Bera,  bom  March  31st,  1797,  married  May  6th,  1819,  Mary,  daughter  of  Samuel 
Whaples ;  live  in  St.  Lawrence  county,  New  York. 

4.  James  Griffing,  born  April  19th,  1799. 

5.  Leander  Sidney,  born  Aug.  10th,  1801,  m.  Aug.  23d,  1824,  Emeline  Thompson ; 
married  second,  Electa,  daughter  of  Solomon  Humphrey. 

6.  Percy,  born  June  17th,  1805,  died  April  3d,  1809,  aged  four  years. 

7.  Ordelia,  born  Jan.  17th,  1808,  died  April  4th,  1809,  and  both  buried  in  one  grave. 

384.  "PRUDENCE,  wife  of  John  Clark,"  to  church  Feb.  7th,  1813,  by 
letter  from  the  first  church  in  Farmington,  daughter  of  Joshua  Woodruff, 
of  Farmington,  and  his  wife,  Prudence  (Curtiss,)  born  Aug.  3d,  1793, 
married  Aug.  26th,  1812  ;  he  son  of  Abel  and  his  wife,  Abigail  (Judd,) 
born  March  20th,  1787  j  he  was  a  farmer  and  butcher;  lived  on  the  old 
Clark  home  of  his  father  and  grand-father,  where  now,  1862,  Omri  North 
owns  and  resides,  at  the  foot  of  "  Clark  Hill."     He  established  the  first 
"  meat  market"  in  the  village,  and  it  stood  on  or  near  John  Stanley's  gar- 
den, by  the  railroad.     In  several  respects  she  is  an  extraordinary  woman, 
having  passed  through  peculiar  vicissitudes  in  life ;  was  bedrid  several 
years,  and  helpless;  recovered  and  is  healthy  now,  1863,  and  has  been 


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many  years  ;  has  a  great  gift  of  prayer  and  exhortation,  and  feels  called 
of  God  to  travel  as  a  missionary.  She  left  our  church  for  the  Methodist 
communion,  as  being  more  congenial  with  her  views  and  emotions.  He 
died  Jan.  25lh,  1835,  aged  48.  She  was  admitted  to  Farmington  church, 
August,  1808. 

THEIE    CHILDREN. 

1.  Jane,  bom  Nov.  14th,  1813,  bap.  Feb.  13th,  1814,  died  Feb.  17th,  1818,  of  can- 
ker rash,  aged  four  years. 

2.  Matilda,  born  Oct.  24th,  1815,  bap.  March  10th,  1816,  see  No.  (703.) 

3.  George,  born  June  20th,  1817,  bap.  Aug.  4th,  1817,  married  Jan.  16th,  1845, 
Sarah  E.  Castlon,  of  Georgia;  he  died  July  15th,  1845,  at  Macon,  Georgia,  aged  28. 

4.  Abel  Newel,  born  June  12th,  1819,  bap.  Oct.  17th,  1819,  married  April  27th, 
1840,  Emily  I.  Braddock  ;  he  died  at  Hartford,  March  25th,  1867,  in  his  48th  year,  of 
cancer ;  was  editor  of  the  Courant. 

5.  John  Woodruff,  born  July  3d,  1822,  bap.  Oct.  25th,   1822,  married  April  7th, 
1858,  Caroline  Beckley. 

6.  Jane  Louisa,  born  Oct.  2d,  1827,  bap.  April  6th,  1828,  married  March  2d,  1845, 
Dem  ing  W.  Sexton. 

7.  Mary  Prudence,  bora  Nov.  2d,  1830,  died  May  21st,  1834,  aged  three. 

8.  Ellen,  born  Dec.  2d,  1833,  married  April  16th,  1856,  Cornelius  Everest,  of  Rev. 
C.  B.  Everest. 

385.  "  MINERVA  LEE,"  to  church  April  4th,  1813,  daughter  of  No. 
(356)  and  No.  (357,)  born  April  22d,  1798,  married  Sept.  8th,  1818,  No. 
(954 ;)  she  taught  school,  both  day  and  Sabbath  school ;  was  teacher  in 
the  first  Sabbath  school  in  the  town  or  county,  in  the  spring  of  1816 ;  in- 
tellectual and  energetic,  an  ornament  to  her  sex  and  the  church. 

386.  "  BETSEY,  wife  of  Isaac  Lee,"  to  church  May  9th,  1813,  by  letter 
from  the  church  of  Christ  in  New  Hartford ;  she  was  daughter  of  Major 
Peter  Curtiss,  of  Farmington,  of  Revolutionary  memory,  and  the  widow  of 
David  Lusk,  of  New  Britain.     She  married  second,  Oct.  29th,  1812,  No. 
(168  ;)  her  first  husband  had  died  July  6th,  1793;  he  was  son  of  David, 
senior,  and  his  wife,  Prudence  (Hurlburt,)  and  they  lived  in  the  valley 
back  of  "  Dublin  Hill."     She  died  Aug.  lyt,  1828,  aged  64. 

HEB   CHILDREN    BY    FIRST   HUSBAND. 

1 .  Laura,  born  ,  married  Eli  Wood,  of  Windsor. 

2.  Austria,  bora  ,  married  Asahel  Crow,  of  New  Hartford. 

3.  Solomon,  bora  1790,  married  Nov.  25th,  1809,  No.  (880.) 

387.  "Wife  of  Allen  Francis,"  to  church  June  6th,  1813 — her  maiden 
name,  Esther  Judd,- daughter  of  Heman,   of  Farmington,  and  his  wife 
Anna  (Goodrich,)  born  Feb.  14th,   1771.     She  married,  first,  Timothy 
Hotchkiss,  of  Wethersfield,  a  hatter  by  trade ;  was  divorced,  and  mar- 
ried, second,  May  12th,  1797,  Allen,  son  of  Josiah   Francis,  of  Newing- 
ton,  and  his  wife  Milly  (Stoddard,)  born  Oct.  23d,  1760.     They  lived  in 
Hart  quarter,  next  house  north  of  "  Landlord  Hart."     She  died  April 
9th,  1836,  aged  64.     He  died  Feb.  15th,  1850,  aged  89. 


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HER    CHILD   BY   FIRST    HUSBAND. 

1.  William  Frederick  Hotchkiss,  son  of  Timothy  and  Esther,  born  Jan.  1st,  1793  ; 
he  died,  1829,  at  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 

CHILDREN    BY    SECOND    HUSBAND. 

1.  Bernard,  Josiah,  born  Oct.  9th,  1798,  served  a  clerkship  with  William  H.  Imlay, 
of  Hartford,  as  a  merchant ;  he  died  in  New  Orleans. 

2.  Edwin  Judd,  born  April  22d,  1808,  married  Sept.  14th,  1825,  No.  (709.) 

3.  Sarah  Wells,  bora  ,  bap.  Nov.  28th,  1813,  died  young.    All  baptized  same 
date. 

388.  "CANDACE,  wife  of  Solomon  Churchill,  jun.,"  to  church  April 
2d,  1815,  by  letter  from  church  in  Worthington,  daughter  of  Hooker  Gil- 
bert, and  his  wife  Candace  (Sage,)  born  July  12th,  1791,  married  Dec. 
1st,  1812;  he  was  son  of  Solomon,  sen.,  No.  (240,)  and  his  wife,  No. 
(241,)  born  Oct.  20th,  1791 ;  he  was  a  tinman  by  trade,  learned  of  Enoch 
Kelsey  ;  lived  in  various  localities.     She  was  dismised  by  letter  June  loth, 
1817.     She  died  June  9th,  1835.     He  died  May  llth,  1834,  aged  43. 

THEIR    CHILDREN.  '  "  .**' 

1.  Laura,  born  Dec.  26th,  1813,  bap.  March  20th,   1814,  married  Giles  Colvin, 
who  died  in  1835,  in  Indiana,  see  No.  (753.) 

2.  William,  born  Jan.  6th,  1816,  bap  June  9th,  1816,  married  Sarah  Ann  Sedg- 
wick. 

3.  Sarah,  born  May  10th,  1818,  married  Sylvester  Elton. 

4.  Emeline,  born  Sept.  16th,  1821,  married  I.  Bradley  Elton. 

5.  Gilbert,  born  Sept.  10th,  1824,  died  in  Illinois. 

6.  Cyrus,  born  Dec.  llth,  1826. 

389.  "  BETSEY  PENNFIELD,"  to  church  Aug.  6th,  1815,  daughter  of 
No.  (237,)  born  April  13th,  1793,  married  Feb.  6th,  1820,  Enos  Penn- 
field,  son  of  Jesse,  of  Plymouth,  Ct, ;  he  died  at  Clarkson,  Dec.  23d,  1833, 
and  she  married,  second,  April,  1835,  Deacon  Joseph  Langdon,  of  Sugar 
Grove,  Pa.,  where  she  lived  in  1860,  or  at  Russellburg.     Her  second 
husband  is  also  dead.     She  WP.S  dismissed  by  letter  to  Camden,  N.  Y., 
Feb.  6th,  1820.     She  died  at  Warren,  Pa.,  Jan.  3d,  1866,  aged  72. 

390.  "  DIADAMA  STEELE,"  to  church  Aug.  6th,  1815,  baptized  same 
time,  daughter  of  No.  (852)  and  No.  (853,)  born  Oct.  6th,  1798,  married 
Feb.  8th,  1821,  Abraham  W.  Neal,  of  Southington,  and  she  was  dismissed 
by  letter  to  church  in  Southington,  March  3d,  1822,  and  received  there 
April  21st,  1822.     He  was  an  extensive  wagon  maker,  formerly  at  the 
"  South  end. '     She  died  May,  1854,  aged  55. 

THEIR   CHILDREN. 

1.  Salman,  born  ,  bap.  Aug.  4th,  1822,  at  Southington. 

2.  Henry,  born  ,  bap.  June  27th,  1824,  at  Southington. 

3.  Hiram,  born  ,  bap.  May  29th,  1831,  at  Southington. 

4.  Diadamia  Maria,  born  ,  bap.  Aug.  23d,  1825,  at  Southington. 


256  FIRST     CHURCH 

391.  "URSULA,  wife  of  Newton  Skinner,"  to  church  Aug.  6th,  1815; 
her  maiden  name,  Wolcott,  daughter  of  Samuel  and  Jerusha  his  wife, 
born  Nov.  17th,  1788, at  East  Windsor;  to  this  church,  as  above,  by  let- 
ter from  the  First  church  in  that  town;  married  May  10th,   1815,  Rev. 
Newton  Skinner,  son  of  Roswell,  of  East  Granby,  and  his  wife   Mary 
(Gay,)  born  Oct.  10th,  1782,  graduated  at  Yale,  1804,  settled  as  colleague 
with  Dr.  Smalley,  Feb.  14th,  1810.     He  bought  the  house,  soon  after  his 
marriage,  on  the  corner  of  East  and  Smalley  streets,  and  it  has  retained 
his  name  to  this  day.     She  was  a  woman  of  grave  deportment,  strong 
mind  and  great  economy.     He  died  March  31st,  1825,  aged  42,  of  malig- 
nant fever.    She  was  dismissed  and  recommended  to  Centre  church,  Hart- 
ford, in  1832. 

THEIR    CHILDREN. 

1.  Mary  Gay,  born  Feb.  14th,  1818,  bap.  March  29th,  1818,  married  Liver- 
more. 

2.  Samuel  Wolcott,  born  June  19th,  1820,  bap.  Aug.  27th,  1820,  a  physician  at 
Windsor  Locks. 

3.  Ann  Grant,  born  Aug.  23d,  1823,  bap.  Oct.  12th,  1823. 

392.  «  LUCY,  wife  of  Ethan  A.  Andrews,"  to  church  Aug.  6th,  1815, 
by  letter  from  the  First  church  in  Farmington,  daughter  of  Col.  Isaac 
Cowles,  of  Farmington,  and  his   wife  Lucina   (Hooker,)  baptized  June 
14th,  1795,  by  Rev.  Mr.  Washburn,  and  to  church  in   Farmington,  Oct. 
4th,  J807,  married  Dec.  19th,  1810,  No.  (464,)  and  were  both  dismissed, 
Feb.  5th,  1832,  and  recommended  to  the  Third  church  in  New  Haven ; 
She  was  received  again  to  our  communion  Feb.  5th,  1860,  by  letter  from 
South  church,  New  Britain. 

393.  "SARAH,  wife  of  Simeon  Lincoln,"  to  church  Oct.  22d,  1815,  by 
letter  from  church  in  Wolcott,  daughter  of  No.  (1)  and  No.  (96,)   born 
June   19th,  1773,  baptized  July  25th,  1773,  married   Oct.  22d,  1792, 
Rev.  Israel  B.  Woodard,  of  Wolcott,  son  of  Israel,  of  Watertown,  and 
his  wife  Abigail  (Stoddard,)  born  1767,  graduated  at  Yale  1789,  studied 
theology  with  Dr.  Smalley,  settled  at  Wolcott,  and  died  October,  1810, 
aged  43.     She  married,  second,  1814,  Simeon  Lincoln  ;  was  occasionally 
partially  insane.     After  the  death  of  Mr.  Lincoln,  she  lived  at  the  old 
house  of  Dr.  Smalley  and  Deacon  Whittlesey.     She  died  Oct.  22d,  1843, 
aged  70.     She  left  no  posterity ;  was  the  3d  wife  of  Mr.  Lincoln. 

394.  "ELISHA  S.  LEWIS,"  to  church  Dec.  3d,  1815,  by  letter  from 
Farmington  church.     He  was  a  joiner  by  trade,  and  learned  of  Capt. 
Selah  Porter,  of  Farmington;  married  Oct.  16th,  1814,  No.  (455,)  lived 
on  "  Horse  Plain  "  next  north  of  the  Capt.  Hotchkiss   place.     Both  dis- 
missed June  30th,  1822,  and  recommended  to  the  church  in  Camden,  N. 
Y.     He  was  a  native  of  Plymouth,  Ct.,  and  a  man  of  singular  eccentric- 
ities ;  he  died  near  Pittsburg,  Pa. 


OP    NEW     BRITAIN.  257 

THEIR   CHILDREN. 

1.  Marinda,  born  ,  married  in  Pennsylvania. 

2.  Mary  Ann,  bora  ,  died  near  Pittsburg. 

3.  James  Wells,  born 

4.  Jane  Eliza,  born 

5.  Lucy  Maria,  bom 

395.  ELIZABETH,  wife  of  Solomon    Clark,"  to  church  March    17th, 
1816,  daughter  of  Elijah  Smith,  sen.,  and  his  wife  Sarah  (Grimes,)  bap. 
March  23d,  1760,  married  June  3d,  1784,  No.  (434.)    She  died  Oct.  7th, 
1823,  aged  64. 

396.  "  BETSEY,  wife  of  Seth  J.  North,"  to  church  March  17th,  1816, 
daughter  of  No.  (115)  and  No.  (125,)  born  July  17th,  1780,  married 
Sept.  27th,  1801,  No.  (449 ;)  greatly  resembles  in  mind,  form  and  man- 
ners her  mother.     Still  (A.  D.  1861)  living  with  her  son  Frederick,  and 
retaining  much  of  the  freshness,  vigor  and  vicacity  of  forty,  while  she  is 
over  eighty  ;  to  South  church  1842.     After  this  was  written  (Aug.  1861,) 
she  was  suddenly  partially  deranged,  and  was  taken  to  the  Retreat  at 
Hartford,  where  now  (Dec.  1861,)  she  remains.     She  died  there  Aug. 
28th,  1862,  aged  82  ;  the  last  of  Col.  Gad  Stanley's  family. 

397.  "  LUCINA,  wife  of  Jesse   Hart,"  to  church  March   17th,  1816, 
daughter  of  Asa  Cowdry,  of  Hartland,  Ct.,  and  his  wife  Abigail  (Ensign,) 
born  Sept.  17th,  1788,  married  April  5th,  1810.  No.  (430.) 

398.  "  ESTHER  DEWY,"  to  church  March  17th,  1816,  daughter  of  No. 
(179)  and  No.  (157,)  born  1788,  never  married ;   baptized  March   30th, 
1788 ;  died  March  7th,  1852,  aged  64 ;  has  a  head  stone  in  the  old  part 
of  the  cemetery.    She  had  removed  her  church  connection  to  Harwinton, 
and  returned  Aug.  7th,  1825  ;  to  South  church  1842. 

399.  "ANNA  CLARK,"  to  church  March   17th,  1816,  daughter  of  No.. 
(434)  and  No.  (395,)  was  baptised  on  admission  to  church  ;  born  March 
20th,  1790;  never  married,  lives  much  of  her  time  with  her  sister,  No. 
(724.) 

400.  BETSEY  BURRITT,"  to  church  March   17th,   1816,  daughter  of 
Elihu,  and  No.  (29^0,)  born  July  22d,  1796,  bap.  Nov.  2d,  1800.     Betsey 
Hinsdale,  married  Aug.  24th,  1829,  Hezekiah  Seymour,  of  Hartford,  son 
of  Joseph  W.,  and  his   wife  Lovisa  (Warner,)   born  Oct.  29th,   1788. 
They  lived  several  years  in  the  Burritt  house,  on  the  "  Hinsdale  Lot," 
then  built  a  cottage  on  Elm  street.     He  was  an  Episcopalian,  and  she 
joined  that  communion  with  him. 

THEIR   CHILDREN. 

1.  Infant,  born  Feb.  20th,  1831,  died  without  a  name. 

2.  Henry  Griswold,  born  May  5th,  1832,  died  May  20th,  1853,  aged  21 ;  an  inter- 
esting young  man,  and  their  only  earthly  prop  and  hope. 

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258  FIRST    CHURCH 

401.  "  CHAUNCET  CORNWALL,"  to  church  March  17th,  1816,  son  of 
No.  (296)  and  No.  (297,)  born  Sept.  22d,  1795,  married  July  15th,  1819, 
No.  (404;)  built  west  side  South  Green,  house  now  (1861)  owned  and 
occupied  by  Charles  Warner,  and  his  brass  shop  was  the  present  dwelling 
house  of  Henry  Nash,  Esq.  He  carried  on  the  manufacture  of  brass 
goods  extensively  for  several  years.  He  was  appointed  deacon  in  1837, 
and  served  the  First  Church  in  that  capacity  until  July  5th,  1842;  then 
to  south  church.  He  was  one  of  the  early  teachers  and  laborers  in  the 
Sunday  school  cause,  a  constant  and  faithful  attendant  on  the  ordinances 
of  the  Gospel  and  the  means  of  grace.  He  unfortunately  lost  part  of 
one  hand  by  a  circular  saw,  and  he  also  grew  somewhat  deaf  in  later  life. 
He  died  Sept  18th,  1863,  aged  68,  of  consumption. 

»  THEIR   CHILDREN. 

1.  Jane  Adeline,  born  July  8th,  1820,  bap.  Sept.  3d,  1820,  married  No.  (915.) 

2.  Francis  Edwards,  born  Sept.  29th,  1822,  bap.  March  9th,  1823,  No.  (799.) 

3.  Sarah  Gilbert,  born  Aug.  3d,  1824,  bap.  Oct.  3d,  1824,  see  No.  (935.) 

4.  Julia  Ann,  born  NOT.  9th,  1827,  married  Sept.  4th,  1849,  William  S.  Booth ; 
she  died  March  31st,  1855. 

5.  Elizabeth  Augusta,  born  May  19th,  1830,  bap.  Aug.  22d,  1830,  married  June, 
1850,  Henry  F.  Peck. 

6.  Ellen  Sophia,  bora  Feb.  25th,  1833,  bap.  June  2d,  1833,  married  Oct.  20th, 
1853,  Leverett  L.  Camp. 

7.  Charles  Henry,  born  April  10th,  1836,  bap.  1836;  is,  1862,  Captain  of  Com- 
pany A,  13th  regiment  C.  V.,  and  was  successor  of  Capt.  Bidwell,  who  was  discharged 
at  New  Orleans. 

402.  JOHN  EELLS,"  to  church  Oct.  6th,  1816,  by  letter  from  the  church 
in  Stockbridge,  born  July  20th,  1753,  to  Rev.  Edward,  of  upper  Middle- 
town,  and  his  wife  Martha  (Pitkin,)  married  March  3d,  1773,  Elizabeth 
Lord,  of  Middletown  ;  she  bore  his  children  and  died,  when  he  married, 
second,  Oct.  12th,  1806,  Rachel,  daughter  of  No.  (113)  and  No.  (114,) 
born  March  20th,  1761,  married  March  12th,  1792,  Capt.  Eleazur  Curtiss, 
son  of  Daniel,  born  Sept.  3d,  1754;  he  died  July  19th,  1796,  aged  42, 
when  she  married,  second,  as  above.  Mr.  Eells  was  a  weaver  by  trade 
and  occupation;  lived  on  the  "  New  Highway"  leading  to  Hartford  from 
"  Stanley  quarter."  He  was  dismissed,  Nov.  14th,  1821,  by  letter  to 
Lenox,  Mass.,  where  he  died,  Nov.  3d,  1840,  aged  87.  She  also  died 
there,  Nov.  16th,  1835,  aged  74. 

HIS    CHILDREN. 

1.  Lydia,  born  July  19th,  1774,  died  Sept.  27th,  1791. 

2.  Martha,  born  Dec.  6th,  1775,  died  Dec.  28th,  1791. 

3.  Elizabeth,  born  Aug.  6th,  1777. 

4.  John,  jun.,  bora  May  llth,  1780,  died  Oct.  17th,  1826. 

5.  Patience,  born  Feb.  14th,  1782,  died  Feb.  8th,  1807. 

6.  Hannah,  born  Oct.  22d,  1784,  died  Nov.  28th,  1791. 

7.  Erastus,  born  July  21st,  1790,  died  Aug.  16th,  1791. 


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• 

403.  "Lucy,  wife  of  Jesse  Stanley,"  to  church  Oct.  6th,  1816,  by  let- 
ter from  the  church  of  Christ  in  Farmington,  daughter  of  Joseph  White, 
of  Whitestown,  N.  Y.,  and  his  wife  Lucy  (Buckley,)  of  Wethersfield, 
born  July  22d,  1785  ;  to  church  in  Farmington,  1807,  by  letter  from 
Whitesborough,  N.  Y.  ;  married,  first,  Oman  Clark,  of  Farmington,  who 
died,  when  she  married,  second,  as  above,  May  1st,  1816.  She  was  dis- 
missed, 1842,  by  letter  of  recommendation  to  Farmington  church.  Mr. 
Stanley  had  a  previous  wife,  viz.,  Almira,  daughter  of  No.  (168)  and  No. 
(154,)  born  July  17th,  1780,  married  Sept.  27th,  1801,  died  Sept.  29th, 
1815,  aged  35.  Mr.  Stanley's  first  wife  was  a  most  amiable  and  benevo- 
lent woman,  but  in  feeble  health,  and  lost  all  her  children  in  infancy.  He 
was  a  very  successful  farmer,  and  lived  where  now,  1862,  Thomas  Tracy 
owns  and  resides,  the  house  built  by  Thomas  Stanley,  4th,  (son  of  Thomas, 
3d,  and  brother  of  Lot.)  This  Thomas,  4th,  married  Anna  Fords,  of 
Wethersfield,  who  died  1787,  leaving  two  children,  when  he  married,  sec- 
ond, Mixanda  Nott,  and  had  twelve  children  by  her.  She  died  1851,  at 
Marietta,  Ohio,  where  the  family  moved  to  from  here,  1787. 

CHILDREN    OF   ORNAN    CLARK   AND    HIS    WIPE    LUCY    (WHITB.J 

1.  Henry  White,  bora  Feb.  23d,  1807,  at  Farmington,  see  No.  (628.; 

2.  Sarah,  bora  July  18th,  1809,  see  No.  (712.) 

JESSE  STANLEY'S  CHILDREN  BY  ALMIBA. 

1.  Philip,  bora  Nov.  4th,  1802,  died  Sept.  2d,  1803. 

2.  Philip,  2d  of  name,  bora  Nov.  30th,  1804,  died  May  31st,  1805. 

3.  George,  bom  Nov.  1st,  1807,  died  April  2d,  1808. 

4.  Waldo,  bora  March  8th,  1811,  died  April  9th,  1811. 

5.  Son  born  Jan.  16th,  1814,  died  without  a  name. 

6.  daughter  born  Sept.  llth,  1815,  died  without  a  name. 

HIS    CHILDREN    BY    LUCY. 


I  \  .win,  bo™  Marco  «*.  ,8,8,  }  ^$«*™^%S,  „  No.  (844., 
9.  Margaret,  bora  Nov.  26th,  1820,  bap.  May  13th,  1821,  see  No.  (843.) 
10.  Oliver  Cromwell,  bora  Feb.  23d,  1823,  bap.  June  15th,  1S23,  married  Oct.  13th, 
1847,  No.  (1027.)     The  father,  Jesse  Stanley,  died  Aug.  19th,  1827,  aged  48.     Lucy', 
his  widow,  died  April  13th,  1863,  at  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  in  her  78th  year,  but  buried  in 
New  Britain  cemetery. 

404.  "MART  COSSLETT,"  to  church  Jan.  26th,  1817,  daughter  of  Fran- 
cis, and  No.  (636,)  born  Nov.  3d,  1791,  baptized  (Mary  Goodrich)  June 
28th,  1801,  by  Rev.  J.  Belden,  at  Newington  ;  married  July  15th,  1818, 
No.  (401  ;)  a  discreet,  worthy  woman,  of  great  diligence  and  firm  Chris- 
tian principles;  to  South  church  1842. 

405.  "  ESTHER  HART,"  to  church  Jan.  26th,  1817,  daughter  of  No. 
(131)  and  No.  (132,)  born  March  5th,  1798,  married  March  16th,  1819, 
Edwin  Gridley,  of  Southington.     She  was  dismissed  by  letter  and  re- 
ceived there  Dec.  5th,  1819.     He  was  born  June  21st,  1797,  to  Noah  of 


260  FIRST     CRUBCH 

Southington,  and  his  wife  Luana  (Andrus,)  of  Josiah.     He  was  a  farmer, 
and  died  October  3d,  1852,  aged  55. 

THEIB   CHILDREN. 

1.  Levi  Andrus,  born  July  15th,  1820,  married  April  13th,  1842,  Rosanna  Dunham  ; 
he  died  June  13th,  1844. 

2.  Marietta,  born  June  14th,  1823,  died  Dec.  19th,  1825. 

3.  Infant,  born  April  26th,  1827,  died  April  26th,  1827. 

4.  Ellen  Eliza,  born  Jan.  10th,  1830,  died  Jan.  19th,  1842,  aged  12  years  9  days. 

5.  Sarah  Hart,  born  January  16th,  1836,  married  Dec.  24th,  1854,  Henry,  son  of 
Henry  Lewis,  of  Sonthington ;  1st  Lieut.  Co.  K,  20th  Reg.  C.  V. 

406.  "  SALMON  STEELE,"  to  church  Jan.  26th,  1817,  and  baptized 
same  time  ;  was  son  of  Ebenezer,  jun.,  and  his  wife  Lucy  (Wright,)  born 
April  7th,  1780;  was  a  brass  founder  by  trade,  learned  of  Barton,  of 
Wintonbury ;  married  Nov.  29th,  1803,  Nelly  Williams,  of  West  Brook- 
field,  Mass.,  daughter  of  Samuel,  and  his  wife  Nelly  (Wright,)  born  Sept. 
12th,  1786.  They  lived  in  various  localities,  raised  a  large  family  on 
small  means.  He  was  a  soldier  in  the  war  of  1812,  and  was  in  the  bat- 
tle of  Lundy's  Lane.  He  fell  under  censure  of  the  church,  and,  April 
12th,  1824,  they,  after  much  labor  and  delay,  passed  sentence  of  excom- 
munication. He  was  a  skillful  mechanic,  *with  an  active  and  inventive 
mind.  He  died  June  22d,  1836,  aged  55.  His  widow  lives  now,  1863, 
in  Almont,  Lapeer  county,  Mich.,  with  her  son. 

THEIR   CHILDREN. 

1.  Samuel  Williams,  born  April  20th,  1805,  bap.  June  22d,  1817,  married  Nov.  6th, 
1833,  Clarissa  Andrews;  he  married,  second,  Lucina  Merrell ;  married,  third, 

He  is  an  ordained  minister  of  the  Baptist  denomination,  and  lives  in  Romulus,  Mich. 

2.  Mary  Darling,  born  March  10th,   1807,  bap.  June  22,  1817,  married  Sept.  1st, 
1836,  Philip  Recor,  see  No.  (742.; 

3.  Ebenezer,  bora  Oct.  18th,  1808,  bap.  June  22d,  1817,  married  Mary  Pilgrim  ;  a 
Methodist  preacher. 

4.  William  Moloneaux,  born  March  7th,    1811,  bap.  June  22d,   1817,  married 
Elizabeth  Bradley  ;  he  is  a  shoe-maker. 

5.  Salmon,  born  Nov.  12th,  1812,  bap.  June  22d,  1817,  married  Eliza  Morgan  ; 
married,  second,  Adelaide  Lamberton  ;  he  is  a  Methodist  preacher,  and  presiding  elder 
at  North  Port,  Mich. 

6.  Marinda,  born  Feb.  25th,  1816,  bap.  June  22d,  1817,  died  unmarried,  aged  25, 
at  Hartford. 

7.  Jason,  born  Aug.  24th,  1817,  bap.  Oct.  12th,  1817,  married  Marinda  Rigley,  he 
is  a  Methodist  preacher. 

8.  Emri,  born  Sept.  25th,  1819,  bap.  Sept.  17th,  1820,  married  Laura  Judd,  daugh- 
ter of  No.  (459.)     He  was  ordained  to  the  work  of  a  Gospel  minister  March  10th, 
1853,  and  now,  1863,  resides  at  Imlay,  Mich. 

9.  Martha,  born  May  31st,  1821,  bap.  Sept.  9th,  1821,  married  William  Wilson, 
of  New  York  state ;  lives  in  Iowa. 

10.  Amzi  Hart,  born  April  14th,  1823,  married  Oct  30th,  1843,  Laura  Ann  Miller; 
she  died  Dec.  22d,  1862. 


OP    NEW    BRITAIX.  261 

11.  Albert  Lewis,  born  March  10th,  1826,  married  Nov.  3d,  1853,  Mary  F.  Hyde; 
is  a  cabinet  maker  and  lives  in  Almont,  Lapier  county,  Michigan. 

407.  "  OZIAS  HART,  jun.,"  to  church  Jan.  26th,  1817,  son  of  No.  (281) 
and  No.  (282,)  born  Dec.  9th,  1793,  married  Nov.  15th,  1816,  No.  (410,) 
who  died  at  St.  Louis,  when  he  married,  second,  Jan.  25th,  1831,  Tri- 
phena  Elmer,  who  died  March,  1845,  when  he  married,  third,  Jan.  llth, 
1852,  widow  Mary  Conover  ;  she  died  May  2d,  1858.     He  left  this  place 
in  1819;  was  never  dismissed,  and  lives  now,  1861,  in  Buffalo,  and  has 
seen  much  trouble  in  life. 

THEIR   CHILDREN. 

1.  Emily  Eliza,  born  Jan.  8th,  1818,  bap.  April  12th,  1818,  at  New  Britain. 

2.  George  Henry,  born  March,  1819,  bap.  April  25th,  1819  at  New  Britain. 

3.  William  Otis,  born  1821. 

4.  Charles  Augustus,  born  Oct.  30th,  1837,  died  April,  1842. 

5.  Willard  Otis,  born  Feb.  13th,  1838. 

6.  Sarah  Ann,  born  March  5th,  1845;  living  in  Illinois,  1860. 

408.  "Oils  HART,"  to  church  Jan.  26th,  1817,  brother  of  No.  (407,) 
born  February,  1800,  died  July  1st,  1819,  aged  19. 

409.  Wife  of  Charles  Wright,"  to  church  April  6th,  1817,  by  letter 
from  the  Third  church  in  Wethersfield  ;  her  maiden  name,  Abigail  Marsh, 
daughter  of  John,  of  Wethersfield,  and  Abigail  (Buckley,)  his  wife,  born 
Oct.  16th,  1756.     They  moved  into  this   parish  in  1817,  and  lived  'on 
Dr.  Smalley's  farm  on  the  South  Mountain.     He  died  Jan.  23d,  1829, 
aged  76.     He  was  the  son  of  Justice  and  Ann  (Williams,)  his  wife,  who 
is  said  to  have  been  grand-daughter  of  Eunice  Standish,  of  pilgrim  mem- 
ory.    The  widow  Abigail  died,  Aug.  llth,  1842,  aged  86. 

THEIR   CHILDREN. 

1.  Lois,  born  Dec.  16th,  1777,  married  Salmon  Booth-,  son  of  Elisha,  jun. 

2.  Rhoda,  born  Oct.  16th,  1779,  married  Aaron  Belden,  of  Rocky  Hill. 

3.  Selden,  born  March  29th,  1782,  married  Anna  Cole,  daughter  of  Selah,  Nov. 
25th,  1802. 

4.  Mehitable,  born  June  16th,  1784,  married  Barzillai  Dickinson,  of  Rocky  Hill. 

5.  Abigail,  born  Sept.  3d,  1786,  married  Sylvester  Belden  of  Rocky  Hill. 

6.  Miriam,  bora  May  7th,  1789,  married  Orrin  Dickinson,  brother  of  Sylvester. 

7.  Lucy,  born  April  22d,  1792,  married  Amos  Flint,  of  Rome,  N.  Y. 

8.  Harvey,  born  Aug.  23d,  1794,  married  No.  (590.) 

9.  Maria,  born  March  29th,  1797,  married  October  30th,  1817,  Ira  Steele;  she  No. 
(910.) 

10.  Electa,  born  1 800,  died  in  infancy. 

410.  "PAMELA,  wife  of  Ozias  Hart,  jun.,"  to  church  April  6th,  1817, 
by  letter  from  the  church  in  Durham  ;  her  maiden  name,  Baggs,  married 
Nov.  15th,  1816,  No.  (407,)  and  died  at  St.  Louis ;  took  no  letter  of  dis- 
missal and  recommendation. 


262  FIRST     CHURCH 

411.  "CLARISSA,  wife  of  Alvin  North,"  to  church  June  1st,  1817,  bap- 
tized same  time,  daughter  of  Oliver  Burnhatn,  Esq.,  of  Cornwall,  and  his 
wife,  Sarah  (Rodgers,)  born  June  7th,  1788,  married  May  1st,  1816,  No. 
(330 ;)  has  a  friendly  disposition,  and  much  Christian  charity ;  to  South 
church,  1842. 

412.  "  LYDIA  HART,"  to  church  June  1st,  1817,  daughter  of  No.  (293) 
and  No.  (294,)  born  May  13th,  1796,  married  Nov.  25th,  1818,  John  C. 
Hoot,  of  Farmington,  son  of  Ezekiel  and  Cynthia  Cole,  of  Kensington ;  she 
was  dismissed  and  recommended  to  Farmington  church,  by  letter,  July 
31st,  1819,  and  from  there,  1823,  to  Harwinton  church;  they  subsequently 
moved  to  Ohio ;  he  a  shoe-maker ;  she  living,  1865,  at  Talmadge,  Ohio  ; 
he  died  Dec.  10th,  1862,  aged  67. 

ONLY    CHILD    OF   JOHN   C.    AND   LYDIA.   ROOT. 

George  Hart  Root,  born  Maj  2lst,  1833,  married  Oct.  7th,  1856,  P.  Marie  Upson, 
of  Talmadge,  Ohio. 

413.  "ELIJAH  FRANCIS,"  to  church  Aug.  3d,  1817,  son  of  No.  (91) 
and  No.  (92,)  born  Jan.  6th,  1760,  consequently  was  more  than  fifty-five 
years  of  age  at  his  conversion ;  his  convictions  were  pungent  and  distress- 
ing, but  he  was  a  remarkable  instance  of  the  renewing  and  regenerating 
grace  of  God ;  he  was  evidently  constrained  to  testify  of  the  great  good- 
ness and  mercy  of  God,  in  his  own  experience,  being  extremely  diffident 
naturally.     He  was  a  shoe-maker  and  tanner  by  trade;  learned  of  Deacon 
Timothy  Stanley ;  was  in  the  Revolutionary  army  at  sixteen  years  of  age, 
as  a  teamster.     He  lived  in  the  valley  east  of  "  Osgood  Hill ;"  was  elected 
deacon  of  the  church  July  19th,  1822.     He  represented  the  town  of  Ber- 
lin in  the  legislature  several  times.     He  married  Dec.  21st,  1785,  No. 
(221,)  but  left  no  posterity.     He  gave  thirty  dollars  towards  the  cost  of 
our  communion  service ;  he  loved  Zion,  and  prayed  much  for  her  welfare. 
He  was  one  of  the  constituents  of  the  South  church,  1842.     He  died  Oct. 
30th,   1846,  aged  87.     He   seldom  spoke  in  public,  but   was  gifted  in 
prayer ;  he  wept,  mourned  and  sighed  over  the  delinquencies  of  the  church 
and  the  sins  of  the  world. 

414.  "MARY,  wife  of  Ebenezer  Gridley,"  to  church  Nov.  9th,  1817, 
daughter  of  No.  (138)  and  No.  (139,)  born  Dec.  27th,  1778,  married 
April  23d,  1800 ;   he   son  of  Seth,  of  Plainville,  and  his  wife,  Esther 
(Blakesley,)  of  East  Haven,  born  July  2d,  1780,  occupied  the  home  of 
her  father ;  was  a  man  of  wonderful  memory ;   had  an  active  mind,  but 
abused  his  faculties.     He  died  at  the  alms-house,  April  26th,  1860,  aged 
79.     She  was  a  pious,  good  woman,  careful  to  attend  upon  the  means  of 
grace;  she  died  Oct.  16th,  1856,  aged  78 ;  she  was  one  of  the  constituent 
members  of  the  South  church,  1842. 


OF     NEW     BRITAIN.  263 

THEIK    CHILDREN. 

1.  Betsey,  born  March  4th,  1801,  bap.  Oct.  18th,  1818,  never  married ;  lives,  1862, 
in  Hartford. 

2.  Hannah  Dunham,  born  Jane   16th,   1802,  bap.  Oct.  18th,  1818,  married  Peter 
McVoy. 

3.  Infant,  bora  ,  died  Feb.  19th,  1804. 

4.  Nancy,  born  ,  married  a  Brooks. 

5.  Julia,  born  ,  died  Sept.,  1809. 

6.  Delia,  born  1810,  died  Aug.  22d,  1811,  aged  one  year. 

7.  Walter  Blakesley,  born  June  3d,  1812,  bap.  Oct.  18th,  1818,  married  Feb.  14th, 
1840,  Mary  Hunter,  daughter  of  Roswell. 

8.  David  Mather,  born  Aug.  28th,  1816,  bap.  Oct.  18th,  1818  ;  went  to  parts  un- 
known. 

9.  Edward,  )  5  (  bora  Aug.  8th,  1818,  bap.  Oct.  18th,  1818,  drowned  in  James 

>  -•  ]     river,  Virginia,  near  Norfolk,  1834. 
10.  Edwin,    )  ?•  (  b.  Aug.  8th,  1818,  bap.  Oct.  18th,  1818,  a  brass-worker,  No.  (808.) 


415.  "RosETTA,  wife  of  Salmon  Hart,"  to  church  April  26th,  1818,  by 
letter  from  church  in  Kensington,  daughter  of  Seth  North,  of  Berlin  and 
Eunice  (Woodford,)  his  wife,  born  Sept.  15th,  1778;  she  to  church  in 
Kensington,  June,  1805,  as  the  widow  of  Elisha  "Williams,  and  baptized 
on  admission ;  she  married  second,  June  2d,  1817,  No.  (441,)  by  whom 
she  had  two  sons;  she  was  married  to  her  first  husband,  Feb.,  1802,  before 
Rev.  Benoni  Upson,  and  had  two  sons;  he  died  March  9th,  1809, aged  36, 
at  Kensington;  she  has  been  a  woman  of  much  labor  and  sorrow;  to  South 
church,  1842 ;  she  died  Oct.  6th,  1863,  aged  85,  at  the  house  of  her  son, 
Albert 

HER    SONS    BY    HER    FIRST    HUSBAND. 

1.  Albert,  bora  Nov.  14th,  1802,  married  April  14th,  1824,  Thirza  Steele,  daughter 
of  Selah,  see  No.  (676.) 

2  Henry,  born  Aug.  llth,  1807,  bap.  Nov.  1st,  1807,  at  Kensington,  married  June 
30th,  1840,  No  (759.) 

416.  "PHEBE,  wife  of  John  S.  Whittlesey,"  to  church  May  3d,  1818, 
by  letter  from  the  church  at  Southington,  daughter  of  Selah  Barnes,  of 
Southington,  and  his  wife,  Nancy  (Cowles,)  born  April  3d,  1795,  to  church 
in  Southington,  Feb.  5th,  1815,  baptized  same  time;  they  lived  where 
Harlowe  Eddy  (now,  1866,)  does,  District  No.  4,  by  the  school-house;  he 
son  of  Roger,  Esq.,  of  Southington,  and  his  wife,  Anna  (Smalley,)  born 
July  13th,  1794;  had  no  trade  or  special  occupation;  he  died  July  1st, 
1832,  aged  38;  she  dismissed  and  by  letter  recommended,  1841,  to  the 
first  church  in  New  Haven ;  she  was  a  woman  of  rare  excellence ;  died 
June  3d,  1865,  aged  75. 

THEIR    CHILDREN. 

1.  Sarah  Lincoln,  born  Nov.  7th,   1817,  bap.  May  10th,  1818,  married  June  6th, 
1847,  Rev.  Jesse  Guernsey,  of  Dubuque;  she  died  there,  May  10th,  1855. 

2.  Charles  Barnes,  born  Sept.  13th,  1820,  bap.  June  3d,  1821,  married  Oct.  21st, 
1851,  Eliza  Antoinette  Wilcoxon,  of  New  Haven ;  he  a  druggist  at  New  Haven. 


264  FIRST     CHURCH 

417.  "  GKORGE  BDRRITT,"  to  church  June  7th,  1818,  son  of  EHhu  and 
No.  (290,)  born  Dec.  5th,  1800,  died  Aug.  22d,  1822,  aged  22,  in  Georgia; 
a  young  man  of  good  promise  to  his  friends,  and  of  great  hope  for  him- 
self; his  bones  lie  in  that  "  great  charnel  house"  of  young  men  of  the 
north,  where  the  aspirations,  enterprise  and  high  hopes  of  multitudes  of 
others  lie  in  silence,  waiting  and  listening  for  the  last  trumpet  to  sound. 

418.  "  EMILY  BDRRITT,"  to  church  June  7th,  1818,  sister  of  No.  (417,) 
born  Aug.  12th,  1798,  married  1838,  Capt.  Taylor,  of  Texas,  before  of 
New  York  city,  the  captain  of  the  vessel  that  carried  a  colony  from  this 
place  to  Texas  the  previous  year.     She  had  one  child,  but  the  mother  and 
child  died,  1 839,  at  Galveston.     She  was  a  tailoress  by  occupation  ;  was 
industrious  and  intellectual. 

419.  "NANCY,  wife  of  Thomas  Eddy,"  to  church  Oct.  4th,  1818,  by 
letter  from  the  church  at  Farmington,  daughter  of  Phineas  Hamblin,  of 
Farmington,  and  his  wife,  Rhoda  (Andrus,)  born  Aug.  3d,  1789,  baptized 
Aug.  16th,  1795,  at  Farmington,  by  Rev.  Mr.  Marsh,  of  Wethersfield,  and 
to  church  there,  October,  1813.     He  was  son  of  Charles,  senior,  and  Han- 
nah (Kelsey,)  his  wife ;  married  Abi  Lewis,  Nov.  5th,  1802,  daughter  of 
No.  (88)  and  No.  (Ill  ;)  she  died  May  6th,  1814,  when  he  married  sec- 
ond, Sept.  18th,  1814, as  above;  she  died  Sept.,  1852,  at  Lama,  Pennsyl- 
vania, and  my  informant  says,  with  very  clear  views  of  her  future  good 
estate.     He  died  May  28th,  1830,  aged  52. 

THEIR    CHILDREN. 

1.  Philip,  born  March  5th,  1804,  married  May  7th,  1828,  Sarah  Pitkin,  of  East 
Hartford;  he  died,  1863. 

2.  Henry,  born  Oct.  1st,  1805,  see  No.  (582.) 

3.  Julia,  born  June,  1807,  see  No.  (596.) 

4.  Abi  Lewis,  born  Sept.  1st,  1811,  married  Oct.  6th,  1831,  Charles  Parker,  of 
Meriden  ;  she  was  bap.  Nov.  1st,  1S18,  in  New  Britain,  on  her  step-mother's  account. 

SECOND  WIFE'S  CHILDREN. 

5.  Thomas  Hamblin,  born  April  2d,  1815,  bap.  Nov.  1st,  1818,  married  Sept.  29th, 
1833,  Sarah  M.  Moses,  of  Canton,  Conn. 

6.  Walter  Bartholomew,  born  May,  1818,  bap.  Nov.  1st,  1818,  married  Mary  A. 
Judson,  1837. 

7.  Dolly  Jones,  born  July,  1822,  bap.  Nov.  3d,  1822,  married  Jan.  2d,  1836,  Charles 
Blakeslee. 

8.  Benjamin  Franklin,  born  Sept.  17th,  1826,  married  Nov.  4th,  1849,  Emeline  L. 
Curtiss,  of  No.  (362.; 

9.  Jeremiah  A.,  born     "        ,  died  at  Southington. 

10.  Anthony,  born  1829,  died  March  14th,  1830,  aged  nine  months. 

420.  "  MOSES  D.  SEYMOUR,"  to  church  April  4th,  1819,  son  of  Aaron, 
of  West  Hartford,  and  Anna  (Phelps,)  of  Litchfield,  his  wife,  born  June 
3d,  1782  ;  a  clothier  by  trade;  learned  of  the  Talcotts,in  West  Hartford  ; 
married  Jan.  29th,  1807,  No.  (421 ;)  he  built,  and  for  several  years  occu- 


Of    NEW    BRITAIN.  265 

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pied  the  house  at  the  south  end  of  the  village,  (now,  1865,)  owned  and 
occupied  by  James  Andrews  ;  he  had  his  clothier's  shop  near  the  bridge, 
on  the  Gilbert  river,  a  branch  of  the  Mattabesset ;  he  also  built  a  house  at 
the  foot  of"  Dublin  Hill,"  where  he  spent  his  last  days;  he  could  turn  his 
hand  usefully  to  various  handicraft ;  was  an  athletic  man ;  he  died  July 
7th,  1839,  aged  57. 

421.  "ABIGAIL,  wife  of  Moses  D.  Seymour,"  to  church  June  6th,  1819, 
daughter  of  No.  (118)  and  No.  (119,)  born  Oct.  28th,  1786;  she  died 
March  16th,  1858,  aged  71,  at  Hartford,  but  buried   in    New  Britain 
cemetery,  and  a  neat  stone  tells  where  she  lies.     A  discreet  and  worthy 
woman. 

THEIR   CHILDREN. 

1.  Orson  Hart,  bora  Sept.  1st,  1807,  bap.  June  6th,  1819,  married  Sept.  17th,  1827, 
No.  (656.) 

?'  I  Infant  twin  sons,  died  March  17th.  1809. 
d.  ) 

4.  Mary  Ann,  born  July  8th,  1811,  died  March  7th,  1813,  aged  twenty  months. 

5.  Mary  Ann,  born  Oct.  4th,  1813,  bap.  June  6th,  1819,  married  Jan.   8th,  1844, 
William  Palmer,  see  No.  (668.) 

6.  Henry  Phelps,  born  Aug.  2d,  1818,  bap.  June  6th,  1819,  married  Jan.Slst,  1844, 
Laura  A.  Pierce  ;  she  died,  when  he  married  second,  May  8th,  1848,  Isabel  O.  Taylor. 

7.  Oliver  De  Witt,  born  Dec.  31st,  1820,  bap.  Jane  17th,  1821,  married  Oct.  18th, 
1843,  Harriet  H.  Marsh  ;  he  is  the  popular  constable  and  collector  of  the  town  of  Hart- 
ford, 1862. 

422.  "ABIGAIL,  wife  of  Cyrus  Stanley,"  to  church  June  6th,  1819, 
daughter  of  No.  (168)  and  No.  (154,)  born  May  14th,  1788,  married 
Sept.  7th,  1806;  he  son  of  No.  (115)  and  No.  (125,)  born  July  29th, 
1787;  he  inherited  the  home  of  his  father,  in  Stanley  quarter;  carried  on 
the  coopering  business,  in  the  days  of  "  corn  meal  for  the  West  Indies  ;" 
also  brass  business,  but  failed  and  came  to  her  father's  home  in  the  village, 
where  he  died  March  25th,  1844,  aged  57.     He  enlisted  as  an  officer  into 
the  State  troops  in  the  war  of  1812  ;  was  a  farmer  and  surveyor;  of  quick, 
active  mind,  vigorous  body,  and  versatile  genius.     She  died  August  1st, 
1867,  in  her  80th  year,  in  Cleaveland,  Ohio,  at  the  residence  of  her  son, 
No.  (628.) 

THEIR    CHILDREN. 

1.  Don  Alonzo,  born  June  24th,  1807,  bap.  June  13th,  1819,  see  No.  (716.) 

2.  Emily  Rowena,  born  Sept.  llth,  1810,  bap.  June  13th,  1819,  see  No.  (659.) 

3.  Charles  Norton,  born  Aug.  18th,  1812,  bap.  June  13th,  1819,  married  Feb.  15th, 
1821,  Eliza  S.  Moore. 

4.  Harriet  Aurora,  born  March  25th,  1815,  bap.  June  13th,  1819,  see  No.  (908.) 

5.  Isaac  Lee,  born  Dec.  29th,  1817,  bap.  June  13th,  1819. 

6.  Gad,  born  April  17th,  1821,  bap.  June  17th,  1821,  married  May  llth,  1846, 
Fanny  Moore  ;  he  died  Aug.  5th,  1858,  aged  39. 

7.  Amzi,  bora  Nov.  27th,  1823,  bap.  April  4th,  1824,  see  No.  (848.) 


266  FIRST    CHURCH 

423.  "DANIEL  SMITH,"  to  church   Oct.  3d,  1819,  son  of  Daniel,  of 
Kensington,  and  Sabra  (Winchel,)  his  wife,  born  Dec.,  1781,  bap.  Dec. 
24th,  1783,  married  Nov.  llth,  1804,  No.  (424  ;)  he  a  cabinet-maker  by 
trade ;  owned  the  house  on  the  corner,  near  Chester  Hart's,  on  the  Shuttle 
Meadow  road;  the  house  burned  ;  he  died  Aug.  16th,  1821,  in  Georgia, 
aged  40. 

424.  "Wife  of  Daniel  Smith,"  to  church  Oct.  3d,  1819,  and  baptized 
same  time,  daughter  of  Patty  Warner,  born  March  19th,  1781 ;  an  ener- 
getic woman ;  went  out  nursing  after  she  was  eighty  years  of  age ;  she  died 
Aug.  1st,  1864,  aged  83. 

THEIR    CHILDREN. 

1.  Lorenzo,  born  April,  1805,  bap.  Oct.  17th,  1819,  married  Elenora  Hinman ;  he 
died  March  5th,  1835,  aged  30. 

2.  Susan,  bora  Dec.  7th,  1811,  bap.  Oct.  17th,  181 9,.  married  Albert  Boyington,  of 
Southwick,  No.  (667.) 

3.  Ann  Jane,  born  Aug.  17th,  1813,  bap.  Oct.  1 7th,  1819,  married  Nov.  29th,  1 835, 
No.  (926.) 

4.  George,  bora  1816,  died  Jan.  24th,  1817,  aged  six  months. 

5.  George,  born  1817,  bap.  Oct.  17th,  1819 ;  killed  on  the  railroad,  Oct.  6th,  1843, 
aged  26. 

425.  "JOSEPH  H.  FLAGG,"  to  church  Oct.  3d,  1819,  son  of  Solomon 
and  his  wife,  Olive  (Hart,)  married  Dec.  1st,  1805,  Abi,  daughter  of  Lad- 
wick  Hotchkiss  and  No.  (278,)  born  Aug.  15th,  1784 ;  she  died  July  21st, 
1812,  aged  28,  when  he  married  second,  March  17th,  1817,  widow  of 
Timothy  Percival,  of  Kensington,  (alias)  Aurelia  Booth,  daughter  of  No. 
(165)  and  No.  (166;)  she  married  Dec.  8th,  1801,  Timothy  Percival,  son 
of  James  and  Dorothy  (Gates,)  his  wife ;  he  was  uncle  to  the  poet,  and 
died  Nov.  6th,  1808;  Mr.  Flagg  was  a  shoe-maker;  he  was  born  Sept. 
15th,  1783;  was  grand-son  of  No.  (263;)  lived  in  various  localities;  was 
brother  of  No.  (906,)  and  died  April  22d,  1853,  aged  70 ;  had  a  mild, 
happy  disposition;  was  honest  and  conscientious;  his  birth-place,  "Lower 
Lane,"  Berlin. 

426.  "Wife  of  Joseph  H.  Flagg,"  to  church  Oct.  3d,  1819,  see  No. 
(425 ;)  she  died  Aug.  25th,  1828,  aged  48 ;  she  was  second  wife  of  No. 
(425,)  born  1781. 

HER   CHILDREN    BY    TIMOTHY   PERCIVAL,    HER   FIRST    HC8BAND. 

1.  Dorothy,  born  Jan.  16th,  1803,  married  Sept.  14th,  1825,  Edwin  Francis  ;  she 
No.  (709.) 

2.  Caroline,  bom  1 805,  died,  aged  fourteen  months. 

HER    CHILDREN    BY    NO.    (425,)    HER   SECOND    HUSBAND. 

1.  Thankful  Winchel,  bora  Dec.  23d,  1818,  died  May  15th,  1819,  aged  seven  mo's. 

2.  Joseph  Beckley,  bora  Feb.  23d,  1820  ;  learned  jeweller's  trade  ;  died  July  llth, 
1838,  aged  18. 

3.  William  Wallace,  bora  Aug.  llth,  1821,  bap.  Oct.  14th,  1821 ;  a  tinman;  mar- 
ried Mary  Ann  Wilcox,  July  25th,  1 845  ;  she  daughter  of  Jeremiah  and  his  wife,  Dor- 
othy Fitts,  of  West  Hartford. 


OF    NEW    BKITAIN.  267 

427.  "MEHITABEL,  wife  of  Theodore  Riley,"  to  church  Oct.  3d,  1819, 
daughter  of  Ambrose  Fuller,  of  Burlington,  and  Rhoda  (Williams,)  of 
Berlin,  his  wife,  born  Nov.  14th,  1782,  married  Jan.  18th,  1808;  he  son 
of  John,  of  Northampton,  and  Huldah  (Porter,)  of  Kensington,  his  wife, 
born  April  7th,  1775 ;  he  was  in  early  life  a  tin-peddler,  and  traveled 
south  ;  he  sold  the  Alvin  North  place  for  $1,000,  A.  D.  1800,  and  bought 
out  Thomas  Lee,  who  then  owned  the  place  on  West  Main  street,  where 
Mr.  Pettis,  now,  1866,  owns  and  occupies;  she  died  Feb.  26th,  1824,  aged 
52  ;  he  was  a  large,  fine  looking  man,  and  after  early  life  a  farmer ;  was 
somewhat  deaf,  and  helpless  late  in  life,  with  rheumatism ;  he  died  March 
2d,  1855,  aged  80 ;  he  was  a  blacksmith  by  trade ;  learned  of  James 
North,  Esq. 

THEIR    CHILDREN'. 

1.  Huldah,  born  Jan.  5th,  1809,  died  Jan.  19th,  1809,  aged  fourteen  days. 

2.  Infant,  born  June  30th,  1800,  died  Aug.  10th,  1810,  aged  one  month,  ten  days. 

3.  Aurora,  born  May  19th,  1812,  died  March  5th,  1813,  aged  ten  months. 

4.  Electa,  bora  April  12th,  1815,  bap.  May  14th,  1820,  married  1838,  Lucius  T. 
Cadwell ;  lives  in  Ohio. 

5.  Chloe,  born  Jan.  25th,  1818,  bap.  May  14th,  1820,  see  No.  (991.) 

6.  Theodore,  bora  Oct.  16th,  1820,  married  first,  Hester  Taylor;  married  second, 
Lydia  Sharon  ;  he  lives,  1861,  in  Ohio. 

428.  "LuCT,  wife  of  Miles  C.  Winchell,"  to  church  Oct!  3d,  1819, 
daughter  of  Salmon  Hollister,  of  Berlin,  and  Sarah  (Whaples,)  of  New- 
ington,  his  first  wife,  born  May  6th,  1774,  married  March,  1793;  they 
lived  on  "  Horse  Plain,"  opposite  Capt.  Hotchkiss  ;  he  peddled  tin  and 
pewter  ware  for  a  living,  and  raised  a  large  family  ;  he  died  June  10th, 
1844,  aged  70  ;  he  was  son  of  Dan,  of  Kensington,  and  Lois  Curtiss,  of 
Jonathan,  of  Wallingford,  his  wife,  born  March  20th,  1774,  baptized  April 
10th,  1774,  at  Kensington  ;  she  to  South  church,  1.842. 

THEIR    CHILDREN. 

1.  Willys,  bora  Jan.  25th,  1794,  married  Nov.  26th,  1818,  Sally  Osgood,  of  Deacon 
John. 

2.  Chauncey,  born  Feb.  25th,  1796,  married  Mary  Vibbert,  of  Vernon. 

3.  Whiting,  born  Jan.  6th,  1798,  died  Jan.  20th,  1798. 

4.  Albert,  born  Jan.  24th,  1799,  married  in  Georgia;  lives  there. 

5.  Orrin,  born  May  30th,  1801,  married  Louisa  Bristol,  of  Cheshire ;  second,  Sophia 
Carrington. 

6.  Ira,  born  Nov.  13th,  1803,  bap.  Oct.  24th,  1819;  never  married;  lives  in  New 
Britain. 

7.  James  H.,  bora  June  16th,  1806,  bap.  Oct.  24th,  1819,  No.  (543.) 

8.  Lucy  Maria,  born  Oct.  16th,  1808,  bap.  Oct.  24th,  1819,  No.  (535.) 

9.  Eliza,  bora  Dec.  27th,  1812,  bap.  Oct.  24th,  1819,  married  Isaac  Sanford,  of 
Vernon. 

10.  Russel  Hollister,  born  March  6th,  1817,  bap.  Oct.  24th,  1819,  married  Jane  Stan- 
nard  ;  he  died  Feb.  4th,  1857,  aged  39. 


268  FIRST    CHURCH 

429.  "THESTA  ANDREWS,"  to  church  Oct.  3d,  1819,  daughter  of  No. 
(313)  and  No.  (314,)  born  Dec.  16th,  1798,  married  Nov.  27th,  1823, 
Bryan  Porter,  of  Farmington,  son  of  Samuel  and  his  wife,  Abigail  (Hamb- 
lin ;)  she  was  dismissed,  and  by  letter  recommended  to  Farmington,  1824; 
she  died  Jan.  25th,  1828,  aged  30;  she  left  one  daughter,  Ann,  born  Dec. 
9th,  1825,  and  died  Dec.,  1854,  aged  27,  unmarried. 

430.  "JESSE  HART,"  to  church  Oct.  3d,  1819,  son  of  No.  (181)  and 
No.  (182,)  born  April  20th,  1789,  married  April  5th,  1810,  No.  (397;) 
he  died  Feb.  21st,  1825,  aged  36  ;  he  a  blacksmith  by  trade  ;  learned  in 
Hartland,  of  Orrin  Lee;  his  shop  where  now,  1863,  the  Baptist  church 
stands,  and  his  residence  still  standing,  next  west  of  the  Bank  building. 

THEIR    CHILDREN. 

1.  Artemas  E.,  born  Feb.  llth,  1812,  bap.  May  5th,  1816,  No.  ("622.) 

2.  Lucina,  born  Dec.  3d,  1821,  bap.  April  21st,  1822,  No.  (937.) 

431.  FRANCES,  wife  of  Osmyn  Booth,"  to  church  June  5th,  1820,  by 
letter  from  second  church,  in  Hartford,  daughter  of  Josiah  Hempsted,  of 
Hartford,  and  his  wife,  Polly  (Hempsted,)  of  New  London,  first  cousins, 
married  Dec.  22d,  1819,  No.  (673 ;)  she  died  Nov.  3d,  1833,  aged  42 ;  to 
church  in  Hartford,  1814. 

432.  "ELIZABETH,  wife  of  John  Pennfield,"  to  church  Feb.  4th,  1821, 
baptized  same  time,  daughter  of  Roger  Hart  and  Sybil  (Robinson,)  of 
Middletown,  his  wife,  born  Sept.  17th,  1791,  married  March  12th,  1815, 
No.  (373,)  died  Oct.  21st,  1849,  aged  58 ;  was  a  zealous,  warm-hearted 
Christian;  she  joine'd  the  Methodist  church  with  her  husband,  and  our 
watch  was  withdrawn,    Dec.   1st,  1831,     The  Christian  Advocate  and 
Journal  of  January  3d,  1850,  had  an  article  from  the  pen  of  Rev.  A. 
Rushmore,  her  pastor  during  her  last  sickness,  stating  that  "  she  died  of 
cancer,  but  in  the  triumphs  of  faith,  and  hope  of  future  glory." 

433.  "ELMINA  RUGG,"  to  church  Feb.  4th,  1821,  baptized  same  time, 
daughter  of  Matthew  and  Polly  (Webb,)  of  Salem,  Conn.,  his  wife,  born 
March  27th,  1803,  married  April  27th,  1826,  Erastus  Kilbourn,  of  New- 
ington  ;  he,  1861,  post-master;  lives  near  the  church. 

REVIVAL  OF  1821. 

434.  "  SOLOMON  CLARK,"  to  church  Aug.  5th,  1821,  son  of  Joseph 
and  Sarah  (Curtiss,)  his  wife,  born  1758,  baptized  April  5th,  1758,  by 
Rev.  Ebenezer  Booge,  of  Northington,  while  supplying  our  pulpit,  (see 
his  record ;)  this  was  two  weeks  previous  to  the  organizing  the  first  church 
in  New  Britain  parish.     He  inherited  the  home  of  his  father,  on  East 
street,  where  now,  1861,  Edwin  Clark,  his  grand-son,  owns  and  lives ;  he 
was  a  farmer  and  successful ;  was  over  sixty  years  of  age  when  converted ; 
his  case  was  marked  with  great  distress,  and  happy  issue.    He  died  March 


Of    NEW    BRITAIN.  269 

29th,  1824,  aged  66.  He  married,  June  3d,  1784,  No.  (395.)  He  had 
been  a  constant  attendant  at  public  worship,  and  a  conscientious  man 
through  all  his  life,  yet  his  convictions  were  extremely  severe  and  pun- 
gent. 

THEIR    CHILDREN. 

1.  Chauncey,  born  April  15th,  1787,  see  No.  (477.) 

2.  Anna,  born  March  20th,  1790,  No.  (399.) 

3.  Infant,  born  ,  died 

4   Betsey,  bora  Dec.  20th,  1794,  see  No.  (724.) 

435.  "DANIEL  JUDD,"  to  church  Aug.  5th,  1821,  born  Aug.  14th, 
1761,  to   No.  (38)    and  his   wife,   Hannah    (Andrews,)    married  Irene, 
daughter  of  Amos  Hitchcock,  of  Southington,  and  Azuba  (Cook,)  widow 
of  Samuel  Benham,  his  wife,  born  1767,  bap.  June  7th,  1767,  and  died 
June  17th,  1790,  aged  23,  leaving  two  children,  when  he  married,  second, 
No.  (436.)     He  was  a  farmer  and  inherited  the  home  of  his  father   and 
grandfather  on  East  street,  and  this  was  formerly  the  extreme  north  end 
of  the  "Great  Swamp   parish."     He  was  a  kind,  obliging  man,  with  a 
large  share  of  genial  and   social  qualities.     He,   in  company  with  No. 
(195,)  owned  the  saw-mill  near  O.  B.  North's  factory,  known  as  "  Judd's 
mill."     He  died  Oct.  17th,  1834,  aged  73. 

436.  "  HANNAH,  wife  of  Daniel  Judd,"  to  church  August  5th,  1821, 
daughter  of  Abraham  Bartholomew,  of  Farmington,  and  Eunice  (Orvice,) 
his  wife,  born  April   19th,  1766,  married  No.  (435,)  and  was  his  second 
wife.     She  died  January  20th,  1838,  aged  72..    She  was  tall  and  good 
looking,  with  a  kind  heart  and.  Christian  principles. 

THEIR    CHILDREN. 

1.  William,  born  Dec.  9th,  1787,  married  April  23d,  1807,  Polly  Eddy,  No.  (524.) 

2.  Daniel,  born  April  14th,  1790,  married  Oct.  llth,  1815,  Abigail  Squire. 

CHILDREN  BY  SECOND  WIFE. 

3.  Irene,  born  Nov.  13th,  1793,  married  Dec.  5th,  1819,  John  Ellis;  she  No.  (956.) 

4.  Polly,  born  Dec.  15th,  1795,  married  April  23d,  1823,  No.  (376.) 

5.  Eri,  born  Jan.  13th,  1798,  married  Jan.  21st,  1819,  Lovisa  Bronson  of  Elijah; 
he  died  Feb.  15th,  1862. 

6.  Amon,  bora  Oct.  27th,  1800,  married  Aug.  4th,  1824,  No.  (506.; 

7.  Betsey,  born  Aug.  13th,  1804,  bap.  Nov.   llth,  1821,  married  Oct.  3d,  1832, 
Henry  Gladden. 

8.  Richard,  born  January  23d,  1807,  bap.  Nov.  llth,  1821,  see  No.  (1119.) 

9.  Rhoda,  born  Nov.  4th,  1809,  bap.  Nov.  llth,  1821,  married  July  28th,  1830, 
William  Hart,  of  Stephen;  she  died  Sept.  3d,  1856,  when  he  married^  second,  May 
26th,  1857,  No.  (663.) 

437.  "  DOLLY,  wife  of  Lemuel  Smith,"  to  church  August  5th,  1821, 
daughter  of  No.  (29)  and  No.  (30,)  baptized  April  29th,   1764,  married 
Oct.  10th,  1790.    He  was  son  of  No.  (8)  and  No.  (9),  born  March  llth, 


270  FIRST     CHURCH 

1759  ;  a  tall  man,  of  commanding  form  and  manners,  and  was  many  years 
teacher  and  leader  in  church  music,  and  appropriations  of  some  $30  to 
$50  per  year  were  made  by.  the  Ecclesiastical  society  for  his  services. 
He  lived,  immediately  after  his  marriage,  in  an  old  house  on  the  corner, 
directly  opposite  the  present  school  house  in  South-east  district,  formerly 
the  home  of  John  Kelsey.  He  built  the  house  where  Dr.  Smalley  and 
Deacon  Whittlesey  lived  and  died.  He  afterwards  built  on  the  cor- 
ner north  of  the  school-house  in  Shipman  district,  where  he  died,  Jan. 
17th,  1839,  aged  80.  She  died  March  llth,  1836,  aged  74. 

THEIR    CHILDREN. 

1.  Anson,  bora  1791 ;  traveled  south;  died  here  Oct.  2d,  1825,  aged  34. 

2.  Desdemona,  bom  1797,  see  No.  (487.) 

3.  Lester,  born  ,  never  married,  died  near  Kaskaskia,  111.,  aged  23. 

4.  Bela,  born  1800,  never  married,  died  near  Kaskaskia,  October,  1826,  aged  26. 
These  two  brothers  went  west  together. 

438.  "ADNA  STANLEY,"  to  Church  Aug.  5th,  1821,  son  of  No.   (14) 
and  Ruth  (Norton,)  his  wife,  born  Jan.  28th,  1763 ;  graduated  at  Yale 
in  1787,  was  a  successful  physician  in  this  "place,  and  carried  on  farming; 
lived  in  the  Stanley  quarter ;  house  was  vacated  by  his  brother  Seth  and 
built  by  him,  1773,  as  marked  on  the   chimney.     Dr.  Stanley  was  a  man 
of  few  words,  dignified  appearance  and  manners,  of  correct  habits,  sound 
and  vigorous  mind.     He  left  a  large  estate,  and  died  Dec.  30th,  1825, 
aged  62.     He  married  Agril  26th,  1809,  No.  (1294.)     He  taught  school 
in  1788,  in  Stanley  district. 

THEIR    CHILDREN. 

1.  Julia  Ann,  born  Feb.  12th,  1810,  bap.  Sept.  23d,  1821,  married  Dec.  21st,  1830, 
No.  (746.) 

2.  Augusta,  born  Nov.  3d,  1811,  bap.  Sept.  23d,  1821,  died  October  llth,  1834, 
aged  22. 

3.  Sophia,  born  June  14th,  1813,  bap.  Sept.  23d,  1821,  see  No.  (1296.) 

4.  Nancy,  bora  Aug.  18th,  1815,  bap.  Sept.  23d,  1821,   married  Nov.  !5th,   1838, 
John  H.  Goodwin,  of  Hartford  ;  she  died  Jan.  15th,  1849,  in  her  34th  year,  when  he 
married,  second,  No.  (937.) 

5.  Cordelia,  bora  Jan.  23d,  1820,  bap.  Sept.  23d,  1821,  see  No.  (940.) 

439.  "  SETH  LEWIS,"  to  church  Aug.  5th,  1821,  son  of  No.  (88)  and 
No  (111,)  born  May  .3d,  1772,  married  Feb.  15th,  1795,  No.  (440  ;)  he 
was  a  tinman  by  trade,  and  lived  on  East  street,  near  "  Landlord  Smith." 
He  afterwards  bought  the  farm  of  "  Capt.  Belden's."     He  was  dismissed 
by  letter,  Dec.  18th,  1843,  to  Presbyterian  church  in  Philadelphia,  where 
he  died,  Feb.  2d,  1849,  aged  77. 

440.  "  LTDIA,  wife  of  Seth  Lewis,"  to  church,  Aug.  5th,  1821,  daugh- 
ter of  Thomas  Wright,  of  Newington,  and  Esther  (Andrus,)  daughter  of 


OF    NEW    BRITAIN.  271 

Caleb,  his  wife,  born  May  14th,  1772,  bap.  Ma^  24th,  1772,  at  Newing- 
ton,  by  Rev.  J.  Belden, -married  Feb.  15th,  1795,  No.  (439  ;)  dismissed 
by  letter  to  Presbyterian  church  in  Philadelphia,  Dec.  18th,  1843,  where 
she  died,  Aug.  17th,  1858,  aged  86. 

THEIR    CHILDREN. 

1.  George  W.,  born  Dec.  20th,  1803,  died  Oct.  12th,  1810. 

2.  William  Goodwin,  born  March  8th,  1806,  see  No.  (595.) 

441.  "  SALMON  HART,"  to  church  August  5th,  1821,  son  of  No.  (140) 
and  No.  (141,)  born  May  20th,  1775,  married  May  2d,  1796,  No.  (347  ;) 
she  died  Aug.  2d,  1815,  aged  38,  when  he  married,  second,  June,  1817, 
No.  (415.)  He  inherited  the  home  of  his  father  and  grandfather,  oppo- 
site the  school  house  in  South-west  district ;  sold  his  farm  to  Henry  Wil- 
liams, and  spent  the  last  years  of  his  life  with  his  son  Frederick,  in  the 
village.  He  was  lame  for  many  years  with  rheumatism ;  to  South  church 
1842.  He  died  Sept.  18th,  1857,  aged  82  ;  a  kind  and  obliging  neighbor. 

THEIR    CHILDREN. 

1.  Sarah  Woodruff,  born  May  24th,  1798,  bap.  August  llth,  1811,  died  Jan.  27th, 
1813. 

2.  Orpha,  born  April  2d,  1800,  bap.  Aug.  llth,  1811,  married  May  2d,  1820,  Ira 
Hart;  married,  second,  No.  (465 J 

3.  Lavinia,  born  Sept.  1st,  1802,  bap.  Aug.   llth,  1811,  married  Dec.  9th,  1824, 
Samuel  A.  Hamblin. 

4.  Sophia,  born  NOT.  18th,  1806,  bap.  Aug.  llth,  1811,  married  July  3d,  1826, 
Ralph  I.  Dunham. 

5.  Salmon  North,  born  June  18th,  1811,  bap.  Aug.  llth,  1811,  married  May  3d, 
1832,  Martha  Corning;  she  died,  when  he  married,  second,  Dec.  14th,  1846,  Joanna 
F.  Gardner.     He  is  a  carriage  maker  and  now,  1 863,  resides  in  Hartford. 

SECOND  WIFE'S  CHILDREN. 

6.  Silas  Williams,  born  Sept.  12th,  1818,  bap.  Nov.  15th,  1818,  married  Nov.  24th, 
1846,  Abigail  Merwin. 

7.  Frederick  Woodford,  born  Nov.  19th,  1822,  bap.  June  29th,  1823,  married  June 
2d,  1857,  Jennie  Maria  Bassett,  daughter  of  William ;  he  was  a  Captain  in  the  war  of 
the  rebellion,  1861. 

442.  "  IRA  STANLEY,"  to  church  Aug.  5th,  1821,  baptised  same  time, 
son  of  Lot,  and  Rhoda  (Wadsworth,)  of  Farmington,  his  wife,  born  Oct. 
12th,  1773,  married  Abi,  daughter  of  No.  (107)  and  No.  (108,)  baptized 
July  30th,  1775  ;  she  died  March  12th,  1807,  aged  32,  when  he  married, 
second,  Nov.  25th,  1807,  No.  (319.)  He  was  a  good  farmer,  regular  in 
support  and  attendance  upon  the  means  of  grace,  and  a  peaceable  and 
quiet  citizen.  He  lived  next  door  north  of  Levi  O.  Smith,  in  Hart  quar- 
ter, until  late  in  life,  when  he,  with  his  son,  built  on  the  corner  of  Main 
street  and  railroad,  in  the  village,  where  he  died  Dec.  21st  1854,  aged  81. 


272  FIRST    CHURCH 

fc          THEIR    CHILDREN. 

1.  Ira,  jun.,  born  July  7th,  1795,  bap.  April  23d,  1809,  on  account  of  step  mother, 
No.  (921.)  • 

2.  Abi  Langdon,  born  March  12th,  1807,  bap.  April  23d,  1809,  see  No.  (605.) 

SECOND  WIFE'S  CHILD. 

3.  John,  born  Sept.  22d,  1808,  bap.  April  23d,  1809,  see  No.  (851.) 

443.  "  JAMES  NORTH,  jun.,"  to  church  Aug.  5th,  1821,  son  of  No.  (149) 
and  No.  (150,)  born  Dec.  19th,  1777,  married  l&ay  1st,  1800,  Rhoda, 
daughter  of  No.  (158)  and  No  (159,)  born  Dec.  22d,  1781.  He  was 
one  of  the  three  "  New  Britain  boys  "  who  went  to  Stockbridge,  Mass., 
and  learned  the  brass  business  of  Joseph  Barton  ;  they  were  North,  Booth 
and  Shipman,  North  being  one  year  older  than  Shipman  and  six  months 
older  than  Booth,  but  Shipman  being  the  largest  of  the  three,  and  passing 
for  the  same  age.  Facts  show  that  the  enterprise  and  the  plan  was  orig- 
inated by  the  father  of  James,  viz.,  James  North,  Esq.,  for  he  personally 
applied  to  the  father  of  Booth  and  the  father  of  Shipman,  and  urged 
them  to  let  the  boys  go  together.  James,  the  subject  of  this  notice,  and 
Shipman,  having  finished  their  term  of  service  with  Barton,  returned, 
and  for  a  while  occupied  together,  in  company,  the  north  room  of  the 
Sugden  house,  which  was  then  owned  by  Esq.  North,  and  stood  just  a 
little  north  of  the  present  residence  of  Henry  Stanley,  and  faced  west  as 
his  house  does ;  the  lightning  rod  of  Stanley's  house  enters  the  well  of 
the  old  Sugden  house ;  where  they  made  the  first  sleigh  bells  ever 
manufactured  in  New  Britain.  This  old  house  was,  however,  soon  pulled 
down  to  give  place  to  a  new  one  for  Seth,  the  brother  of  James,  when 
each  set  up  for  himself  as  best  he  could,  under  the  aid  of  their  friends. 
Booth  left  for  New  York  and  New  Jersey,  having  bought  his  time  ;  so 
that  the  town  is  indebted  to  James  North,  Esq.,  for  the  plan,  and  to  James 
North,  jun.,  and  Joseph  Shipman,  as  the  effective  agents  in  making  this 
a  manufacturing  place.  After  starting  brass  business  here,  he  removed  to 
Cherry  Valley,  where  he  carried  on  the  business  extensively,  and  built 
largely,  but  he  lost  all,  and  returned  in  1818  to  his  old  home,  poor.  He 
was  converted  in  1821,  set  up  business  again  here,  and  was  an  active 
Christian.  He  died  Sept.  9th,  1825,  aged  48.  His  widow,  Rhoda,  died 
July  20th,  1827,  aged  45.  He  was  unselfish,  liberal  and  generous  (if  pos- 
sible) to  a  fault.  Honest,  credulous,  and  unsuspecting  himself,  his  trade, 
his  skill,  and  his  property  became  the  prey  of  the  scheming  and  avaricious. 
It  is  hoped  that  the  consolations  of  the  Gospel,  which  he  found  so  rich 
and  sweet  in  his  last  days,  compensated  for  the  loss  of  all  things  else. 
He  had  no  enemies,  consequently  left  none  behind  him. 

THEIR    CHILDREN. 

1.  Marcia,  born  Aug.  27th,  1801,  bap.  Nov.  4th,  1821,  married  Aug.  7th,  1825, 
No.  (652.) 


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2.  Maria,  born  Sept.  10th,  1803,  died  March  6th,  1815,  of  dropsy,  aged  11  years, 
at  New  Britain. 

3.  William,  born  Sept.  23d,  1805,  died  Jan.  20th,  1806,  at  Cherry  Valley,  New 
York. 

4.  Nancy,  born  Nov.  22d,  1806,  bap.  Nov.  4th,  1821,  see  No.  C655.) 

5.  William,  born  March  13th,  1809,  bap.  Nov.  4th,  1821,  supposed  to  be  lost  at 
sea. 

6.  Mary,  born  August  21st,  1811,  bap.  Nov.  4th,  1821,  married  May  23d,  1834, 
Samuel  Raymond. 

7.  Henry,  born  Oct.  19th,  1813,  bap  Nov.  4th,  1821  ;  traveled  south,  see  No.  (624.) 

8.  Maria,  bora  June  14th,  1816,  bap.  Nov.  4th,  1821,  see  No.  (805.) 

9.  Augustus,  born  March  8th,  1819,  bap.  Nov.  4th,  1821,  married  May  12th,  1845, 
No.  (847.) 

10.  Adeline,  born  May  26th,  1823,  bap.  Aug.  24th,  1823,  (see  No.  (832.) 

444.  "  JOSIAH  STEELE,  jun.,"  to  church  Aug.  5th,  1821,  baptized  same 
time,  son  of  Josiah,  and  No.  (377,)  born  Feb.  9th,  1778,  married  Nov. 
5th,  1798,  No.  (445.)     He  lived  at  the  south  end  of  the  village,  directly 
east  of  the  Hubbard  house,  and  on  the  corner ;  was  a  farmer  and  worked 
Aaron  Roberts'  farm  many  years.     He  died  Jan.  29th,  1856,  in  Parish- 
ville,  N.  Y.,  aged  78. 

445.  "  PRUDENCE,  wife  of  Josiah  Steele,  jun.,"  to  church  Aug.  5th, 
1821,  and  baptized  same  time,  daughter  of  Timothy   Kilbourn,  jun.,  and 
Mary  (Deming,)  his  wife,  born  1775,  married  Nov.  5th,  1798,  No.  (444.) 
She  died  Nov.  29th,  1852,  aged  77. 

THEIR    CHILDREN. 

1.  Laura  Lewis,  born  Nov.  2jjth,  1798,  married  July  4th,  1815,  Truman  Hart. 

2.  Mary  Deming,  bora  June  4th,  1810,  bap.  Nov.  25th,  1821,  married  April  14th, 
1840,  No.  (965.) 

446.  "  JOHN  HAMBLIN,  jun.,"  to  church  Aug.  5th,  1821,  baptized  same 
time,  son  of  Left.  John,  of  "  White  Oak,"  Farmington,  and  Eleanor  (Or- 
vice,)  his  wife,  born  March  7th,  1778,  married  April  4th,  1802,  at  New 
Britain,  before  Dr.  Smalley,  widow  Eunice  Andrews,  No.  (447.)     He 
was  a  farmer,  and  lived  several  years  in  the  "  State  House,"  and  at  other 
localities.     He  was  dismissed  by  letter  to  Farmington  church,  July  15th, 
1823.     He  was   dismissed  from  there,  in  1837,  to  Bristol  Church.     He 
died  May  20th,  1853,  aged  75. 

447.  "EUNICE,  wife  of  John  Hamblin, jun.,  to  church  Aug.  5th,  1821, 
she  was  daughter  of  Charles  Eddy,  sen.,  and  Hannah  (Kelsey,)  his  wife, 
born  Feb.  25th,  1778,  married  Nov.  14th,  1796,  Samuel  Andrews,  jun.,. 
son  of  No.  (124,)  and  lived  on  "West  Main  street,  two  miles  from  the 
village,  and  on  the  opposite  corner  from  the  present   residence  (1866), of 
Alfred  Andrews.     He  died  June  1st,  1799,  of  nervous  putrid  fever,  near 
Boston,  aged  27,  when  she  married,  second,  April  4th   1802,  No.  (446.) 
She  died  1833,  in  Farmington,  aged  55. 

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274  FIRST    CHURCH 

HER   CHILDREN    BY    FIRST    HUSBAND,    SAMUEL   ANDREWS,   JUTS. 

1.  Sally,  born  April  17th,  1797,  married  June   14th,  1817,  Philip  Deming,  of 
Berlin. 

2.  Marinda,  born  Aug.  30th,  1799,  married  1817,  Joseph  North,  of  Berlin. 

HIS    CHILDREN    BT    WIFE    EUNICE. 

1.  Samuel  Andrews,  born  April  llth,  1803,  married  Dec.  9th,  1824,  Lavinia  Hart, 
of  Salmon  ;  she  died  April,  1866,  in  her  64th  year. 

2.  John  Denison,  born  Jan.  14, 1805,  married  Nov.  9th,  1829,  Esther  Maria  Sweet, 
daughter  of  James. 

3.  Ellen  Eliza,  bora  July  17th,  1806,  married  April  8th,  1828,  Samuel  G.  Forbes, 
see  No.  (552.) 

4.  Charles  Francis,  bom  June  24th,  1814,  bap.  Oct.  14th,  1821,  died  August  15th, 
1846,  at  New  Haven. 

5.  Dolly  Maria,  born  Aug.  5th,  1816,  bap.  Oct.  14th,  1821, married  Norris  Slater; 
married,  second,  Charles  H.  Hills. 

448.  "  HANNAH,  wife  of  Joseph  Root,"  to  church  Aug.  5th,  1821,  born 
July  llth,  1776,  sister  of  No.  (447,)  married  Feb.  15th,  1796.     He  was 
son  of  Joseph,  of  Farmington.  and  his  wife  Martha  (Moore,)  born  1768, 
in  the  "  Clark  house,"  opposite  Capt.  Root's,  Farmington  street ;   was  a 
tin  maker,  and  peddler.     He  died  Dec.  7th,  1823,  aged  55,  of  consump- 
tion.    He  was  brother  of  Orrin  and  Seth.     She  was  a  worthy  woman,  of 
true  Christian  fortitude ;  to  South  church,  1842.     She  died  Jan.  2d,  1852, 
aged  76. 

THEIR   CHILDREN. 

1.  Sylvester,  born  ,  died  at  Cincinnati,  aged  22,  in  employ  of  his  uncle, 
Jesse  Eddy. 

2.  Mary,  bom  April  9th,  1802,  never  married,  imbecile,  died  September  3d,  1864, 
aged  62. 

3.  Dennis,  born  Dec.  3d,  1805,  see  No.  (691.) 

449.  "  SETH  J.  NORTH,"  to  church  Aug.  5th,  1821,  son  of  No.  (149) 
and  No.  (150,)  born  August  13th,  1779,  married  Sept.  27th,  1801,  No. 
(396;)  a  blacksmith  by  trade,  stout  built,  and  athletic,  learned  his  trade 
of  his  father,   located  at  the  "  Sugden  place,"  or  old  home  of  Joshua 
Mather.     He  became  a  large  manufacturer,  was  very  successful  in  busi- 
ness, and  liberal  in  his  public  benefactions.     He  was  major  in  the  militia, 
and  had  the  title  ever  after.     His  wealth,  and  business  talent,  gave  him 
extensive  influence  in  public  matters.     He   was  the  projector  of  that 
movement  in  the  parish  which  resulted  in  the  organization  of  the  South 
Congregational  church,  in   1842,  deprecated  by   many  at  the  time,  but 
since  proved  beneficial  from  the  rapid  growth  of  the  town.     He  died 
March  10th,  1851,  aged  71. 

THEIR    CHILDREN. 

1.  Charlotte,  born  April  5th,  1804,  bap.  May  5th,  1816,  see  No.  (592.) 

2.  Eliza  Stanley,  bom  Nov.  27th,  1807,  bap.  May  5th,  1816,  see  No.  (593.) 


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3.  Walter  Judd,  born  August  3d,  1810,  bap.  May  5th,  1816,  died  Aug.  28th,  1828, 
aged  18. 

4.  Frederick  Henry,  born  August  10th,  1824,  bap.  Oct.  24th,  1825,  see  No.  (829.) 

450.  "  SHELDEN  UPSON,"  to  church  Aug.  5th,  1821,  son  of  Noah,  of 
Plymouth,  Ct.,  and  Rachel   (Frisbie,)  his  wife,  born  March  24th,  1785, 
married  April  26th,  1809,  No.  (317.)     He  was  a  brick  and  stone  mason 
by  trade,  and  also  a  butcher ;  lived  near  the  school  house  in  Stanley  quar- 
ter, but  the  house  burned  down.     He  died  March  4th,  1838,  aged  53. 

THEIR    CHILDREN. 

1.  Harriet  Eliza,  born  Jan.  10th,  1812,  bap.  March  1st,  1812,  married  Nor.  24th, 
1833,  George  H.  Stannard. 

2.  Julia  Ann,  born  March  22d,  1814,  bap.  June  5th,  1814,  see  No.  (623.) 

3.  Nancy  Jane,  born  Feb.  9th,  1821,  bap.  June  10th,  1821,  see  No.  (857J 

451.  "  WILLIAM  EDDY,"  to  church  Aug.  5th,  1821,  son  of  Charles 
and  his  wife  Hannah  (Kelsey,)  born  Oct.  20th,  1781,  married  Dec.  13th, 
1808  Mary  Butler,  of  Farmington,  daughter  of  Richard,  of  Hartford, 
and  his  wife  Prudence  (Parks,)  born  Sept.  21st  1778.     They  lived  near 
the  foot  of  "  Osgood  Hill."     He  died  Jan.  25th,  1829,  aged  46,  when  she 
married,  second.  Oct.  1st,  1835,  Theodore  Riley.     She  died,  Sept.  26th, 
1844,  aged  66. 

THEIR    CHILDREN. 

1.  Catharine  Gridley,  born  Oct.  25th,  1809,  bap.  Sept.  9th,  1821,  married  Feb.  4th, 
1827,  Silas  Wright. 

2.  William  Butler,  born  Nov.  15th,  1810,  bap.  Sept.  9th,  1821,  died  Sept.  10th, 
1823,  aged  10. 

3.  Charlotte,  born  May  25th,  1812,  bap.  Sept.  9th,  1821,  married  May  9th,  1836, 
George  Hills,  of  Plainville. 

4.  Mary,  born  March  8th,  1814,  bap.  Sept-  9th,  1821,  married  William  E.  Clark, 
of  Windsor,  May,  1840. 

5.  George  Washington,  born  Feb.  22d,  .1817,  bap.  Sept.  9th,  1821,  married  Maria 
Merrill,  of  New  Hartford. 

6.  Sylvester,  born  1818,  bap.  Sept.  9th,  1821,  died  Oct.  6th,  1828,  aged  10. 

7.  Charles  Butler,  bora  July  2d,  1823,  bap.  Sept.  21st,  1823,  died  Nov.  27th,  1843, 
aged  20. 

452.  "  SOLOMON  BUTLER,"  to  church  Aug.  5th,  1821,  son  of  Moses, 
of  East  Hartford,  and  Elizabeth  (Forbes,)  his  wife,  born  Jan.  12th,  1783, 
married  Feb.  3d,  1805,  No.  (548.)     He  was  a  chair  maker  and  house 
painter ;  his  home  was  opposite  the  Deacon  Whittlesey  place.     He  died 
Jan.  21st,  1828,  aged  45. 

THEIR    CHILDREN. 

1.  Timothy,  born  Nov.  30th,  1805,  bap.  Oct.  14th,  1821,  married  Jan.  7th,  1831, 
Nancy  Belden,  and  died  June  10th,  1858,  aged  53. 

2.  Leonard,  born  Dec.  24th,  1808,  bap.  Oct.  14th,  1821,  married  Sept.  25th,  1831, 
Sophronia  Mack;  he  died  June  5th,  1866,  aged  58. 

3.  Harriet  Elizabeth,  born  March  llth,  1811,  bap.  Oct.  14th,  1821,  see  No.  (777.) 


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4.  Henry,  bora  S*ept.  16th,  1813,  bap.  Oct.  14th,  1821,  married  Sept.  16th,  1835, 
Harriet  Cadwell,  of  Bloomfield. 

5.  Sarah  Ann,  bornNov.  21st,  1815,  died  April  18th,  1816,  aged  five  months. 

6.  Sarah  Ann,  born  Nov.  23d,  1817,  bap.  Oct.  Uth,  1821,  married  Dec.  24th,  1840, 
Henry  Benton,  M.  D. 

7.  Nancy  Brown,  born  July  19th,  1821,  bap.  Oct.   Uth,  1821,  married  William 
Cochran. 

8.  George  H.,  bom  July  19th,  1823  ;  went  to  parts  unknown. 

9.  Julia  Maria,  born  July  15th,  1825,  bap.  Oct.  2d,  1825,  died  Nov.  16th,  1847, 
aged  22,  see  No.  (973.) 

453.  "  SELAH  HART,"  to  church  Aug.  5th,  1821,  son  of  No.  (181)  t  nd 
No.  (182,)  born  Nov.,  1784,  married  Oct.  5th,  1805,  No.  (454;)  he  was 
a  cooper  by  trade,  located  in  Hart  quarter,  near  the  spot  where  his  great- 
grand-father  settled,  i.  e.  first  Elijah  Hart ;  he  became  a  major  in  militia  ; 
kept  a  public  house ;  was  a  large  and  effective  farmer ;  had  a  hotel  at 
Saratoga,  New  York;  he  died  Sept.  7th,  1851,  aged  68. 

454.  "JEMIMA,  wife  of  Selah  Hart,"  to  church  Aug.  5th,  1821,  daugh- 
ter of  David  Webster,  Esq.,  of  Berlin,  and  his  wife,  Anna  (Kelsey,)  born 
April  5th,  1783,  married  Oct.  5th,  1805,  No.  (453 ;)  a  tall  woman,  of 
courtly  and  dignified  manners  and  appearance. 

THEIR   CHILDREN. 

1.  Edward,  born  Sept.  4th,  1806,  bap.  Sept.  2d,  1821,  married  March  26th,  1834, 
Viana  Perry,  of  Egremont. 

2.  Selah,  born  Nov.  25th,  1808,  bap.  Sept.  2d,  1821,  married  Nov.   llth,  1829, 
Sarah  North. 

3.  Nelson,  born  Nov.  25th,  1812,  bap.  Sept.  2d,  1821,  married  Oct.  8th,  1834,  Lucy 
Jane  Dewy. 

4.  Lura  Ann,  born  Nov.  15th,  1816,  bap.  Sept.  2d,  1821,  married  Anson  W.  Fran- 
cis, April  13th,  1837. 

5.  Harriet,  born  Dec.  10th,  1821,  bap.  Sept.  29th,  1822,  married  Gary  B.  Moon, 
Oct.,  1835. 

455.  "  KESIAH,  wife  of  Elisha  S.  Lewis,"  to  church  Aug.  5th,  1821, 
daughter  of  Ebenezer  Steele,  jun.,  and  his  wife,  Lucy  (Wright,)  married 
Oct.  16th,  1814,  No.  (894,)  dismissed  by  letter  to  Camden,  New  York, 
June  30th,  1822. 

456.  "  LUCY  SHIPMAN,"  to  church  Aug.  5th,  1821,  daughter  of  Samuel 
and  his  wife,  Sarah  (Stanliff,)  of  Chatham,  born  Feb.  27th,  1775;  a  single 
woman,  and  lived  with  her  parents  until  their  decease,  then  several  years 
with  her  niece,  Abigail,  No.  (608,)  then  with  Newel  Shipman,  at  Spring- 
field. New  York,  where  she  died  July  llth,  1860,  aged  85  ;  notable  as  one 
of  those  females  of  New  Britain,  who  turned  with  pliers  so  many  hooks 
and  eyes  and  clasps,  in  the  early  days  of  manufacturing. 

457.  "NANCY  PENNFIELD,"  to  church  Aug.  5th,  1821,  daughter  of 
No.  (175)  and  No.  (190,)  born  July  20th,  1783;  never  married;  lives  in 
Faribault,  Minnesota,  A.  D.  1861 ;  had  an  unblemished' character. 


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458.  "ISAAC  LEWIS,"  to  church  Aug.  5th,  1821,  son  of  No.  (88)  and 
No.  (Ill,)  baptized  Oct.  13th,  1782  ;  was  a  tinner  by  trade;  lived  first  in 
the  Cadwell  house,  in  Stanley  street,  next  south  of  the  residence  of  Henry 
Francis,  and  near  it ;  (house   long  since  disappeared ;)  after  which  he 
bought  the  house  on  West  Main  street,  now  owned  by  Mrs.  Tolles  ;  he 
married  Oct.  28th,  1804,  No.  (957  ;)  he  died  Oct.  20th,  1837,  aged  55  ;  he 
was  a  conscientious  Christian ;  had  a  frail  constitution,  and  died  of  con- 
sumption, after  lingering  years. 

THEIR  CHILDREN. 

1.  Caroline,  born  July  5th,  1805,  bap.  Oct.  7th,  1827,  No.  (633.) 

2.  Norton  N.,  born  July  3d,  1808,  married  Nov.,  1830,  Julia  A.  Bird  ;  he  died  Dec. 
16th,  1833,  aged  25. 

3.  James  Francis,  born  March  llth,  1813,  bap.  Oct.  7th,  1827,  married  Aug.  25th, 
1845,  Emily  E.  Roberts,  who  died  March   9th,  1849,  when  he  married  second,  July 
15th,  1850,  Harriet  M.  Beckley.     He  was  for  many  years  leader  of  our  church  choir. 

4.  Charles  Mason,  born  June  13th,  1816,  bap.  Oct.  7th,  1827,  No.  (916.) 

5.  Horatio  Stanley,  born  Sept.  25th,  1819,  bap.  Oct.  7th,  1827,  No.  (983.) 

6.  Bernard,  born  Oct.  19th,  1821,  bap.  Oct.  7th,  1827,  died  Aug.  4th,  1841,  aged 
10;  gangrene. 

459.  "JAMES  JDDD,  jun."  to  church  Aug. 5th,  1821,  son  of  No.  (195) 
and  No.  (318,)  born  March  12th,  1785,  married  May  7th,  1805,  No.  (460;) 
she  died,  when  he  married  second,"  Jan.  4th,  1832,  No.  (574;)  he  was  a 
farmer ;  lived  next  door  north  of  his  father,  in  Shipman  District ;  he  to 
South  church,  1842;  he  died  Oct.  13th,  1860,  at  the  house  of  his  son, 
Cyrus,  aged  75. 

460.  "SALOME,  wife  of  James  Judd,  jun."  to  church  Aug.  5th,  1821, 
twin  daughter  o£  Solomon  Lusk  and  his  wife,  No.  (226,)  born  Nov.  20th, 
1785;  she  died  April  3d,  1831,  aged  45. 

THEIR    CHILDREN. 

1.  George,  bora  Oct.  7th,  1805,  died  Dec.  16th,  1828,  aged  23. 

2.  Cyrus,  born  July  17th,  1807,  died  Nov.  llth,  1808,  instantly,  by  fall  of  a  cart 
body. 

3.  Nancy  M.,  born  July  13th,  1809,  died  Aug.  27th,  1811,  age^J  two  years. 

4.  Cyrus,  born  March  8th,   1811,  bap.  June  29th,  1823,  married  May  1st,  1833, 
Elizabeth  Hubbard,  who  died  May  22d,  1849,  when  he  married  second,  Oct.  17th,  1849, 
Widow  Lina  E.  Pond. 

5.  Nancy  Maria,  born  Feb.  13th,  1813,  bap.  June  29th,  1823,  see  No.  (730.) 

6.  Julia  Ann,  born  May  5th,  1815,  bap.  Oct.  4th,  1822,  married  Nov.  9th,  1835, 
Timothy  Stephens,  of  West  Hartford. 

7.  Loretta,  born  May  9th,  1817,  died  Jan.  31st,  1818,  aged  nine  months. 

8.  Laura  Electa,  born  Feb.  1st,  1819,  bap.  June  29th,  1823,  married  Emri  Steele. 

9.  James,  born  June  7th,  1822,  bap.  June  29th,  1823,  married  Julia  Hoyt. 

10.  Walter,  born  Aug.  26th,  1825,  bap.  Oct.  13th,  1825,  died  Oct.  17th,  1825,  aged 
seven  weeks. 

SECOND  WIFE'S  CHILDREN. 

11.  Catharine  Emcline,  bora  Feb.  19th,  1836,  bap.  1836,  married  Oct.  15th,  1845, 
Joseph  Rennolds. 


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12.  Heniy  Bass,  bora  Dec.  9th,  1838,  bap.  1841,  married  May  5th,  1858,  Katie 
O.  Conor. 

461.  "  JOSEPH  SHIPMAN,"  to  church  Aug.  5th,  1821,  son  of  Samuel  and 
his  wife,  Sarah  (Stanliff,)  of  Chatham,  grand-son  of  Capt.  Samuel  Ship- 
man,  of  Saybrook,  Conn.,  born  Dec.  23d,  1779;  learned  his  trade  of  brass- 
founder,  clock  maker,  and  silver-spoon  maker  of  Joseph  Barton,  of  Stock- 
bridge,  Mass.;  his  apprenticeship  with  Barton  expired  in  December,  1799, 
he  being  but  twenty,  having  served  the  stipulated  time ;  he  in  company 
with  his  fellow-apprentice,  No.  (443,)  whose  term  of  service  expired  the 
same  month  and  year,  began  business  in  the  north  room  of  the  Sugden 
house,  then  owned  by  Esquire  North,  and  stood  near  the  present  mansion 
of  Frederic  North ;  this  room  was  vacated  for  the  purpose  by  the  family 
of  Elilm  Burritt ;  thus  North  and  Shipman  commenced  the  making  of  the 
first  sleigh-bells  ever  manufactured  in  the  place,  in  the  spring  of  1800; 
they  worked  together  only  that  summer,  for  in  the  fall  each  of  them  set 
up  separately,  under  the  patronage  of  their  fathers ;  Mr.  Shipman  in  part 
of  his  father's  joiners  shop,  (which  soon  after  burned  down.)  The  fact  of 
North  and  Shipman  making  sleigh-bells  together  in  the  Sugden  house,  is 
fully  established  by  the  testimony  of  two  living  witnesses,  now,  1862,  cor- 
roborating the  statements  of  Mr.  Shipman  himself,  while  living ;  the  cap- 
ital stock  he  employed  was  fifty  dollars  he  borrowed  of  Dr.  Smalley,  and 
his  manufactured  goods  he  transported  to  Boston  on  horse-back  ;  at  the 
prices  and  profits  of  those  days  he  was  able  not  only  to  refund  his  money 
borrowed,  but  to  supply  himself  with  raw  material  for  further  profit,  and 
thus  he  rose  to  comparative  wealth,  respectability  and  influence.  He  mar- 
ried July  llth,  1802,  No.  (349,)  and  on  the  llth  of  January,  1803,  he 
bought  the  place  on  Stanley  street,  formerly  owned  by  Nathan  Booth,  jun., 
where  he  built  extensive  shops,  took  his  two  sons  in  process  of  time,  into 
partnership,  bought  out  the  Judd's  mill  place,  erected  large  works,  but 
failed  in  1837,  during  the  great  revulsion  of  business  and  trade.  He 
learned  more  young  men  the  trade  than  any  other  manufacturer  in  town. 
He  was  public-spirited  and  patriotic,  always  ready  to  bear  his  full  share 
of  public  expenses  for  improvements.  Several  of  the  last  years  of  his  life 
were  spent  with  his  son,  at  Yonkers,  N.  Y,  but  he  died  March  9th,  1859, 
aged  79,  at  New  Hartford,  with  his  daughter,  Mrs.  Brown. 

THEIR    CHILDREN. 

1.  Ralph,  bora  March  4th,  1803,  bap.  May  5th,  1811,  married  Nov.  2d,  1825,  No. 
(678.) 

2.  Mary  Lee,  bora  April  14th,  1805,  bap.  May  5th,  1811,  married  Sept.  15th,  1824, 
No.  (478.) 

3.  Eliza,  bora  Feb.  18th,  1807,  bap.  May  5th,  1811,  see  No.  (607.) 

4.  Abigail  Goodrich,  born  Oct.  13th,  1809,  bap.  May  5th,  1811,  see  No.  (608.) 


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5.  Horatio  Waldo,  born  Sept.  10th,  1811,  bap.  Nov.  18th,  1811,  married  Nov.  4th, 
1835,  No.  (781.) 

6.  Orpha,  born  Dec.  12th,  1813,  bap.  Feb.  13th,  1814,  see  No.  (734.) 

462.  "JOSEPH  EDDY,"  to  church  Aug.  5th,  1821,  son  of  Charles,  sen. 
and  his  wife,  Hannah  (Kelsey,)  born  Feb.  27th,  1786  ;  was  both  farmer 
and  mechanic ;  could  turn  his  hand  usefully  and  cheerfully  to  several  em- 
ployments ;  had  an  active  mind,  with  great  force  of  character,  but  uncul- 
tivated.    He  married   May  13th,  1807,   No.  (320;)  he  built   near  his 
father's,  on  the  road. north  of  "Job's  Corner;"  he  died  June  14th,  1836, 
aged  50. 

THEIR    CHILDREN. 

1.  Horace,  bora  April  25th,  1808,  bap.  June  26th,  1808,  married  Sept.  22d,  1829, 
Roxy  Ann  Wright. 

2.  Lorenzo,  born  Oct.  30th,  1810,  bap.  Jan.  27th,  1811,  married  Nov.  4th,  1832, 
No.  (730.) 

3.  Infant,  bora  ,  died  Feb.  27th,  1813. 

4.  Norman  Pennfield,  born  Feb.  7th,  1813,  bap.  Aug.  1st,  1813,  married  March 
25th,  1834,  Maria  W.  White. 

5.  Lucy  Ann,  bora  Nov.  15th,  1816,  bap.  April  13th,  1817,  married  Isaac  Bird,  of 
Hartford,  an  Englishman  ;  she  died  April  27th,  1838,  aged  21. 

6.  Martha,  bora  Nov.  6th,  1819,  bap.  May  14th,  1820,  married  Oct.  16th,   1839, 
Daniel  B.  Fowler,  of  Meriden,  '. 

7.  Eunice,  born  July  15th,  1822,  bap.  Oct.  6th,  1822,  died  March  8th,  1837,  aged  15. 

463.  "  CYPRIAN  -MATHER,"  to  church  Aug.  5th,  1821,  baptized  same 
time,  son  of  Cotton  and  his  wife,  No.  (375,)  born  May  30th,  1792,  married 
Jan.  18th,  1814,  No.  (341 ;)  he  was  a  stone-mason  ;  a  heavy,  robust  mail, 
with  good  intellectual  powers,  fond  of  reading,  slow  in  his  movements  and 
conclusions ;  lived  in  various  localities ;  he  neglected  his  covenant  obliga- 
tions to  God  and  the  church,  and  was  excommunicated,  Oct.  llth,  1837, 
after  much  labor  with  him;  he  died  Oct.  1st,  1845,  aged  54. 

THEIR    CHILDREN. 

1.  Silas  Hart,  born  March  9th,  1814,  bap.  June  18th,  1815,  married  Jan.  20th, 
1836,  Caroline  Sperry. 

2.  Caroline,  born  ,  died  May  26th,  1823,  aged  six. 

3.  George  W.,  born  Oct.  5th,  1819,  bap.  April  30th,  1820,  married  Aug.  18th,  1844, 
Jane  Hubbard. 

4.  John  Newton,  bora  Feb.  2d,  1824,  bap.  May  2d,  1824,  married  May  21st,  1843, 
Martha  Morgan. 

5.  Henry  Franklin,  bora  June  15th,  1831,  bap.  Aug.  20th,  1831,  married  July  4t'h, 
1852,  Chloe  Todd,  daughter  of  Daniel,  of  Sidney,  N.  Y.  and  his  wife,  Maria  Tuttle,  of 
North  Haven;  he  died  May  28th,  1867,  in  his  36th  year. 

464.  "ETHAN  A.  ANDREWS,"  to  church  Aug.  5th,  1821,  son  of  No. 
(122)  and  No.  (123,)  born  April  7th,  1787,  married  Dec.  19th,  1810,  No. 
(392;)  he  graduated  at  Yale,  1810;  studied  law  in  Farmington  ;  com- 


280  FIRST     CHURCH 

menced  practice  in  this  town,  1812 ;  they  were  both  dismissed  to  the  third 
church  in  New  Haven,  Feb.  5th,  1832.  He  built  on  Stanley  street,  near 
his  father,  A.  D.  1813;  taught  a  select  school  in  it  several  years,  with 
good  success ;  he  was  professor  of  languages  in  the  University  of  N.  C. ; 
had  a  select  school  of  young  ladies  at  New  Haven,  and  at  Boston.  While 
residing  in  this  place  he  several  years  represented  the  town  of  Berlin,  and 
for  the  first  year  the  new  town  of  New  Britain,  A.  D.  1851  ;  he  was  a 
magistrate  and  judge  of  probate  ;  but  he  gained  his  eminence  and  celeb- 
rity from  his  literary  taste  and  labor  as  a  Latin  author ;  in  1848,  his 
"  Alma  Mater,"  Yale  College,  gave  him  the  honorable  degree  of  LL.  D. 
He  died  March  24th,  1858,  aged  71,  in  the  midst  of  his  literary  labors. 
He  was  gentlemanly  in  his  deportment,  and  had  a  peculiar  suuvity  of 
manner;  he  to  South  church  by  letter,  1843,  and  died  in  that  connection. 

THEIR    CHILDREN. 

1.  Levi,  bap.  Dec.  7th,  1811,  in  Farmington,  died  Sept.  26th,  1830,  at  New  Haven, 
and  buried  there. 

2.  Isaac  Cowles,  bap.  Dec.  12th,  1813,  at  Farmington,  married  Sept.  1st,  1859, 
Jane  L.  Thomas,  of  New  Haven. 

3.  Lucy  Ann, bap.  Aug.  6th,  1815,  married  Aug.  24th,  1842,  E.  D.  Sims;  second, 
William  McKinley. 

4.  Julia  Hooker,  bap.  June  8th,  1817,  married  Oct.  9th,  1848,  Archelaus  Wilson, 
Esq. ;  he  died  Feb.  26th,  1862. 

5.  Horace,  bap.  Aug.  29th,  1819,  married  Julia  R.  Johnson. 

6.  Grace,  bap.  May  27th,  1821,  married  Professor  E.  D.  Sims  ;  she  died  Sept.  2d, 
1839,  aged  18. 

7.  Charles  S.,  married  Elizabeth  Alden,  of  West  Hartford. 

8.  Mary,  see  No.  (932.) 

9.  Ellen  Amelia,  bap.  Sept.  3d,  1831,  see  No.  (1,281.) 
10.  Elizabeth  Cogswell,  see  No.  (1,280.) 

465.  "HORACE  BUTLER,"  to  church  Aug.  5th,  1821,  baptized  same 
time,  son  of  Moses,  of  East  Hartford,  and  his  wife,  Elizabeth  (Forbes,) 
born  Feb.  4th,  1789  ;  was  a  chair-maker  by  trade,  but  became  an  exten- 
sive manufacturer  of  hard  and  plated  ware ;  he  first  built  near  his  brother, 
opposite  the  Dr.  Smalley  house,  but  subsequently  on  Stanley  street ;  mar- 
ried May  14th,  1814,  No.  (466 ;)  she  died  when  he  married  second,  May 
2d,  1835,  No.  (485 ;)  he  was  the  first  convert  of  the  "  great  revival  of 
1821,"   in  the  congregation;   was  awakened  in  Farmington,  under  the 
preaching  of  Dr.  Nettleton. 

466.  "  BETSEY,  wife  of  Horace  Butler,"  to  church  Aug.  5th,  1821,  bap- 
tized same  time,  daughter  of  Benjamin  Howd,  of  Branford,  Conn.,  mar- 
ried May  14th,  1814,  No.  (465,)  born  Feb.  14th,  1792,  died  Aug.  18th, 
1834,  aged  43 ;  was  the  mother  of  his  children. 

THEIR    CHILDREN. 

1.  Ruel  Howd,  bora  May  16th,  1816,  bap.  Oct.  14th,  1821,  married  1838,  Lucetta 
Finch. 


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2.  Horace,  born  Aug.  23d,  1820,  bap.  Oct.  14th,  1821,  died  March  13th,  1825. 

3.  Edwin  Benjamin,  born  Nov.  30th,   1822,  bap.  May  25th,  1822,  married  Fanny 
Stephens. 

4.1  ^  f  Hubert  Mills,  bora  Aug.  31st,  1825,  bap.  Oct.  2d,  1825,  married  Harriet 
!   3  j       Whaples 

5.  I"  g"|  Horace  Brainard,  born  Aug.  31st,  1825,  bap.  Oct.  2d,  1825,  died  Dec.  8th, 
J  •    [      1836,  aged  11. 

6.  Eliphalet  Newel,  born  Feb.  10th,  1829,  bap.  Aug.  30th,  1829,  died  Aug.  8th, 
1838,  aged  9. 

7.  Mary  Elizabeth,  born  Aug.  21st,  1831,  bap.  Sept.  10th,  1831,  married  Dec.  9th, 
1863,  Edwin  Westover. 

467.  "  JOHN  RECOR,"  to  church  Aug.  5th,  1821,  baptized  same  time, 
son  of  Michael  and  his  wife,  Lydia  (Griswold,)  born  July  25th,  1791, 
married  May  23d,  1810,  No.  (468;)  he  a  farmer  and  mechanic;  a  quiet, 
inoffensive  man ;  lived  on  the  road  to  Farmington,  back  of  Dublin  Hill ; 
lost  his  property  through  the  treachery  of  false  friends,  and  on  the  8th  of 
November,  1837,  he  fell  under  the  censure  of  the  church,  by  neglecting 
public  worship  and  the  ordinances  of  the  gospel;  he  died  March  llth, 
1860,  aged  89. 

468.  "  LUCY,  wife  of  John  Recor,"  to  church  Aug.  5th,  1821,  daughter 
of  Stephen  Booth  and  his  wife,  Lucy   (Booth,)  his  first  cousin,  born  Nov. 
10th,  1793,  married  May  23d,  1810,  No.  (467 ;)  after  her  husband  fell 
under  the  censure  of  the  church  she  attended  occasionally,  worship  at  the 
Baptist  church,  and  for  contempt  of  the  church  and  its  ordinances,  was 
excommunicated  March  14th,  1844. 

THEIR   CHILDREN. 

1.  Horatio,  born  Sept.  3d,  1810,  bap.  Sept.  9th,  1821,  married  March  24th,  1829, 
Eliza  Kilby ;  second,  Julia  Steele ;  he  died  Nov.  llth,  1865,  aged  55. 

2.  Marcia,  born  Sept.  12th,  1812,  bap.  Sept.  9th,  1821,  married  Nov.  26th,  1829, 
No.  (691  ;)  second,  Oswin  Stanley. 

3.  Henry,  born  Aug.  26th,  1814,  bap.  Sept.  9th,  1821,  married  Calista  Sandford; 
second,  Maria  Kilby. 

4.  Philip,  born  Sept.  1st,  1816,  bap.  Sept.  9th,  1821,  married  Sept.  1st,  1836,  Mary 
Darling  Steele,  No.  (742J 

5.  Ann  Jane,  born  May  1st,  1820,  bap.  Sept.  9th,  1821,  married  Oct.  29th,  1829, 
Barzillai  Deming;  he  died  Feb.  18th,  1863. 

6.  Charles,  born  Nov.  10th,  1827,  adopted  in  place  of  an  infant  who  died  without 
name;  this  Charles,  No.  ( 966 J  son  of  Curtiss  Warfield,  of  Hartford;  married  Dec. 
19th,  1849,  Sarah  Farnsworth. 

7.  Caroline,  born  Nov.  17th,  1835,  married  May  llth,  1851,  Vietta  Hille  ;  live  in 
Burlington  ;  he  son  of  Noble  and  his  wife,  Marks. 

469.  "PHINEAS  PENNFIELD,  jun."  to  church  Aug.  5th,  1821,  son  of 
No.  (175)  and  No.  (190)  born  Oct.  18th,  1785,  married  Nov.  25th,  1812, 
No.  (526 ;)  by  occupation  a  farmer  ;  he  was  illiterate,  but  nevertheless  a 
prominent  convert  and  missionary  in  the  revival  of  1821  ;  of  great  sim- 
plicity of  mind  and  manners,  his  sincerity  and  earnestness  reached  the 


282  FIRST    CHURCH 

hearts  of  very  many;  he  built  near  his  father,  south  of  "Osgood  Hill;"  died 
Aug.  3d,  1845,  aged  60. 

THEIR   CHILDREN. 

1.  Mary  Ann,  born  Oct.  4th,  1813,  bap.  Sept.  9th,  1821,  see  No.  (835.) 

2.  Harvey,  born  June  7th,  1815,  bap.  Sept.  9th,  1821,  see  No.  (833.) 

3.  Martin,  born  Aug.  23d,  1816,  bap.  Sept.  9th,  1821,  married  Charlotte  Dix. 

4.  Lydia,  born  May  29th,  1819,  bap.  Sept.  9th,  1821,  see  No.  (834.) 

5.  Lemuel,  born  April  17th,  1821,  bap.  Sept.  9th,  1821,  married  April  12th,  1846, 
Caroline  Allen,  who  was  drowned  Sept.  27th,  1866. 

6.  Dennis,  born  Dec.  24th,  1823,  bap.  March  28th,  1824,  see  No.  (961.) 

7.  Fidelia,  bora  Sept.  10th,  1826,  bap.  Oct.  29th,  1826,  see  No.  (977.) 

8.  Emily,  born  Sept.  llth,  1829,  bap.  June  27th,  1830,  married  April  15th,  1858, 
William  Bradford. 

9.  Horace,  born  June  llth,  1831,  bap.  Oct.  23d,  1831,  married  Nov.  25th,  1855, 
Mary  C.  Spencer. 

10.  Francis  Newel,  born  Nov.  25th,  1833,  bap.  April  20th,  1834,  married  Oct.  31st, 
1855,  Martha  I.  Boardman. 

11.  Harriet  Amelia,  bora  Aug.  5th,  1835. 

470.  "  ROMEO  FRANCIS,"  to  church  Aug.  5th,  1821,  baptized  same 
time,  son  of  No.  (354,)  born  May  30th,  1790,  married  Nov.  24th,  1813, 
No.  (471  ;)  he  a  farmer  and  school-teacher;  lived  in  an  extended  part  of 
his  uncle  Elijah's  house,  east  of  "  Osgood  Hill ;"  by  extreme  industry  and 
economy,  accumulated  quite  an  estate ;   to    South  church,    1842 ;  died 
March  30th,  1849,  aged  59  ;  he  was  intelligent,  and  an  assistant  superin- 
tendent of  the  Sabbath  school  one  or  two  years. 

471.  "  CATHARINE,  wife  of  Romeo  Francis,"  to  church  Aug.  5th,  1821, 
daughter  of  No.  (191)  and  No.   (192,)  born  June  8th,  1790,  married 
Nov.  24th,  1813,  No.  (470;)  to  South  church,  1842;  living  A!  D.  1861, 
in  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  with  her  son,  Mason ;  she  died  there  Feb.  26th,  1867, 
in  her  77th  year ;  was  buried  here. 

THEIR   CHILDREN. 

1.  Jane  Eliza,  bom  Aug.  24th,  1814,  bap.  Sept.  16th,  1821,  see  No.  (729.) 

2.  James  Elijah,  bora  April  20th,  1817,  bap.  Sept.  16th,  1821,  died  Oct.  llth,  1836. 

3.  Romeo  Benedict,  born  June  2d,  1818,  bap.  Sept.  16th,  1821,  died  April  22d,  1822. 

4.  Mason  Bernard,  bom  Sept.  21st,  1820,  bap.  Sept.  16th,  1821,  see  No.  (806.) 

5.  Catharine  Amelia,  bora  Sept.  3d,  1825,  bap.  Nov.  13th,  1825,  died  Sept.  26th, 
1849,  No.  (947.) 

472.  "LUCRETIA,  wife  of  William  Smith,"  to  church  Aug.  5th,  1821, 
daughter   of  Abijah   Moore,  of  New  Hartford,  and   his  wife,  Abigail 
(Drake,)  born  May  20th,  1789,  at  Windsor,  and  Feb.  10th,  1812,  became 
the  second  wife  of  No.  (337  ;)  she  to  South  church,  1842  ;  has  for  many 
years  been  in  feeble  health ;  lives  A.  D.  1862,  with  her  daughter,  Mrs. 
Harriet  Brown  ;  she  died  March"  17th,  1866,  aged  77. 

473.  "  LUCY,  wife  of  James  Francis,  jun."  to  church  Aug.  5th,  1821, 
daughter  of  Asa  Risley,  of  Hartford,  and  his  wife,  Lucy  (Dillings,)  born 


OP    NEW    BRITAIN.  283 

Feb.  2d,  1797,  married  Feb.  28th,  1820.  He  was  son  of  No.  (354,) 
was  a  farmer,  and  inherited  the  old  home  of  his  father  and  grandfather,  on 
which  his  son  Henry  now  dwells.  He  died  Sept.  19th,  1849,  aged  63. 
She  died  May  22d,  1866,  aged  69. 

THEIR   CHILD. 

Henry,  born  July  13th,  1 829,  bap.  Oct.  1829,  married  Dec.  5th,  1855,  Elizabeth 
Hubbard,  of  Wethersfield,  daughter  of  Leonard  C.,  and  his  wife  Nancy  (Churchill.) 

474.  «LYDIA  BASS,"  to  church  Aug.  5th,  1821,  daughter  of  Samuel, 
and  his  wife,  No.  (153,)  born  1792  ;  had  a  child,  baptized  John  Williams, 
Sept  16th,  1821.     She  died  October  6th,  1830,  aged  37  ;  lived  and-  died 
with  her  mother. 

475.  "WAKEMAN  N.  STANLEY,"  to  church  Aug.  5th,  1821,  son  of 
Noah,  and  No.  (202,)  born  March  9th,  1793,  married  No.  (476  ;)  lived 
on  Stanley  street,  next  south  of  his  uncle,  Dr.  Adna  Stanley,  now  Martin 
Brown.     He  was  a  farmer,  plain  and  unpretending,  industrious  and  gen- 
erous.    He  died  Aug.  19th,  1823,  aged  30. 

476.  "  ELIZABETH,  wife  of  Wakeman  N.  Stanley,"  to   church  Aug. 
5th,  1821,  daughter  of  No.  (174)  and  No.  (224,)  married  No.  (475,)  and 
married,  second,  Azmon  Woodruff,  of  Avon  ;  she  became  a  Baptist,  and 
died  Jan.  3d,  1852,  aged  54,  at  Richland,  N.  Y. 

THEIR    CHILDREN. 

1.  Charlotte,  born  May  14th,  1817,  bap.  Sept.  16th,  1821,  married  George  Hale. 

2.  Horatio,  bom  June  26th,  1820,  bap.  Sept.  16th,  1821,  married  Margaret  Brace. 

477.  "  CHAUNCEY  CLARK,"  to  church  Aug.  5th,  1821,  baptized  same 
time,  son  of  No.  (434,)  born  April  loth,  1787;  was  a  farmer,  and  inher- 
ited the  home  of  his  father  and  grandfather,  on  East  street ;  married  Sept. 
15th,  1818,  Eunice,  daughter  of  No.  (174,)  she  died  Oct.  16, 1819,  aged  30. 
when  he  married,  second,  Dec.  22d,  1824,  No.  (572.)    He  was  quiet  and 
honest,  and  very  successful  as  a  farmer  and  business  man.     He  died  Dec. 
22d,  1855,  aged  70. 

HIS    CHILDREN    BY    SECOND    WIFE. 

1.  Laura  Louisa,  bora  June  3d,  1826,  bap.  Nov.  22d,  1826,  married  Elizur  N. 
Smith. 

2.  Lucy  Eliza,  born  June  16th,  1828,  married  June  22d,  1848,  James  P.  Moore.  • 

3.  Edwin  Smith,  bora  Dec.  3d,  1830,  bap.  April  24th,  1831,  married  May  15th, 
1856,  No.  (1381;)  he  died  suddenly  of  bilious  cholic,  April  12th,  1865,  in  his  35th 
year. 

4.  Chauncey  D.,  bora  May  6th,  1839. 

478.  "ALFRED  ANDREWS,"  to  church  Aug.  5th,  1821,  son  of  No.  (313) 
bora  Oct.  16th,  1797;  taught  school  in  early  life,  learned  wagon  and 
carriage  making,  and  carried  on  the  business ;  married  Dec.  16th,  1818, 
No.  (479.)     She  died,  and  he  married,  second,  Sept.  15th,  1824,  No. 


284  FIRST    CHURCH 

(657  ;)  residence  nearly  opposite  his  father,  on  West  Main  street,  two 
miles  from  the  village — house  built  1820  ;  appointed  one  of  the  standing 
church  committee,  Dec.  30th,  1823,  in  place  of  Ensign  Levi  Andrews, 
resigned  ;  was  a  teacher  in  Sabbath  school,  1816,  and  superintendent  in 
1826  ;  deacon,  Oct.  23d,  1851  ;  been  a  teacher  or  superintendent  from 
November,  1815,  either  in  day  or  Sabbath  school,  to  1867  ;  was  early  in 
the  temperance  reform,  and  anti-slavery  agitation  ;  failed  in  business  in 
1837,  and  commenced  his  genealogical  researches  in  1855,  and  this  memo- 
rial, Feb.  1858.  Was  appointed  secretary  of  the  Sabbath  School  Union, 
for  Wethersfield,  Berlin,  and  vicinity,  Sept.  6th,  1832,  and  resigned,  Sept. 
4th,  1866. 

479.  "CAROLINE  B.,  wife  of  Alfred  Andrews,"  to  church  Aug.  5th,  1821, 
daughter  of  No.  (211,)  bora  April  15th,  1798,  in  New  York  city,  mar- 
ried Dec.  16th,  1818,  No.  (478  ;)  taught  school  before  marriage;  left  two 
daughters,  and  died  Aug.  22d,  1823,  of  spotted  fever,  aged  25.     Was  in- 
telligent and  reflective. 

THEIR    CHILDREN. 

1.  Julia  Ann,  born  Nov.  15th,  1819,  bap.  Aug.  19th,  1821,  see  No.  (785.) 

2.  Caroline  Hart,  born  Dec.  4th,  1822,  bap.  Feb.  9th,  1823,  see  No.  (786.) 

CHILDREN    BY    SECOND    WIFE. 

3.  Margarette,  bora  Aug.  30th,  1826,  bap.  Oct.  29th,  1826,  see  No.  (946.) 

4.  Eliza  Shipman,  born  April  8th,  1828,  bap.  1828,  see  No.  (1051.) 

5.  Edwin  Norton,  born  Sept.  1st,  1832,  bap.  Oct.  21st,  1832,  see  No.  (1052.) 

6.  Cornelius,  born  Nov.  1st,  1834,  bap.  May,  1835,  see  No.  (1103.) 

7.  Alfred  Hinsdale/born  Dec.  25th,  1836,  bap.  June  1st,  1837;  is  extensively  en- 
gaged at  Chicago,  111.,  in  the  manufacture  and  sale  of  school  furnishing  goods. 

8.  Jane  Louisa,  born  April  22d,  1842,  bap.  1842,  died  Jan.  25th,  1844,  aged  21 
months. 

9.  Herbert  Lee,  born  June  6th,  1844,  bap.  Oct.  6th,  1844. 

10.  Jane  Louisa,  born  Aug.  10th,  1847,  bap.  June  1st,  1848,  see  No.  (1366.) 

480.  "  JOSIAH  DEWY,  jun.,"  to  church  Aug.  5th,  1821,  son  of  No. 
(179,)  born  Aug.  llth,  1792  ;  was  a  brass  founder;  located  on  East  Main 
street;  was  a  manufacturer;   married  March  2d,  1814,  Betsey  Eecor, 
daughter  of  Michael,  and  his  wife   Lydia  (Griswold,)  born  Jan.  26th, 
1795,  died  Nov.  16th,  1822,  aged  28,  when  he  married,  second,  May  8th, 
1823,  No.  (488.)     He  lived  a  consistent  Christian  life,  and  died  March 
31st,  1851,  aged  58. 

THEIR    CHILDREN. 

1.  George,  born  Sept.  23d,  1814,  Bap.  Oct.  21sf,  1821,  see  No.  (626.) 

2.  Lucy  Jane,  born  Nov.  8th,  1816,  bap.  Oct.  21st,  1821,  married  Oct.  8th,  1834, 
Nelson  Hart. 

3.  Harriet  Eliza,  bora  April  2d,  1822,  bap.  Oct.  6th,  1822,  died  Dec.  17th,  1822, 
aged  9  months. 

CHILD   BT    SECOND   WIFE. 

4.  Arabella,  born  Feb.  19th,  1824,  bap.  May  30th,  1824,  married  Dec.  24th,  1845, 
William  Gaylord. 


OP    NEW    BRITAIN.  285 

481.  "  CHESTER  HART,"  to  church  Aug.  5th,  1821,  son  of  No.  (247,) 
born  Feb.  7th,  1793,  married  Sept.  19th,  1821,  No.  (489  ;)  she  died,  when 
he  married,  second,  May  12th,  1824,  her  sister,  No.  (490.)     He  was  by 
trade  a  shoe-maker  and  tanner,  learned  of  Abijah  Flagg,  in  West  Hart- 
ford ;  lived  in  Hart  quarter,  first  on  the  corner  of  Shuttle  Meadow  road 
and  West  street,  with  his  tannery  near  by  on  the  west,  but  on  t  he  death 
of  his  wife's  uncle  Lemuel,  in  Yonkers,  New  York,  she  had  a  patrimony 
with  which  he  built  a  fine  and  substantial   residence  on  the  corner  east. 
He  died  March  20th,  1865,  aged  72. 

THEIR   CHy,DREN. 

1.  Levi  Wells,  bora  Jane  7th,  1825,  bap  Aug.,  1825,  see  No.  (944.) 

2.  John  Henry,  born  April  13th,  1828,  bap.  June,  1828,  married  Jan.  4th,  1853, 
Jane  Griswold,  of  West  Hartford,  daughter  of  Josiah  ;  she  died  April  7th,  1864. 

3.  Hannah  Jennette,  bora  March  9th,  1835,  died  March  16th,  1853,  aged  18  years 
and  1  week. 

482.  "SELAH  STEELE,  jun.,"  to  church  Aug.  5th,  1821,  baptized  same 
time,  son  of  No.  (852,)  born  May  25th,  1789,  married  Oct.  5th,  1825, 
No.  (719.)     He  was  a  harness  maker  by  trade,  learned  of  Ira  Andrus  ; 
lived  a  few  years  in  Southington  ;  his  wife  Phebe  died,  when  he  married, 
second,  Oct.  29th,  1856,  Lavinia  C.  Merrills,  widow  of  Salmon   Merrills, 
of  New  Hartford,  and  daughter  of  Fithen  Case,  of  Simsbury ;  she  died, 
when  he  married,  third,  the  widow  of  Daniel  Humphrey,  of  Torringford, 
her  maiden  name,  Eliza  Burr.     He  was  dismissed  by  letter  to  South 
church,  New  Britain,  Nov.  17th,  1845  ;  he  then  had  a  residence  on  Pearl 
street,  but  sold  out  and  moved  to  West  Winsted. 

HIS    SON   BT  FIRST  WIFE. 

Harvey  Baldwin,  born  Feb.  23d,  1827,  bap.  June  3d,  1827,  at  Southington;  is  a 
physician,  and  married  at  the  Humphrey  House,  New  Britain,  April  30th,  1861,  Mary 
Mather,  of  West  Winsted. 

483.  "JONATHAN  HART,"  to  church  Aug.  5th,  1821,  son  of  No.  (181,) 
born  Feb.  20th,  1792  ;  traveled  south,  was  a  clothier  by  trade;  was  for 
many  years  a  magistrate  in  West  Troy,  N.  Y. ;  has  been  dissolute  ;  never 
married.     He  died  March  4th,  1863,  aged  71,  at  West  Troy,  N.  Y.     Na- 
ture lavished  much  on  both  his  body  and  mind. 

484.  "!RA  HART,"  to  church  Aug.  5th,  1821,  son  of  No.  (181,)  born 
July  22d,  1798  ;  a  clothier  by  trade,  lived  in  north  part  of  his  father's 
house;  married  May  3d,  1820,  No.  (485,)  died  Dec.  1st,  1824,  aged  26; 
left  no  posterity. 

485.  "  ORPHA,  wife  of  Ira  Hart,"  to  church  Aug.  5th,  1821,  daughter 
of  No.  441,  born  April  2d,  1800,  married  May  2d,  1820,  No.  (484;)  he 
died,  when  she  married,  second,  May  2d,  1835,  No.  (465  ;)  a  discreet, 
modest  woman ;  has  had  no  children  ;  to  South  church,  1842. 


286  FIRST    CHURCH 

486.  "  CHESTER  PENNFIELD,"  to  church  Aug.  5th,  1821,  son  of  No. 
(237,)  born  January  23d,  1796,  married  June  4th,  1820,  No.  (528  ;)  was 
a  farmer,  and  lived  in  the  west  part  of  his  father's  house  on  Horse  plain. 
He  died  Aug.  6th,  1825,  aged  30. 

THEIR    CHILDREN. 

1.  Jeremiah,  bora  March  16th,  1821,  bap.  Aug.  19th,  1821,  married  May  22d,  1840, 
Sarah  J.  Webster;  he  died  July  10th,  1863,  aged  42. 

2.  Julia  Ann,  bora  Sept.  26th,  1822,  bap.  Nov.  3d,  1822,  married  NOT.  25th,  1841, 
Samuel  M.  Knowles, 

487.  "  DESDEMONA  SMITH,"  to  church  Aug.  5th,  1821,  daughter  of 
Lemuel  and  No.  (437  ;)  never  married,  lived  with  her  parents ;  baptized 
on  admission  to  church.     She  died  June  4th,  1835,  aged  38. 

488.  "  LYDIA  S.  COSSLETT,"  to  church  Aug.  5th,  1821,  daughter  of 
Francis,  and  his  second  wife,  No.  (636,)  born  January  31st,  1800,  mar- 
ried May  8th,  1823,  No.  (480 ;)  was  a  dressmaker,  efficient  in  her  occu- 
pation,  and   resides  on    East    Main  street.     Her  daughter,    Catharine, 
born  March  31st,  1817,  baptized  Sept.  23d,  1821,  married  April  17th, 
1839,  George.  M.  Landers.     Mrs.  Dewy  to   South  church,   1842.     She 
died  Aug.  19th,  1864,  aged  64£  years. 

489.  "  HANNAH  WELLS,"  to  church  Aug.  5th,  1821,  daughter  of  No. 
(299,)  born  Aug.,  1797,  married  Sept.  19th,  1821,  No.  (481,)  died  Sept. 
1st,  1823,  when  he  married,  second,  May  12th,  1824,  No.  (490.) 

490.  "  ELVA  WELLS,"  to  church  August  5th,  1821,  daughter  of  No. 
(299,)  born  Sept,  llth,  1800,  married  May  12th,  1824,  No.  (481.)     She 
was  a  good  scholar  and  a  godly  woman ;  she  had  a  patrimony  by  the 
death  of  her  uncle  Lemuel,  in  Yonkers,  New  York,  who  was  wealthy, 
with  which  they  built  a  good  and  substantial  residence   on   the  corner  of 
the  turnpike  and  Shuttle  Meadow  road;  she  to  South  church,  1842. 

491.  "MARILLA  WELLS,"  to  church  Aug.  5th,  1821,  daughter  of  No. 
(299,)  born  Sept.  26th,  1805,  m?.rried  Nov.  2d,  1825,  No,  (678.)     She 
had  property  left  her  by  her  uncle  Lemuel,  with  which  they  built  on  a  fine 
site  on  the  banks  of  the  Hudson  river,  in  Yonkers,  N.  Y.     She  was  dis- 
missed by  letter  to  the  church  there,  April  20th,  1843. 

492.  "  BETSEY  W.  PRATT,"  to  church  Aug.  5th,  1821,  daughter  of 
No.  (345,)  born  Feb.  23d,  1797,  a  twin  sister  of  Henry  M.,  married 
May  31st,  1826,  Amon  Richards,  of  Newington,  son  of  Oliver,  and  Lydia 
(Andrews,)  his  wife,  born  May  1st,  1798 ;  is  a  successful   farmer.     She 
was  dismissed,  1826,  and  recommended  by  letter  to  church  in  Newington. 

THEIR    CHILDREN. 

1.  Lydia,  born  February  27th,  1828,  married  Oct.  16th,  1848,  Martin,  son  of  John 
Ellis. 

2.  Susan  Pratt,  bom  July  9th,  1832,  married  Jan.  14th,  1857,  Luther  S.  Webster, 
of  Jonathan. 


OP    NEW    BRITAIN.  287 

3.  Infant,  born  Nov.  30th,  1825,  died  at  three  days  old. 

4.  William  Madge,  born  Nov.  23d,  1837,  lives  (1864)  with  his  father. 

493.  "  NANCY  D.  PRATT,"  to  church  Aug.  5th,  1821,  daughter  of  No. 
(345,)  born  March  25th,  1803,  married  July  8th,  1827,  Cyrus  Francis,  of 
Newington,  son  of  Justus,  and  No.  (212;)  she  was  his  second  wife,  his 
first  being  Sabra  Blinn.     His  wife  Nancy  dismissed  Oct.  7th,  1827,  and 
recommended  by  letter  to  the  church  in  Newington ;  she  died  there  of 
caccer. 

HIS  CHILD  BT  FIRST    WIFE    SABRA. 

1.  Blinn,  born  March  22d,  1825,  married  Lucy  Hart. 

CHILDREN   BT    SECOND   WIFE   NANCY. 

2.  Pratt,  bora  Sept.  22d,  1831,  married  August  30th,  1855,  Adeline  H.  Hurd,  of 
Avon. 

3.  Cyrus  W.  born  Jane,  1838,  a  graduate  of  Yale  Col.,  1867 ;  ordained  a  minister. 

4.  Nancy,  bom  Dec.  29th,  1840,  educated  at  Holyok«,  Mass. 

494.  "REBECCA  EDDY,"  to  church  Aug.  5th,  1821,  daughter  of  Charles, 
and  No.  (270,)  born  Oct.  3d,  1799,  bap.  Nov.  17th,  1799.     Rebecca  Bass 
married  June  28th,  1825,  Albert  Norton,  of  Kensington,  son  of  Roger, 
and  Hannah  (Rice,)  of  "Wallingford,  his  wife.     She  was  received  to  Ken- 
sington church,  Dec.,  1826,  by  letter  from  New  Britain.     She  died  Aug. 
31st,  1828,  aged  29,  at  Kensington.     She  was  by  trade  a  tailoress,  and 
learned  of  Polly  Judd,  who  married  Jesse  Eddy.     She  was  the  second 
wife  of  Capt.  Albert  Norton,  his  first  being,  Lucy,  daughter  of  John  Lee  ; 
she  died  April  25th,  1824,  when  he  married,  second,  as  above.     Mr.  Nor- 
ton married,  third,  March  25th,  1829,  Ruth,  daughter  of  Cyprian  Hart 
and  his  wife,  Lucy  (Hooker.) 

HIS   CHILDREN    BY    HIS    FIRST   WIFE,  LUCY. 

1.  William  Hart,  bora  Nov.  30th,  1819,  died  April  16th,  1847. 
2    Albert  Roger,  born  June  23d,  1821,  married  October,  1846,  Elizabeth  Stocking  ; 
he  died  March  Jlth,  1848. 

3.  Lucy  Harriet,  bora  Jan.  26th,  1824,  died  Sept.  2d,  1839. 

HIS    CHILD    BY   HIS    SECOND    WIFE,  REBECCA. 

4.  Frederick  Henry,  bom  March  17th,  1828,  married  May  3d,  1852,  Jane  S.  Carter, 
of  Southington. 

HIS   CHILDREN   FY    HIS   THIRD   WIFE,  RUTH. 

5.  Isabella  Hannah,  bora  Oct.  15th,  1831,  died  Dec.  15th,  1840. 

6.  Harriet  Isabella,  bora  July  5th.  1843. 

[Capt.  Albert  Norton  was  grandson  of  Roger,  sen.,  who  was  son  of  Serg.  John, 
who  was  son  of  John,  2d,  of  north  end  of  Farmington  village,  who  was  son  of  John 
the  imigrant,  born  in  London,  England,  1625,  to  Richard.] 

495..  "  EMELINE  EDDY,"  to  church  Aug.  5th,  1821,  daughter  of  Charles, 
and  No.  (270,)  born  Feb.  22d,  1802,  married  October  12th,  1822,  Ralph 
Stanley  Cornwell,  son  of  Stephen,  and  Abigail  (Stanley,)  his  wife,  born 


288  FIRST     CHURCH 

January  28th,  1799,  a  twin  with  Richard.  He  was  a  brass  founder  by 
trade,  learned  of  Cyrus  Stanley,  in  Stanley  quarter,  at  the  old  home  of 
Colonel  Gad.  He  died  July  26th,  1827,  aged  29. 

THEIR    CHILD. 

Thomas  Stow,  bora  Nov.  19th,  1823,  bap.  April  10th,  1825,  died  June  3d,  1845,  at 
New  Bedford,  Mass.,  aged  21.  She  married,  second,  Nov.  17th,  1831,  No.  (955.) 

496.  "  SALLY   PENNFIELD,"  to  church  Aug.   5th,  1821,  daughter  of 
No.  (237,)  born  Nov.  8th,  1800,  married  Aug.  5th,  1821,   David  North- 
rop ;  living,  1861,  in  Russellsburg,  Pa.     She   was  dismissed,  Oct.  3d, 
1824,  to  Camden,  N.  Y.,  by  letter. 

497.  "  PHEBE  L.  ANDREWS,"  to  church  Aug.  5th,  1821,  daughter  of 
No.  (197,)  born  Oct.  28th,  1797,  married  March  18th,  1823,  Asa  Cowdry, 
brother  of  No.  (397  ;)  he  was  born  Nov.  9th,  1798,  at  Hartland,  to  Asa, 
and  his  wife  Abigail  (Ensign,)  and  learned  the  blacksmith  trade  of  No. 
(430.)     She  was  consumptive,  and  lost  her  speech  for  several  months,  but 
had  it   restored,  suddenly,  while  praying.     She  died   Sept.  17th,  1826, 
aged  29,  at  the  home  of  her  father;  a  lovely  woman.     He  married,  second, 
Laura  (Farr,)  moved  to  Florida  and  set  up  his  business,  and  died  there 
Ang.  8th,  1833,  aged  35. 

"498.  "SALOME  HART,"  to  church  Aug.  5th,  1821,  daughter  of  No. 
(183,)  born,  Aug.  14th,  1801,  married  Jan.  30th,  1832,  Henry  Judd,  son 
of  No.  (195,)  born  Jan.  15th,  1801,  live  in  the  old  home  of  his  father; 
is  a  farmer.  She  died  Oct.  20th,  1865,  of  cancer,  aged  64. 

THEIR   CHILD. 

Henrietta,  bora  April  26th,  1824,  married  Nov.  30th,  1843,  Justus  Morgan,  son  of 
Amos,  and  Mary  Wetherel,  his  wife ;  has  a  fine  location  next  door  to  his  father  Judd. 

499.  "  HANNAH  J.  BELDEN,"  to  church  Aug.  5th,  1821,  daughter  of 
Leonard,  jun.,  and  No.  (324,)  born  July  23d,  1800,  married  April  30th, 
1832,  Rev.  Alfred  Gardner,  pastor  of  a  church  in  East  Wjndham,  N.  Y., 
to  which  place  she  removed  her  church  connection.     Her  present  location, 
A.  D.  1861,  Wayauwega,  Wawpacca  county,  Wisconsin.     Tbeir  children 
are  Sarah,  Leonard  Belden,  Mary,  Emma,  and  Andrew. 

500.  "  ALMIRA  JUDD,"  to  church  Aug.  5th,  1821,   daughter  of  No. 
(178.)     She  was  dismissed  and  recommended  by  letter  to  Meredeth, 
N.  Y.,  Nov.  llth,  1821. 

501.  "MARY  BURRITT,"  to  church  Aug.  5th,  1821,  daughter  of  Elihu, 
and  No.  (290,)  born  Feb.  18th,  1803,  married  May  26th,  1825,  William 
Williams,  of  Kensington,  son  of  Gideon,  and  Eunice  (Cowles,)  his  wife. 
He  was  a  shoe-maker  by  trade,  learned  of  Ashbel  Hooker,  in  Kensington. 
After  living  a  few  years  with  his  wife,  mostly  in  Southington,  to  which 
church  -she  was  recommended,  went  to  parts  unknown,  but  subsequently  it 


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was  found  he  had  changed  his  name  and  married  a  beautiful  woman  in 
Philadelphia,  of  wealthy~and  doating  parents,  whose  hearts  were  broken 
by  knowing  the  facts  in  the  case.  Mary,  his  lawful  wife,  obtained  a 
divorce,  and  plied  her  needle  so  successfully  as  to  earn  a  fine  situation  on 
Lafayette  street,  where  she  built  in  1844,  and  resides,  1867. 

THEIR   CHILDREN. 

1.  Elizabeth,  born  Feb.  10th,  1827,  bap.  June  3d,  1827,  at  Southington,.  married 
May,  1843,  William  Miller. 

2.  Ann  Watson,  born  Nov.  30th,  1828,  bap.  June  14th,  1829,  at  Southington,  mar- 
ried spring  of  1845,  George  Waugh,  of  Torringford,  Ct. 

502.  "RnoDA  HAMBLm,"4to  church  Aug.  5th,  1821,  born  April  9th, 
1797,  at  White  Oak,  in  Farmington,  to  Phineas,  and  his  wife  Rhoda  (An- 
drews,) baptized  at  Farmington,  July  31st,  1797,  married  Jan.  1st,  1832, 
Reuben  Hitchcock,  of  Cheshire,  son  of  Asa,  and  his  wife  Asenath  (Doo- 
little,)  born  June   17th,  1794.     She  was  dismissed  by  letter,  June   3d, 
1832,  to  church  at  Southington.     She  died  June   15th>  1846,  aged  49. 
He  died  Oct.  12th,  1863,  aged  70. 

THEIR    CHILDREN. 

1.  Henry  E.,born  Dec.  24th,  1832,  at  Cheshire,  died  Dec.  27th,  1832,  aged  3  days. 

2.  Harriet,  born   March  21st,  1834,  at  Cheshire,  married  Nov.  5th,  1849,  Jacob 
Day,  of  Bristol. 

3.  Martha  A.,  born  March  17th,  1836,  died  Dec.  5th,  1858,  aged  22.J  years. 

503.  "  EMILY  HART,"  to  church  Aug.  5th,  1821,  baptized  same  time, 
daughter  of  Stephen,  jun.,  and  No.  (638,)  born  March  15th,  1804,  mar- 
ried Sept.  21st,  1823,  Erastus  Parker,  of  Lenox,  Mass.,  a  tanner  and 
currier  by  trade.     He  was  born  Jan.  5th,  1800,  at  Bristol,  Ct.,  to  Richard, 
from  East  Haddam,  and  his  wife  Lydia  (Eells.) 

THEIR    CHILDREN. 

1.  Sarah  Ann,  born  Nov.  9ih,  1825,  married  March  -25th,  1856,  J.  F.  Barrett, 

2.  Julia  Amelia,  born  Dec.  24th,  1827,  died  Aug.  13th,  1829. 

3.  Emily,  born  May  7th,  1830,  died  Jan.,  1832. 

4.  Elizabeth,  Mary,  born  March  24th,  1833. 

5.  William,  born  Dec.  17th, 1838,  graduated  at  Williams  College  in  1862. 

6.  Hattie  Amelia,  born  January  17th,  1847. 

504.  "TmRZA  LEE,"  to  church  Aug.  5th,  1821,  daughter  of  No.  (356,) 
born  Nov.  19th,  1801,  educated  at  Troy,  N.  Y.,  and  became  a  teacher 
there;  erected  and  established  a  female  seminary  in  New  Britain,  on  the 
corner  west  of  the  fountain,  1843  ;  married  Sept.  20th,  1849,  Rev.  David 
Tilton,  of  Andover,  Mass.,  son  of  John,  and   Sally  (Bachelder,)  his  wife, 
of  Gilmantan,  N.  IJ.     She  was  dismissed  and  recommended  by  letter  ta 
Dr.  Beeman's  church,  Troy,  Aug.  2d,  1832,  and  by  letter,  Aug.  6th,  1843, 

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returned  and  received  back.     A  lady  of  literary  and  Christian  adorn- 
ments. 

505.  "  ELIZA  WINCHELL,"  to  church   Aug.  5th,  1821,  born   1805,  to 
No.  (561,)  married  Nov.  26th,  1828,  No.  (741  ;)  dismissed  by  letter,  Oct., 
1834,  to  church  in  North  Coventry,  with  her  husband.     She   died  April 
27th,  1838,  aged  33,  at  the  house  of  Thomas  Tracy.     She  was  lame  from 
childhood.     Her  grave  stone  is  in  New  Britain  cemetery. 

506.  "  JERUSHA  BELDEN,"  to  church  Aug.  5th,  1821,  baptized  same 
time,  daughter  of  Aziel,  and  his  first  wife  Azuba  (Goodrich,)  born  July  llth, 
1805,  married  Aug.  4th,  1824,  Amon  Judd,  son  of  No.  (435,)  born  Oct. 
27th,  1800.     She  died  April  13th,  1831,  aged  26,  when  he  married,  sec- 
ond, Dec.  7th,  1831,  No.  (898.)     They  lived  on  East  street,  next  door 
south  of  Richard  Judd.     He  died  March  22d,  1840,  aged  39. 

THEIR    CHILDREN. 

1.  Mary  Annette,  born  April  9th,  1826,  bap.  July  23d,  1826,  see  No.  (1196.) 

2.  Frances  Maria,  bora  Dec.  llth,  1828,  bap.  March  29th,  1829,  married  Carlos 
Huntley,  of  Newington. 

SECOND  WIFE'S  CHILDREN. 

3.  Austin,  born  April  5th,  1834,  bap.  1840,  married  Sept.  3d,  1856,  Julia  Miller. 

4.  Jane  Eliza,  born  July  16th,  1838,  bap.  1840,  married  July  13th,  1857,  William 
G.  Loveland. 

507.  "ELIZA  SOUTHWORTH,"  to  church  Aug.  5th,  1821,  daughter  of 
Samuel,  and  Hannah  (Shipman,)  his  wife,  born  June  3d,  1806,  at  Paris, 
N.  Y.,  married  Nov.  25th,  1830,  No.  (595  ;)  took  a  general  letter,  1842  ; 
received  back,  Dec.  5th,  1830,  by  letter  from  church  in  Gaines,  N.  Y. ; 
lives  now,  1863,  in  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

508.  "MARY  B.  ANDREWS,"  to  church  August  5th,  1821,  daughter  of 
No.  (313,)  born  April  13th,  1807,  married  April  21st,  1839,  No.  (761.) 
She  taught  school  before  marriage,  was  very  efficient  for  some  years 
after  marriage,  but  lost  her  good  health,  and  was  bedrid  some  five  years  ; 
was  one  year  at  the  insane  retreat,  Utica,  N.  Y.     She  was  dismissed,  Oct. 
2d,  1831,  to  church  in  Southington,  by  letter,  was  received  back,  and 
again  dismissed,  A.  D.  1837,  to  church  in   Southington.     Resides  now, 
1867,  in  Waterloo,  Wis. 

509.  "LTDIA  PENNFIELD,"  to  church  Aug.  5th,  1821,  baptized  same 
time,  daughter  of  Nathaniel,  3d,  and  No.  (549,)   born  May  1st,  1806, 
married  March  20th,-1825,  No.  (516;)  has  been  most  of  life  in  a  state 
of  religious  despondency,  arising  from  ill  health,  probably. 

510.  "SAMUEL  RECOR,"  to  church  Aug.  5th,  1821,  bap.  same  time, 
son  of  Michael,  and  his  wife  Lydia  (Griswold,)  born  1801,  married  Nov. 
25th,  1829,  Almira  Steele,  daughter  of  Avery,  and  his  wife  Polly  (Rugg,) 
he  was  cut  off  from  the  church,  Feb.  23d,  1832,  for  immoralities  and 
neglect  of  ordinances.     He  died  May  27th,  1835,  aged  34. 


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511.  «  HORACE  WELLS,"  to  church  Aug.  5th,  1821,  son  of  No.  (299,) 
born  Aug.  llth,  1795,  married  Dec.  24th,  1823,  No.  (643.)     He  was  a 
farmer,  and  inherited  his  father's  homestead  on  East  street,  also  a  portion 
of  his  uncle  Lemuel's  estate  in   Yonkers,  New  York.     He  has  repre- 
sented the  town  in  the  Legislature.     He  built  a  new  house  on  the  oppo- 
sith  side  from  the  old  house  of  his  father ;  he  has  become  wealthy,  and  is 
much  interested  in  the  prosperity  of  the  church  and  society.     He  died 
Nov.  2d,  1865,  aged  70. 

THEIR    CHILDREN. 

1.  Levi  Sedgwick,  born  Feb.  25th,  1825,  bap.  June  12th,  1825,  see  No.  (942.) 

2.  Lemuel  Russell,  born  Jan.  2d,  1827,  see  No.  (943.) 

3.  Lucelia,  born  Oct.  27th,  1828,  see  No.  (979.) 

4.  Catharine,  born  February  15th,  1833,  bap.  June  9th,  1833,  died  Feb.  2d,  1850, 
aged  17. 

512.  "  LEMUEL  WELLS,"  to  church  Aug.  5th,  1821,  son  of  No.  (299,) 
born  July  4th,  1803,  married  Nov.  15th,  1827,  No.  (605 ;)  moved  to 
Yonkers,  N.  Y.,  and  had  there  a  portion  of  his  uncle  Lemuel's  estate ;  he 
removed  his  connection  to  the  church  in  that  place,  April  20th,  1843,  with 
his  wife.     He  died  at  Yonkers,  N.  Y.,  Sept.   llth,  1861,  aged  58,  of 
paralysis. 

THEIR  CHILDREN. 

1.  Florilla,  born  July  2d,  1829,  at  New  Britain,  and  bap. 

2.  Marietta,  bora  Nov.  15th,  1832,  at  New  Britain,  bap.  Jan.  17th,  1832,  at  New 
Britain,  married  Jan.  30th,  1850,  Ethan  Flagg,  of  Yonkers;  she  died  Feb.  3d,  1851. 

3.  Lemuel,  born  Nov.  1st,  1839,  at  Yonkers,  N.  Y.,  bap.  1841,  at  New  Britain  ;  he 
married,  Sept.  16th,  1863,  Sarah  Jones,  daughter  of  Alfred,  of  Yonkers,  N.  Y. 

513.  "  NOAH  HAMBLIN,"  to  church  Aug.  5th,  1821,  son  of  Lemuel,  of 
"  White  Oak,"  in  Farmington,  and  his  wife  Mary  (Hart,)  born  April  26th, 
1801,  married  Jan.  24th,  1825,  Eliza  Wright,  daughter  of  Huldah  Wright, 
who  married  Isaac  Jones,  of  Hartford,  after  the   birth  of  this   daughter. 
He  was  a  brass  founder,  learned  of  Cyrus  Booth.     His  connection  with 
the  church   was  by  vote  dissolved,  Feb.  23d,  1832,  for  gross  neglect  of 
ordinances  and   intemperate   habits.     His   wife,  Eliza,   died  Nov.  20th, 

,  when  he  married,  second,  Elmina  Clark,  of  Burlington,  daughter 
of  Capt.  Asa ;  she  died,  when  he  married,  third,  July  30th,  1851,  Catha- 
rine Riley. 

HIS    CHILDREN   BY    SECOND    WIFE,  ELMINA.. 

1.  Noah  Clark,  born  Jan.,  1842,  was  a  soldier  in  Co.  B.,  6th  Regimint  C.  V.,  at 
Hilton  Head. 

2.  Ellen  Eliza,  bora  Feb.,  1844,  married  Oct.,  1862,  Willard  Stedman,  of  Bristol. 

514.  "  ROSWELL  S.  STEELE,"  to  church  August  5th,  1821,  baptized 
same  time,  son  of  No.  (852,)  born  Nov.  25th,  1796,  married  May  4th, 
1826,  No.  (725.)     He  was  a  farmer  and  inherited  the  old  home  of  his 
father  on  the  side  of  the  mountain  in  Southwest  district. 


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THEIR    CHILDREN. 

1.  Julius  Elbridge,  born  Feb.  16th,  1827,  bap.  June  3d,  1827,  see  No.  ("982.) 

2.  Ogden  L.,  bora  March  llth,  1829,  bap.  June  21st,  1829,  married  August  28th, 
18jl,  Ann  Judd. 

3.  Amzi,  born  June  4th,  1832,  died  Sept.  7th,  1832,  aged  3  months. 

4.  George  Brainard,  born  Dec.  19th,  1833,  bap.  May  25th,  1834. 

5.  Charles  D.,  born  July  5th,  1837,  married  April  llth,  1863,  Mary  E.  Farnum. 

6.  Harriet  A.,  born  Jan.  6th,  1840. 

7.  Matilda,  )       .      ,         T  ,          ,  (  died  Jan.  24th,  1844,  aged  5  months. 

8.  Melissa,   \  twms> born  Jul?  24th'  1844>  j  died  Jan.  28th;  184^  aged  5  months. 

9.  Ransom,  born  Jan.  29th,  1848. 

515.  "  BENJAMIN  •  SMITH,"  to  church  August  5th,  1821,  baptized  same 
time,  son  of  Moses,  and  his  wife  Sally  (Judd,)  bora  July  13th,  1800  ; 
traveled  south ;  was  a  butcher ;  kept  a  store,  and  lived  in  different  locali- 
ties ;  married,  Dec.  9th,  1824,  No.  (627.)     He  was  active  in  the  temper- 
ance reformation;  died  Feb.  18th,  1860,  aged  60.     He   was   a  man  of 
kind  feelings,  with  ready  sympathy  for  those  in  trouble.     • 

THEIR    CHILDREN. 

1.  Infant,  born  Dec.  9th,  1826,  died  same  day. 

2.  Abigail  Urania,  born  Feb.  9th,  1828,  married  Oct.  llth,  1846,  Nelson  T.  Judd. 

3.  Julia  Ann,  born  June  19th,  1830,  bap.  October  31st,  1832,  died  Dec.  1st,  1855, 
aged  20. 

4.  Ellen  Sophia,  born  Feb.  12th,  1837,  bap.  Aug.  3d,  1837,  see  No.  (1127.) 

516.  "  ADNA  HART,"  to  church  August  5th,  1821,  son  of  No.  (183,) 
bora  Jan.  28th,  1804,  married  March  20th,  1825,  No.  (509  ;)  a  brass 
founder  by  occupation  ;  residence  on  Elm  street,  the  place  formerly  owned 
and  occupied  by  George  "W.  Southworth. 

THEIR    CHILDREN. 

1.  Antoinette,  bora  Nov.  13th,  1825,  bap.  April  26th,  1826,  see  No.  (960.) 

2.  Henry  Franklin,  born  June  1st,  1829,  married  Eliza  Steele,  of  Jefferson. 

3.  Jane  Melissa,  bom  Feb.  22d,  1833,  bap.  1841,  married  Nov.  28th,  1854,  Jona- 
than Nott. 

4.  Charles  Watson,  bora  Oct.  13th,  1837,  bap.  1841. 

5.  Oliver  Dwight,  born  June  26th,  1840,  bap.  1841. 

6.  George  Adna,  born  Dec.  21st,  1850,  bap.  Oct.  23d,  1851. 

517.  "SAMUEL  WELDON,"  to  church  Aug.  5th,  1821,  son  of  Luther, 
and  his  wife  Jerusha  (Hurlburt,)  bora   Feb.  3d,  1799,  at  Argyle,  N.  Y.; 
a  wagon  maker  by  trade;   married  Oct.  15th,  1823,  Sally  Bartholomew, 
daughter  of  Ursula  Andrews;  she  died  Sept.  17th,  1837,  aged  35,  when 
he  married,  second,  Sarah  M.  Keach,  of  Wethersfield ;  she  died  Aug.  3d, 
1847,  when  he  married,  third,  Feb.-3d,  1848,  Mary,  the  widow  of  Wal- 
ter Gridley,  and  daughter  of  Roswell  Hunter,  born   Sept.  3d,  1802,  at 
Newington.     His  residence  is  by  the  "  Black  Rock,"  in  Southwest  dis- 


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trict.     He  was  voted  out  of  the  church,  March  10th,  1831,  for  neglect  of 
the  ordinances  and  public  worship. 

THEIR    CHILDREN. 

1.  Caroline,  born  >'ov.  26th,  1824,  married  Elias  Barnes,  of  Bristol. 

2.  Eli  Everest,  bora  Aug.  8th,         ,  married  widow  Delia  Fuller  ;  he  was  a  sol- 
dier in  the         Reg.  Mass.  V.  Cavalry,  Army  of  the  Potomac. 

3.  George,  born  Aug.  19th,  1829. 

4.  Samuel  Andrus,  born  March  22d,  1831,  see  No.  1258. 

5.  Sarah  E.,  born  April  2d,  1833,  married  Nov.  22d,  1855,  Thomas  Franklin  Hart, 
of  Alonzo,  of  Bristol ;  married  second,  Henry  Wright. 

6.  Munroe,  born  Oct.  5th,  1834,  married  Sept.  29th,  1860,  Catharine  E.  Buckley, 
of  West  Hartford. 

7.  Mary  Ann,  born  June  30th,  1836. 

SECOND  WIFE'S  CHILDREN. 

8.  Washington,  bora  Jan.  31st,  1841,  died  March  7th,  aged  5  weeks. 

9.  Oliver  H.,  born  April  18th,  1842. 

10.  Walter  Augustus,  bora  June  8th,  1844,  died  Feb.  21st,  1863,  at  Newbern,  N.  C., 
a  soldier  in  Co.  D,  46th  Reg.  Mass.  Vols.,  of  fever,  at  Camp  Stanley  Hoes,  aged  19 
years ;  buried  in  New  Britain  on  the  13th  day  of  March,  1863.  He  was  a  worthy 
member  of  the  Methodist  church. 

518.  "  SYLVESTER  PENNFIELD,"  to  church  Aug.  5th,  1821,  baptized 
same  time,  son  of  Nathaniel,  3d,  and  No.  (549,)  born  Nov.  22d,  1803, 
married  Nov.  25th,  1825,  Aurora  Gilbert,  daughter  of  Jonathan,  and  his 
wife  Eunice  (French,)  born  Aug.  30th,  1809.     He  was  a  cooper  by  trade, 
learned  of  his  father,  but  removed  to  New  York  city  in  1843,  and  spent 
the  last  of  his  life  in  putting  up  town  and  church  clocks.     He  joined  the 
Methodist  church  and  the  First  Congregational  church  withdrew  its  watch 
Dec.  1st,  1831.     He  died  August  7th,  1858,  in  New  York,  aged  55,  but 
was  brought  here  for  burial. 

THEIR   CHILDREN. 

1.  Rosella,  born  July  18th,  1827. 

2.  George  C.  bora  July  30th,  1830. 

3.  Sylvester  G.,  born  Dec.  8th,  1834. 

4.  Ellen  L.,  born  Oct.  25th,  1838. 

5.  Washington  Y.,  bora  Nov.  3,  1846,  died  Sept.  24th,  1865,  at  New  York  ;  buried 
at  New  Britain. 

519.  "  GEORGE  BOOTH,"  to  church  Aug.  5th,  1821,  son  of  No.  (338,) 
born  Jan.  30th,  1806,  married  Oct.  2d,  1828,  No.  (615.)     He  was  a  brass 
founder.     He  and  wife  were  dismissed  by  letter  to  church  in -Portsmouth, 
N.  H.,  Feb.  23d,  1832.     He  was  for  some  years  paralyzed,  and  died  Aug. 
15th,  1860,  aged  55,  at  Oxford,  Ohio. 

THEIR    CHILDREN. 

1.  George  Newton,  bom  Jan.  1st,  1830,  married  Sarah  Thorp,  of  Ohio. 
«.  WaldD  Cornwell,  bora  May  20th,  1836. 


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3.  Orlando  Wilcox,  born  April  21st,  1838. 

4.  Louisa,  born  May  21st,  1842,  died  March  15th,  1847,  aged  3  years. 
[These  three  sons  volunteered  into  the  Union  army  as  soldiers.] 

520.  "  CHLOE,  wife  of  Abijah  Smith,"  to  church  October  7th,  1821, 
daughter  of  No.  (121,)  born  April  24th,  1767,  married  Jan.  18th,  1792, 
Abijah  Smith,  son,  of  Samuel,  and  his    wife,  No.  (89,)  born  Nov.  14th, 
1767.     He  inherited  the  home  of  his  father,  on  Stanley  street,  a  prosper- 
ous farmer,  quiet  and  retiring,  he  died  April  6th,  1850,  aged  82.     She  is 
remarkably  strong  minded,  of  good  memory,  but  her  sight   and  tearing 
have  somewhat  failed.  She  is,  A.  D.  1862,  still  living,  and  has  aided  much 
in  this  work,  by  remembering  the  connections  of  families,  being  born 
only  nine  years  and  five  days  after  the  first  organization  of  the  church. 
She  died  in  Hartford,  with  her  grand  daughter  Louisa,  Feb.  22d,  1863, 
in  her  96th  year;  buried  in  New  Britain. 

THEIB   CHILDREN. 

1.  Chester,  born  Dec.  12th,  1798,  died  unmarried,  March  13th,  1838,  aged  39. 

2.  Nancy,  born  Jan.  12th,  1801,  married  May  llth,  1832,  Horatio  Waldo;  she  died 
June  17th,  1858,  aged  56.     She  was  for  many  years  a  distinguished  teacher  in  this 
town.     He  died  Nov.  19th,  1863,  aged  63. 

3.  Samuel,  born  Dec.  27th,  1806  ;  a  farmer,  and  inherited  the  old  homestead ;  his 
inventory,  $30,000.     He  died  Feb.  22d,  1861,  aged  54 ;  never  married. 

521.  "  HANNAH,  wife  of  Simeon  Harrington,"  to  church  Oct.  7th,  1821, 
baptized  same  time,  daughter  of  Ashbel  Griswold,  and  his  wife  Elizabeth 
(Woodruff,)  of  Farmington  farms,  daughter  of  Noah,  born  April  15th, 
1776,  married  May  12th,  1808.     He  was  born  Aug.  1st,  1782,  at  Union, 
Ct.     They  had  no  certain  dwelling  place,  but  raised  a  large  family  on 
small  means.     She  died  April  13th,  1838,  aged  52. 

THEIR    CHILDREN. 

1.  Ethan  Lilly,  born  Jan.  29th,  1809,  married  Betsey  Fielding. 

2.  Elizur  D.,  born  February  22d,  1811,  married  Margaret  Davenport;   married 
second,  Almira  Quinly. 

3.  Elizabeth  Woodruff,  born  May  30th,  1813,  unmarried,  lives  in  West  Hartford. 

4.  Cyril  Pearl,  born  Aug.  8th,  1815,  died  Jan.  25th,  1838. 

5.  Gideon  Griswold,  bora  April  28th,  1818,  married  Margaret  ,  lives  in 
Iowa. 

6.  Gardner  Simeon,  born  Oct.  9th,  1820,  died  May  5th,  1825. 

7.  Diana  Hannah,  bom  June  27th,  1824,  died  Jan.  13th,  1825. 

8.  Justin  Simeon,  born  Jan.  2d,  1826,  married  Maria  Dorman,  of  Burlington. 

9.  Angeline  Louisa,  born  May  5th,  1828,  married  Orlando  Palmer,  of  Farmington. 
10.  Lorin  Gardner,  born  June  30th,  1832. 

522.  "REUBEN  GLADDEN,"  to  church  Oct.  7th,  1821.  son  of  Azariah, 
of  Norwich,  and  his  wife  Anna  (Hudson,)  of  Saybrook,  born  July  19th, 
1782,  married  April  15th,  1804,  No.  (523.)     They  lived  on  Main  street, 


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near  the  "  Sand  Hill."  He  was  a  farmer,  of  industrious  habits  and  of 
great  economy,  and  by  dint  of  hard  labor  raised  a  large  and  respectable 
family.  He  died  Feb.  21st,  1852,  aged  70. 

523.  "  SALLY,  wife  of  Reuben  Gladden,"  to  church  Oct.  7th,  1821, 
daughter  of  Ladwick  Hotchkiss,  and  his  wife,  No.  (278,)  born  Aug.  26th, 
1782,  married  April  15th,  1804,  No.  (522,)  a  faithful  wife  and  anxious 
mother.     She  died  Feb.  9th,  1857,  aged  74,  having  built  a  commodious 
house  towards  the  close  of  life  on  East  Main  street. 

THEIR    CHILDREN. 

1.  William  Henry,  born  April  15th,  1805,  bap.  Nor.  24th,  1821,  married  Betsey 
Judd;  married  second,  No.  (711.) 

2.  Marcia,  born  Nov.  12th,  1806,  bap.  Nov.  24th,  1821,  see  No.  (614.) 

3.  Laura  Jane,  born  Jan.  7th,  1809,  bap.  Nov.  24th,  1821,  married  May  26th,  1857, 
William  Hart. 

4.  Jesse  Hotchkiss,  born  Dec.  17th,  1810,  bap.  Nor.  24th,  1821,  married  Almira 
Stowe ;  married  second,  Jane  Blinn. 

5.  Abi,  born  Feb.  17th,  1813,  bap.  Nov.  24th,  1821,  see  No.  (700.) 

6.  Walter,  born  April  12th,  1815,  bap.  Nov.  24th,  1821,  married  July  30th,  1840, 
Charlotte  Dayton,  of  Glastenlmry.     He  was  a  joiner  by  trade ;  been  captain,  represent- 
ative, post-master,  and  been  active  in  the  temperance  reformation  and  politics  ;  built 
and  lived  on  Washington  street,  but  in  1861  sold  to  Widow  Dr.  Stanley,  and  built  new 
on  West  Main  street. 

7.  Minerva,  bora  Aug.  12th,  1818,  bap.  Nov.  24th,  1821,  married  No.  (1019.) 

8.  George  born  Nov.  12th,  1820,  bap.  Nov.  24th,  1821,  died  March  2d,  1823,  aged 
two  years. 

9.  Sarah  Ann,  born  June  19th,  1823,  bap.  Aug.  10th,  1823,  see  No.  (1231.) 
10.  George  Newton,  bora  Aug.  14th,  1826. 

524.  POLLY,  wife  of  William  Judd,"  to  church  Oct.  7th,  1821,  baptized 
same  time,  daughter  of  Charles  Eddy,  sen.,  and  his  wife   Hannah  (Kel- 
sey,)  born  Oct.  llth,  1790,  married  April  23d,  1807.     He  was  son  of 
No.  (435,)  and  his  wife  Irene,  born  Dec.  9th,  1787.     He  was  a  farmer, 
and  was  sexton  many  years  ;  house  nearly  opposite  his  father.     He  died 
June  3d,  1855,  aged  67.     She  died  July  31st,  1835,  aged  45. 

THEIR    CHILDREN. 

1.  William,  bora  Sept.  1st,  1807,  bap.  August  10th,  1821,  married  May  6th,  1829, 
No.  (701.) 

2.  Norton,  born  Dec.  19th,  1810,  bap.  August  10th,  1821,  died  October  22d,  1823, 
aged  18. 

3.  Maria,  bora  Oct.  22d,  1812,  bap.  Aug.  10th,  1821,  married  Nov.  16th,  1831, 
Philip  Hart,  son  of  Stephen,  and  Sally  (White,)  his  wife. 

525.  "  SARAH,  wife  of  Hezekiah  C.  Whipple,"  to  church  October  7th, 
1821,  baptized  same  time  ;  her  maiden  name,  Capron.     They  lived  next 
south  of  Alvin  North.     He  was  a  jeweler,  from  Providence,  R.  I. ;  born 
Feb.  22d,  1787,  married  July  23d,  1808,  No.  (525.)     He  died  July  23d. 
1835,  aged  47.     She  was  born  Oct.  24th,  1787,  at  Providence,  R.  I.,  died 
Nov.  24th,  1825,  aged  38. 


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THEIR    CHILDREN. 

1.  Ana  Jane,  born  Nov.  12th,  1808,  bap.  October  2ist,  1821,  married  March  I4th, 
1831,  Ethiel  Sanger,  of  Ludlow,  Mass. 

2.  Joseph,  born  Sept.  19th,  1811,  bap.  Oct.  21st,  1821. 

3.  William  C.,  born  April  5th,  1814,  bap.  Oct.  21st,  1821,  see  No.  (749.) 

4.  Charlotte  C.,  born  Nov.  28th,  1815,  bap.  Oct.  21st, '1821. 

5.  Christopher  C.,  born  July  7th,  1818,  died  March  1 1th,  1820,  aged  two  years. 

6.  Frances,  born  Aug  26th,  1821,  bap.  Oct.  21st,  1821,  married  Nov  26th,  1846, 
George  A.  Richards,  of  North  Haven. 

526.  "  RUTH  JDDD,  wife  of  Phineas   Pennfield,"  to  church  Oct.  7th, 
1821,  daughter  of  Linus   Hart,  of  Avon,  born    May  3d,  1793,  married 
Nov.  25th,  1812,  No.  (469.)     She  died  Dec.  llth,  1848,  aged  55. 

527.  "  MINERVA,  wife  of  Jesse  Racor,"  to   church   Oct.  7th,   1821, 
daughter  of  No.  (175,)  born  Oct.  22d,  1798,  married   Dec.   1st,  1819, 
Jesse  Recor,  son.  of  Michael,  and  his  wife  Lydia  (Griswold,)  born  March 
26th,  1798 ;  he  died  April  5th,  1842,  aged  44.     They  lived   until  his 
decease  in  the  old  home  of  his  father;  she   then  lived  near  the  foot  of 
"  O:?good  Hill,"  and  earned  a  living  by  weaving ;  sold  her  place  and 
moved  to  Faribault,  Minn.,  with  her  son-in-law,  Samuel  C.  Dunham,  of 
Plainville,  where  she  died,  March  7th,  1866,  aged  6.". 

THEIR    CHILDREN. 

1.  Nancy  Alir.eda,  bora  Dec.  17th,  1820,  bap.  Dec.  16th,  1821,  see  No.  (837.; 

2.  Betsey  Adeline,  born  April  6th,  1822,  bap.  March  9th,  1823,  see  No.  (968.) 

3.  Roxy  Ann,  born  Feb.  15th,  1826,  bap.  June  18th,  1826,  married,  1848,  Henry 
D.  Vorburgh. 

4.  Augusta  H.,  born  N~ov.  12th,  1827,  married  Aug.  29th,  1847,  Samuel  C.  Dun- 
ham, of  Faribault,  Minn. 

5.  Cordelia  Lydia,  born  Nov.  23d,  1838,  bap.  1842. 

6.  George  Dwight,  born  March  18th,  1841,  bap.  1842. 

528.  "AURELIA,  wife  of  Chester  Pennfield,"  to  church  Oct.  7th,  1821, 
daughter  of  Nathaniel  Carrington,  of  Plainville,  and  his  wife  Sybil  (Steele,) 
born  May  12th,  1800,  married  June  4th,  182,0  No.  (486,)  he  died  Aug. 
6th  1825,  aged  30,  when  she  married,  second,  Nov.  19th,  1827,  Henry 
Steele,  son  of  William,  born  April  5th,  1806,  died  August  19th,  1847, 
aged   41.     She  joined  the   Methodist  church,  jind,  Dec.  1st,  1831,  our 
church  voted  to  withdraw  its  watch.     She  is  a  woman  of  good  sense  and 
kind  disposition,  and  much  respected. 

HER    CHILDREN    BY    HER    FIRST    HUSBAND. 

1.  Jeremiah,  born  March  16th,  1821,  bap.  Aug.  19th,  1821,  married  May  22d,  1840, 
Sarah  J.  Webster,  da.  of  Ebenezer,  of  Bloomfield ;  he  died  July  10th,  1863,  aged  42. 

2.  Julia  Ann,  born  Sept.  26th,  1822,  bap.  Nov.  3d,  1822,  married  Nov.  25th,  1841, 
Samuel  M.  Knowles,  of  West  Hartford. 

HER    CHILDREN    BT    SECOND    HUSBAND. 

3.  Jane  Eliza,  born  Sept.  12th,  1828. 

4.  Charles  Henry,  born  Jan.  27th,  1832,  married  April  12th,  1854,  Louisa  A.  Steele, 
daughter  of  Jerome;  she  died  Oct.  20th,  1854,  aged  22,  when  he  married,  second,  An- 
geline  Pennfield,  daughter  of  Nathaniel. 


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5.  Jane  Eliza,  2d,  born  Nov.  15th,  1834. 

6.  Sophia  Winchcll,  born  June  6th,  1838. 

529.  "ELIZA,  wife  of  Ira  Stanley,  jun."  to  church  Oct.  7th,  1821, 
daughter  of  John  Riley  LinQoln  and  his  wife,  No.  (319,)  born  Oct.  19th, 
1801,  married  Oct.  6th,  1819,  No.  (921  ;)  she  was  dismissed  and  recom- 
mended by  letter  to  Farmington  church,  Dec.  1st,  1822,  and  returned,  by 
letter  December,  1835  ;  residence  now,  1862,  on  "Washington  street. 

530.  "MARIA  BUTLER,"  to  church  Oct.  7th,  1821,  daughter  of  Joseph, 
of  Berlin,  and  his  wife,  Roxanna  (Cad well,)  born  Feb.  7th,  1804,  in  Ber- 
lin, married  Jan.  12th,  1832,  Walter  Beckley,  son  of  Luther,  Esq.  and  his 
wife,  Sarah  (Flagg,)  born  June  22d,  1808,  at  Beckley  quarter;  moved  to 
Texas,  with  his  family  ;  she  united  with  the  Universalist  church  of  Berlin, 
and  made  a  lengthy  communication  to  us,  in  which  she  stated  that  her 
views  of  some  of  the  doctrines  which  we  esteemed  essential,  had  changed, 
upon  which,  Dec.  1st,  1831,  this  church  withdrew  its  watch  and  fellow- 
ship; she  died  July  12th,  1860,  at  Mount  Pleasant,  in  Texas,  aged  56. 

THEIR    CHILDREN, 

(And  the  mother's  birth  and  death,  from  the  Beckley  family  records,  which  her  brother 
thinks,  makes  her  too  young.) 

1.  Frances  Laura,  born  Oct.  15th,  1832,  at  Berlin,  Conn. 

2.  Henry  Augustus,  born  March  10th,  1834,  died  Oct.  22d,  1844. 

3.  Jane  Maria,  born  July  22d,  1836,  died  Sept.  22d,  1849. 

4.  Joseph  Walter,  bora  Nov.  10th,  1837,  died  in  Texas,  Aug.  14th,  1860. 

5.  George  Alfred,  born  May  13th,  1839. 

6.  Rosina  Maria,  born  Sept.  13th,  1841. 

7.  Frank  Ludovico,  born  Sept.  4th,  1845. 

531.  "MATILDA   COGSWELL,"  to  church  Oct.  7th,  1821,  born  May 
23d,  1802,  to  Salmon,  in  Southington,  and  his  wife,  Sarah  (Smith,)  bap- 
tized there,  July  24th,  1803  ;  was  dismissed  and  recommended  from  this 
to  that  church,  Dec.  1st,  1822;  received  there  Feb.  2d,  1823,  and  their 
record   says  their  watch  is  withdrawn;  she   married  Jan.   31st,   1826, 
Thomas   McMahon,  of   Canaan,    and    was  divorced,  when  she  married 
second,  Peter  Boyd,  of  Boonville,  Oneida  county,  New  York;  she   was 
received  to  this  church  again  Feb.  llth,  1855,  by  letter  from  the  church 
in  South  Windsor,  and  dismissed  by  letter  back  to  the  same  church,  Jan. 
9th,  1858  ;  she  now,  fall  of  1861,  is  in  the  alms-house  of  her  native  town, 
Southington,  and  her  husband,  Peter  Boyd,  lives  in  Wisconsin. 

532.  "ABIGAIL  ANDREWS,"  to  church  Oct.  7th,  1821,  born  May  16th, 
1806,  to  No.  (197,)  married  Nov.  27th,  1827,  No.  (542;Xhe  died,  when 
she  married  second,  May  llth,  1848,  Comfort  Hewlet,  son  of  Comfort,  of 
Kensington,  and  his  wife,  Patty  (Pemberton,)  of  Groton,  Conn.;  she  dis- 
missed and  recommended  by  letter  to  South  ehurch,  1856,  and  is  now, 
A.  D.  1861,  living  on -Arch  street. 


298  FIRST     CHURCH 

533.  "  SOPHIA  HART,"  to  church  Oct.  7th,  1821,  born  Nov.  18th,  1806, 
to  No.  (441,)  married  July  3d,  1826,  Ralph  I.  Dunham,  son  of  Elisha,  of 
Berlin  ;  a  harness-maker  and  carriage-trimmer  by  trade  ;  learned  of  Moses 
W.  Beckley  ;  was  in  company  with  Salmon  N.  Hart,  of  Hartford  ;  went 
to  Natchez,  La.,  to  sell  work  and  died  there,  Nov.  9th,  1834.     She  was 
dismissed  and  recommended  by  letter  to  church  in  Hartford  ;  she  was  a 
scholar  in  the  Sabbath  school,  1816,  and  could  repeat  1,000  verses  of 
Scripture  per  week  ;  to  South  church,  by  letter,  1852;  lives  now,  1861,  on 
Walnut  street. 

THEIR    CHILDREN. 

1.  Sarah  Elizabeth,  born  July  8th,  1830,  died  April  Uth,  1836,  aged  six. 

2.  Helen  Sophia,  born  July  4th,  1833,  died  Aug.  2d,  1835,  aged  three. 

534.  "  SARAB  G.  WHITTLESEY,"  to  church  Oct.  7th,  1821,  born  Sept. 
15th,  1808,  to  No.  (321  ;)  lives  with  her  sisters  in  Ottawa,  Illinois,  and 
Sheboygan,   Wisconsin  ;   never  married  ;  remarkable   for   memory  and 
sociability  ;  dismissed  Jan.  5th,  1866,  by  general  letter. 

535.  "  LUCY  M.  WINCHELL,  to  church  Oct.  7th,  1821,  born  Oct.  16th, 
1808,  to  Miles  C.  and  his  wife,  No.  (428,)  married  Willys  Bronson,  of 
Berlin  ;  married  second,  Timothy  Lewis,  of  Pennsylvania,  but  now,  1861, 
lives  in  Illinois. 

THEIR   CHILDREN    BY   FIRST    MARRIAGE. 

1.  Louisa,  born 


536.  "MARY  B.  BOOTH,"  to  church  Oct.  7th,  1821,  born  April  18th, 
1808,  to  Cyrus  and  his  wife,  No.  (340,)  married  June  1st,  1826,  Edmund 
F.  Booth,  son  of  Joseph  and  Charlotte  (Bowman,)  his  wife  ;  she  died  Nov. 
2d,  1830,  aged  23.     He  was  bora  Nov.  15th,  1812,  at  New  York  ;  was  a 
brass-worker. 

THEIR   CHILDREN. 

1.  Antoinette,  bora  Jan.  llth,  1827,  died  Jan.  3d,  1828,  aged  one. 

2.  George,  bora  March  13th,  1828,  died  Nov.  26th,  1828. 

3.  Joseph,  bora  ,  bap.  Nov.,  1830. 

4.  Cyrus,  born  Oct.  25th,  1830,  bap.  Nov.,  1830;  in  the  Union  army  three  years. 

5.  George,  born 

537.  "Anzi  W.  HART,"  to  church  Oct.  7th,  1821,  baptized  same  time, 
born  Nov.  3d,  1801,  to  Asahel  and  his  second  wife,  Sarah,  daughter  of 
Judah  Hart  ;  he  learned  the  cooper's  trade  of  Selah  Hart,  and  died  at  his 
house  in  Hart  quarter,  of  spotted  fever,  Aug.  10th,  1823,  aged  22  ;  was  a 
young  man  of  good  parts  and  habits,  and  much  promise. 

538.  "CYRENUS  BOOTH,"  to   church   Oct.  7th,  1821,  baptized  same 
time;  born  June  21st,  1801,  to  David  and  his  wife,  Hannah  (Mather;)  a 
wagon-maker  by  trade  ;  married  Oct.  22d,  1826,  Almena  Hough,  of  Mer- 


OF     NEW    BRITAIN.  299 

iden ;  dismissed  and  recommended  by  letter  to  the  church  in  Meriden,  in 
1840  ;  he  has  a  pleasant  home  in  West  Meriden. 

THEIR    CHILDREN. 

1.  Burdette,  bora  March  27th,  1828,  married  Sarah  Belden ;  he  died  Dec.  30th, 
1860,  aged  32. 

2.  Cordelia,  born  March  26th,  1830,  died  March  3d,  1848,  aged  18. 

3.  Albertus  Hough,  born  Aug.  1st,  1838. 

539.  "JOHN  ANDREWS,  jun."  to  church  Oct.  7th,  1821,  born  Oct.  10th, 
1803,  to  No.  (197;)  a  shoe-maker  by  trade;  married  Nov.  8th,  1836, 
Lucy  Foote,  of  Madrid,  N.  Y.,  born  Feb.  28th,  1813 ;  he  dismissed  and 
recommended  by  letter  to  church  in  Cleaveland,  Ohio;  died  March  22d, 
1857. 

THEIR   CHILDREN. 

1.  Sarah  S.,  born  May  27th,  1839,  at  Cleaveland  ;  teacher. 

2.  Mary  E.,  bom  Dec.  13th,  1840,  at  Cleaveland ;  teacher. 

3.  Charles  J.,  born  Oct.  1 2th,  1 845,  at  Cleaveland  ;  a  telegraph  operator. 

4.  Horace  F.,  bora  July  7th,  1851,  at  Cleaveland. 

540.  "  HARRY  JUDD,"  to  church  Oct.  7th,  1821,  baptized  same  time, 
born  Nov.  2d,  1804,  to  John  and  his  wife,  No.  (637 ;)  was  a  brass-worker ; 
lived  several  years  in  Southington ;  married  May  8th,  1828,  No.  (733  ;) 
his  mother  provided  a  home  for  him  and  family,  on  West  Main  street,  the 
old  house  of  Sergeant  Moses  Andrews,  near  the  railroad  crossing,  where 
he  died  May  27th,  1854,  aged  50 ;  he  had  been  cut  off  from  the  church 
for  neglect  of  public  worship  and  the  ordinances,  Jan.  31st,  1838. 

THEIR    CHILDREN. 

1.  Franklin,  born  May  13th,  1829;  partially  insane  in  adult  years. 

2.  Ann  Eliza,  born  June  4th,  1834,  married  Aug.  28th,  1851,  Ogden  L.  Steele,  of 
Roswell ;  his  residence  on  West  Main  street,  at  the  railroad  crossing. 

541.  "  WILLIAM  WHITTLESET,"  to  church  Oct.  7th,  1821,  born  Sept! 
19th,  1805,  to  No.  (321 ;)  graduated  at  Yale,  1827 ;  ordained  to  the  min- 
istry, 1837  ;  was  a  Sabbath  school  missionary  at  the  west ;  preached  in 
several  places,  and  teacher  in  several  localities  ;  built  near  his  father  on 
the  Dr.   Smalley  farm;  married  Sept.  9th,  1845,  No.  (1111,)  and  for 
several  years  has  been  occupied  m  agriculture. 

THEIR   CHILD. 

Louisa  Hart,  born  May  23d,  1847,  see  No.  (1,247.) 

542.  "  AARON  HART,  jun."  to  church  Oct.  7th,  1821,  born  Nov.  25th, 
1805,  to  No.  (247  ;)  was  a  joiner  by  trade ;  learned  of  Capt.  Porter,  of 
Farmington  ;  married  Nov.  27th,  1827,  No.  (532 ;)  built  nearly  opposke 
his  father;  lived  in  different  localities;  he  died  May  20th,  1845,  aged  39. 


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THETR    CHILDREN. 

1.  Newton  Francis,  born  Jan.  2d,  1829,  bap.  June  14th,  1829,  see  No.  (972.) 

2.  John  Andrews,  born  May  2d,  1830,  bap.  July  25th,   1830;  killed  by  kick  of  a 
horse,  June  llth,  1843,  aged  13. 

3.  Aaron  Adolphus,  born  Dec.  22d,  1830,  bap.  June  17th,  1832,  died  Sept.  12th, 
1832. 

4.  Abigail  Jane,  born  June  2d,  1837,  bap.  Sept.  24th,  1837,  married  Dec.  25th,  1860, 
John  G.  Lewis,  of  Hampton,  Conn,  and  of  New  Haven ;  she  has  excelled  in  teaching. 

543.  "JAMES  H.  WINCHELL,"  to  church  Oct.  7th,  1821,  born  June 
I6th,  1806,  to  Miles  C.  and  his  wife,  No.  (428;)  he  was  received  to 
church  in  Farmington  by  letter  from  this,  July  30th,  1824,  and  their  record 
says,  excommunicated,  1827 ;  he  went  to  Georgia,  and  married  there, 
Selina  Jackson ;  lived  in  Cherokee  county,  and  became  a  slave-holder,  and 
since  moved  to  Arkansas. 

544.  "JOHN  STEDMAN,"  to  church   Oct.  7th,  1821,  born  Oct.  25th, 
1804,  to  Samuel  and  his  wife,  No.  (333.) 

545.  "  THOMAS  G.  LEE,"  to  church  Oct,  7th,  1821,  born  Sept.  1st, 
1808,  to  No.  (356;)  graduated  at  Yale,  1830;  studied  medicine  with  Dr. 
Todd,   of  Farmington   and   Hartford;   became   superintendent  for   the 
McLane  Asylum,  at  Charlestown,  Mass, ;  he  married  in  Vermont,  April 
21st,  1835,  Susan  Clark,  who  since  his  death  has  married  Rev.  Joseph  S. 
Gallagher,  now,  1861,  of  Bloomfield,  New  Jersey.     Dr.  Lee  felt  unwell, 
and  while  on  his  journey  to  New  Britain,  for  his  health,  called  at  Worces- 
ter, to  see  Dr.  Woodward,  when  he  was  taken  with  typhus  fever,  and  died 
Oct.  29th,  1836,  aged  28.     The  trustees  passed  the  highest  encomiums 
on  his  character  and  talents  ;  he  had  a  great  love  for  historical  facts,  and 
the  notes  he  took  while  in  Farmington  and  New  Britain,  have  (since  the 
original  is  lost,)  greatly  contributed  to  the  early  history  of  this  church  and 
society  in  these  pages ;  he  was  dismissed  and  recommended  by  letter  to 
Winthrop  church,  Charlestown,  Mass.,  (so  says  tradition ;)  he  left   no 
posterity. 

546.  "  Widow  SARAH  HART,"  to  church  Dec.  2d,  1821,  daughter  of  No. 
(140,)  born  Nov.  7th,  1 770,  married  July  30th,  1793,  Asahel  Hart,  of 
Jehudi,  and  was  his  second  wife ;  died  Dec.  19th,  1841,  aged  71. 

CHILD RON. 

1.  Amon,  born  Nov.  18th,  1790,  died  Aug.  17th,  1798,  aged  seven,  of  dysentery. 

2.  Hannah,  born  Oct.- 7th,  1792,  married  Sylvester  Clark,  son  of  Abel. 

SECOND  WIFE'S  CHILDREN. 

3.  Amzi,  bora  June  13th,  1795,  died  Aug.  25th,  1798,  aged  three,  of  dysentery. 

4.  Sarah,  bora  March  20th,  1797,  died  March  20th,  1797,  aged  one  hour. 

5.  Eliza,  bora  Oct.  10th,  1799,  married  April  18th,  1824,  Ralph  Pearl,  of  Southing- 
ton,  son  of  Frederic. 

6.  Amzi  Woodruff,  born  Nov.  3d,  1801,  see  No.  (537.) 

7.  Amon,  born  Dec.  19th,  1802,  died  Dec.  22d,  1803,  aged  one  year. 


OF    NEW     BRITAIN.  301 

547.  "OLIVE,  wife  of  Uni  Wright,"  to  church  Dec.  2d,  1821,  baptized 
same  time,  born  Aug.  18th,  1775,  to  Leonard  Belden  and  his  wife,  Rebecca 
(Dix,)  of  Wethersfield,  married  August,  1797  ;  he  a  farmer,  son  of  Sim- 
eon and  his  wife,  Anne  (Whaples,)  of  Newington,  1768;  bought  and  liyed 
on  the  place  built  by  Moses  Andrews,  jun.  at  "  Pond  River  Bridge,"  so 
called;  he  died  Oct.  28th,  1843,  aged  76;   she  died  June  llth,  1864, 
aged  89. 

THEIR    CHILDREN. 

1.  Silas,  born  Feb.  1st,  1798,  married  Feb.  4th,  1827,  Catharine  G.  Eddy,  daughter 
of  "William. 

2.  William,  born  Feb.  12th,  1812,  married  May  15*,  1836,  Lucy  Maria  Slater,  of 
Benjamin. 

548.  "  SALLY,  wife  of  Solomon  Butler,"  to  church  Dec.  2d,  1821,  born 
Sept.  6th,  1783,  to  Isaac  Brown,  of  Glastenbury,  and  his  wife,  Hannah 
(Hills,)  married  Feb.  3d,  1805,  No.  (452;)  she  died  Feb.  20th,  1849, 
aged  65  ;  a  pious  woman. 

549.  «  POLLY,  wife  of  Nathaniel  Pennfield,"  to  church  Dec.  2d,  18.21, 
born  1782,  to  Ebenezer  Steele,  jun.  and  his  wife,  Lucy  (Wright;)  given  in 
childhood  to  her  grandmother,  on  whose  account  she  was  baptized,  May 
29th,  1791  ;  she  married  Nov.  5th,  1798;  he  son  of  No.  (237;)  was  a 
cooper  by  trade ;  learned  of  his  father ;  built  house  and  shop  on  West 
street,  between  Capt.  Lemuel  Hotchkiss  and  Josiah  Steele,  sen. ;  his  shop 
became  the  dwelling-house  of  Miles  C.  Winchell,  and  his  house  disap- 
peared ;  he  subsequently  built  a  small  house  on  the  same  road,  north  of 
Josiah  Steeles,  where  he  died  March  8th,  1837,  aged  56 ;  she  died  Nov. 
17th,  1837,  aged  55. 

THEIR    CHILDREN. 

1.  Laura,  born  ,  married  Jan.  1st,  1818,  Solomon  Sandford. 

2.  Sylvester,  born  NOT.  22d,  1803,  see  No.  (5180 

3.  Sophrone,  born  ,  married  Milo  Pond,  of  Camden,  New  York. 

4.  Lydia,  born  May  1st,  1806,  see  No.  (509.) 

5.  Hiram,  born  Nov.  20th,  1808,  married  March  16th,  1829,  Rhoda  Cogswell,  sis- 
ter of  Matilda. 

6.  Adelia,  born  ,  married  July  5th,  1840,  Edward  Andrews,  of  Rodney,  of 
Farmington. 

7.  Caroline,  born  ,  married  Benjamin  Hicks ;  live,  1867,  at  Jamestown,  N.  Y. 

8.  Celestia,  born  ,  married  Sept.  13th,  1840,  Thomas  Andrews,  of  Rodney,  of 
Farmington. 

9.  Lucy  Ann,  born  June  5th,  1821,  married  Sept.  1st,  1840,  William  Ctirtiss,  son 
of  Shubel. 

10.  Angeline,  born  July  llth,  1831,  married  Oct.  3d,  1855,  Charles  H.  Steele,  son 
of  Henry. 

550.  "  AMON  STANLEY,"  to  church  Dec.  2d,  1821,  baptized  same  time, 
born  March  10th,  1778,  to  Lot  and  his  wife,  Rhoda  (Wadsworth,)   of 
Farmington  ;  by  trade  a  hatter ;  learned  of  his  father ;  but  later  in  life  a 


302  FIRST    CHURCH 

successful  farmer ;  inherited  the  home  of  his  father,  on  the  corner  of  Stan- 
ley street  and  "  New  Highway ;"  modest  and  retiring,  yet  interested  in 
every  good  work  and  reformation ;  married  Oct.  10th  1802,  No.  (339  ;) 
he  was  appointed  one  of  the  church  standing  committee,  Dec.  30th,  1823, 
in  place  of  Joseph  Mather,  resigned  ;  he  died  Feb.  2d,  1846,  aged  68 ;  he 
was  the  third  of  fourteen  children  of  his  father's  family. 

THEIR    CHILDREN. 

1.  Julia,  born  Dec.  24th,  1803,  bap.  Jan.  27th,  1811,  see  No.  (603.) 

2.  Thomas,  born  Sept.  22d,  1805,  bap.  Jan.  27th,  1811,  see  No.  (680.) 

3.  Henry,  born  Sept.  24th,  1807,  bap.  Jan.  27th,  1811,  see  No.  (704.) 

4.  James,  born  Oct.  22d,  1809,  died  in  infancy. 

5.  James,  2d,  born  March  31st,  1812,  bap.  May  24th,  1812,  see  No.  (1165.) 

6.  Augustus,  born  April  llth,  1814,  bap.  May  29th,  1814,  see  No.  (604.) 

7.  Timothy  Wadsworth,  born  July  13th,  1817,  bap.  Aug.  24th,  1817,  see  No.  (915.) 

8.  Lot,  born  July  8th,  1820,  bap.  Sept.  3d,  1820,  see  No.  (846.) 

9.  Martha,  bora  Aug.  llth,  1822,  bap.  Oct.  6th,  1822,  see  No.  (847.J 

10.  Amelia,  born  Jan.  1st,  1825,  bap.  May  1st,  1825,  see  No.  (933.) 

11.  Mary  Antoinette,  born  Sept.  22d,  1828,  bap.  Nov.  23d,  1828,  died  May  16th, 
1838,  aged  10. 

551.  "ANNA  DEMING,"  to  church  Dec.  2d,  1821, born  Oct.  19th,  1780, 
to  Elizur  Deraing,  of  Newington,  and  his  wife,  Lucina  (Francis ;)  lived 
with  her  sister,  No.  (1294,)  and  died  April  28th,  1849,  aged  68,  in  Hart- 
ford, at  her  house ;  never  married ;  buried  in  the  old  Episcopal  Church 
cemetery,  Newington  ;  marble  slab. 

552.  "ELLEN  E.  HAMBLIN,"  to  church  Dec.  2d,  1821,  baptized  same 
time,  born  July  17th,  1806,  to  John,  of  "  White  Oak,"  Farmington,  and  his 
wife,  No.  (447,)  married  April  8th,  1 828,  Samuel  G.  Forbes,  son  of  Dan- 
iel and  his  wife,  Belinda  (Gridley ;)  she  was  dismissed  and  recommended 
by  letter  to  Farmington  church,  and  received  there  Oct.  2d,  1831  ;  they 
now,  A.  D.  1861,  live  in  Plainville ;  no  children. 

553.  "EMELINE  FRANKLIN,"  to  church  Dec.  2d,  1821,  baptized  same 
timo,  born  A.  D.  1807,  to  Sarah  Wright,  daughter  of  Simeon,  and  who 
was  an  imbecile;  she  married,  1825,  John  Riley  Jones,  son  of  Benoni  and 
his  wife,  Sally  (Olmsted  ;)  he  was  a  wheelwright ;  lived  in  various  locali- 
ties ;  she  died  April,  1843,  at  Deer-field,  near  Utica,  N.  Y. ;  he  married 
second,  March  23d,  1845,  Elizabeth  Couch,  daughter  of  Amos  and  his 
wife,  Phebe  (Barnes,)  sister  of  Blakesley,  of  Berlin,  born  July  6th,  1804; 
he  died  June  13th,  1859,  aged  56. 

THEIR    CHILDREN. 

1.  Chester,  born  1829,  died  June  llth,  1835,  aged  six. 

2.  Mary,  born  Aug.  9th,  1831,  married  Dec.  23d,  1849,  Richard  Hart;  he  in  the 
army,  1863. 

3.  Anna,  born  1837,  died  Sept.  16th,  1838,  aged  one  year  and  three  months. 

4.  Caroline,  ,  married  Edward  Callender,  of  Unionville. 


OP    NEW    BRITAIN.  303 

5.  John/born  at  Utica.  N.  Y. ;  a  three  months,  and  a  three  years  volunteer,  at  Port 
Royal,  company  G.,  Cape.  John  Tracy,  sixth  regiment  Connecticut  Volunteers ;  re- 
enlisted,  1864;  tie  died  Sept.  6th,  1864,  at  Andersonville  prison,  in  Georgia,  aged  25. 

6.  Infant,  born  ,  died  at  Deern'eld,  New  York  ;  no  name. 

554.  "  SCSANNA  TKTON,"  to  church  Feb.  3d,  1822,  baptized  same  time, 
born  June  19th,  1778,  at  Bolton,  Conn.,  a  twin-sister  of  Simeon  Tryon,  to 
Aaron,  of  that  town,  and  his  wife,  Sarah  (Landfear;)  she  lived,  after  six 
years  of  age,  with  Gideon  Griswold,  and  after  his  death  with  Michael 
Recor,  during  life  ;  she  died  Sept.  26th,  1826,  aged  48 ;  had  a  brother, 
Aaron,  jun.,  who  died  young;  had  also,  a  sister,  Sally,  who  was  a  cripple 
from  childhood ;  the  subject  of  this  notice  never  married,  but  had  a  daugh- 
ter, called  Laura  Dunham,  who  married  Aug.  7th,  1825,  Andrew  Curtiss, 
and  had  a  family. 

555.  "  KEZIAH  L.  ANDREWS,"  to  church  Feb.  3d,  1822,  born  Dec.  6th, 
1805,  to  Truman  and  his  wife,  No.  (265,)  married  May  5th,  1825,  Lyman 
Wilcox  Booth,  son  of  No.  (338  ;)  he  was  by  trade  a  shoe-maker,  and  soon 
after  marriage  went  to  parts  unknown  ;  she  married  second,  Seth  Philips, 
and  lived  and  died  in  Hartford. 

556.  "RHODA  R.  BELDEN,"  to  church  April  7th,  1822,  born  Aug.  24th, 
1802,  to  Leonard,  jun.  and  his  wife,  No.  (324,)  married  March  28th,  1834, 
Isaac  N.  Cornwell,  of  Windham,  Greene  county,  N.  Y. ;  she  removed  her 
church  connection  to  the  church  in  that  place,  (called)  Windham  Center. 

THEIR    CHILDREN. 

Peleg,  Rufus  K.,  Leonard  B.,  George  H. 

557.  "ABIGAIL,  wife  of  Norman  Woodruff,"  to  church  Feb.  2d,  1823, 
by  letter  from  the  church  of  Lenox,  Mass.,  married  March  19th,  1813, 
No.  (381 ;)  she  was  born  July  5th,  1792,  to  No.  (194  ;)  to  South  church, 
1842. 

558.  "  JOHN  BRAY,"  to  church  Aug.  3d,  1823,  by  letter  from  the  church 
in  West  Hartford,  born  June  7th,  1768  ;  to  that  church  Aug.  3d,  1811, 
by  letter  from  Burke,  Vermont ;  he  came  as  a  miller,  to  this  place,  and 
attended  Deacon  Hart's  mill ;  was  dismissed  by  letter  Oct.  1st,  1826;  he 
probably  married  Nov.  26th,  1789,  at  Southington,  Mercy  or  Mary  Fields, 
who  with  her  daughter,  Paulina,  were  members  of  a  Baptist  church  in 
Burke,  Vermont,  and  recommended  to  the  church  in  West  Hartford,  but 
not  connected  with  this  church ;  she  was  a  weakly  woman,  and  mostly 
confined  to  her  room ;  she  died  July  26th,  1848,  in  Ohio,  aged  82  ;  he  died 
Oct.  1st,  1854,  in  Ohio,  aged  86. 

THEIR   CHILDREN. 

1.  Sarah,  bora  Oct.  1st,  1790,  see  No.  (576  ) 

2.  Sylvester,  bom  April  2d,  1792^  died  here,  April  7th,  1824,  aged  32  years  and 
five  days. 


304  FIRST     CHURCH 

3.  John,  born  ,  went  to  Texas,  then  to  Ohio  ;  lived  there,  1861. 

4.  William,  born  ,  lives,  186),  in  Ohio. 

5.  Paulina,  born  ,   married  Chauncey  Woodruff,  of  Farmington ;  married 
second, 

6.  Alfred,  born  Jan.  20th,  1799,  died  March  llth,  1835,  aged  36,  two  months  and 
eleven  days. 

7.  Helace,  born  18>1,  died  1817,  at  West  Hartford,  aged  six  years,  eight  months. 

8.  Anson,  born  ,  died  Oct.  10th,  1846,  at  Albany,  New  York. 

9.  James,  bora  ,  lives  in  Ohio,  A.  D.  1861. 

559.  "  DOROTHY,  wife  of  Joseph  Wright,"  to  church  Oct.  5th,  182:3, 
born  Sept.  16th,  1795,  to  Ebenezer  Hart  and  his  wife,  No.  (307,)  married 
Feb.  3d,  1814,  Col.  Joseph  Wright,  son  of  No.  (274,)  born  Oct.  7th,  1779 ; 
lived  in  the  home  of  his  father,  now  owned  and  occupied  by  Almon  Good- 
win, south  end  of  East  street,  formerly  the  home  of  Lieut.  Elisha  Booth, 
who  built  it,  1761,  as  indicated  by  a  mark  on  the  barn,  still  visible.     He 
was  Colonel  of  Militia,  Judge  of  Probate,  Representative,  and  Selectman, 
many  years,  and  an  ardent  temperance  reformer.     A.  'D.  1850,  sold  his 
place  and  built  on  Chesnut  street,  in  the  village,  where  he  died  July  19th, 
1855,  aged  76.     She  was  dismissed  and  recommended  by  letter  to  South 
church,  1845. 

THEIR   CHILDREN. 

1.  Lucy  Hart,  born  Dec.  llth,  1814,  bap.  Aug.  6th,  1826,  on  reception  to  church, 
see  No.  (586.; 

2.  Benjamin  Gailord,  born  Oct.  26th,  1816,  married  April  17th,  Prudence  Hubbard; 
second,  Frances  E.  Trowbridge. 

3.  Oliver  Cromwell,  bom  Sept.  16th,  1819,  married  Oct.  6th,  1841,  Mary  H.  Jones, 
of  Vermont;  she  died  1867. 

4.  Edwin  Culver,  born  Dec.  4th,  1S21,  married  July  27th,  1852,  Louisa  C.  Jessup, 
of  New  York. 

5.  Emily  Elizabeth,  born  Dec.  llth,  1828,  died  Aug.  30th,  1838,  aged  ten. 

6.  Hercelia  Ann,  born  April  21st,  1833;  she  died  Dec.  24th,  1854,  aged  22. 

560.  "EMMA,  wife  of  Samuel  Judd,"  to  church  Oct.  5th,  1823,  born 
June  14th,  1799,  to  Russel  Case,  of  Simsbury,  and  his  wife,  Hannah  (Gil- 
bert,) of  Kensington,  married  April  23d,  1822,  No.  (969;)  after  the  de- 
cease of  her  husband,  she  bought  a  place  back  of  the  "  Stone  store,"  whei*e 
now,  1861,  she  lives,  and  cared  for  her  mother,  who  died  July  12th,  1865, 
aged  77  ;  she  has  no  children. 

561.  "  CALVIN  WINCHELL,"  to  church  Oct.  5th,  1823,  by  letter  from 
the  church  in  Kensington,  son  of  Hezekiah,  of  Kensington,  and  his  wife, 
Rachel,  baptized  Sept.  loth,  1765,  at  Kensington,  married  No.  (562;)  he 
was  a  joiner  by  trade,  and  in  Kensington,  lived  just  west  of  the  church  ; 
he  bought  in  New  Britain,  the  Ozias  Hart,  (alias)  William  North  place 
south  of  the  village ;  was  a  devoted  Christian  ;  he  and  wife  to  Kensington 
church,  1811,  by  letter  from  (Stepney,)  Rocky  Hill;  he  died  May  25th, 
1838,  aged  73  ;  grave  stone  in  New  Britain  cemetery. 


OF    NEW    BRITAIN.  305 

562.  "  CHLOE,  wife  of  Calvin  Winchell,"  to  church  Oct.  5th,  1823,  by 
letter  from  Kensington  church ;  her  maiden  name,  Goodrich ;  she  died 
Aug.  4th,  1843,  in  Hartford,  aged  78. 

THEIR    CHILDREN. 

1.  Sabra,  born  ,  married  Gilbert  Chapman, 

2.  Orrin,  born  ,  married  Laura  Cook ;  married,  second,  Mix,  of  New 
Haven. 

3.  Asa,  born  ,  never  married,  died  at  the  South. 

4.  Lucretia,  born  ,  married  Jason  Peck,  of  Berlin. 

5.  Lucy,  born  17&6,  married  Oct.  20th,  1819,  Seth  Hooker,  of  William,  and  died, 
1823,  aged  27. 

6.  Aurelia,  born  ,  married  Thompson ;  married,  second,  Snow, 
of  Hartford. 

7.  Calvin,  born  ,  married  May  5th,  1824,  Louisa  Pattison,  and  died  Sept.  9th, 
1825,  aged  23. 

8.  Eliza,  born  1805,  married  Nov.  26th,  1828,  No.  (741.) 

563.  "Widow  RHODA  HART,"  to  church  Dec.  7th,  1823,  by  letter  from 
Farmington  church,  daughter  of  Charles  Stedman,  and  his  wife  Jemima 
(Gaines,)  of  Wethersfield,  widow  of  Stephen  Hart,  son  of  Daniel,  and 
Abigail  (Thompson,)  his  wife,  born  Dec.  8th,  1744;  had  an   impediment 
in  his  speech,  was  a  farmer  and  lived  at  the  foot  of  "  Clark  Hill."     He 
inherited  his  father's  estate  which  was  one  of  the  three  farms  and  families 
excepted  in  the  incorporation  of  the  society.     The  Farmington  town  record 
says  they  were  married  Oct.  8th,  1767.     He  died  Nov.  20th,  1816,  aged 
71.     She  died  March  26th,  1832,  aged  81. 

THEIR   CHILDREN. 

1.  Ebenezer,  born  Feb.  8th,  1768,  married  Oct.  2d,  1791,  No.  (307.) 

2.  Mary,  born  June  25th,  1770,  see  No.  (288.) 

3.  Chestina,  born  Oct.  22d,  1773,  married  Feb.  12th,  1795,  Theodore  Webster,  son 
of  Stephen,  of  West  Hartford,  born  April  15th,  1769,  died  Aug.  2d,  1856,  aged  83. 
She  died  April  26th,  1828,  aged  55. 

4.  Stephen,  born  Oct.  21st,  1775,  married  June  25th,  1797,  No.  (638.) 

5.  Nancy,  born  ,  married  Nov.  27th,  1806,  Simeon  Kilby,  of  Simeon,  of 
Wethersfield. 

564.  "MARY,  wife  of  Selah  Andrews,"  to  church  Dec.  7th,  1823,  by 
letter  from  church  at  "Westfield,  Middlesex  county,  Ct,  daughter  of  Joel 
Bacon,  and   his   wife  Lydia  (Hubbard,)   born  July  31st,  1788,  married, 
Sept.  5th,  1822.     He  was  son  of  Hezekiah,  and  his  wife,  No.  (721,)  born 
Sept.  5th,  1789  ;  a  farmer,  lived  on  and  inherited  the  home  of  his  father 
on  West  Main  street,  some  two  miles  west  of  the   village.     She  united,. 
1843,  with  the  Baptist  church.     He  died  May  llth,  1865,  aged  76. 

THEIR   CHILDREN. 

2  Eif'1'  \  twins» born  sept.  22d'  1823» died  next  day- 

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3.  Rhoda  Porter,  bom  March  20.h,  1825,  bap.  June  19th,  1825,  died  NOT.  2d,  1834, 
aged  9  years  and  7  months, 

4.  Sylvanus,  born  Sept.  18th,  1826,  bap.  June  24th,  1827,  died  Oct.  12th,  1834, 
aged  8  years. 

5.  Maryetta,  bora  March  llth,  1831,  bap.  July  24th,  1831, 'married  April  14th, 
1852,  Butler  Warren,  son  of  David,  and  Sally  (Boardman)  his  wife.     She  died  Dec. 
12th,  1858,  in  Hamden,  leaving  two  sons  ;  1,  Leroy,  2,  Wilbur,  who  died. 

565.  "AMOS  WOODRUFF,"  to  church  Feb.  1st,  1824,  by  letter  from  the 
church  in  Lenox,  Mass.,  son  of  Robert,  and  his  wife,  No.  (17,)  born  1745, 
married  Oct.  27th,  1768,  No.  (566  ;)  lived  at  the  home  of  his  father,  where 
Horatio  A.  Pratt  owns  and  resides.     He  died  Jan.  31st,  1828,  aged  83. 

566.  "  Wife  of  Amos  Woodruff,"  to  church   Feb.  1st,  1824,  by  letter 
from  Lenox,  Mass.,  maiden  name,  Sarah  Clark,  daughter  of  Joseph,  and 
Sarah  (Curtiss,)  his  wife ;  she  was  sister  to  No.  (434.)     She  died  April 
24th,  1824,  aged  75. 

THEIR    CHILDREN. 

1.  Gad,  born  May   17th,   17fi9,  married,  Nov.  4th,   1790,  Sarah  Loomis,  of  Har- 
winton. 

2.  Alma,  born  Aug.  19th,  1771,  an  Albino,  No.  (863.) 

3.  Truman,  bora  Nov.  23d,  1773,  an  Albino,  married  Sept.  17th,  1804,  Ann  Hart ; 
he  died  Feb.  15th,  1854. 

4.  Elizabeth,  bora  Jan.  3d,  1776,  an  Albino,  died  Nov.  20th,  1812. 

5.  Sarah,  born  April  7th,  1778,  married  John  Robinson,  of  Lenox,  Mass. 

6.  Betsey,  born  June  7th,  1783,  married  William  Ford,  of  Lenox,  Mass.,  died  Feb. 
25th,  1818. 

7.  Robert,  born  Dec.  28th,  1788,  died  Oct.  8th,  1818. 

567.  "ERASTUS  LEWIS,"  to  church  Oct.  3d,  1824,  by  letter  from  church 
in  "Waterbury,  born  June,  1774,  to  No.  (88,)  married  May  28th,  1S01,  No. 
(568.)     He  was  a  tinner  by  trade,  learned  at  his  brother's  shop  on  East 
street,  see  No.  (439.)      He  lived,  after  his  marriage,  in   the  home  of  his 
wife,  the  old  Nathan  Booth  house,  which  stood  northwest  of  the  South 
church,  some  five  rods.     His  tin  shop  was  near  the  site  of  George  Hart's 
new  house  now  in  building.     He  left  the  tin  making  for  the  manufacture 
of  clock  weights  and  bells,  and  moved  to  Waterbury  to  carry  on  the  busi- 
ness, where  he  lived  twelve  years  ;  his  health  failed,  and  he  returned  and 
died  May  2d,  1826,  of  consumption.     He  was  a  pious,  good  man. 

568.  "Wife  of  Erastus  Lewis,"  to  church  Oct.  3d,  1824,  by  letter  from 
church  in  Waterbnry ;  maiden  name,  Salome   Booth,  born   March   15th, 
1785,  to  No.  (193,)  married  May  28th,  1801,  No.  (567;)  lives  on  Main 
street  now,  1862,  with  her  son  Edward.     She  died  Sept.  3d,  1866,  aged  81. 

THEIR    CHILDREN. 

1.  Edward,  bom  Jan.  26th,  1802,  see  No.  (569.) 

2.  Mary,  born  Aug.  2d,  1803,  died  Jan.  25th,  1821. 

3.  Betsey,  bora  March  13th,  1805,  died  Dec.  9th,  1826,  No.  (577.) 


OF     NEW     BRITAIN.  307 

4.  Adeline,  born  Sept.  15th,  1807,  died  Aug.  13th,  1857,  see  No.  (617.) 

5.  Julia  Ann,  born  April  7th,  1810,  see  No.  (578.) 

6.  Erastus  Barton,  bora  April  21st,  1812,  s«e  No.  (625.; 

7.  George,  born  Aug.  6th,  1814,  see  No.  (919.; 

8.  Eliza  S.,  born  May  2d,  1817,  died  Jan.  8th,  1840. 
9..) 

10.  >  Three  boys,  born  Jan.  24th,  1820,  all  died  in  infancy. 

12.  Thomas  Hopkins,  born  Feb.  8th,  1823,  bap.  Sept.  9th,  1827,  died  Sept.  9th, 
1852,  aged  29. 

569.  "EDWARD  LEWIS,"  to  church  Oct.  3d,  1824,  son  of  No.  (567,) 
married  April  22d,  1839,  No.  (739.)     He  was  a  brass  and  iron  worker ; 
to  church   by   letter  from  Waterbury ;  lives,  1866,  with   his   mother,  on 
Main  street;  had  no   children  to  live.     His  wife  died  Aug.  27th,  1864, 
when  he  married,  second,  May  1st,  1866,  No.  (1327.) 

570.  "MARY  E.  SOUTHWORTH,"  to  church  Dec.  5, 1824,  from  the  Fourth 
church  in  Saybrook,  born  Sept.  3d,  1803,  to  Samuel,  and  his  wife    Han- 
nah (Shipnian.)     She  was  dismissed  and  recommended  by  letter  to  the 
church  in  Gaines,  N.Y.     She  died,  Feb.,  1846,  aged  42,  at  Cooperstown, 
N.  Y.,  at  her  brother  Henry's. 

571.  "  CHLOE,  wife  of  John  Steele,"  to  church  Dec.  5th,  1824,  by  let- 
ter from  First  church  in  Farmington,  born  Nov.  28th,  1803,  to  Nathaniel 
Carrington  of  Plainville,  and  his  wife  Sibil  (Steele,)  married   Dec.  2d, 
1822.     He  is  a  brass  worker,  lives  north  of  the  cemetery,  son  of  William, 
and  Beccarena  (Pennfield,)  his  wife,  born  Feb.  13th,  1801. 

THEIB    CHILDREN. 

1.  Samuel  John,  born  Nov.  6th,  1823,  gone  to  parts  unknown. 

2.  Lydia,  born  Oct.  7th,  1825,  died  Feb.  8th,  1827,  aged  18  months. 

3.  Henrietta  Lydia,  born  April  5th,  1830,  married  May  2d,  1847,  William  A. 
Thompkins,  of  Farmington. 

4.  Cornelia  Jannette,  bora  June  21st,  1833,  married  Ga'd  E.  Langdon. 

572.  "  MARY  CLARK,  wife  of  Chauncey,"  to  church  Feb.  6th,  1825, 
by  letter  from  church  in  Meriden,  born  Oct.  llth,  1796,  to  Solomon  Smith 
and  his  wife,  No  (206,)  married  Dec.  22d,  1824,  No.  (477,)  and  was  his 
second  wife. 

[Here  ends  the  ministry  of  Rev.  Newton  Skinner,  who  died  of  fever, 
March  31st,  1825,  greatly  lamented.] 


308  FIRST     CHURCH 

[Here,  Oct.  12th,  1825,  begins  the  ministry  of  Rev.  Henry  Jones — 
ordained  and  installed — the  interim  being  six  months  and  twelve  days.] 

573.  "  CHLOE,  the  widow  of  Treat  Deming,"  to  church  Dec.  4th,  1825, 
born  July  24th,  1793,  to  No.  (168,)  married  Oct.  8th,  1820,  Treat  Dem- 
ing,  of  Wethersfield,  son  of  Richard,  and  his  wife  Milicent  (Belden,)  born 
June  19th,  1792  ;  he  died  August  9th,  1823,  in  New  Rumley,  Ohio,  aged 
31.     She  returned  to  her  old  home  and  built  a  small  house,  but  since  sold, 
and  now,  1867,  lives  with  her  daughter  on  Prospect  Hill,  Waterbury,  to 
which  place  she  removed  her  church  relation  by  letter. 

THEIR    CHILDREN. 

1.  Elizabeth,  born  May  2d,  1821,  bap.  Dec.  4th,  1825,  see  No.  0939.) 

2.  Catharine  Deming,  born  Jan.  5th,  1823,  bap.  Dec.  4th,  1825,  married  Nov.  17th, 
1844,  Gordon  Spencer  Andrews,  son  of  Timothy,  of  East  Haddam,  and  his  wife 
Rhoda  (Spencer,)  born  June  17th,  1809  ;  is  a  stone  cutter  in  Waterbury. 

574.  "  GUNILDA  BASS,"  to  church   Dec.  4th,  1825,  by  letter  from 
church  in  Farmington ;  born   Oct.  3d,  1795  to  Samuel,  and  his  wife,  No. 
(153.)  married  Jan.  3d,  1831,  No.  (459.)     She  spent  several  years  of 
her  life  usefully  and  pleasantly  in  Timothy  Cowles'  family,  in  Farming- 
ton  ;  living,  1861,  with  her  family  friends ;  to  South  church,  1842. 

575.  "DANIEL  RICHARDS,"  to  church  June  4th,  1826.  baptized  same 
time,  son  of  Jonathan,  of  Vermont,  and  his  wife  Abigail  B.  (Knapp,)  born 
July  21st,  1798,  at  Canaan,  married,  1823,  No.  (591,)  at  Wolcottville, 
Conn.     He  had  brothers,  Lawrence,  Charles  and  Joshua,  sisters,  Sally, 
Polly,  Delia,  Almira  and  Abigail,  mostly  born  in  Canaan, 

THEIR   CHILDREN. 

1.  Frederick  Benoni,  born  March,  1825,  bap.  June  4th,  1826,  married          Church, 
in  Ohio ;  lives  in  Eaton  County,  Mich. 

2.  Daughter,  born         '  ,  bap.  Sept.  2d,  1827,  died  young. 

3.  Daughter,  born  ,  died  young. 

576.  "SALLY  BKAY,"  to  church  June  4th,  1826,  daughter  of  No.  (558,) 
born  Oct.  1st,  1790,  married   Charles  M.  Stowe,  of  Berlin.     She  was 
dismissed  and  recommended  to  church  in  Worthington,  by  letter,  Dec.  4th, 
1831  ;  she  died  there  Oct.  3d,  1832,  aged  42  years  and  2  days ;  grave  in 
Beckley  quarter  cemetery. 

THEIR    CHILDREN. 

1.  Emily,  born  Jan.  17th,  1829,  married  Levi  Avery;  married,  second,  William 
Van  Derren. 

2.  Elizabeth,  born  April  llth,  1830,  lives,  1861,  in  West  Hartford. 

3.  Sarah,  born  Sept.  23d,  1832,  married  Sept.  23d,  1851,  John   Woodruff,  ton  of 
No.  (381.) 

577.  "  BETSEY  LUCRETIA  LEWIS,"  to  church  June  4th,  1826,  baptized 
same  time,  born  March  13th,  1805,  to  No.  (567  ;)  committed  suicide  from 
insanity,  Dec.  9th,  1826,  aged  21,  at  her  father's  home  in  New  Britain. 


OF    NEW    BRITAIN.  309 

578.  "  JULIA  ANN  LEWIS,"  to  church  June  4th,  1826,  born  April  7th, 
1810,  to  No.  (567,)  married  Feb.  llth,  1829,  Philo,  son  of  Simeon  Row- 
ley, of  Farmington,  and  his   wife   Elizabeth    (Griswold,)  of  Ashbel,  of 
New  Britain.     She  was  dismissed  and  recommended   by  letter  to  Farm- 
ington church,  Oct.  5th,  1844,  and  lives,  1862,  on  the  old  home  of  Sime- 
on Rowley,  the  blacksmith,  east  part  of  Farmington  Farms. 

THEIR    CHILDREN. 

1.  Jane  Eliza,  bora  May  21st,  1833,  married  Horace  "Woodford,  of  Avon. 

2.  Ellen  Maria,  born  June  1st,  1840. 

579.  "  NANCY,  the  wife  of  Alvin  Belden,"  to  church  Aug.  6th,  1826, 
daughter  of  William  Steele,  and   his   wife,  No.  (246,)  twin   with  James, 
married  Nov.  4th,  1819,  No.  (955,)   and  died  April  22d,  1830,  aged  31, 
leaving  three  children. 

580.  "MARIA,  wife  of  Alvah  Brockway,"  to  church  Aug.  6th,  1826,  born 
Dec.  9th,  1801,  to  Elijah  Hull,  from  Farmington,  and  his  wife  No.  (821,) 
married  Sept.  2d,  1818.     He  was  a  blacksmith,  and  lived  at  the  south 
end  of  the  village,  at  the  place  now  called  the  "  Burrill  place."     He  was 
son  of  Leman,  and  his  wife,  widow  Ester  Gillette,  maiden  name,  Bishop. 
He  was  born,  May  29th,  1795,  learned  his  trade  of  Adna  Hart,  of  Farm- 
ington ;  lives  now,  1861,  in  Hartford.     She  was  dismissed  and  recom- 
mended to  Fourth  church,  Hartford,  1838;  she  died  April,  1863,  aged  62. 

THEIR    CHILDREN. 

1.  Julia  Maria,  born  Oct.  16th,  1819,  at  Farmington,  married  Sidney  Ensign,  the 
great  shoe  dealer. 

2.  Almira  S.,  born  April  3d,  1822,  in  New  Britain,  married  Nathan  S.  Grey,  of 
Stonington. 

3.  Norman  F.,  born  June  29th,  1833,  drowned  in  Connecticut  river,  1845. 

4.  Mary  Lucinda,  born  July  10th,  1837,  married  Alonzo  P.  Hills,  of  Richmond, 
Mass. 

581.  "  CURTISS  ANDREWS,"  to  church  Aug.  6th,  1826,  born  May  16th, 
1803,  to  Truman,  and  his  wife,  No.  (265,)  married  Almira  Barnes.     For 
neglect  of  public  worship,  and  intemperance,  he  was  cut  off  from  the 
church,  Jan.  26th,  1832.     He  died  in  Farmington  alms  house,  Jan.  4th, 
1836,  aged  33. 

THEIR    CHILD. 

Chauncey  Curtiss,  born. 

f  582.  "  HENRY  EDDY,"  to  church  Aug.  6th,  1826,  baptized  same  time; 
born  Oct.  1st,  1805,  to  Thomas,  and  his  first  wife,  Abi  (Lewis,)  graduated 
at  Yale,  1832,  studied  theology  at  Andover  and  New  Haven,  settled  in 
the  ministry  at  Granville,  Mass.;  dismissed  and  studied  medicine;  mar- 
mied  January,  1835,  Cornelia  Wood,  of  Clinton,  Ct.,  daughter  of  Rev. 
Luke  Wood;  she  died,  1841,  when  he  married,  second,  Sarah  H.  Torrey, 


310  FIRST    CHURCH 

of  North  Bridgewater,  Mass.,  where  now,  1861,  he  resides,  engaged  in 
inventions  and  patent  improvements.  He  was  dismissed  and  recom- 
mended to  Yale  College  church,  May  31st,  1829.  He  was  aided  in  ac- 
quiring his  education,  and  was  in  the  ministry  about  fifteen  years. 

HIS    CHILDREN    BT    FIRST    WIFE. 

1.  Cornelia,  born  July  13th,  1839. 

CHILDREN    BY    SECOND   WIFE. 

2.  Henry  T.,  born  June  9th,  1844. 

3.  Willard,born  Aug.  29th,  1845. 

4.  Sarah  H.,born  July  8ih,  1848. 

583.  "  ELECTA  LEE,"  to   church  Aug.  6th,  1826  ;  born  March  24th, 
1806,  to  No.  (356,)  married  Aug.  20th,  1826,   Wells  Hubbard,  of  Mid- 
dletown,  a  harness  maker,  who  became  deranged.     She  died   Sept.  1st, 
1829,  aged  23.     She  was  a  fine  scholar  and  an   accomplished  lady,  but 
was  very  unfortunate  in  her  marriage.     He  died  at  the  alms  house  in 
Middletown. 

THEIR   CHILD. 

Electa  Lee,  born  1828,  at  Plainville,  married,  1850,  Capt.  Bee,  of  Quincy,  Florida ; 
she  died,  1855,  at  Savannah,  Georgia,  leaving  two  children. 

584.  "  ELIHU  BURRITT,  jun.,"  to  church  Aug.  6th,  1826;  born  Dec. 
8th,  1810,  to  Elihu,  sen.,  and  his  wife,  No.  (290,)  is  the  celebrated  learned 
blacksmith,  learned  his  trade  of  No.  (370 ;)  was  the  editor  of  several 
public  journals,  author  of  various  works,  laborer,  and  lecturer  on   peace, 
ocean  penny  postage,  temperance,  and  other  reforms.     He  became  popu- 
lar in  Europe  and  America  as  a  general  philanthropist,  as  well  as  for  liter- 
ary attainments.     Was  dismissed  and  recommended  by  letter  to  the  church 
of  the  Puritans,  in  New  York,  Nov.  2d,  1857.     He  has  spent  much  time 
in  England  and  on  the  continent,  in  Canada,  and  other  parts,  but  is  now, 
1862,  located  in  his  native  town.     He  rose  from   obscurity  to  eminence, 
against  every  opposing  obstacle  and   untoward  circumstance,   simply  by 
personal  effort,  and  close,  persevering  application,  to  say  nothing  of  native 
talent.     He  is  now,  1867,  United  States  consul  at  Birmingham,  England. 

585.  "MARY  WHITTLESEY,"  to  church  Aug.  6th,  1826;  born  Sept.  2d, 
1809,  to  No.  (321,)  married   Sept.  4th,  1827,  No.  (679 ;)  dismissed  and 
recommended  by  letter,  May  13th,  1859,  to  church  in  Durant,  Iowa. 

586.  "  LUCY  H.  WRIGHT,"  to  church  Aug.  6th,  1826,  baptized  same 
time;  born  Dec.  llth,  1814,  to  Col.  Joseph,  and  his  wife,  No.  (559.)  She 
lay  prostrated  by  nervous  debility  for  years,  shut   away  from  all  society 
but  her  mother.     She  died  happy  in  the  Lord,  April   24th,  1858,  aged 
43,  a  rare  instance  of  Christian  patience  and  submission  under   trying 
circumstances. 


OF    NEW    BRITAIN.  311 

587.  "  STEPHEN  HAZZARD,"  to  church  Oct.  1st,  1826,  by  letter  from 
West  Hartford ;  married  Abigail   Knowles  ;  she  died  July  10th,  1826, 
aged  34,  at  New  Britain.     They  were  both  received  to   church  in  West 
Hartford,  Feb.  2d,  1817,  and  baptized  same  time,  but  moved  into  this 
place  and  lived  in  the  Lincoln   house  in   Southwest  district,  but  did  not 
remove  their   church   standing.     He  however  did  so,  after  her  decease, 
when  he  married,  second",  Sept  3d,  1826,  Electa  Landers,  of  Wethersfield. 
He  died  in  West  Hartford,  Sept.  16th,  1829,  aged  42. 

THEIK   CHILDREN. 

1.  John,  born  March  15th,  1812,  married  January  13th,  1833,  Mary  M.  Steele,  of 
William. 

2.  James,  born  Oct.  3d,  1814,  married  Emily  Loomis,  of  Suffield. 

3.  Rowland,  born  August  19th,  1816,  married  Sarah  ;  went  to  California; 
died  here. 

4.  Sarah,  bora  ,  died  in  Rhode  Island. 

5.  William,  born 

6.  Julius,  born  ,  married  Isabel  Ives,  of  Suffield. 

7.  Abigail  Francis,  born  June  7th,  1826,  given  to  James  Francis,  jun.,  married 
Henry  Long,  see  No.  (930.)  ft 

SECOND  WIFE'S  CHILD. 

8.  Child,  born  ,  died  March  3d,  1828,  aged  one  year. 

588.  "ELIZA  S.  W.,  wife  of  Henry  Jones,"  to  church  Oct.  1st,  1825, 
by  letter  from  the   First  church  in  New  Haven ;  she  was  daughter  of 
Noah  Webster,  LL.  D.,  of  New  Haven,  and  wife  of  Rev.  Henry  Jones, 
the  third  pastor  of  this  church,  and  the  quotation  is  from  his  own  record. 
She  was  intelligent  and  accomplished,  and  was   dismissed  by  letter,  Feb. 
6th,  1831.     She  was  born  Dec.  21st,  1803,  married  Sept.  5th,  1825.     He 
was  son  of  Maj.  Daniel  Jones,  of  Hartford,  and  his  wife  Rhoda  (Mather,) 
born  Oct.  loth,  1801,  graduated  1820,  at  Yale,  and  in  theology  at  Ando- 
ver  in  1824;  settled  in  New  Britain,  1825 ;  taught  high  school  in  Green- 
field, Mass.,  and  Bridgeport,  Ct. 

THEIR    CHILDREN. 

1.  Francis  Juliana,  born  July  15th,  1826,  bap.  Nov.  2d,  1826,  married  Jan.  22d, 
1857,  Rev.  Thomas  K.  Beecher. 

2.  Emily  Ellsworth,  born  Nov.  8th,  1827,  married  October  30th,  1830,  Daniel  J. 
Day,  Esq. 

3.  Eliza  Webster,  born  Feb.  16th,  1833,  at  Greenfield,  Mass.,  died  there  October 
17th,  1833. 

4.  Henry  Webster,  born  March  10th,  1835,  at  Greenfield,  Mass.,  graduated  at  Yale 
in  1855,  A.  B.,  and  in  1558,  M.  D. ;  married  June  9th,  1859,  Annie  Maria  Ward,  at 
New  Haven.     They  had  a  daughter,  Eliza  Webster,  born  Feb.  3d,  1861,  at  Chicago, 
Illinois. 

589.  "  CHLOE,  the  widow  of  Gad  Stanley,"  to  church  Feb.  4th,  1827, 
born  Aug.  29th,  1777,  to  No.  (122,)  married  Nov.  3d,  1799,  Gad  Stanley, 


312  FIRST     CHURCH 

son  of  No.  (1 15,)  born  Aug.  13th,  1776;  lived  in  the  north  part  of  Stanley 
quarter ;  house  next  door  north  of  his  father's,  and  opposite  his  cousin, 
Oliver;  he  died  June  1st,  1820,  aged  44,  at  sea,  coming  from  Martinique  ; 
he  was  gifted  by  nature  ;  she  by  nature  and  grace ;  she  died  May  1st,  1851, 
aged  73  ;  had  sold  her  place  in  Stanley  quarter,  and  built  on  Washington 
street,  where  her  sons,  Frederic  and  William,  now,  1867,  reside. 

THEIR    CHILDREN. 

1.  Levi  Andrews,  bora  Dec.  5th,  1800,  died  March  27th,  1804,  aged  four. 

2.  Frederick  Trenck,born  Aug.  12th,  1802,  married  July  4th,  1838,  No.  (948.) 

3.  William  Burnham,  bora  July  18th,  1804,  see  No.  (687.) 

4.  Hubert  Montgomery,  born  July  21st,  1806,  died  July  16th,  1822,  aged  16. 

5.  Alfred  Hamilton,  born  Oct.  13th,  1808,  died  Nov.  13th,  1837,  at  Galveston,  Texas. 

6.  Catharine  Andrews,  born  May  26th,  1811,  see  No.  (618.; 

7.  Mary  Chloe,born  ,  bap.  June  3d,  1827,  died  Aug.  20th,  1828,  aged  14. 

590.  "  HARRIET,  wife  of  Harvey  Wright,"  to  church  Feb.  4th,  1827, 
daughter  of  Isaac  Peck,  of  Kensington,  and  his  wife,  Theodocia  (Gridley,) 
daughter  of  Dr.  Amos,  married  Jan.  4th,  1816;  he  son  of  Charles,  of 
Rocky  Hill,  and  his  wife,  No.  (409,)Jborn  Aug.  23d,  1794;  learned  of 
William  Kelsey,  jun.,  the  trade  of  wheelwright;  lived  several  years  in  the 
Ames  house,  in  Hart  quarter ;  moved  to  Utica,  New  York,  and  died  there, 
1845;  she  died  Dec.  20th,  1851,  at  Utica;  she  had  been  dismissed  by 
letter  to  the  church  in  Utica,  Oct.  3d,  1830 ;  she  baptized  Sept.  1st,  1793, 
in  Kensington. 

THEIR    CHILDREN. 

1.  Weltha  Peck,  born  ,  bap.  April  6th,  1828. 

2.  Sheldon,  born  ,  bap.  April  6th,  1828,  died  on  the  way  to  California. 

3.  Harriet,  born  ,bap.  April  6th,  1828. 

4.  Calista,  born  ,  bap.  April  6th,  1828. 

5.  Persis  Rosetta,  born  ,  bap.  April  6th,  1828. 

591.  "EXPERIENCE,  wife  of  Daniel  Richards,"  to  church  Feb.  4th, 
1827,  daughter  of  Benoni  and  Rhoda  Leach,  born  Dec.,  1797,  at  Tor- 
rington,  Conn.,  married  April,  1823,  No.  (575,)  at  Wolcottville,  Conn.;) 
she  was  divorced  after  leaving  New  Britain;  her  husband,  Mr.  Richards, 
while  here,  built  the  corner  house,  west  of  the  South  Green ;  the  house 
next  north,  built  the  same  year,  by  Adna  G.  Andrews,  and  the  Bingham 
house,  built  the  same  yenr,  by  George  Hart. 

592.  "  CHARLOTTE,  wife  of  John   Stanley,"  to  church  Feb.  4th,  1827, 
daughter  of  No.  (449,)  born  April  5th,  1804,  married  Jan.  1st,  1824,  No. 
(675 ;)  he  died,  when  she  married  second,  July  29th,  1844,  Rev.  Samuel 
Rockwell,  then  pastor  of  the  South  Congregational  Church;  she  became  a 
constituent  member  of  the  South  church,  1842  ;  Mr.  Rockwell  born  April 
18th,  1803,  to  Alpha,  of  Winchester,  Conn.,  and  his  wife,  Rhoda  (Ensign,) 
of  Salisbury ;  he  is,  on  the  maternal  side,  the  eighth  generation  from  Gov. 


OP    NEW    BRITAIN.  313 

Bradford;  he  graduated  at  Yale,  1825;  settled  at  Plainfield,  1833;  at 
New  Britain  South,  Jan.  4th,  1843;  he  married  June  6th,  1833,  Julia 
Plummer,  of  Glastenbury ;  she  died,  when  he  married  second,  May  5th, 
1840,  Elizabeth  Eaton,  of  Plainfield ;  she  died,  when  he  married  third,  as 
above. 

CHILD    BT    HIS    FIRST    WIFE,    JULIA. 

1.  George  Plammer,  born  May  9th,  1834,  at  Plainfield,  married  Jane  18th,  1857, 
Eliza  S.  Ames  ;  was  a  member  of  company  F.  14th  regiment  Connecticut  Volunteers, 
1862  ;  was  sick  and  honorably  discharged. 

CHILD   BT    SECOND   WIFE. 

2.  Elizabeth  Eaton,  born  April  9th,  1863,  at  Plainfield,  died  March  12th,  1866. 

593.  "ELIZA  S.  NORTH,"  to  church  Feb.  4th,  1827,  born  Nov.  27th, 
1807,  to  No.  (449,)  married  June  10th,  1829,  No.  (704 ;)  she  died  April 
18th,  1837,  aged  29. 

594.  "JOHN  ROOT,"  to  church  Feb.  4th,  1827,  son  of  John,  of  Wor- 
thington,  and  his  wife,  Mary  (Gilbert,)  born  Sept.  28th,  1800,  married 
March  31st,  1833,  Mary  E.  Brown,  born  July  4th,  1814,  at  Reedsborough, 
Vermont,  to  David  and  his  wife,  Mary  (Woodward,)  married  at  Bristol ; 
he  was  dismissed  by  letter,  1840,  and  is,  1862,  living  in  Hanover,  Che- 
tauque  county,  New  York  ;  is  a  farmer. 

THEIR   CHILDREN. 

1.  Mary  Helen,  born  July  17th,  1835,  at  Berlin. 

2.  John  Henry,  born  Feb.  3d,  1838,  at  Berlin. 

3.  Harriet  Amanda,  born  June  17th,  1843,  at  Hanover,  N.  Y. 

4.  Laura  Emeline,  born  Aug.  12th,  1845,  at  Hanover,  N.  Y. 

5.  George  Woodward,  bora  Sept.  5, 1848,  at  Hanover,  N.  Y. 

6.  Adelaide,  born 

595.  "WILLIAM  G.  LEWIS,"  to  church  Feb.  4th,  1827,  baptized  same 
time,  born  March  8th,  1806,  to  No.  (439,)  married  Nov.  25th,  1830,  No. 
(719  ;)  he  was  in  early  manhood  a  school-teacher;  also  travelled  at  the 
south  ;  lived  in  Cleaveland,  Ohio ;  now,  A.  D.  1863,  in  merchandise  at 
Philadelphia,  Pa. ;  he  died  Nov.  10th,  1866,  in  his  61st  year. 

THEIR  CHILDREN. 

1.  Henry  Martin,  born  Oct.  24th,  1831,  bap.  June  3d,  1832,  married  Amelia  Smith. 

2.  Mary  Justina,  born  Nov.  4th,  1833,  bap.  July  llth,  1834,  married  William  P. 
Atkinson. 

3.  William  Goodwin,  jun.,  born  March  8th,  1840,  at  Philadelphia;  in  his  father's 
store,  1861. 

596.  "  JULIA.  ANN  EDDY,"  to   church  Feb.  4th,   1827,  daughter  of 
Thomas  and  his  first  wife,  Abi  (Lewis ;)  she  was  baptized  on  admission 
to  the  church ;  endowed  with  peculiar  physical  and  mental  energy ;  was 
a  school-teacher ;  went  south ;  married  there,  Abraham  Walker,  of  N.  C. ; 


314  FIRST     CHURCH 

she  died  August,  1844,  at  Lowndesville,  S.  C.,  aged  37,  being  born  June, 
1807. 

597.  "MARY  DEWY,"  to  church  Feb.  4th,  1827,  born  July  2d,  1804,  to 
No.  (179,)  married  June  20th,  1827,  No.  (920;)  to  South  church,  1842. 

598.  "ISAAC  BURRITT,"  to  church  Feb.  4th,  1827,  born  May  31st, 
1808,  to  Elihu  and  his  wife,  No.  (290,")  married  Oct.  16th,  1832,  Nancy, 
daughter  of  Selah  Barnes,  of  Southington,  and  his  wife,  Nancy  (Cowles,) 
born  April,  1808,  baptized  Oct.  21st,  1821,  by  Rev.  Mr.  Hawks,  of  Peru, 
Berkshire  county,  Mass. ;  they  have  no  children ;  he  was  dismissed  to 
Southington  church  by  letter,  April  20th,  1834;  lives  at  the  south  part  of 
that  town;  makes  himself  useful  to  church  and  society ;  has  been  a  school- 
teacher, and  is  earnest  in  every  good  work ;  has  a  gift  of  prayer,  exhorta- 
tion, and  off-hand  speaking  in  public  ;  is  brother  of  No.  (584.) 

599.  "  EUNICE  W.  BURRITT,"  to  church  Feb.  4th,  1827,  born  May  2d, 
1813,  to  Elihu  and  his  wife,  No.  (290,)  married  April  24th,  1833,  Jabez 
Cormvell,  a  joiner,  from  Middletown ;  he  built  the  house  now  owned  by 
Walter  Stanley,  and  that  owned  and  occupied  by  S.  L.  Strickland ;  he 
went  to  Texas,  in  1837,  and  died  there,  Nov.  9th,  of  that  year,  when  she 
married  second,  March  17th,  1853,  A.  J.  Sawyer,  of  Chicago,  who  is  a 
Professor  in  Chicago  University  ;  she  went  west  as  a  teacher,  under  the 
patronage  of  Governor  Slade ;  she  was  among  the  few  saved  from  the 
wreck  of  the  Atlantic,  when  that  vessel  was  run  into  and  sunk  on  the  lake; 
saved,  in  the  good  providence  of  God,  by  her  coolness  and  intrepidity, 
with  the  loss  of  all  but  her  night-clothes. 

CHILDREN. 

1.  Alonzo  Burn tt,  born  Feb.  llth,  1854. 

2.  James  Hosmer,  born  Aug.  5th,  1857. 

3.  Grace,  Alice,  bora  June  4th,  1860. 

All  by  second  husband  and  born  in  Chicago. 

600.  "MARIA  S.  KELSEY,"  to  church  Feb.  4th,  1827,  baptized  same 
time,  daughter  of  William,  of  Kensington,  and  his  wife,  Lucy  (Stanley,) 
daughter  of  Lot,  of  this  place,)  born  Dec.  14th,  1807  ;  inherited  property 
which  came  to  her  mother,  by  her  uncle,  Lot,  who  was  a  bachelor,  and 
wealthy ;  she  lives  in  a  pleasant  residence  on  Orchard  street ;  never  mar- 
ried ;  sister  to  No.  (766,)  with  whom  she  resides,  A.  D.  1862 ;  they  have 
a  sifter,  Harriet,  who  married  May  28th,  1837,  Ira  Foster,  of  Meriden, 
and  he  died  there,  Nov.  19th,  1862,  aged  50 ;  their  father,  William  Kel- 
sey,  jun.,  built,  occupied,  and  once  owned  the  house  in  Kensington,  where 
the  late  Norman  Warner  lived  so  many  years,  and  where  he  died. 

601.  "  SUSAN  S.  BROOKS,"  to  church  Feb.  4th,  1827,  baptized  same 
time,  born  Nov.  19th,  1806,  to  Joshua,  at  Randolph,  Vermont,  and  his 
wife,  Prudence  (Thomas  ;)  she  lived  in  the  family  of  John  Clark,  and  was 
hopefully  converted  while  there  ;  she  was  dismissed  and  recommended  by 


OF    NEW    BRITAIN.  315 

letter  to  the  North  church  in  Stockbridge,  Ma*s.,  Sept.  17th,  1837  ;  never 
married  ;  died  June  14th,  1841,  at  Eichmond,  Mass. 

602.  "  CAROLINE  U.  HART,"  to  church  Feb.  4th,  1827,  born  Sept.  16th, 
1809,  to  No.  (183,)  married  July  3d,  1828,  No.  (912 ;)  to  South  church, 
1842. 

603.  "  JULIA  ANN  STANLEY,"  to  church  Feb.  4th,  1827,  born  Dec. 
24th,  1803,  to  No.  (550;)  never  married;  lives  with  her  mother, on  Park 
street ;  a  pattern  of  Christian  meekness  and  cheerfulness. 

604.  "AUGUSTUS  STANLEY,"  to  church  Feb.  4th,  1827,  born  April 
llth,  1814,  to  No.  (550;)  bred  a  farmer,  but  in  middle  life,  been  a  manu- 
facturer; residence,  corner  of  Park  and  Orchard  streets;  married  Oct. 
5th,  1842,  No.  (984.) 

THEIR    CHILDREN. 

1.  Mary  Melvina,  born  Nov.  12th,  1843,  bap.  Feb.  18th,  1844,  see  No.  (1246.) 

2.  Martha  Elvira,  born  July  7th,  1846,  bap.  Nov.  8th,  1846. 

3.  Louisa  Maria,  born  May  3d,  1849,  bap.  Sept.  9th,  1849,  died  May  21st,  1850, 
aged  one. 

4.  Sarah  Augusta,  born  Feb.  21st,  1851,  bap.  Nov.  16th,  1851,  No.  (1409.) 

5.  Willington  North,  born  July  10th,  1852,  died  Sept.  12th,  1852,  aged  two  months. 

6.  Charles  Brown,  born  April  llth,  1854,  bap.  June  10th,  1855. 

7.  Clarence  Augustus,  born  July,  1860,  died  Aug.  9th,  1860,  aged  five  weeks. 

605.  "ABi  STANLEY,"  to  church  Feb.  4th,  1827,  born  March  12th, 
1807,  to  No.  (443,)  baptized  April  23d,  1809,  Abi  Langdon,  after  the 
name  of  her  mother ;  married  Nov.  15th,  1827,  No.  (512;)  was  in  the 
Sabbath  school,  1816,  and  could  repeat  with  astonishing  accuracy,  pas- 
sages of  scripture,  to  the  number  of  1,000  or  more  per  week ;  this  was  in 
competition  with  others  of  her  age,  and  with  a  premium  offered  by  the 
society  that  established  the  school ;  she  was  dismissed  by  letter  to  the 
church  in  Yonkers,  New  York,  April  20th,  1848. 

606.  "  JULIA  ANN  STANLEY,  2d,"  to  church  Feb.  4th,  1827,  born  Feb. 
12th,  1810,  to  No.  (438,)  married  Dec.  21st,  1830,  No.  (746,)  dismissed 
by  letter  to  the  Free  Church  in  Hartford,  1838. 

607.  "ELIZA  SHIPMAN,"  to  church  Feb.  4th,  1827,  born  Feb.  18th, 
1807,  to  No.  (461  ;)   was  one  of  the  competitors  for  prize  in  the' Sabbath 
school  of  1816;  was  a  school-teacher;    married  April  24th,  1827,  Dr. 
Henry  A.  Hart,  son  of  No.  (211,)  who  possessed  brilliant  talents,  and  set- 
tled in  North  Haven,  as  a  physician,  but  fell  a  victim  to  fever,  March 
24th,  1828,  aged  25. 

THEIR    CHILD. 

1.  Henry  Abijah,  born  Nov.  13th,  1828,  in  New  Britain,  posthumous,  baptized 
March  1st,  1829 ;  became  a  physician,  and  then  farmer,  in  New  Hartford. 

She  married  second,  Feb.  22d,  1837,  Dr.  David  Martin,  of  Springfield, 
N.  J. ;  he  was  born  Jan.,  1793  ;  was  an  eminent  physician  and  counselor; 
he  died  March  24th,  1838. 


316  FIRST    CHtJRCH 

THEY    HAD    OXE    DAUGHTER,    VIZ. 

Ann  Eliza,  born  May  23d,  1838,  at  Springfield,  N.  J. ;  she  died  June  15th,  1844,  at 
New  Hartford,  Conn.,  where  she  has  a  monument  at  her  grave. 

After  the  decease  of  Dr.  Martin,  his  widow  married  third,  March  13th, 
1839,  Major  Sanford  Brown,  of  New  Hartford,  and  was  his  second  wife ; 
he  born  Dec.  14th,  1792,  in  Sandisfield,  Mass. ;  he  was  a  farmer,  and  ex- 
tensive manufacturer  in  the  "  Green  Woods"  and  other  companies ;  he 
died  Sept.  16th,  1857,  aged  65 ;  she  died  July  8th,  1866,  of  cancer,  aged 
59  ;  her  church  relation  was  transferred. 

THEIR    CHILDREN. 

1.  Hubert  Sanford,  born  March  28th,  1840,  graduated  at  Yale  College,  1861  ;  is, 
1 862,  studying  law  at  Cambridge,  Mass. ;  was  on  the  staff  of  Gen.  Hazen,  in  the  Union 
army  of  1864,  and  belongs  now,  1866,  to  the  regular  army  of  the  United  States. 

2.  Ellen  Elvira,  born  June  10th,  1843,  married  Nov.  12th,  1866,  George  D.  Colt, 
of  Hartford. 

608.  "  ABIGAIL  G.  SHIPMAN,"  to  church  Feb.  4th,  1827,  born  Oct. 
13th,  1809,  to  No.  (461 ;)  was  a  school-teacher;  married  Dec.  22cl,  1830, 
Rev.  Spofford  D.  Jewett,  then  of  Griswold,  Conn.,  grandson  of  Deacon 
Jeremiah,  of  Rowley,  Mass.,  born  Sept.  21st,  1801,  to  Dr.  Jeremiah,  of 
Barnstead,  New  Hampshire,  and  his  wife,  Temperance  Dodge,  all  descend- 
ants of  Edward,  of  Lancaster,  England,  Joseph,  senior,  being  the  emigrant, 
1638,  to  Rowley,  Mass. ;  he  graduated  at  Dartmouth  College,  1826  ;  has 
been  pastor  of  the  church  in  Griswold,  Windsor,  Westchester  and  Middle- 
field,  Conn. ;  she  was  dismissed  and  recommended  by  letter,  June  5th, 
1830,  to  the  church  of  Griswold,  Conn. 

THEIR    CHILDREN. 

1.  Jane,  born  Oct.  13th,  1831,  died  April  10th,  1832. 

2.  Henry,  born  June  20th,  1833,  died  March  10th,  1836. 

3.  Levi,  born  Jan.  9th,  1835,  married  Sept.  10th,  1857,  Mary  I.  Taylor,  of  Middle 
Haddam,  where  he  now,  1861,  resides ;  he  was  educated  a  physician  ;  graduated  in  New 
York ;  but  1862,  accepted  the  appointment  of  assistant-surgeon  in  the  14th  regiment  of 
Connecticut  Volunteers. 

4.  Henry   Shipman,  born  Dec.   4th,  1836 ;  graduated  at  Amherst ;  has  been  a 
teacherin  Williston  Seminary  ;  now,  1861,  in  Durham  Academy;  1862,  in  the  Academy 
at  Meriden,  Conn. ;  he  married  July  llth,  1866,  Hattie  M.  Rice,  of  Poughkeepsie. 

5.  Mary  Lee,  born  Feb.  28th,  1839,  died  March  8th,  1857. 

6.  William,  born  Jan.  16th,  1841  ;  a  merchant-clerk  in  New  York,  now,  1862. 

7.  Martha,  born  April  12th,  1843,  married  Sept.  30th,  1862,  Henry  L.  Coe.of  Mid- 
dlefield. 

8.  Charles  Taylor,  bora  Jan.  31st,  1847  ;  was  a  midshipman  in  the  Navy,  at  New- 
port, Rhode  Island,  but  1867,  a  medical  student  in  New  York. 

9.  Ann  Elizabeth,  born  Aug.  6th,  1849. 

609.  "  CAROLINE  LEE,"  to  church  Feb.  4th,  1827,  born  Nov.  8th,  1810, 
to  No.  (356,)  married  Oct.  18th,  1840,  Rev.  Joshua  Phelps,  son  of  Joshua 


OF    NEW    BRITAIN.  817 

and  his  wife,  Peck,  born  Nov.  16th,  1812,  in  Otsego  county,  New 

York, ;  graduated  at  Union  College,  Schenectady ;  went  to  Florida,  in 
1840,  as  a  missionary  for  the  American  Board,  but  took  charge  of  the 
church  in  Monticello,  which  was  self  sustaining ;  he  has  been  honored  by 
different  appointments,  in  different  localities,  by  the  Old  School  Presbyte- 
rian Church,  and  now,  1861,  is  pastor  of  a  Presbyterian  church  in  Sacra- 
mento city,  California. 

THEIR    CHILDREN. 

1.  Carrie  M.,  born  Sept.  llth,  1842,  at  Monticello,  Florida. 

2.  Willie  W.,  bom  June  15th,  1846,  at  Quincy,  Florida. 

3.  Angeline  Lee,  born  May  22d,  1852,  in  Bond  county,  Illinois,  died  Aug.  llth, 
1853,  at  Dubuque,  Iowa. 

610.  "  NANCY  S.  WHITTLESET,"  to  church  Feb.  4th,  1827,  born  Feb. 
19th,  1807,  to  No.  (321,)  married  Feb.  19th,  1827,  No.  (680;)  she  was 
dismissed  by  letter  to  Springfield,  Mass.,  April  1st,  1832  ;  was   connected 
with  the  church  in   Ottawa,  Illinois,  but  returned  and  died  April   27th, 
1853,  aged  46,  of  consumption;  was  intellectual,  intelligent  and  devotional. 

611.  "  JOHN  S.  WHITTLESEY,"  to  church  Feb.  4th,  1827,  born  Oct.  2d, 
1812,  to  No.  (321,)  married  March  19th,  1834,  No.  (883;)  graduated  at 
Yale  Theological  Seminary,  1844;  he  was  licensed  to  preach  by  the  Hart- 
ford County  South  Association,  June  6th,  1843,  at  Eastbury ;  ordained 
over  the  church  in  Trumbull,  Conn.,  1844;  in  Bethel,  1849;  came  to 
this  place  in  1852,  with  his  family;  moved  to  Durant,  Iowa,  in  1857;  since 
a  missionary  in  that  State ;  but  in  1861  he  became  a  chaplain  of  the  llth 
regiment  of  Iowa  Volunteers  ;  was  at  the  battle  of  Pittsburg  Landing, 
Tenn ;  went  to  St.  Louis  with  the  wounded,  but  died  May  llth,  1862,  at 
Durant,  aged  49,  of  fever. 

THEIR    CHILDREN. 

1.  John  Evarts,  born  Dec.  21st,  1835,  see  No.  (1083.) 

2.  David  Haskell,  born  July  21st,  1837,  died  Dec.  29th,  1837,  aged  five  months; 
burned  in  a  cradle. 

3.  David  Haskell,  born  June  28th,  1840,  baptized  in  1840,  died  April  19th,  1862  ; 
was  a  volunteer  in  company  A.  13th  regiment,  at  Lawrence. 

4.  Charles  Porter,  born  Jan.  17th,  1844,  died  Aug.  1st,  1845,  aged  eighteen  months. 

5.  Eliza  Smalley,  born  Jan.  17th,  1845,  died  Dec.  llth,  1859,  at  Durant,  Iowa, 
aged  15. 

6.  Charles  Porter,  born  April  1st,  1849,  died  May  5th,  1848,  aged  thirteen  months, 
at  Trumbnll,  Conn. 

7.  Mary  Galland,  born  Aug.  20th,  1850,  died  Nov.  26th,  1859,  aged  nine. 

8.  Charles  Camp,  born  Dec.  6th,  1851,  died  Dec.  llth,  1859,  aged  eight. 

9.  Rebecca  Smalley,  born  Sept.  23d,  1854. 

612.  "  DIANA  Sisco,"  to  church  Feb.  4th,  1827,  a  colored  girl,  baptized 
same  date  ;  lived  with  the   family  of  No.  (321)  several  years ;  she  from 
New  Haven;  has  been  chamber-maid  on  the  New  York  boat;  has. been 


318  FIRST     CHURCH 

nurse  at  the  Water  Cure  establishment  at  Northampton ;  dismissed  by 
letter,  Oct.  4th,  1829,  to  the  African  church,  in  New  Haven;  she  married 
Peters. 

613.  "  JOHN-  C.  ANDREWS,"  to  church  Feb.  4th,  1827,  son  of  Col.  Sid- 
ney, of  New  York  city,  and  Montague,  Mass.,  born  Dec.  19th,  1809 ;  his 
mother,  Mary  (Clark,)  daughter  of  Abel,  of  this  place  ;  he  married  Jan. 
22d,  1832,  Tirza  Ann  Field,  of  Deerfield,  Mass.;  he  is  a  trunk  and  bar- 
ness-maker  by  trade ;  lives,  1861,  in   Hartford,  Conn.;  his  wife,  Tirza, 
died  March  19th,  1856,  when  he  married  second,  Feb.,  1863,  Susan  Boy- 
den,  of  Hartford. 

THEIR    CHILDREN. 

1.  Alfred  Hobart,  born  Nov.  1st  1832,  died  at  Montague,  April  20th,  1859,  greatly 
lamented ;  he  was  buried  in  Hartford. 

2.  Arthur  Wellington,  born  Sept.  9th,  1835  ;  an  officer  in  the  Rebel  army. 

3.  Ann  Field,  born  Nov.  9th,  1837,  married  Oct.  6th,  1855,  Walter  Weir,  of  West 
Point,  N.  Y. ;  live  in  St.  Louis. 

4.  Mary  Jane,  bora  April  20th,  1841,  died  Sept.  1st,  1842,  aged  sixteen  months. 

5.  Sidney  Wadsworth,  born  July  25th,  1843,  died  Aug.  4th,  1855,  aged  twelve. 

6.  Delia  Jane,  born  Sept.  2d,  1846;  lives  at  St.  Louis. 

7.  John  Augustine,  born  Nov.  30th,  1850. 

614.  "MARCIA  GLADDEN,"  to  church  Feb.  4th,  1827,  born  Nov.  12th, 

1806,  to  No.  (522,)  married  June  17th,  1829,  Enos  H.  Hun,  son  of  David, 
of  Newington,  and  grand-son  of  Enos;  his  mother,  Abigail  Higby;  he 
born  July  9th,  1807;  he  is  a  brass-worker;  she  died  Dec.  19th,  1857, 
aged  51. 

THEIR    CHILDREN. 

1.  Abigail  Rowena,  bora  Oct.  14th,  1830,  married  Benjamin  Baker,  of  New  Hartford. 

2.  George  Albert,  bora  July  1st,  1833,  bap.  1833,  married  Margaret  Parks,  of  Mid- 
dlefield  ;  in  company  F.  14th  regiment,  Connecticut  Volunteers  ;  was  in  the  battle  of 
Antietam  ;  now,  1863,  at  the  Hospital,  in  Philadelphia. 

3.  Sarah  Jane,  bom  Dec.  6th,  1835,  died  Sept.  23d,  1860,  aged  25,  at  Naugatuck. 

4.  Valentine,  bora  Feb.  9th,  1846. 

615.  "ABIGAIL  S.  CORNWELL,"  to  church  Feb.  4th,  1827,  baptized 
same  time,  daughter  of  Stephen  W.  Cornwell  and  his  wife,  Abigail  (Stan- 
ley,) born  Jan.  14th,  1810,  married  Oct.  2d,  1828,  No.  (519  ;)  now,  1861, 
lives  in  Ohio;  she  and  her  husband  were  dismissed  Feb.  23d,  1832,  and 
by  letter  recommended  to  the  church  in  Portsmouth,  N.   H. ;  she  now, 
1863,  resides  in  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 

616.  "EMELINE  BARTHOLOMEW,"  to  church  Feb.  4th,  1827,  daughter 
of  Jonathan,  of  Plainville,  and  his  wife,  Polly  (Hotchkiss,)  born  Oct.  18th, 

1807,  married  first  Tuesday  of  October,  1827,  No.  (677  ;)  both  dismissed 
and  received  to  Coventry ville,  Chenango  county,  N.  Y.,  Dec.  15th,  1831  ; 
now,  1862,  live  in  Plainville. 

617.  "ADELINE  LEWIS,"  to  church  Feb.  4th,  1827,  born  Sept.  15th, 
1807,  to  No.  (567;)  never  married;  died  Aug.  13th,  1857,  aged  50. 


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618.  "  CATHARINE  A.  STANLEY,"  to  church  Feb.  4th,  1827,  baptized 
same  time,  married  Sept.  5th,  1838,  No.  (704;)  was  his  second  wife; 
daughter  of  Gad  and  his  wife,  No.  (589,)  born  May  26th,  1811 ;  to  South 
church,  1842. 

619.  "  LUCINA  DUNHAM,"  to  church  Feb.  4th,  1827,  daughter  of  Sam- 
uel, of  Southington,  and  his  wife,  No.  (634,)  born  March  10th,  1811, 
married  Jan.  26th,  1828,  No.  (918  ;)  took  a  letter  to  the  church  in  South- 
ington, and  received  there,  Aug.  10th,  1834,  but  in  1838,  returned  by  let- 
ter from  that  church  to  this  ;  she  died  March  21st,  1853,  aged  42. 

620.  "  MATILDA  WRIGHT,"  to  church  Feb.  4th,,  1827,  baptized  same 
time,  born  June  18th,  1812,  to  Joseph,  jun.  and  his  wife,  Esther  (Kelsey,) 
married  Nov.  4th,  1832,  Elam  Slater,  son  of  Capt.  Benjamin  and  his  wife, 
Lucy   (Andrews,)  born  Nov.  26th,  1810;  is  a  farmer;  lives  on  Horse 
Plain,  and  is  an  extensive  land-holder;  she  died  April  1st,  1848,  aged  36, 
when  he  married  second,  Jan.  31st,  1849,  Martha  A.,  daughter  of  Chaun- 
cey  Lewis,  of  Southington  ;  (she  had  been   wife  of  Horace  Booth,  son  of 
Nathan,  of  Granville,  but  had  been  divorced ;)  born  Nov.  28th,  1810,  at 
Southington. 

THEIR    CHILDREN. 

1.  Emily  Matilda,  born  Aug.  13th,  1834,  bap.  Oct.  4th,  1835,  m.  Edward  De  Wolf, 
April  14th,  1851. 

2.  Jane  Smith,  born  Dec.  28th,  1836,  bap.  Sept.  28th,  1837,  married  Elbridge  Capen. 

3.  Joseph  Benjamin,  born  May  25th,  184Q,  married  March  27th,  1861,  Hattie  An- 
drews ;  he  died  Dec.  10th,  1865,  aged  25. 

SECOND  WIFE'S  CHILDREN. 

4.  Elam,  born  Nov.  19th,  1849. 

5.  Ella,  born  July  25th,  1854. 

621.  "URSULA  WOODRUFF,"  to  church  Feb.  4th,  1827,  daughter  of 
Joseph  and  his  third  wife,  who  was  Widow  Wright,  when  married  to  Mr. 
Woodruff;  her  maiden  name,  Prudence  Spellman,  of  Granville,  Mass. 

622.  "  ARTEMAS  E.  HART,"  to  church  Feb.  4th,  1827,  born  Feb.  llth, 
1812,  to  No.  (430  ;)  a  jeweller  by  trade  ;  learned  of  William  B.  North  ; 
he  built  on  Washington  street,  the  house  now  owned  by  Rev.  L.  Perrin ; 
sold  his  interest  in  his  father's  estate,  and  now,  1862,  living  in  Hartford; 
he  was  a  boy  of  fifteen  years  only,  when  he  joined  the  church;  soon  found 
he  had  no  relish  for  religious  duties,  and  so  neglected  the  ordinances,  and 
the  church  practically  withdrew  its  watch  from  him ;  he  married  Aug.  24th, 
1836,  Elizabeth  Ann  Clark,  of  Litchfield.  daughter  of  Abel  and  his  wife, 
Catharine  (Eckert,)  born  Dec.  7th,  1816,  at  Litchfield,  South  Farms,  now 
Morris ;  he   was  some   years  clerk  and  treasurer  of  our  Ecclesiastical 
Society. 

THEIR    CHILDREN. 

1.  Virginia  Veeder,  born  Ang.  1st,  1838,  married  Xov.  4th,  1857,  Henry  Peinber, 
son  of  Elisha;  he  died  Dec.  1st,  1866,  aged  33. 


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2.  Charles  Richmond,  born  June  17th,  1840,  married  Ellen  M.  "Woodruff. 

3.  Artemas  Elijah,  born  June  20th,  1842,  married  Oct.  13th,  1865,  Kate  Litchfield. 

4.  Lucina,  born  Sept.  27th,  1844,  died,  aged  one  year. 

5.  Elizabeth  Ann,  born  Nov.  10th,  1846,  married  Oct.  9th,  1866,  Charles  Mackin. 

6.  Henry  Lockwood,  born  Nov.  19th,  1848,  died  Aug.  27th,  1849,  aged  nine  months. 

7.  Joseph  Clark,  born  June  4th,  1850. 

623.  "  JULIA  ANN  UPSON,"  to  church  Feb.  4th,  1827,  daughter  of  No. 
(450,)  born  March  22d,  1814,  married  Nov.  26th,  1835,  Homer  Curtiss, 
of  Meriden ;  she  was  dismissed  and  recommended  by  letter  to  Meriden 
church,  in  1837. 

THEIR    CHILDREN. 

1.  Elizabeth  C.,  born  Sept.  13th,  1836,  at  Meriden. 

2.  Augusta  L.,  born  June  28th,  1841,  at  Meriden. 

3.  Helen  M.,  born  Feb.  22d,  1843,  at  Meriden. 

4.  Homer  A.,  born  June  14th,  1845,  at  Meriden. 

624.  «  HENRY  NORTH,  2d,"  to  church  Feb.  4th,  1827,  born  Oct.  19th, 

1813,  to  No.  (443  ;)  has  been  some  years  in  Monte  Video,  South  America, 
where  he  accumulated  an  estate  ;  he  returned  and  bought  the  building 
opposite  the  fountain,  on  the  corner  west,  called  the  "  Miss  Lee  Seminary ;" 
also  bought  the  Ozias  Hart,  alias  Rev.  Mr.  Gihon  property,  at  the  south 
end  of  the  village ;  carries  on  farming  and  manufacturing  at  the  same 
time ;  is  a  single  man  ;  he  was  young  when  he  united  with  the  church ; 
found  he  had  no  relish  for  it ;  he  neglected  the  church  and  ordinances,  and 
they,  by  vote,  withdrew  their  watch  from  him  in  1856. 

625.  "BARTON  LEWIS,"  to  church  Feb.  4th,  1827,  born  April  21st, 
1812,  to  No.  (567,)  married  Oct.  23d,  1841,  Cynthia  Maria  Church,  of 
Haddam,  daughter  of  James  and  his  wife,  Huldah  (Barnes,)  born  Sept. 
20th,  1815;  he  a  brass  manufacturer;  residence  on  Washington  street; 
he  from  free  choice  united  with  the  Baptist  church,  when,  Dec.  1st,  1831, 
this  church  withdrew  its  watch  from  him. 

THEIR    CHILDREN. 

1.  Mary  Ella,  born  July  14th,  1843. 

2.  Anna  Maria,  born  July  4th,  1845. 

3.  George  William,  bom  March  13th,  1855. 

626.  "  GEORGE  DEWY,"  to  church  Feb.  4th,  1827,  born  Sept.  23d, 

1814,  to  No.  (480,)  married  June  26th,  1842,  Jane  Bingham,  born  Sept. 
21st,  1817,  at  Wethersfield,  to  Ebenezer,  of  Windham,  and  his  wife,  Hul- 
dah (Blinn,)  of  Wethersfield;    he  was  a  brass-worker   by  trade;  went 
whaling  voyages  ;  went  to  Texas ;   he  neglected  the  ordinances  of  the 
church,  and  they  withdrew  their  watch;  he  died  Feb.  13th,  1846,  aged 
31 ;  he  had  noble  and  generous  impulses. 

627.  "  ELVIRA,  wife  of  Benjamin  Smith,"  to  church  April  1st,  1827, 
born  June  18th,  1807,  married  Dec.  9th,  1824,  No.  (515,;  daughter  of 
Silas  Pennfield,  and  his  wife,  No.  (341J 


OP    NEW    BRITAIN.  321 

628.  "HENRY  "W.  CLARK,"  to  church  April  1st,  1827,  born  Feb.  23d, 
1807,  to  Ornau,  of  Farmington  Farms,  and  his  wife,  No.  (403,)  married 
Oct.  21st,  1832,  No.  (659  ;)  both  dismissed  and  recommended  by  letter, 
/June,  1834,  to  church  in  Cleaveland,  Ohio,  where  they,  1864,  reside;  he 
has  been  successful  and  useful ;  they  have  no  children. 

629.  "LAURA  F.  BOOTH,"  to  church  April  1st,  1827,  bora  in  Gran- 
ville,  Mass.,  Nov.  28th,  1811,  to  Nathan,  3d,  and  his  wife,  Kuth  (Bates ;) 
not  married ;  living,  1861,  in  Springfield,  Mass.;  dismissed  by  letter. 

630.  "  CIILOE  ALMIRA  COATS,"  to  church  June  3d,  1827,  born  Feb. 
1809,  at  Middlefield,  Mass.,  to  John  and  his  wife,  Chloe  (Bacon  ;)  she  was 
baptized  on  her  admission  to  church  ;  she  never  married,  but  died,  April, 
1835,  at  Westfield,  Conn.,  at  her  grand-father's,  Joel  Bacon. 

631.  "  JCLIA  CLARK,"  to  church  June  3d,  1827,  baptized  same  time, 
born  Jan.  29th,  1804,  to  Abner  and  his  wife,  No.  (639;)  had  an  active 
mind,  but  became  insane,  and  died  July "20th,  1854,  aged  50,  at  the  alms- 
house. 

632.  "BETSEY,  wife  of  John  Judd,"  to  church  Oct.  7th,  1827,  born 
Feb.  26th,  1803,  to  No.  (247,)  married  April  10th,  1822,  No  (674  ;)  to 
South  church,  1842. 

633.  "  CAROLINE  LEWIS,"  to  church  Oct.  7th,  1827,  baptized  same 
time,  born  July  5th,  1805,  to  No.  (458;)  was  a  school  teacher;  had  literary 
taste;  never  married;  died  Oct.  12th,  1841,  aged  36. 

634.  "  LUCY,  wife  of  Abijah  Hart,"  to  church  Oct.  7th,  1827,  by  letter 
from  the  church  in  Southington,  daughter  of  John  Ariail,  a  Frenchman,  of 
Southington,  and  Hannah  Rich,  his  wife,  born  Aug.  27th,  1781,  and  bap- 
tized there,  Oct.  14th,  1781,  married  Feb.  4th,  1798,  Samuel  Dunham, 
son  of  Cornelius  and  his  wife,  Jemima  (Andrus,)   who  died  Sept.  26th, 
1811,  when  she  married  second,  Oct.  2b'th,  1826,  No.  (211  ;)  he  died  May 
3d,  1829,  aged  65,  when  she  married  third,  Sept.,  1831,  Isaac  Stearns,  of 
Lanesboro,  Mass. ;  she  dismissed  by  letter  March  24th,  1850,  to  Oxford, 
Conn. 

HER   CHILDREN    BT   FIRST   HUSBAND,    SAMUEL   DUNHAM. 

1.  Roxana,  born  Nov.  lOtfc,  1799,  married  May,  1826,  Elijah  Ashley. 

2.  Diadema,  born  June  20th,  1801,  married  Dec.  25th,  1826,  George  Everet;  sec- 
ond, married  George  Woodruff. 

3.  Lucy  Maria,  born  Feb.  20th,  1803,  married  Nov.  29th,  1822,  Oliver  Lewis  ;  she 
died  April  23d,  1824. 

4.  Albert,  born  Aug.  20th,  1804,  married  Feb.  24th,  1825,  Sylvia  Cowles,  of  Plain- 
ville. 

5.  Henry,  born  May  1st,  1806,  married   Henrietta  Tucker,   of  Oxford,   Conn., 
daughter  of  Daniel. 

6.  Elizabeth,  born  Feb.  20th,  180S,  married  April  7th,  1827,  George  Seymour. 

7.  Sarah,  born  March  24th,  1809,  married  Nov.  9th,  1830,  William  A.  Seymour. 

8.  Lucina,  born  March  10th,  1811,  married  Jan.  26th,  1828,  Morton,  son  of  John, 
Judd. 

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635.  "  FAXXY,  wife  of  Henry  L.  Parsons,"  to  church  Aug.  5th,  1827, 
by  letter  from  the  church  in  Rocky  Hill,  born  Jan.  26th,  1801,  to  Elisha 
Wetherell,  of  Rocky  Hill,  and  Mary   (Buckley,)  his  wife,  married  Nov. 
24th,  1825,  No.  (924;)  they  withdrew    from  us,  to  attend  the  Advent 
church;  our  watch  withdrawn,  Dec.  4th,  1856,  by  vote  of  the  church. 

REVIVAL  OF  1828. 

636.  "  SA#AH  COSSLETT,  the  widow  of  Francis  Cosslett,"  to  church 
Jan.  4th,  1829,  born  April  5th,  1761,  to  Samuel  Smith  and  his  wife,  No. 
(89,)  married  April  21st,  1791  ;  was  his  second  wife;  his  fir-t  was  Rachel 
(Adkin^,)  of  Benjamin,  who  owned  and  lived  by  "  Churchill's  Mill;"  they 
were  married  before  Rev.  Joshua  Belden,  Sept.  16th,  1784;  he  was  a  Brit- 
ish soldier,  and  taken  with  John  Watson,  (in  the  capture  of  Burgoyne,)  by 
Gen.  Lusk,  while  they  were  in  the  act  of  firing  a  cannon  at  their  captors ; 
Mr.  Cosslett  •syas  a  shoe-maker ;  was  to  church  in  Newington,  May  3d, 
1801,  and  had  his  children  baptized  there;  she  died  Oct.  8th,  1838,  aged 
77  ;  he  died  Dec.  31st,  1826,  aged  77. 

THEIR    CHILDREN'. 

1.  Mary  Goodrich,  born  Nov.  3d,  1791,  baptized  June  28th,  1801,  see  No.  (404.) 

2.  Sarah,  bora  Nov.  4th,  1792,  baptized  June  28th,  1801,  married  Dec.  26th,  1810, 
No.  (743.) 

3.  Rachel,  born  Jan.  24th,  1795,  baptized  June  28th,  1801,  married  Thomas  Smith, 
lawyer,  Vienna,  N.  Y. 

4.  Lydia  Smith,  born  Jan.  31st,  1800,  baptized  June  28th,  1801,  see  No.  (488.) 

G37.  "URSULA,  the  widow  of  John  Judd,"  to  church  Jan.  4th,  1829, 
baptized  same  time,  born  Jan.  24th,  1776,  to  Lot  Stanley  and  his  wife, 
Rhoda  (Wadsworth,)  married  Mav,  1792;  he  was  a  blacksmith;  residence 
where  Deacon  Morton  Judd  has  his,  and  his  children  are  the  fifth  genera- 
tion who  have  lived  on  the  same  site;  Mr.  Judd's  shop  was  opposite  the 
house ;  he  learned  his  trade  of  Esquire  North,  who,  the  first  day  of  his 
apprenticeship  was  set  to  cut  appletree  brush  ;  some  one  inquired  of  him 
towards  the  close  of  the  day  how  he  liked  ;  he  replied  he  was  "  sorry  he 
learned  the  trade;"  this  vein  of  wit  is  still  extant;  he  died  July  18th,  1822, 
aged  50 ;  she  died  Aug.  24th,  1858,  aged  83,  of  cancer. 

THEIR    CHILDREN. 

1.  Nancy,  born  Sept."  17th,  1793,  see  No.  (360.; 

2.  Aurora,  born  March  20th,  1795,  see  No.  (369.) 

3.  John,  born  March  25th,  1796,  see  No.  (674.) 

4.  Polly,  born  Sept.  24th,  1797,  see  No.  (1025.) 

5.  Marilla,born  May  7th,  1799,  see  No.  (1 146  ) 

6.  Minerva,  born  July  llth,  1801,  died  Oct.  M,  1801. 

7.  Marinda,  born  Nov.  llth,  li-02,  died  March  15th,  1804. 

8.  Harry,  born  Nov.  2d,  1804,  see  No.  ("540.) 

9.  Anna,  born  Nov.-4th,  1807,  see  No.  (luH'.) 


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10.  Morton,  born  Nov.  5th,  1808,  see  No.  (918.) 

11.  Lydia,  born  Feb.  9th,  1810,  died  Oct.  16th,  1810,  aged  nine  months. 

12.  Oliver  Stanley,  born  Nov.  30th,  1816,  see  No.  (823.) 

633.  "  SAUAH,  widow  of  Stephen  Hart,"  to  church  Jan.  4th,  1829,  bap<- 
tized  same  time,  born  June  14th,  1775,  to  Ezra  White  and  his  wife,  Lucy 
(Stariliff,)  of  Chatham,  married  June  25th,  1797  ;  he  was  a  farmer;  lived 
on  the  old  home  of  his  father,  Stephen,  senior,  and  his  grand-father,  Dan- 
iel, at  the  foot  of  "Clark  Hill,"  born  Oct.  21st,  1775;  his  mother  was  Xo. 
(563  ;)  he  died  Dec.  9th,  1816,  aged  41  ;  she  died  Sept.  6th,  1859,  aged 
84,  at  her  son's,  Philip,  on  East  street. 

THEIE    CHILDREN. 

1.  Stephen,  born  Feb.  19th,  1798,  see  No.  (646.) 

2.  Edmund,  born  April  23d,  1799,  married  June  2d,  1824,  No.  (654  ) 

3.  George,  born  March  16th,  1801,  see  No.  (812.) 

4.  Emily,  born  March  15th,  1804,  see  No.  (503.J 

5.  Philip,  bora  June  25th,  1805,  married  Nov.  16th,  1831,  Mary  Judd,  daughter  of 
William. 

6.  William,  born  Oct.  12th,  1808,  married  July  28th,  Rhoda  Judd,  of  Daniel ;  mar- 
ried second,  Laura  J.  Gladden. 

7.  Henry,  born  ,  died  Sept    27th,  1814,  of  dysentery. 

8.  Ebenezer,  born  ,  married  Mary  Pease,  of  Wareh'  use  Point. 

639.  "  POLLY,  the  widow  of  Abner  Clark,"  to  church  Jan.  4th,  1829, 
born  April  9th,  1780,  to  No.  (158.)  married  Feb.  14th,  1802  ;  he  was  sou 
of  Elijah  and  Hannah  ,  his  wife,  born  Aug.  23d,   1775,  in  Hart- 
land  ;  he  built  the  house  now  owned  by  Charles  M.  Lewis  ;  carried  on 
harness  and  saddle-making  in  the  chambers  of  the  house ;  his  barn  stood 
where  Rev.  Mr.  Rockwell's  house  stands;  he  died  March  27th,  1817,  aged 
42  ;  she  was  left  destitute,  but  by  great  energy  and  economy  she  raised  a 
large  family  to  respectability,  she  died  July  29th,  1855,  aged  75  ;  to  South 
church,  1842. 

THEIR    CHILDREN. 

1.  Fidelia,  bora  Jan.  26th,  1803,  died  Jan.  26th,  1803. 

2.  Julia,  born  Jan.  29th,  1804,  see  No.  (631.) 

3.  Melvil.born  Feb.  llth,  1806,  died  Oct.  20th,  1809. 

4.  Erwin,  born  Jan.  16th,  1808. 

5.  Mt-lvil,  2d,  born  Dec.  10th,  1809,  married  1832,  Weltha  A.  Pilgrim ;  he  died  Dec. 
2lst,  1844. 

6.  Abner,  born  Dec.  9th,  1811. 

7.  Mary,  born  Jan.  28th,  1814,  died  Feb.  10th,  1815. 

8.  Mary,  2d,  born  June  17th,  1816,  see  No.  (732.) 

9.  Marcellus,  born  June  18th,  1816,  married  May  31st,  1858,  Mary  Tolles,  daughter 
of  Orris ;  he  studied  law  with  Ira  E.  Smith,  Esq. ;  has  been  post-master,  and  repre- 
sented the  town  in  the  legislature. 

640.  "RoziNA,  wife  of  George  Doolittle,"  to  church  Jan.  4th,  1829, 
baptized  same  time,  born  at  Poultney,  Vermont,  April  17th,  1787,  to  Daniel 


324  FIRST     CHURCH 

Richards  and  his  wife,  Huldah  (Fellows,)  married  June,  1806 ;  he  was  an 
iron  and  brass-smelter;  distinguished  as  a  temperance  reformer  in  the 
Washingtonian  movement;  he  died  Dec.  3d,  1858,  at  White  Hall, Illinois; 
she  was  dismissed  April  23d,  1855,  with  a  general  letter,  and  is  now,  1861, 
in  White  Hall,  Illinois ;  a  woman  of  true  Christian  fortitude. 

THEIR    CHILDREN'. 

1.  Lyman  L.,  bora  Dec.  16th,  1808,  died,  aged  23. 

2.  Fitch  Edward,  born  March  26th,  1811,  see  No.  (693.) 

3.  Emily  Eliza,  born  Ang.  6th,  1813,  see  No.  (702.) 

4.  Lydia  Maria,  bora  Jan.  24th,  1818,  see  No.  (802.) 

5.  Henry  A.,  bora  Nov.  7th,  1819,  died  at  sea,  aged  18. 

6.  George  L.,born  Nov.2d,  1822,  see  No.  (803.) 

7.  Abigail  S.,  bora  Aug.  20th,  1825,  see  No.  (929.) 

641.  "  JULIA  MARIA,  wife  of  Lester  Osgood,"  to  church  Jan  4th,  1829, 
baptized  same  time,  born  Dec.  7th,  1798.  to  Elias  Brown,  of  Farmington, 
and  his  wife,  Prudence  (Fitch ;)   was  the  second  wife,  and  married  Nov. 
8th,  1821,  her  sister  Harriet,  being  his  first  wife ;  she  was  born  Jan.  30th, 
1796,  married  Nov.  27th,  1815,  and  died  Aug.  28th,  1819,  aged  24;  he 
was  son  of  Deacon  John  Osgood  and  his  wife,  Mary  ( Hall,)  born  Dec.  3d, 
1793  ;  was  a  farmer  ;  lived  in  his  father's  house;  was  an  only  son  ;  died 
Nov.  10th,  1829,  aged  36  ;  Julia,  his  widow,  had  her  children  baptized  as 
below ;   she  married  second,  July  6th,  1830,  Harlow  Humphrey,  from 
Simsbury. 

THEIR    CHILDREN. 

1.  Harriet  Eliza,  bora  Oct.  19th,  1819,  died  Jan.  20th,  1827,  aged  eight. 

2.  John  Lester,  bora  Feb.  17th,  1823,  baptized  Dec.  27th,  1829,  married  June  17th, 
1850,  Pamela  Shields,  of  New  York. 

3.  Julia  Louisa  Ann,  bora  Aug.  1st,  1824,  baptized  Dec.  27th,  1S29,  married  Aug. 
7th,  1845,  James  L.  Philips,  of  Farmington  ;  he  died,  when  she  married  second, 

642.  "  AMY,  the  wife  of  Ira  Andrews,"  to  church  Jan.  4th,  1829,  bap- 
tized same  time ;  born  July  5th,  1787,  to  No.  (852,)  married  May  28th, 
1807.     He  was  son  of  No.  (245,)  born   Dec.  8th,  1785  ;  a  saddle  and 
harness  maker  by  trade  ;  lived  several  years  in  Meriden,  where  he  car- 
ried on  his  business ;  came  back  and  lived  on  the  Reuben  Weight  farm, 
north  of  "Osgood  Hill."     She  died  Feb.  20th,  1842,  aged  55.     He  sold 
and  went  to  Illinois  ;•  living,  1861,  in  Manchester,  had  no  children. 

643.  "  PAMELA,  wife  of  Horace  Wells,"  to  church  Jan.  4th,  1829,  bap- 
tized same  time;  born   Feb.  28th,  1798,  at  West  Hartford,  to  Timothy 
Sedgwick,  and  his  wife,  who  was  Lucy  Sedgwick  when  he   married  her. 
She  married,  Dec.  24th,  1823,  No.  (511.) 

644.  "MARIA  CATHARINE,  wife  of  Moses  P.  Belknap,"  to  church  Jan. 
4th,  1829  ;  born  Nov.  17th,  1799,  in  the  city  of  New  York,  to  John  Bur- 
gers, and  his  wife  Catharine  B.  (Hamn,)  married  Oct.  24th,  1815.     He 


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went  to  Buenos  Ayres,  South  America,  and  has  not  been  heard  from  since. 
She  was  dismissed  and  recommended,  March  17th,  1850,  to  Brick  church, 
New  York,  Dr.  Spring,  pastor.  She  was  sister  of  No.  (651.) 

THEIR   CHILD. 

Theodore  A.,  bora  June  23d,  1822,  at  Charleston,  S.  C.,  see  No.  (922.) 

645.  MATTHEW  CLARK,"  to  church  January  4th,  1£29 ;  born  Oct.  2d, 
1773,  to  Dan,  and  his  first  wife  Lucy  (Stanley,)  married  June  27th,  1793, 
No.  (715  ;)  lived  on  the  home  of  his  father,  on  "Clark  Hill,"  and  was  a 
successful  farmer ;  was  a  man  of  strong  passions,  but  noble  impulses. 
His  wife   Rhoda  died,  when   he  married,  second,  Nov.  8th,  1841,  Sarah 
Giddings,  daughter  of  Solomon,  and  his   wife  Ruth  (Wright,)  born  Oct. 
24th,  1789,  at  Preston,  Ct.     He  died  Jan.  16th,  1851,  aged  77.     Sarah, 
his  widow,  lives,  1861,  in  Hartford. 

THEIR    CHILDREN. 

1.  James  Stanley,  born  Nov.  3d,  1794,  married  Oct.  9th,  1817,  Amanda  Rowe, 
(issue)  Mary  Antoinette,  bora  Sept.  26th,  1819  ;  he  died  Feb.  7th,  1820,  aged  25. 

2.  George,  born  Aug.  1st,  1796,  died  young. 

3.  Lucy,  born  March  6th,  1799,  died  young. 

4.  Abi,  born  Feb.  5th,  1801,  bap.  July  2d,  1809,  at  Farmington,  see  No.  (658.) 

5.  Dan,  b^rn  Jan.  15th,  1805,  bap.  July  2d,  1809,  at  Farmington,  see  No.  (679.J 

6.  George,  bom  Aug.  18th,  1807,  bap.  July  2d,  1809,  at  Farmington,  died  young. 

646.  "  STEPHEN  HART,"  to  church  Jan.  4th,  1829,  baptized  same  time  ; 
born  Feb.  19th,  1798,  to  Stephen,  sen.,  and   his  wife,  No.  (638,)  married 
Aug.  24th,  .18 18,  No.  (647  ;)  was  a  farmer  and  butcher,  and  lived  some 
years  on  the  old  home  of  his  ancestors,  when  he  sold  and  bought  in  the 
village,  the  present  house  of  Deacon  Orson  Seymour.     He   neglected 
public  worship  and  the  ordinances,  and  was  cut  off  from  the  church  Nov. 
15th,  1837.     He  died  Sept.  6th,  1846,  aged  49. 

THEIR   CHILDREN. 

1.  Infant,  born  ,  died  March  29th,  1822. 

2.  Fidelia,  born  June  7th,  1820,  bap.  June  21st,  1829,  married  October  22d,  1846, 
Mansfield  Stacy;  she  died  Aug.  6th,  1847,  aged  27. 

3.  Emily  P.,  bora  May  8th,  1823,  bap.  June  21st,  1829,  married  April  13th,  1845, 
John  Proffitt,  of  Hartford. 

4.  Nancy,  born  October  26th,  1822,  bap.  June  21st,  1829,  married  July  31st,  1839, 
Doctor  William  Allen,  son  of  William,  sen.;  he  died  Sept.  6th,  1851,  at  Meriden, 
aged  33. 

5.  Maria,  born  March  llth,  1827,  bap.  June  21st,   1829,  married  Oct.  1st,  1848, 
Allen  Stacy,  of  Pennsylvania. 

6.  Sarah  E.,  born  Feb.  llth,  1834,  married  Nov.  14th,  1857,  Asa  Sheldon  Parsons, 
of  Bridgeport. 

7.  Frederick,  born  Aug.  20th,  1840,  lived  some  years  in  Pennsylvania,  where  he 
enlisted  iuto  the  llth  Reg.  Penn.  Cavalry,  Co.  E,  was  a  corporal  and  killed  at  Black- 


326  FIRST    CDURCH 

water;  buried  in  New  Britain,  Feb.  13th,  1863,  aged  23.     He  was  killed  Jan.  30th, 
1863,  in  North  Carolina. 

617.  CYNTHIA,  wife  of  Stephen  Hart,"  to  church  Jan.  4th,  1829  ;  born 
April  8th  1796,  to  William  Steele,  sen.,  the  fifer,and  his  wife,  No.  ('246.) 
married  Aug.  24th,  1818,  No.  (G46 ;)  has  a  home  in  Bridgeport  with  her 
daughter,  now,  A.  D.  1863,  an  active,  energetic  woman  ;  she  has  experi- 
enced some  joys  and  many  sorrows. 

648.  "  ELISHA  S.  BOOTH,"  to  church  Jan.  4th,  1829 ;  born  June  8th, 
1794,  to  Nathan,  and  his  wife,  No.  (261,)  learned  his  trade  of  shoe  mak- 
ing and  tanning  of  Oliver  Stanley,  his  brother-in-law  ;  has  lived  in  various 
localities  and  raised  a  large  and  respectable  family ;  be  married  Dec.  5th, 
1822,  No.  (649.)     They  were  dismissed  and  recommended  by  letter,  Oct. 
6th,  1832,  but  returned  July  22d,  1852,  by  letter  from  church  in  Torring- 
ton.     He  died  May  31st,  1865,  aged  71. 

649.  "ALVIRA  ABIGAIL,  wife  of  Elisha  S.  Booth,"  to  church  Jan.  4th, 
1829$  born  May  18th,  1801,  at  Durham,  Ct.,  to  Asa  Squire,  and  his  wife 
Charlotte  (Weld.) 

THEIR    CHILDREN. 

1.  Lucius  Saxton,  born  Dec.  6th,  1823,  bap.  June  14th,  1829,  married  Josephine 
Durkee,  of  New  York. 

2.  William  Squire,  bora  April  28th,  1826,  bap.  June  14th,  1829,  married  Julia  A. 
Cornwell,  Sept.  4th,  1849;  she  died  and  he  married,  second,  Fidelia  M.,  daughter  of 
Jedediah  North,  of  Berlin,  Aug.  4th,  1857. 

3.  Lester  Smith,  born  January  19th,  1828,  bap.  June  14tb,  1829,  see  No.  (1114.) 

4.  Eliza  Anstace,  born  March  16th,  1830,  bap.  March  17th,  1830,  died  March 
20th,  1830. 

5.  Henry  Weld,  born  April  20th,  1831,  died  August  19th,  1834. 

6.  Helen  Melissa,  born  July  8th,  1833,  see  No.  (1113.; 

7.  Henry  Bishop,  born  May  18th,  1835,  died  July  20th,  1850,  aged  15. 

8.  Elisha  Smith,  born  July  24th,  1837,  married  Eliza  Sandford,  see  No.  (1116.) 

9.  Edward  Munson,  born  Jan.  26th,  1840,  see  No.  (1165.) 

10.  Frances  Charlotte,  born  May  12th,  1842,  see  No.  (1180.) 

11.  George  Baldwin,  born  March  21st,  1844,  see  No.  (1242.) 

12.  Mary  Jane,  born  March  23d,  1846,  died  at  3  days. 

650.  "  WILLIAM  B.  NORTH,"  to  church  Jan.  4th,  1829 ;  bora  Dec.  6th, 
1797,  to  No.  (149  ;)  learned  the  jeweler's  trade  of  Oakes,  of  Hartford,  and 
set  up  the  business  in  this  place,  where  now  Churchill  &  Stanley  occupy, 
in  the  same  line.     His  house,  once  Abner  Clark's,  now,  1861,  Charles  M. 
Lewis'.     He   was  the  first  to  introduce  this  business    permanently  and 
successfully  into  the  place      He  married,  Aug.  16th,  1824,  No.  (651.) 
He  died,  1838,  aged  40,  greatly   lamented  as  a  man  of  pure  mind  and 
morals. 

651.  "  SARAH,  the  wife  of  William  B.  North,"  to  church  Jan.  4th,  1829  ; 
born  Aug.  7th,  1802,  in  New  York,  to  John  Burgers,  and  his  wife  Cath- 


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arine  (Hamn ;)  her  residence   is  next  door  to  their  former  one,  on  Main 
street,  and  very  pleasant ;  to  South  church,  1842. 

THEIR    CHILDREN. 

1.  Georgiana  Maria,  horn  June  4th,  1825,  bap.  June  7th,  1829,  see  No.  (903.) 

2.  Louisa  Burnhara,  born  Dec.  15th,  1826,  bap.  June  7th,  1829,  see  No.  (904.) 

3.  Caroline  Augusta,  born  July  20th,  1828,  bap.  June  7th,  1829,  died  October 
4th,  1852,  aged  24. 

652.  "  WILLIAM  II.  SMITH,"  to  church  Jan.  4th,  1829 ;  born  Oct.  22d, 
1800,  to  No.  (337,)  is  a  brass  manufacturer;  married  Aug.  7th,  1825, 
No.  (653,)  she  died  June  16th,  1841,  aged  40,  when  he  married,  second, 
April  27th,  1842,  No.  (770.)     His  residence  is  on  Main  street,  on  South 
Park.     He  has  represented  the  town,  and  held  various  responsible  posi- 
tions ;  to  South  church,  1842. 

653.  "  MAECIA,  wife  of  William  H.  Smith,"  to  church  Jan.  4th,  1829  ; 
born  Aug.  27th,  1801,  to  No.  (443,)  and  his  wife  Rhoda,  daughter  of  No. 
(158,)  married  Aug.  7th,  1825,  No.  (652.)     She  died  June  16th,  1841, 
aged  40. 

THEIR    CHILDREN. 

1.  Thomas  Henry,  born  Apr.  1st,  1826,  bap.  June  14th,  1829,  died  March  4th,  1852. 

2.  Cordelia,  born  June  7th,  1828,  bap.  June  14th,  1829,  married  No.  (815.J 

3.  James  North,  born  Nov.  17th,  1833,  bap.  June  1st,  1834,  died  Nov.  26th,  1855. 

CHILDREN    BY    SECOND    WIFE. 

4.  Willie  Hart,  born  June  llth,  1846,  died  Sept.  16th,  1847. 

5.  Annie  Louisa,  born  Oct.  19th,  1849. 

654.  "MEHITABLE,  wife  of  Edmund  Hart,"  to  church  Jan.  4th,  1829  ; 
born  Jan.  28th,  1797,  to  No.  (179,)  married  June  2d,  1824,  Edmund,  son 
of  Stephen  Hart,  jun.,  and  his  wife,  No.  (638,)  born  April  23d,  1799; 
lived  in  various  localities  ;  he  was  a  brass  worker,  learned  of  Cyrus  Stan- 
ley, in  Stanley  quarter.     He  died  January  25th,  1853,  aged  54.     She   to 
South  Church,  1842.     She  died  May  26th,  1856,  aged  59. 

THEIR    CHILDREN. 

1.  Antoinette,  born  April  llth,  1825,  married  May  24th,  1846,  Andrew  Rapelye ; 
she  No.  ("960.) 

2.  Adeline,  born  March  21st,  1827,  married  Nov.  26th,  1845,  Levi  Wells. 

3.  Julia  Ann,  born  March  24th,  1832,  married  April  10th,  1850,  Oscar  Butler,  of 
Martin. 

4.  Ellen  Maria,  bora  June  12th,  1838,  married  Jan.  12th,  I860,  Wallace  Cornish, 
of  Simsbury. 

655.  "  NANCY,  wife  of  Philip  Lee,"  to  church  Jan.  4th,  1829  ;  born 
Nov.  22d,  1806,  to  No.  (443,)  married  Dec.  28th,  1823.     He  was  son  of 
No.  (351,)  born  May  6th,  1802;  a  shoe  maker  by  trade,  been  formerly, 
for  some  years,  engaged  in  the  liquor  traffic,  partly  as  agent  of  the  town 
under  the  Maine  law.     His  residence  was  on  Main  street ;  has  represented 


328  FIRST     CHURCH 

the  town,  been  assessor,  and  held  other  public  offices.  His  wife  died  Dec. 
21st,  1838,  aged  32,  when  he  married,  second,  June  4th,  1855,  the  widow 
of  No.  (626.)  Pie  died  May  22d,  1864,  aged  62  years  and  16  days,  of 
apoplexy. 

THEIR    CHILDREN. 

1.  Charles  Henry,  born  March  2d,  1825,  died  Oct.  13th,  1825,  aged  7  months  and 
11  days. 

2.  Charles  Henry,  2d,  born  April  3d,  1826,  married  March  19th,  1849,  Maria  B. 
Massey,  of  New  York ;  he  died  Nor.  4th,  1866,  at  Osborn,  Ohio,  of  cholera,  aged  40. 

3.  Harriet  Maria,  born  Feb.  5th,  1828,  married  Dec.  3d,  1849,  Chester  M.  Foster. 

4.  Mary  North,  born  March  27th,  1832,  married  Dec.  4th,  1854,  Kansom  R.  Foster. 

5.  Ellen  Frances,  born  May  17th,  1835,  married  Oct.  1st,  1856,  George  L.  Massey, 
of  New  York. 

656.  "  HENRIETTA  MARIA,  wife  of  Orson  H.  Seymour,"  to  church  Jan. 
4th,  1829,  baptized  same  time;  born  Jan.  30th,  1807,  to  Amzi  Stanley, 
and  his  wife  Lucy  (Webster,)  married  Sept.  17th,  1827.     He  was  son  of 
No.  (420,)  born  Sept.  1st,  1807  ;  a  shoe  maker,  learned  of  Capt.  Weldon  ; 
1862,  a  merchant,  residence  on  Main -street, 

THEIR    CHILDREN. 

1.  Eliza  North,  born  April  20th,  1828,  bap.  April  19th,  1829,  married,  1847,  Fred- 
erick Langdon. 

2.  Lucy  Webster,  born  Sept.  3d,  1829,  bap.  May  16th,  1830,  died  June  8th,  1830. 

3.  Lucy  Webster,  2d,  born  March  12th,  1831 ,  married  May  4th,  1852,  Ira  B.  Smith, 
of  Oxford. 

4.  Frederick  Stanley,  born  Nov.  8th,  1836,  married  Nov.,  1855,  Hattie  Granger,  of 
Snffield;  he  enlisted,  1862,  into  Company  F,  14th  Regt.,  as  Sergeant,  J.  E.  Blinn, 
Captain. 

5.  Hattie  A,  born  Aug.  24th,  1837,  married  Oct.  1st,  1857,  William  M.  Bird,  of 
Charleston,  S.  C. 

657.  "  MART  L.,  wife  of  Alfred  Andrews,"  to  church  Jan.  4th,  1829  ; 
born  April  14th,  1805,  to  No.  (461,)  married  Sept.  15th,  1824,  No.  (478,) 
was  his  second  wife  ;  had  been  a  school  teacher ;  named  after  her  mother, 
who  was  grand  daughter  of  Col.  Lee. 

658.  "Am  CLARK,"  to  church  Jan.  4th,  1829  ;  born  to  No.  (645,)  Feb. 
5th,  1801,  on  "  Clark  Hill,"  never  married,  died  Jan.  18th,  1840,  aged  39, 
of  consumption. 

659.  "  EMILY  R.  STANLEY,"  to  church  January  4th,  1829  ;  born  Sept. 
llth,  1810,  to  Cyrus,  and  his  wife,  No.  (422,)  married  Oct.  21st,  1832, 
No.  (628  ;)  dismissed  and  recommended  to  church  in  Cleveland,  Ohio,  by 
letter,  June,  1834  ;  have  no  children. 

660.  "LucY  TYLER,"  to  church  Jan.  4th,  1829,  baptized  same  time  ; 
born  Dec.  23d,  1803,  at  Hamden,  Ct.,  to  Jared,  and  his   wife  Octavia 
(Allen,)  of  Southington  ;  dismissed  and  recommended  to  church  in  Ver- 
non,  Sept.,  1834;  living,  1861,  in  Southington;  never  married. 


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661.  "  LUCY  NEWELL,"  to  church  Jan.  4th,  1829  ;  born  Oct.  llth, 

1810,  in  Southington,  to  Quartus,  and  his  wife  Lucy  (Foote,)  baptized 
Dec.  2d  1810,  at  Southington,  married  Oct.  10th,  1830,  No.  (689;)  to 
South  church,  1842. 

662.  "BETSEY   HULL,"  to  church  Jan.  4th,  1829;  born  Dec.  10th, 
1807,  at  Wallingford,  Ct,  to  Benjamin,  and  his  wife  Sarah  (Curtiss,) 
married  in  this  place,  Sept.  2d,  1829,  No.  (682.)     She  died  January  20th, 
1846,  aged  29;  to  South  church,  1842. 

663.  "  LAURA  GLADDEN,"  to  church  Jan.  4th,  1829  ;  born  Jan.  7th, 
1809,  to   No.    (522,)    married  May  26th,   1857,  William  Hart,  son  of 
Stephen,  and  his  wife,  No.  (638,)  he  born  Oct.  12tb,  1808;  is  a  brass  worker 
and  lives  at  the  south  end  of  the  village,   on   Main  street.     She  is  his 
second  wife,  his  first  being  Rhoda  Judd,  daughter  of  No.  (435,)  married 
July  28th,  1830,  she  died  Sept.  3d,  1856,  aged  46.     His  second  wife 
Laura  joined  the  Baptist  church,  of  which  he  is  a  deacon. 

664.  "  RACHEL  MARIA  PERKINS,"  to  church  Jan.  4th,  1829,  baptized 
same  time. ;  born  Feb.  7th,  1807,  at  Wolcott,  Ct.,  to  Lyman,  and  his  wife 
Phebe  Hurlbut    (Andrews ;)   dismissed  and  recommended  by  letter  to 
Hartford. 

665.  "ORPHA  ANDREWS,"  to  church  Jan.  4th,  1829 ;  born  May  13th, 
1813,  to  No.  (359,)   married  Sept.  6th,  1830,  Thomas  Burrill,  a  brass 
worker ;  lives  on  Main  street,  opposite  the  South  Park.     She  joined  the 
Methodist  church. 

666.  "  RACHEL  SPENCER,"  to  church  Jan.  4th,  1829  ;  born  Feb.  17th, 
1809,  in  Worthington  Society,  Berlin,  to  James,  and  his  wife  Rachel 
(Hubbard,)  baptized  on  admission  to  church,  married  April  8th,  1829, 
Hiram  Jerome,  of  Bristol,  a  brass  worker,  son  of  Benjamin,  and  Sarah 
(Andrews,)  his  wife,  born  Jan.  9th,  1802  ;  they  lived,  1861,  in  Bristol. 
He  has  been  to  California.     She  was  received  by  letter  and  recommended 
to  Farmington  church,  1837,  from  this  church. 

THEIR   CHILDREN. 

1.  Augusta,  born  Feb.  5th,  1830,  bap.  July  18th,  1830,  married  Aug.  15th,  1852, 
Jairus  Monroe,  of  "Warren. 

2.  Abby,  born  Oct.  14th,  1833. 

3.  Anna,  born  July  26th,  1836,  married  Oct.  12th,  1862,  Stephen  Tibbals;  live  in 
Providence,  II.  I. 

667.  "  SUSAN  SMITH,"  to  church  January  4th,  1829 ;  born  Dec.  7th, 

1811,  to  No.  (423,)  married  Albert  Boyington,  of  Southwick,  Mass.     He 
has  gone  to  parts  unknown.     She  is  a  tailoress  by  trade,  and  lives,  1863, 
with,  and  in  her  mother's  house,  on  Arch  street ;  she  is  quite  deaf;  has  one 
son,  George  L.,  born  July  22d,  1849.     She  died  December  20th,  1863, 
aged  52.  . 


330  FIRST    CHURCH 

668.  "MART  ANX  SEYMOUR,"  to  church  January  4th,  1829;  born 
Oct.  4th,  1813,  to  No.  (420,)  married  Jan.  8th,  1844,  William   Palmer, 
son  of  William,  of  Haddam,  who  died  March  24th,  1854.     She  married, 
second,  April  19th,  1860,  Bradford  Bullock,  son   of  Ezra,  of  Rehoboth, 
Mass.,  and   his  wife  Susan  (Horton,)  born  August  24th,  1810.     She  to 
South  church,  1842.     They  are  row  living  in  Hartford. 

669.  "  MARY  B.  CORNWELL,"  to  church  Jan.  4th,  1829,  baptized  same 
time ;  born  Aug.  1st,  1813,  to  Stephen  W.  Cornwall,  and  his  wife  Abi- 
gail (Stanley,)  daughter  of  No.  (115.)   »She  married,  1836,  Dennis  Reed, 
son  of  Starling,  of  Granby ;  he  died  Jan.  9th,  1848,  when  she  married, 
second,  May  23d,  1855,  William  Booth,  son  of  No.  (370.)     They  lived, 
1861,  in  Illinois.     She  was  dismissed  by  letter. 

670.  "  SARAH  WOODRUFF,"  to  church  Jan.  4th,  1829  ;  born  Dec.  21st, 

1813,  to  No.  (381,)  married  Oct.  8th,  1838,  Horace  Clapp,  son  of  Capt. 
Winthrop,  and  Clarissa  (Rowe,)  his  wife,  born  July  21st,  1813,  at  Mon- 
tague, Mass.     He  built  on  Washington  street,  place  now,  1864,  owned 
by  C.  B.  Erwin.     She  died  June  llth,  1847,  aged  34.     He  died  June  3d, 
1851,  aged  38,  at  Montague,  Mass.;  was  a  carpenter  by  trade;  she  was 
dismissed  by  letter,  to  a  Presbyterian  church,  in  Columbus,  Georgia. 

THEIR    CHILDREN. 

1.  Julius  Jennings,  born  Sept.,  1839,  at  Columbus,  Georgia. 

2.  Clara,  born  August,  1842,  at  New  Britain,  died  Sept.  9th,  1843,  aged  eleven 
months  and  twenty-two  days. 

3.  Horace  Burdette,  born  Aug.  31st,  1844,  at  New  Britain. 

671.  "LuCETTA  BOOTH,"  to  church  Jan.  4th,  1829  ;  born  Aug.  6th, 

1814,  to  No.  (338,)  married  Sept.  28th,  1836,  Henry  B.  Phelp?,  of  New 
Harmony,  Indiana,   son  of  Aaron,  of  Granby,  and   his   wife   Elizabeth 
(Bassett,)  born  February  14th,  1813,  at  Granby,  Ct.     She  was  dismissed 
and  recommended  by  letter,  1840,  to  the  free  church,  Hartford,  Rev.  Mr. 
Sprague,  pastor.     Now.  1863,  resides  in  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 

THEIR    CHILDREN*. 

1.  Ellen  Elizabeth,  born  January  17th,  1839,  at  Hartford,  died  Fob.  21st,  1842,  at 
Hartford. 

2.  George  Henry,  bora  January  20th,  1842,  at  Hartford,  died  Sept.  28th,  1849,  at 
Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 

3.  Emily  Wilcox,  born  Oct.  2d,  1844,  at  Brooklyn,  and  died  there  March  20th,  1849. 

4.  Edwin  Dennis,  born  Jan.  14th,  1850. 

672.  "  ROXANNA  ANDREWS,"  to  church  Jan.  4th,  1829  ;  born  April 
6th,  1815,  to  No.  (313,)   married  May  20th,  1835,  Enos  M.  Smith,  of 
Lenox,  Mass.,  a  merchant,  son  of  Allan,  and  his  wife  Amanda  (Wood- 
ruff.)    He  built  on  High  street  where  he  lived  some  few  years  ;  the  place 
was  sold  to,  and  occupied  by,  the  Flagg  family.     They  moved  to  the  state 
of  New  York.     She  died  Sept.  21st,  1854,  aged  39,  at  Lenox,  Mass.,  of 


OF     NEW     BRITAIN.  331 

consumption;  he  married  second,  July  10th,  1855,  Lucy  Alvord,  of  Broad- 
albin,  New  York  and  they  live  in  the  city  of  New  York. 

THEIR    CHILDREN. 

1.  Jane  Elizabeth,  born  March  29th,  1836,  baptized  1837,  died  April  27th,  1837,  at 
New  Haven. 

2.  Enos  Nathan,  bora  May  26th,  1838,  died  Sept.  24th,  1864,  in  hospital  in  New 
York  harbor ;  a  soldier. 

3.  Edwin  A.  M.,  born  Jan.  20th,  1841,  at  Volney,  New  York. 

4.  Everett,  born  Sept.  5th,  1845,  died  Sept.  29th,  1845,  at  Batavia,  New  York. 

G73.  "OsMYX  BOOTH,"  to  church  Jan.  4th,  1829, born  1796,  to  No. 
(165,)  married  Dec.  22d,  1819,  in  Hartford,  No.  (431 ;)  was  a  cabinet- 
maker ;  learned  of  Daniel  Dewey,  of  Hartford  ;  lived  in  his  father's  house 
here,  which  stood  where  now,  1867,  stands  the  residence  of  John  Stanley; 
he  died  Aug.  2d,  1839,  aged  43. 

THEIB    CHILDREN. 

1.  Frederic  Josiah,  born  Sept.  14th,  1820,  baptized  Nov.  19th,  1820,  married  May 
1st,  1842,  Luannah  Blin,  daughter  of  Elias,  born  Aug.  1 1th,  1824 ;  live  on  Main  street. 

2.  George  Hemsted,  born  Aug.  5th,  1823,  baptized  Nov.  9th,  1823,  married  No. 
(960.) 

3.  Eliza  Winchel,  born  Jan.  2d,  1825,  baptized  July  3d,  1825,  died  Sept.  10th,  1825, 
aged  eight  months. 

674.  "  JOHN  JUDD,"  to  church  Jan.  4th,  1829,  baptized  same  time,  born 
March  2oth,  1796,  to  John  and  his  wife,  No.  (637;)  a  shoe-maker  by 
trade ;  lived  on  West  Main  street,  where  now,  1861,  Dan  Capron's  house 
stands,  but  now  in  District  No.  4,  in  the  house  built  by  Mr.  Sharp,  in  Hart 
quarter;  he  married  April  10th,  1822,  No.  (632;)  to  South  church,  1842. 
They  live,  1867,  in  New  Britain  village. 

THEIR    CHILDREN. 

1.  Luman  Stanley,  born  June  9th,  1824,  married  Feb.,  1844,  Martha  Hotchkiss,  of 
Boston. 

2.  Francis  Doming,  born  Feb.  3d,  1827. 

3.  Sarah  Hart,  born  July  10th,  1829. 

4.  John  Bernard,  born  Dec.  18th,  1831,  married  Nov.  30th,  1854,  Eliza  H.  Keeney, 
of  New  York. 

5.  Frederic  William,  born  June  3lst,  1834. 

6.  Ellen  Nancy,  born  Sept.  27th,  1837,  married  April  10th,  1860,  George  C.  Gridley, 
son  of  Solomon  D.  Gridley,  of  Southington,  but  now  of  New  Britain. 

675.  "  JOHN  STANLEY,"  to  church  Jan.  4th,  1829,  baptized  same  time, 
born  Sept.  26th,  1798,  to  Oliver  and  his  wife,  Fanny  (Booth,)  daughter 
of  Nathan,  jun. ;  he  was  bred  a  merchant,  in  Hartford  ;  married  Jan.  1st, 
1824.  No.  (592 ;)  he  built  in  Stanley  quarter,  on  the  site  of  Colonel  Gad, 
but  sold  to  Henry  L.  Bidwell,  and  built  in  the  village,  where  now  Rev. 
Mr.  Rockwell  occupies  ;  he  was  a  man  of  few  words,  and  of  sterling  in- 
tegrity, of  courtly  bearing  and  liberal  views;  he  died  Feb.  19th,  1839, 
aged  40. 


332  FIRST     CHURCH 

THEIR    CHILDREN. 

1.  Frances  Louisa,  born  Dec.  8th,  1824,  died  Sept.  17th,  1826. 

2.  Oliver,  born  March  24th,  1827,  baptized  July  15th,  1827,  married   Aug.  29th, 
1850,  Cordelia  U.  Peck. 

3.  Walter  North,  born  Dec.  29th,  1828,  baptized  May  17th,  1829,  died  Feb.  15th, 
1850. 

4.  Jane,  born  June  1st,  1831, baptized  Sept.  18th,  1831,  diedFeb.  3d,  1839,  aged  8r, 

5.  Emily  Louisa,  born  Dec.  25th,  1834,  baptized  May  17th,  1835. 

6.  Edward,  born  Jan.  21st,  1837,  baptized  June  llth,  1837.  died  July  19th,  1843. 

676.  "ALBERT  WILLIAMS,"  to  church  Jan.  4th,  1829,  born  Nov.  14th, 

1802,  in  Kensington,  to  Elisha  .and  his  wife,  No.  (415,)  married  April 
14th,  1824,  Thirza  Steele,  daughter  of  No.  (852,)  born  July  llth,  1804; 
they  live  in  Hart  quarter,  near  the  school-house,  District  No.  4. 

THEIR    CHILDREN. 

1.  Eosetta  North,  born  June  12th,  1827,  baptized  Nor.  17th,  1829. 

2.  Orrin  Elisha,  born  Oct.  llth,  1829,  baptized  Nov.  17th,  1829,  died  Nov.  17th, 
1829,  aged  five  weeks. 

3.  Henry  Elisha,  born  Nov.  29th,  1831,  baptized  Sept.  15th,  1833,  married  No. 
(1184.) 

4.  Selah  Albert,  bora  April  20th,  1833,  baptized  Sept.  15th,  1833,  died  Dec.  23d, 
1852,  aged  18. 

5.  Charles  Orrin,  born  June  13th,  1836,  died  Feb.  25th,  1837,  aged  eight  months. 

6.  Charles  Orrin,  2d,  born  Nov.  27th,  1839  ;  is,  1863,  in  company  H.  first  regiment 
heavy  artillery,  Connecticut  Volunteers ;  married  March  1st,  1864,  Rebecca  Richards, 
of  Berlin. 

7.  Amy  Andrews,  born  June  24th,  1842,  married  Elbridge  Hill. 

8.  John,  born  Feb.  2d,  1846. 

677.  "  CHARLES  LEWIS,"  to  church  Jan.  4th,  1829,  born  June  8th,  1803, 
in  Farmington,  to  Rice  and  his  wife,  Electa  (Newel ;)  was  a  shoe  maker ; 
learned  of  Capt.  Strong,  of  Farmington,  but  is  now,  1864,  a  harness- 
maker,  in  Plainville;  married  first  Tuesday  in  October,  1827,  No.  (616;) 
both  dismissed  by  letter  and  received  to  Coventryville,  Chenango  county, 
New  York,  Dec.  15th,  1831;  they  now,  1864,  live  in  Plainville. 

THEIR   CHILDREN. 

1.  Henry  N.,  born  the  summer  of  1828,  married  Julia  H.  Hoyt,  of  New  York  State. 

2.  Romeo  Warren,  born  spring  of  1830,  baptized  Sept.  19th,  1830,  in  New  Britain; 
he  married  Mary  Brooks,  of  Norwich,  New  York  State. 

3.  Gustavus,  born  1833,  in  the  State  of  New  York. 

4.  Marion,  born  Oct.,  1835,  at  Coventryville. 

5.  Cornelia,  born  Nov.,  1841,  at  Coventryville. 

6.  Josephine,  born  Aug.  3d,  1851. 

678.  "RALPH  SHIPMAN,"  to  church  Jan.  4th,  1829,  born  March  4th, 

1803,  to  No.  (461,)  married  Nov.  2d,  1825,  No.  (491 ;)  brass-founder  by 
trade ;  in  company  of  J.  Shipman  &  Sons,  once  extensive  manufacturers  ; 
he  built  the  house  now  owned  by  L.  A.  Viberts;  they  were  both  dismissed 


OF    NEW    BRITAIN.  333 

and  recommended  by  letter,  April  20th,  1843,  to  the  church  in  Yonkers, 
New  York,  where  she  inherited  property  from  the  estate  of  her  uncle,  and 
on  which  they  built,  overlooking  from  the  high  ground,  the  village,  and 
the  beautiful  Hudson  river. 

THEIR   CHILDREN. 

1.  Julius  Rockwell,  born  Sept  25th,  1826,  baptized  Dec.  17th,  1826,  married  Mary 
Clark,  of  Bristol. 

2.  Mary  Jane,  born  July  4th,  1829,  baptized  Nov.  22d,  1829,  died  May  12th,  1830, 
at  New  Britain. 

3.  Ann,  born  Nov.  8th,  1831,  baptized  June  3d,  1832,  died  March  22d,  1836,  at 
New  Britain. 

4.  Annie,  bora  Oct.  1st,  1841,  baptized  at  Yonkers,  by  Rev.  V.  M.  Hulbut. 

5.  Charles  Savage,  born  Aug.  llth,  1845,  baptized  at  Yonkers,  by  Rev.  V.  M. 
Hulbut. 

679.  "DAN  CLARK,"  to  church  Jan.  4th,  1829,  born  Jan.  15th,  1805, 
on  "  Clark  Hill,"  to  No.  (645,)  baptized  July  2d,  1809,  at  Farmington, 
married  Sept.  4th,  1827,  No.  (585  ;)  a  farmer,  and  later  in  life  a  mover  of 
buildings ;  lived  on  "  Clark  Hill,"  in  a  house  vacated  by  the  death  of  his 
brother,  James ;  he  sold  to  Elizur  N.  Smith,  and  moved  to  Durant,  Iowa, 
to  which  church  they  were  both  recommended  by  letter,  May  13th,  1859, 
where  he  has  been  a  deacon  and  superintendent  of  the  Sunday  school;  he 
was  colonel  of  militia,  regiment  of  cavalry,  and  held  other  offices ;  was 
chosen  one  of  the  standing  committee  of  the  church  in  1843. 

THEIR    CHILDREN. 

1.  James  Stanley,  born  April  20th,  1829,  baptized  May  31st,  1829,  died  June  20th, 
1839,  aged  ten. 

2.  Rebecca  Smalley,  born  Feb.  8th,  1832,  baptized  July  8th,  1832,  see  No.  (1067.; 

3.  William  Whittlesey,  born  March  19th,  1834,  baptized  June  22d,  1834,  see  No. 
(1098.) 

4.  Frances  Fedora,  born  Feb.  28th,  1836,  baptized  1836,  died  April  3d,  1837,  aged 
thirteen  months. 

5.  Elbert  Cornelius,  born  July  30th,  1838,  baptized  1838,  married  Sept.  8th,  1864, 
Ada  T.  Hitchcock. 

6.  Frances  Fedora,  born  March  15th,  1841,  baptized  in  1841. 

7.  James  Eliphalet,  born  May  18th,  1843,  baptized  Nov.  19th,  1843,  died  Oct.  25th, 
1 844,  aged  seventeen  months ;  burned. 

8.  Matthew  Henry,  born  Aug.  8th,  1846,  baptized  June  6th,  1847. 

9.  Adrian  Ives,  born  Sept.  15th,  1849,  baptized  August,  1850. 

680.  ".THOMAS  STANLEY,"  to  church  Jan.  4th,  1829,  born  Sept.  22d, 
1805,  to  No.  (550,)  married  Feb.  19th,  1827,  No.  (610;)  bred  a  mer- 
chant, but  followed  several  other  callings  ;  house  on  East  Main  street ;  was 
dismissed  and  recommended  by  letter,  April  1st,  1832,  to  Springfield, 
Mass.,  and  1839,  to  Ottawa,  Illinois;  his  wife,  Nancy,  died,  when  he  mar- 
ried second,  Sept.,  1855,  the  widow  of  Stephen  W.  Corn  well,  No.  (1250.) 


334  FIRST     CHURCH 

THEIR   CHILDREN. 

1.  Arthur  W.,  born  Feb.  15th,  1828,  died  Feb.  19th,  1828,  aged  three  days. 

2.  Sarah  Elizabeth,  bora  April  17th,  1829,  baptized  May  31st,  1829,  see  No.  (1017.) 

3.  Julia  Calista,  born  Nov.  20th,  1830,  baptized  Feb.  13th,  1831,  see  No.  (1018.) 

4.  Arthur  W.,  bora  Aug.  19th,  1832,  died  Oct.  31st,  1849,  aged  17,  of  consumption. 

5.  Thomas  Porter,  born  Jan.  7th,  1834,  died  Sept.  10th,  1834,  at  Springfield,  Mass. 

6.  Thomas  Henry,  bom  Aug.  23d,  1835,  at  Springfield,  Mass. 

7.  James  Augustus,  bom  Feb.  1st,  1839,  died  Aug.  26th,  1834,  aged  15,  by  acciden- 
tal discharge  of  a  pistol  he  was  loading. 

8.  Catharine  Rebecca,  bora  Nov.  9th,  1840,  see  No.  (1251.) 

9.  Mary  Eliza,  bora  July  9th,  1843,  see  No.  (1252.) 

H.  Ell.?'  I  b°rn  J^29th>  1848>  baP'ized  Aug.  17th,  1848,  ^  An*  18th,  1848. 

681.  "SAMUEL  S.  CARPENTER,"  to  church  Jan.  4th,  1829,  baptized 
same  time,  born  Nov.  llth,  1799,  to  Joshua,  of  Lenox,  and  his  wife,  Eliz- 
abeth (Smith,)  of  Rehoboth,  Mass. ;  a  brass-founder ;  he  is  unmarried, 
1861,  and  was  dismissed  and  recommended  by  letter,  March  28th,  1858, 
to  Lenox,  Mass. 

682.  "  JOSHUA  CARPENTER,"  to  church  Jan.  4th,  1829,  baptized  same 
time,  born  Nov.  6th,  1805,  at  Lenox,  Mass.,  to  Joshua,  senior,  and  his 
wife,  Elizabeth  (Smith,)  married  in  this  place,  Sept.  2d,  1829,  No.  (662;) 
she  died,  when  he  married  second,  May  3d,   1848,  Elizabeth  Hough,  of 
Hamden,  born  March,  1825,  to  Amos  B.  and  his  wife,  Nancy  (Rice.) 
where  he  now,  1862,  resides  ;  he  is  a  brass-founder,  and  carried  on  the 
business  in  this  place;  he  and  Betsey,  his  first  wife,  to  South  church,  1842. 

THEIR    CHILDREN. 

1.  Samuel  Walker,  born  Sept.  3d,  1830,  baptized  Feb.  27th,  1S31,  marric !  May, 
1 855,  Emma  Sloper,  who  died  at  Waterbury,  May  29th,  1862,  age'l  26. 

2.  Mary  Elizabeth,  bom  Jan.,  1835,  died  May  27th,  1827,  aged  two  years  and  four 
months. 

3.  Mary  Elizabeth,  2d,  born  Jan.,  1839,  died  July  18th,  1839,  aged  six  months. 

4.  Elizabeth  Augusta,  born  Nov.  18th,  1 840,  baptized  1841 ;  lives,  1862,  in  Hamden. 

SECOND  WIFE'S  CHILDREN. 

5.  Nancy  Hough,  born  Jan.  8th,  1851,  at  Hamden. 

6.  George  S.,  born  Feb.  13th,  1859,  at  Hamden. 

683.  "AMOS  WESTOVER,"  to  church  Jan.  4th,  1829,  baptized  same 
time,  born  Feb.  7th,  1804,  at  New  Marlboro,  Mass.,  to  Noah  and  his  wife, 
Rosanna  (Allen,)  married  May  13th,  1828,  No.   (698;)  he  is  a  brass- 
worker  ;  lives  in  Park  street ;  he  was,  for  neglect  of  public  worship  and 
gospel  ordinances,  cut  off  from  the  church,  March  14th,  1833  ;  they  have 
both  since  attended  the  Methodist  church. 

THEIK    CHILDREN. 

1.  'William  Wallace,  bora  March  28th,  1829,  baptized  May  24th,   1829,  married 
May  3d,  1860,  Mary  L.  Gilbert. 


OF    NEW    BRITAIN.  335 

2.  Charles  Cnrtiss,  bora  Sept.  22d,  1830,  baptized  Feb.  27th,  1831. 

3.  Edwin  Elijah,  born  Sept.  17th,  1833,  baptized  July  llth,  1834,  married  Dec.  9th, 
1863,  Mary  E.  Butler;  he  was  a  three  months  volunteer;  also  a  three  years  man  in  the 
army ;  he  died  March  26th,  1864,  of  lung  fever,  at  Portsmouth,  Va.,  aged  30. 

4.  Henry  Clay,  born  Dec.  13th,  1835,  died  Oct.  10th,  1837. 

5.  Ann  Louisa,  born  Dec.  12th,  1837. 

6.  Frederic  Henry,  born  Oct.  10th,  1841,  died  Oct.  27th,  1858. 

7.  Ella  Mary,  born  Nov.  19th,  1844,  died  ^April  15th,  1849. 

8.  Jane  Eliza,  born  March  21st,  1847. 

9.  Ida,  born  Dec.  8th,  1851. 

684.  "AARON  C.  ANDREWS,"  to  church  Jan.  4th,   1829,  born  Feb. 
25th,  1804,  to  No.  (359,)  married  Sept.  6th,  1830,  No.  745;)  was  a  brass- 
founder  by  trade;  he  died  Oct.  22d,  1847,  aged  43;  to  South  church,  1842. 

THEIR    CHILDREN. 

1.  Elizabeth  R.,  born  Nov.  4th,  1832,  baptized  June  9th,  1832,  married  Oct.  30th, 
1S55,  George  F.  Hamilton. 

2.  Charles  W.t  born  Nov.  18th,  1836,  baptized  July  16th,  1837  ;  is  a  jeweller. 

3.  Frederic  B.,  born  July  2d,  1839,  baptized  1839. 

685.  "  HENRY  N.  WOODRUFF,"  to  church  Jan.  4th,  1829,  born  Feb. 
3d,  1804,  at  Southington,  to  Capt.  Philemon  and  his  wife,  Mary  Ann 
(Matthews,)  of  Bristol;  he  lived  several  years  with  Dr.  Samuel  Hart,  of 
this  place  ;  was  much  respected ;  lost  his  health;  went  south  to  regain  it, 
but  died  in  1835,  in  S.  C. ;  was  never  married  ;  aged  31. 

686.  "  SAMUEL  M.  HART,  "  to  church  Jan.  4th,  1829,  born  Aug.  30th, 
1807,  to  No.  (211 ;)  brass-founder  by  trade;  learned  of  Deacon  Chauncey 
Cornwell;  went  to  Texas,  in  1837;  died  there  in  1838,  aged  31  ;  was 
never  married. 

687.  "  WILLIAM  B.  STANLEY,"  to  church  Jan.  4th,  1729,  born  July 
18th,  1804,  to  Gad  and  his  wife,  No.  (589  ;)  an  extensive  manufacturer,  in 
company  with  his  brother,  Frederic,  and  others ;  never  married;  to  South 
church,  1842;  was  baptized  on  admission  to  church,  in  1829. 

688.  "  STEPHEN  W.  CORNWELL,"  to  church  Jan.  4th,  1829,  baptized 
same  time,  born  June  15th,  1807,  to  Stephen  and  his  wife,  Abigail  (Stan- 
ley,) married  Sept.  5th,  1832,  No.  (1251  ;)  dismissed  and  recommended 
March  4th,  1832,  to  the  church  in  Granby,  by  letter;  he  died  there,  much 
respected,  Dec.  17th,  1849,  aged  42;  had  been  an  extensive  manufacturer 
in,  and  represented  that  town  in  the  legislature,  and  held  a  prominent 
position  in  society  there. 

THEIR    CHILDREN. 

1.  Ellen  Stanley,  born  March  27th,  1836,  died  Dec.  14,  1854,  aged  18. 

2.  Arthur  Temple,  born  Sept.  llth,  1845,  see  No.  (1243.) 

689.  "  EDMUND  STEELE,"  to  church  Jan.  4th,  1829,  born  Oct.  9th, 
1804,  to  Ebenezer,  jun.  and  his  second  wife,  No.  (225,)  married  Oct.  10th 


836  FIRST     CHURCH 

1830,  No.  (661 ;)  lived  with  and  labored  for  Alvin  North,  many  years,  in 
early  life;  bought  the  Capt.  Belden  place,  (alias)  Seth  Lewis  place, 
where  he  is  a  farmer  now,  1863  ;  to  South  church,  1842. 

THEIR    CHILDREN. 

1.  Dwight  Newell,  bora  Aug.  3d,  1832. 

2.  Frederic  Newton,  born  June  7th,  1837,  baptized  Sept.  6th,  1837. 

3.  Walter  Pomeroy,  born  July  24th,  1844. 

4.  Charles  Edmund,  born  Nov.  29th,  1847. 

690.  "EZEKIEL  ANDREWS,  jun."  to  church  Jan.  4th,  1829,  born  July 
19th,  1809,  to  No.  (313;)  blacksmith  and  carriage-maker  by  trade;  in 
company  with  his  brother,  Alfred,  under  the  firm  of  A.  &  E.  Andrews  ; 
lives  on  West  Main  street,  on  the  home  of  his  father  and  grand-father ; 
since  1839,  a  farmer,  and  runs  the  saw-mill,  which  by  renewal  has  con- 
tinued more  than  a  century ;  he  has  been  a  magistrate,  select-man,  and  a 
military  officer;  has  lived  two  seasons  in  Texas;  he  married  Aug.  7th, 
1833,  No.  (793 ;)  both  to  South  church,  1842. 

THEIR    CHILDREN. 

1.  Infant,  born  June  27th,  1834,  died  same  day. 

2.  Angevine,  born  Sept.  7th,  1835,  baptized  1837,  married  Aug.  24th,  1857,  Lester 
Hills,  of  Hartford. 

3.  Nathan  Hosmer,  bom  Dec.  28th,  1837,  baptized,  1838,  died  Sept.  9th,  1843, 
aged  six. 

4.  Franklin  Hall,  born  July  31st,  1839,  baptized  1840,  died  July  27th,  1843,  aged  4. 

5.  Roderic  Baldwin,  born  Oct.  9th,  1841,  married  June  4th,  1867,  Emma  R.  Fiske, 
Springfield,  Mass. 

6.  Agnes  Hosmer,  bora  Nov.  9th,  1843,  married  Feb.  1st,  1866,  Wilbur  D.  Fiske, 
of  Boston. 

7.  Nathan  Hall,  born  March  7th,  1846. 

8.  Franklin  Hinsdale,  born  Sept.  26th,  1849. 

691.  "  DENNIS  ROOT,"  to  church  Jan.  4th,  1829,  baptized  same  time, 
born  Dec.  3d,  1805,  to  Joseph  and  his  wife,  No.  (448;)  learned  shoe- 
making  of  Seth  Dickinson,  in  Kensington,  married  Nov.  26th,  1829,  Mar- 
cia  Recor,  daughter  of  No.  (467,)  born  Sept.   12th,  1812;  he  fell  under 
the  censure  of  the  church,  Oct.  llth,  1837,  for  neglect  of  public  worship 
and  gospel  ordinances;  he  died  Nov.  18th,  1843,  aged  38,  by  falling  under 
a  cart-wheel ;  she  married  second,  Jan.  30th,  1853,  Oswyn  Stanley,  of 
Kensington,  son  of  Hezekiah. 

THE  CHILDREN  OF  DENNIS  AND  MARCIA  ROOT. 

1.  Angelina,  born  Jan.  10th,  1832,  married  Nov.  23d,  1851,  Henry  Goodrich,  son 
of  Samuel. 

2.  Waldo  D., bora  Nov.  llth,  1833,  married  Aug.  14th,  1853,  Orpha  Andrews,  of 
Thomas  ;  he  died  Jan.  18th,  1856,  aged  23. 

3.  George,  born  Nov.  10th,  1835;  in  company  A,  eighth  regiment  Connecticut 
Volunteers. 


OF     NEW     BRITAIN.  337 

4.  D  wight,  born  Jan.  23d,  1839,   married  Feb.  llth,  I860,  Laura  A.  Spencer, 
daughter  of  Silas. 

692.  "  SALMON  MERRIMAN,"  to  church  Jan.  4th,  1829,  born  Sept.  13th, 
1809,  in  Southington,  to  Albert  and  his  wife  Roxana  (Hart ;)  he  married 
Myra  Mix,  of  Cheshire ;  she  died,  when  he  married  second,  Maria  Ste- 
phens, of  Cromwell.     I  find  no  record  of  his  dismissal.     He  lived  here  a 
short  time  only.     He  united  with  a  Baptist  church  in  Cromwell,  but  now, 
18G1,  lives  in  Sag  Harbor,  Long  Island.     Their  children  are,  Albert  L., 
Roxana  L.,  and  Ada  Jansen. 

693.  "  FITCH  EDWARD  DOOLITTLE,"  to  church  Jan.  4th,  1829, baptized 
same  time,  born  March  26th,  1811,  to  George  and  his  wife,  No.  (640;)  he 
died  in  1850,  in  Illinois. 

694.  "ISAAC  NEWTON  LEE,"  to  church  Jan.  4th,  1829,  born  Nov. 
18th,  1810,  to  No.  (351,)  bred  a  merchant,  became  a  manufacturer;  res- 
idence on  Main  St.,  opposite   the   home  of  his    father,  grandfather,   and 
great-grandfather;  married  Oct.  20th,   1833,   his   cousin,  No.  (734 ;)  she 
died,  when  second   he  married  June   13th,   1843,  No.  (989 ;)  she  died, 
when  third  he  married  Oct.  25th,  1855,  No.  (1152.)     He  is  now,  1862, 
extensively  engaged  in  the  manufacture  of  shirts. 

CHILDREN    BY    HIS    FIRST    WIFE. 

1.  Isaac  Newton,  born  Sept.  26th,  1834,  bap.  May,  1835,  died  Nov.,  1835. 

2.  Isaac  Shipman,  born  Jan.  1st,  1837,  bap.  June  1st,  1837,  see  No.  (1167.) 

CHILDREN    BY    HIS  SECOND    WIFE. 

3.  Martin  Cowles,  born  June  16th,  1844,  died  July  llth,  1844. 

4.  Thos.  Fessenrlen,  born  Jan.  23,  184fi,  bap.  June  14th,  1846,  died  Sept.  17,  1847 . 

5.  Thos.  Fessenden,  2d,  born  June  9th,   1848,  bap.  Sept.  29th,  1848. 

6.  Harriet  Wells,  born  Sept.  3d,  1850,  bap.  Nov.  28th,  1850. 

7.  Edward  Butler,  born  April  13th,  1853,  bap.  June  3d,  1860. 

CHILD    BY    HIS    THIRD    WIFE. 

8.  Henry  Newton,  born  Oct.  9tii,  1859,  bap.  June  3d,  1860. 

695.  "WM.  CHURCHILL,"   to  church  Jan.  4th,   1829,  baptized  same 
time,  Wm.  Allen  Churchill;  born  May  10th,  1810  in  the  limits  of  New- 
ington,  near  "  Churchill's   Mill ;"  learned  jeweller's  trade  of  William  B. 
North,  became  a  partner  in  the  business,   has  been  successful ;  residence 
on  Main  St.,  where   the   house  of  Wm.  Bassett  formerly   stood,  and  his 
shop  where  Bassett's  wagon  shop   stood;  married  Sept.  14th,  1835,  No. 
(729;)  she  died,  when  second  he  married,   Dec.  4th,  1838,  in  Wethers- 
field,  No.  (885.)     He   had   a  leading  influence  in  building  the    "  Center 
church"  and  gave  liberally ;  he  has  been  assistant  superintendent  of  the 
S.  School  for  several  years,  and  made  one  of  the  "Standing  Committee" 
of  the  church,  Jan.  6th,  1867. 

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338  FIRST    CHURCH 

THEIR    CHILDREN. 

1.  Eliza  Jane,  born  Aug.  24th,  1836,  see  No.  (1023.) 

SECOND  WIFE'S  CHILDREN. 

2.  Sarah  Augusta,  born  July  8th,  1841,  bap.  1841,  see  No.  (1181.; 

3.  Julia  Isabella,  born  Aug.  14th,  1843,  bap.  Nov.  26th,  1843,  see  No.  (1179.) 

4.  Win.  Wolcott,  born  Sept.  22d,  1845,  bap.  May  3d,  1846,  see  No.  (1239.) 

5.  Frederic  Hosea,  born  March  27th,  1847,  bap.  Sept.  29th,  1848,  see  No.  (1240.) 

6.  Annie  Florence,  born  Feb.  4th,  1853,  died  March  14th,  1858. 

696.  "JOHN  SHIPMAN,"  to  church    Jan.   4th,  1829;  baptized   same 
time;  born  Nov.  23d,  1812,  at   Berlin,   to  Chauncey  of  Berlin  and  Ken- 
tucky, and  his  wife  Maria  (Roberts)   of  Berlin,  daughter  of  Merils.     He 
went  to  Kentucky  and  married  there  June   19th,  1834,  Julia  A.  Hogan, 
and  lives  in  Bryantsville,  Garard  Co.,  Ken.     They  have  four  daughters. 

697.  "SAMUEL  R.  MOUSE,"    to   church   Jan.   4th,    1829;  born  Feb. 
15th,  1812,  at  Southington,  to  Rice  and  his  wife  Lucy  (Hitchcock.)     He 
learned  the  jeweller's  trade  of  Wm.  B.  North ;  no  record  of  his  dismissal 
and  recommendation.     He  is   now   living,  1861,  at  Napierville,  111.     He 
married  April  29th,  1846,  Sarah  Jane  Bailey,  of  Westchester  Co.,  N.Y.; 
has  no  children  living.     Has  owned  and  worked  a  farm  in  III. 

698.  "MART  ANN,  wife  of  Amos  Westover,"  to  church  Jan.  4th,  1829, 
by  letter  from  1st  church  in  Farmington.     She  was  born  May  10th,  1806, 
at  Southington,  to   Lyman    Perkins  and  his  wife   Phebe   Hurlbert  (An- 
drews.)    She  to  church  at  Farmington,  June  30th,  1824  ;  she  has  been 
a  cripple  for  years  from  rheumatic  affection  ;  she  left  our  communion  for 
the  Methodist  church;  she  married  May  13th,  1828,  No.  (683.) 

699.  "ELi  CARRINGTON,"  to  church  March  1st,  1829,  born  at  Plain- 
ville  Oct.  21st,  1807,  to  Nathaniel  and  his  wife  Sybil  (Steelc)  ;  baptized 
at  Farmington,   Dec.   20th,   1807 ;  married    Lucina   Graham,  of  Stock- 
bridge,  daughter  of  Aaron   and   Deborah   Painter  his  wife,  and   was  di- 
vorced after  a  few  years,  she  being  thought  insane,  when  2d  he  married 
Jan.  17th,  1848,  Susan  S.  Downs,   daughter   of  Samuel;  lives,  1861,  in 
Ansonia,  Ct,     He    was   dismissed   and   recommended  Jan.  5th,  1833,  to 
Kensington  church. 

THEIR    CHILDREN. 

1.  Maria,  bora  ,  baptized  Sep.  13th,  1834,  in  Kensington,  married  Dec. 
25th,  1855,  James  Messenger,  at  New  Jersey. 

2.  Wm.  Henry,  born  ,  baptized  July,  1837,  drowned  in  Bristol  May  9th, 
1850. 

3.  Harriet  Mary,  bora  ,  baptized  1839  at  Kensington,  died  aged  2  years, 
in  Kensington. 

700.  "ABi  GLADDEN,"  to  church  March   1st,  1829,  born   Feb.  17th, 
1813,  to  No.  (522,)  married  Sept.  2d,  1825,  No.  (914.) 


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701.  "MART  COGSWELL,"  to  church  March   1,  1829,  born  Nov.  9, 
1805,  at  Southington,  to   Salmon  and  his  wife   Sarah  (Smith,)  baptized 
April  20th,  1806,  married  May  6th,  1829,  No.  (705)  ;  he  died,  when  2d 
she  married  Dec.  17th,  1844,  Elisha  Crosby,  and  was  divorced;  she  left 
our  communion  for  the  Baptist  church,  and  we  withdrew  our  watch ;  she 
died  June  14th,  1863,  at  alms  house,  at  New  Britain,  (57  ) 

702.  "EMILY  ELIZA  DOOLITTLE,"  to  church  March  1st,  1829,  bap- 
tized same  date;  born  Aug.  6th,  1813,  to  Geo.  and  his  wife,  No.  (640,) 
married  ,  Samuel  Warner,  son  of  Salmon,  h'ving, 
1861,  at  White  Hall,  111.;  she  was  dismissed  and  recommended  to  the 
Methodist  church  Sept.  20th,  1829. 

703.  "MATILDA  CLARK,"  to  church  March  1st,  1829,  born  Oct.  24th, 
1815,  to  John  and   his  wife,  No.  (384,)  married  Dec.  llth,  1836,  No. 
(913,)  before  Rev.  Dr.  Porter;  she  to  south  church  1842. 

704.  "HENRY  STANLEY,"  to  church  March  1,  1829,  born  Sept.  24th, 
1807,  to  No.   (550)  ;  an  extensive  manufacturer,  residence   on  Main  st., 
near  south  park;  married  June  10th,   1829,  No.   (593,)  she  died,  when 
2d  he  married  Sept.  5th,  1838,  No.  (618)  ;  he  to  south  church  1842. 

THEIR   CHILDREN. 

1.  Walter  Henry,  born  June  25th,  1830,  bap.  Sept.  26th,  1830,  married  Sept.  7tb, 
1 854,  Mary  Jane  Peck. 

2.  Theodore  Augustus,  born  July  22d,   1833,  bap.  Nov.  2Ist,  1833,  was  2d  Lieut. 
Co.  F,  14th  Regt.,  1862 ;  he  was  mortally  wounded  while  as  1st  Lieut.,  in  the  absence 
of  his  Captain,  he  bravely  led  his  company  on  in  the  battle  of  Fredericksburg,  Va. ; 
he  died  the  last  day  of  1862,  at  Washington,  and  was   buried   in  New  Britain  wi'h 
military  honors  the  5th  of  January,  1863.     He  died  for  his  country. 

SECOND  WIFE'S  .CHILDREN. 

3.  Mary  Louisa,  born  May  8th,  1840,  died  Sept.  9th,  1840,  aged  4  mo. 

4.  Louisa  Catharine,  born  April  7th,  1842,  died  March  26th,  1847,  aged 
5  years. 

5.  Frederic  North,  born  March  17th,  1844;  C.  V.,  Co.  A,  13th  Reg't,  Capt.  Bid- 
well,  made,  1863,  a  2d  Lieut.;  married  April  15th,  1866,  Mary  Welch,  of  Forestville. 

6.  Catharine  Amelia,  born  Oct.  10th,  1849. 

705.  "  WM  JUDD,  JUN.,"  to  church  Mar.  1st,  1829,  born  Sept.  1st,  1807, 
to  Wm.  and  his  wife,  No.  (524,)  married  May  6th,  1829,  No.  (701  ;)  was 
a  brass  worker ;  fell  under  censure  of  the  church   for   gross  neglect  of 
worship  in  public,   and   gospel    ordinances,  Oct.  18,1837;  he  died  Oct. 
10th,  1840,  aged  33. 

706.  "LucY  WRIGHT,"   to  church    March   1st,  1829,  baptized   same 
time;  born  April    9th,   1796,  at  Wethersfield,    to    Elizur   and  Hannah, 
(Wright)  his  wife ;  brought  up  in  the  family  of  Capt.  Luke  Bronson  of 
Kensington ;  in  after  life  made  her  home   in  the  family  of  Sam'l  Kelsey  ; 
never  married;  has  lived  in  Iowa;  to  South  church  1842;  an  exemplary 
devoted  Christian. 


340  FIRST    CHURCH 

707.  "SARAH  MARIA  PERKINS,"  to  church  March  1st,  1829,  baptized 
same  time;  born  Feb.  25th,  1812,   at  Meriden,  to   Liberty  and   his  wife 
Sarah  (Lyman,)   married  April  6th,  1836,   James  Turner,  son  of  John 
and  his  wife  Amelia  (Wilcox ;)  he  is  now,  1861,  a  grocer  in  Middletown. 
She  was  dismissed  and  recommended  by  letter  to  church  in  Meriden,  April 
20th,  1834. 

THEIR    CHILDRE.V. 

1.  John  A.,  born  March  25th,  1838. 

2.  Mary  P.,  born  July  26th,  1843. 

708.  "ABIGA.IL  BRONSON,  widow,"  to  church  August  2d,  1829 ;  she 
was  the  widow  of  Jesse   Bronson,  son  of  Aaron,  of  Kensington,  married 
to  him  May  7th,  1767;  daughter  of  Ephraim  Allen  and  Hannah  his  wife. 
Sister  of  No.   (159)  and  No.  (318;)  she  spent  her  last  days  with  her 
daughter,  No.  (378,)   and  died  Aug.  20th,  1830,  aged  82 ;  he  died  Nov. 
29th,  1816,  aged  78. 

THEIR   CHILDREN. 

1.  Sally,  born  1766,  married  Nov.  12th,  1801,  Marvin  Andrews,  of  Meriden; 
ssie  died  1810,  aged  44. 

2.  Caroline,  born  Feb.  1st,  1769,  see  No.  (378.) 

3.  Phebe,  born  1780,  never  .married,  died  Jan.  20th,  1834,  aged  54. 

4.  Miranda,  born  June  30th,   1793,  married  July  2~th,  1836,  Simeon  Rowley,  of 
Farmington,  a  blacksmith. 

5.  Ephraim,  b6rn  ,  died  ,  aged  6  months. 

6.  Peter,  born  ,  married  ,  Griswold  of  Meriden,  he  died  1813,  aged  37. 

7.  John,  born  ,  married  Huldah  Clark  of  Kensington. 

8.  Abigail,  born  ,  never  married,  died  June  3d,  1812,  aged  28. 

709.  " DOROTHY,  wife  of  Edwin   Francis,"  to  church  Aug.  2d,  1829, 
baptized   same  time,  born  Jan.  16th,   1803,  at    Kensington,  to  Timothy 
Percival  and  his  wife  Aurelia  (Booth,)    daughter  of  No.  (165  ;)  married 
Sept.  14th,  1825 ;  he  son  of  Allen   and  his  wife   No.  (387,)  born  April 
22d,  1808  ;  a  farmer ;  inherited  his  father's   home  in  Hart  quarter ;  she 
to  South  church  1842. 

THEIR    CHILDREN. 

1.  Bernard,  born  Sept.  5th,  1826,  died  Jan.  18th,  1829,  aged  2  years,  4  mo. 

2.  Caroline  Percival,  born  Oct.  llth,  1827,  bap.  June  27th,  1830,  married  Nov.  4th, 
1855,  Henry  Ratcliffe. 

3.  Adelaide,  born  Jan.  Itt,  1830,  bap.  June  27th,  1830,  married  Oct.  2d,  1850,  Wm. 
J.  M.  Fish,  of  Providence,  R.  I. 

4.  Bernard,  born  Aug.  7th,  1836,  bap.  1839,  died  Feb.  23d,  1839,  aged  3  yrs.  7  mo. 

5.  John  Newton,  born  July  4th,  1838,  bap.  1839. 

6.  Edgar  Loomis,  born  Sept.  2d,  1842,  enlisted  in  22d  Rcg't  C.  V.;  married  Dec. 
7th,  1864,  Nellie  E.  Booth. 

710.  "SARAH  ANN  WHITING,"  to   church  Aug.  2d,   1829,   baptized 
same  time ;  wife  of  Henry  W.  Whiting,  married   Sept.  5th,  1826 ;  she 


OF    NEW     BRITAIN.  341 

was  born  Sept.  14th,  1805,  to  Samuel  Kelsey  and  his  wife  Lydia 
(Bronson,)  who  was  daughter  of  Capt.  Luke  Bronson,  of  Kensington  ; 
Mr.  Whiting  is  a  joiner  by  trade,  son  of  Ephraim  of  Bridgeport,  and  his 
wife  Sarah  (Youngs;)  born  Nov.  17th,  1804,  came  into  the  place  1822, 
while  an  apprentice  to  work  on  the  North  church ;  he  located  on  Stanley 
St.,  near  his  father  Kelsey  ;  he  has  a  fine  farm,  been  successful  in  business, 
distinguished  himself  as  an  expert  collector  of  public  taxes  ;  she  to  South 
church  1842. 

THEIR    CHILDREN. 

1.  Francina  Theresa,  born  Sept.  3d,  1827,  bap.  Aug.  22d,  1830,  married  June  26th, 
1848,  Philip  Corbin. 

2.  Sarah  Elizabeth,  born  Feb.   llth,  1829,  bap.  Aug.  22d,  1830,  married  Oct.  26th, 
1847,  Levi  O.  Smith. 

3.  Henry  William,  born  Jan.  26th,  1831,  bap.  Sept.  18th,  1831,  married  Nov.  8th, 
1854,  Amelia  D.  Adams. 

4.  Mary  Amelia,  born  Nov.  22d,  1834,  bap.  May  31st,  1835. 

711.  "ELVIRA  HILLS,"  to  church  Aug.  2d,  1829,  born  Sept.  9th,  1807, 
to  Elijah  and  his  wife  Lucretia  (Riley,)  of  Middletown  ;  she  was  brought 
up  in  the  family  of  Rev.  Newton  Skinner,  and  married  March  9th,  1836, 
Henry  Gladden,  son  of  No.  (522,)  born  April  15.  1805  ;  a  brass  worker, 
learned  his  trade  of  Joseph  Shipman  ;  lives  on  Stanley  st.,  near  the  loca- 
tion of  the  first  meeting  house  in  the  place ;  is  an  undertaker ;  his  first 
wife  was  Betsey  Judd,  daughter  of  No.  (435,)  born  Aug.  13th,  1804, 
married  Oct.  3d,  1832,  died  Jan.  4th,  1835,  aged  30. 

THEIR    CHILDREN. 

1.  George,  born  July  7th,  1834. 

SECOND  WIFE'S  CHILDREN. 

2.  Cordelia,  born  Oct.  31st,   1838,  bap.  1839,  married  June  21st,   1 865,  Niles  M. 


3.  Charles  Riley,  born  June  25th,  1840,  enlisted  in  Co.  A,  13th  Reg't,  C.  V.,  died 
July  1st,  1863,  of  fever,  at  Sem.  Hospital,  N.  O.,  his  body  brought  on  and  funeral 
attended  March  1st,  1864,  at  Center  church;  sermon  and  eulogy. 

4.  Wm.   Henry,  born  Feb.  10th,   1842,  see  No.  (1253;)  enlisted   in  Co.  A,  13th 
Reg't,  C.  V. 

5.  Charlotte  Melissa,  born  June  10th,  1843,  see  No.  (1399.) 

712.  "SARAH  CLARK,"   to  church  Aug.  2d,  1829,   born  July  18th, 
1809,  in  Farmington,  to  Oman  and  his  wife  No.  (403,)  married  Feb.  3d 
1831,  Orrin  S.  North,  son  of  No.  (330,)  born  July  13th,  1805 ;  lives  on 
corner  of  East  Main  and  Stanley  sts.,  house  built  by  Anthony  Judd,  and 
formerly  stood  on  west  side  of  street,  moved  to  opposite  corner.     He  is  a 
manufacturer,  have  no  children;  she  to  South  church  1842. 

713.  "MART  G.  HART,  wife  of  Geo.  Hart,"  to  church  Aug.  2d,  1829, 
daughter  of  No.  (359,)  and  his  wife  Mary  (Griswold,)   bap.  Dec.  15th, 


342  FIRST    CHURCH 

1811,  married  March  2d,   1826,  No.  (812,)   she  died  Aug.  10th,  1831, 
aged  23. 

714.  ELIZABETH  COGSWELL,  wife  of  Rev.  Jonathan  Cogswell,  fourth 
pastor  of  the  church,  by  letter  from  the  church  in  Saco,  Maine,  Aug.  2d, 
1829,  born  in  Westford,  Mass.,  about  1790,  to  Joel  Abbott  and  his  wife 
Lydia ;  she  was  early  left  an  orphan,  and  was  adopted  by  her  uncle  Sam- 
uel Abbott,  the  founder  of  Andover  Theological  Seminary  and  the  Abbott 
Professorship ;  she  was  an  ornament  to  her  sex,  to  the  church,  and  to  so- 
ciety ;  she  died  April  30th,  1837,  at  East  Windsor  Hill.     An  obituary 
notice  of  that  date  passes  the  highest  encomiums  upon  her  life  and  char- 
acter.    The  mound  which  first  marked  a  spot  near  the  Institute  as  a  rest- 
ing place  for  the  dead,  is  that  which  covers  Mrs.  Cogswell.     He  second 
married  Dec.,  1837.  Miss  Jane  G.  Kirkpatrick,  daughter  of  Chief  Justice 
Andrew  Kirkpatrick,  of  New  Jersey,  where   he  resided,  1862,  at  New 
Brunswick;  he  died  there  Aug.  1st,  1864,  in  his  82d  year. 

HIS    CHILDREN    BY    ELIZABETH,    HIS    FIRST   WIFE. 

1.  Mary,  bap.  March  12th,  1815,  at  Saco,  Me.,  married  Oct.  16,  1833,  Franklin  S. 
Kinney,  Esq.,  N.  Y. 

2.  Elizabeth  L.,  bap.  Ang.  8th,  1819,  at  Saco,  Me.,  married  Oct.,  1840,  Hon.  James 
Dixon. 

3.  Louisa,  bap.  July  30th,  1826,  at  Saco,  Me  ,  married  ,  A.  K.  Wood,  Esq., 
of  Va. 

4.  Anne  W.,  bap.  May  11,  1828,  at  Saco,  Me.,  married  Oct.,  1848,  Edgar  Howland, 
Esq.,  of  N.  Y.;  she  died  at  Cuba,  Jan.  18th,  1849. 

HIS    CHILDREN    BT    8ECOXD    WIFE,    JANE. 

5.  Andrew  K.,  born  ,  studying  law  in  N.  Y.,  1861,  one  of  the  famous  7th 
Regiment  of  N.  Y.  who  went  to  the  rescue  of  Washington,  April,  1861. 

6.  Jane  E.,  born 

715.  "RnoDA,  wife  of  Matthew  Clark,"  to  church,  Oct.  4th,  1829,  by 
letter  from  Farmington  church,  received  there  on  profession,  June  4th, 
1809 ;  born  Feb.  10th,  1776,  to  No.  (149,)  married  June  27tb,  1793,  No. 
(645 ;)  she  died  April  19th,  1840,  aged  64. 

716.  "ALONZO  STANLEY,"  to  church  April  4th,  1830,  born  June  24th, 
1807,was  a  deaf  mute ;  learned  the  tailor's  trade,  educated  at  the  Asylum 
in  Hartford,  and  admitted  to  the  church  here  by  Rev.  Mr.  Gallaudet  by 
signs  ;  he  was  quick  of -apprehension,  social  and  intelligent ;  he  was  killed 
in  New  Britian,  near  the  depot,  by  a  locomotive,  Feb.    llth,  1851,  aged 
44  ;  by  industry  and  economy  he   had   acquired   some    property ;  never 
married;  to  South  church,  1842. 

717.  "  WILLIAM  ELLIS,"  to  church  Dec.  5:h,  1830,  by  letter  from  the 
3d  church  in  Berlin,  born   Feb.   16th,  1792,  at   Berlin,  to  Abel  and  his 
wife  Thankful  (Dickinson,)   married    Sept.  16th,  1815,  No.  (718 ;)  his 
stone  residence  stands  on   the  site   of  Dea.  Anthony  Judd's   of  "  Great 


OF    NEW     BRITAIN.  343 

Swamp"  memory;  he  is  a  successful  farmer,  and  has  one  of  the  oldest 
and  best  farms  in  the  place;  both  to  church  in  Worthington,  Dec.,  1821. 

718.  "WiFE  OF  WM.  ELLIS,"  to  church  Dec.  5th,  1830,  by  letter 
from  3d  church  in  Berlin,  born  Nov.  29th,  1791,  to  Amos  A.  Webster,  of 
Berlin,  and  his  wife   Mabel   (Andrus,)    daughter    of  Daniel,   her  maiden 
name   Lydia  Webster,   married    Sept.  16th,   1815,  No.   (717;)  both  to 
church  in  Berlin,  Dec.,  1821. 

THEIR    CHILDREN. 

1.  Sylvender,  born  Sept.  18th,  1816,  see  No.  (1079.) 

2.  Charlotte,  born  May  5th,  1818,  see  No.  (949.) 

3.  William,  jun.,  horn  Feb.  4th,  1821,  see  No.  (804  ) 

4.  Edwin  C-,  born  Dec.  5th,  1823,  see  No.  (970.) 

5.  Jerusha,  born  June  1,  1826,  see  No.  (980.; 

6.  Jane,  born  July  2d,  1828,  bap.  June  28th,  1831,  died  Aug.  23d,  1837,  aged  8. 

I.  Julia;,  |  born  Au="  22d'  183°>  b*P-  June  28th'  1831'  {  he^May'S,  by  a  fall. 
9.  Henry  Julius,  born  May  2d,  1837,  bap.  1838,  see  No.  ("1259.) 

719.  "PnEBE,  wife  of  Selah  Steele,  jun.,"  to  church  by  letter 
from  Southington ;  her  name  first  appears  on  our  record  as  being  dismissed 
by  letter  to  South  church,  Sept.  5th,  1845  ;  her  maiden  name  was  Bald- 
win; born  June  18th,  1789,  at  Milford,  Ct,  to  Phineas  and  his  wife  Abi- 
gail (Woodruff;)  married  Oct.  5th,  1825,  No.  (482,)  she  died  April  27th, 
1856,  aged  67,  leaving  one  son,   Harvey,  who  became  a  physician,  and 
now,  1862,  resides  in  West  Winsted,  Ct. ;  she  to  church  in  Southington 
by  letter  from  North  Milford,  Dec.  3d,  1826. 

720.  "  JOHN  M.  HOAR,"  to  church  April  3d,  1831,  by  letter  from  2d 
Presbyterian   church  in   Rochester,   N.  Y.,  Rev.  William  James,  pastor, 
and  the  record  says  his  name  has  been  changed  to  Hobart ;  he  lived  sev- 
eral years  with  Alvin  North,  was  an  active,  zealous  Christian ;  moved  to 
Southington  by  letter,  April  20th,  1834;  married  Oct.  9th,  1833,  Vesta 
Potter,  of  Southington,  daughter  of  Capt.  Martin  and  Phebe  (Barrett.) 
his  wife,  born  July  18,  1807 ;  he  was  born  July  6th,  1805,  at  Homer,  N. 
Y. ;  living  now,  1863,  in  Southington,  and  is  a  brass  founder. 

THEIR    CHILDREN. 

1.  Ellen  Augusta,  born  Aug.  16th,  1835,  married  May  16th,  1855.  Stephen  Walk- 
ley,  jun. 

2.  Jane  Elizabeth,  born  Dec.  9th,  1836,  married  May  16th,  1855,  John  M.  Cowles, 
of  Farmington. 

3.  Vesta  Sophia,  born  Oct.  5th,  1838,  bap.  June  30th,  1839. 

4.  Sarah  Maria,  born  July  10th,  1840,  bap.  June  4th,  1841,  died  June  4th,  1842. 

5.  Julia  Maria,  bora  Aug.  25th,  1843,  bap.  Aug.  2d,  1844,  died  Feb.  7th,  1845. 

6.  John  Potter,  bora  Oct.  19th,  1845,  bap.  July  31st,   1846,  drowned  June  1st, 
1861,  bathing. 

7.  Khoda  Amelia,  bora  Aug.  6th,  1847,  bap.  Sept.  29th,  1848. 


344  FIRST     CHURCH 

8.  Charles  Parsons,  born  June  1st,  1849,  bap.  July  5th,  1850. 

9.  Anna  Alida,  born  Sept.  7th,  1853,  bap.  June  30th,  1854.    . 
10.  Joseph  Willie,  born  Jan.  24th,  1857,  bap.  July  1st,  1859. 

721.  "RnoDA  ANDREWS,  widow  of  Hezekiah,"  to  church  Aug.  7th, 
1831,  born  March   10th,   1759,  at  Worthington,   to   Dea.  Aaron  Porter 
aid   his  wife   Rhoda  (Sage);  married  June  25th,  1787;  he   son  of  No. 
(112,)   born  Jan.  22d,   1758,  baptized  May  14th,   1758,  the  first  on  Dr. 
Smalley's  record  of  baptisms.     He  was  a  farmer,  built  on  West  Main  st., 
near   his  father,  and  his   son    Selah  owns   and  occupies  now,  1862,  the 
same;  he  died  March  19th,   1818,  aged  60,  she  died  July  26th,  1845, 
aged  87. 

THEIR    CHILDREN. 

1.  Selah,  born  Sept.  5th,  1789,  married  Sept.  5th,  1822,  No.  (564.) 

2.  Rhoda,  born  April  12th,  1795,  married  April  23d,  1817,  Asahel,  eon  of  Oliver 
Hamblin;  they  located   in  White  Oak,  Farmington,  where  she  still  lives,  1863. 

722.  "ELIJAH  HART,"  to  church  Aug.   7th,  1831,  born  Sept.  llth, 
1804,  to  No.  (181,)  married  March  15th,  1826,  No.  (723)  ;  was  crippled 
somewhat  in  one  hip  by  rheumatism ;  inherited  the  old  home  of  his  father 
and  grandfather  by  the  mill,  south   part  of  the  village ;  he  was  a  magis- 
trate and  selectman,  had  strong  passions  and  force  of  character ;  to  South 
church  1842 ;  he  died  April  5th,  1856,  aged  52. 

723.  "  LOUISA,  wife  of  Elijah  Hart,"   to  church  Aug.  7th,  1831,  bap. 
same  time ;  born  Feb.  23d,  1804,  in   Hamden,  to  Isaac  Warner  and  his 
wife  Damaris  (Wooding)  ;  to  South  church  1842. 

THEIR    CHILDREN. 

1.  Henrietta  W.,  born  March  25th,  1827,  bap.  Oct.    16th,  1831,  married  Darwia 
Francis,  Sept.  14th,  1846. 

2.  Eliza  Ann,  born  July  12th,  1828,  baptized  Oct.  16th,    1831,  married   Hector  F. 
Humphrey,  of  Bloomfield. 

3.  Augusta  C.,  born  May  12th,  1830,  bap.  Oct.  16th,  1831 ;  married  Henry  Humph- 
rey, of  Bloomfield. 

4.  Elijah  W.,  born  March  13th,  1832,  bap.  Aug.  26th,  1832,  died  Sept.  17th,  1832, 
aged  6  months. 

5.  Mary  J.,  born  Sept.  5th,  1834,  bap.  May  31st,  1835,  married  Feb.,  1862,  Julius 
S.  Doolittle,  of  Bethany. 

6.  Isaac  W.,  born  April  22d,   1838,  married  Feb.  5th,  1865,  Emily  N.  Warner,  of 
Hamden. 

7.  Emma  L.,  bora  July  14th,  1844. 

724.  "ELIZABETH,  wife  of  Cyrus  Hart,"   to  church   Aug.   7th,  1831, 
baptized  same  time;  born  Dec.  20th,  1794,  to  No.  (434,)  married  March 
31st,  1819,  No.  (917)  ;  she  died  Feb.  22d,  1862,  aged  66. 

725.  "ABIGAIL,  wife  of  Roswell   Steele,"  to  church  Aug.  7th,  1831, 
baptized  same  time;  born  Nov.  3d,  1802,  at  Southington,  to  Wm.  Blakes- 
ley  and  his  wife  Lucy  (Hitchcock)  ;  married  May  4th,  1826,  No.  (514.) 


OP     NEW     BRITAIN.  345 

726.  "HARRIET  PERKINS,"  to  church  Aug.  7th,  1831,  baptized  same 
time;  born  1809,  at  Meriden,  to   Liberty  and  his  wife  Sarah  (Lyman)  > 
married,  1838,  James  Cook  of  East  Windsor,  an  Englishman;  they  have 
parted,  and  she,  A.  D.  1861,  is  living  in  Hartford  ;  no  record  of  dismissal. 

727.  "EowiN  BELDEN,"  to  church  Aug.  7th,  1831,   baptized  same 
time,  born  April   3d,  1812,  to  Jonathan  jun.,  and   his  wife   Katharine, 
(Andrews,)  of  Phineas ;  married   Sept.  7th,  1835,  No.   (787  ;)  he  is  a 
joiner,  learned  of  No.  (920,)  they  went  to  Texas  1837 ;  he  is  living  there 
it  is  supposed  now,  1861,  or  in  Mexico ;  he  second  married  in  Texas. 

THEIR    CHILD. 

1.  Elizabeth,  bom  Oct.  2nd,  1836,  married  Francis  Dagget  of  Springfield,  Mass.,  Oct. 
27th,  1858,  *he  was  baptized  July  23d,  1837,  at  New  Britain;  living  1861,  at  Spring- 
field, Mass. 

728.  "  ERASTDS  HAMBLIN,"  to  church  Aug.  7th,  1831,  son  of  Lemuel, 
of  "  White  Oak,  Farmington,"  and  his  wife  Mary,  (Hart,)  of  Amos,  born 
Sept.  23d,  1803  ;  he  a  brass  worker,  was  dismissed  and  recommended,  1840, 
by  letter  to  Granby ;  married  Maria  Bull  of  Burlington,  Ct,  lives  now, 
1863,  in  Windsor,  has  no  children ;  he  died  Nov.  30th,  1866,  aged  63. 

729.  "  JANE  ELIZA  FRANCIS,"  to  church  Aug.  7th,  1831,  born  Aug. 
24th,  1814,  to  No.  (470,)  married  Sept.  14th,  1835,  No.  (695,)  was  his 
first  wife  ;  she  died  Jan.  23d,  1837,  aged  23,  leaving  one  daughter,   No. 
(1023.) 

730.  "  NANCY  JCDD,"  to  church  Aug.  7th,  1831,  born  Feb.  13th,  1813, 
to  No.  (459,)  married  Nov.  25th,  1832,  Lorenzo  Eddy,  son  of  No.  (462,) 
born  Oct.  30th,  1810;  is  a  farmer,  lives  near  the  home  of  his  father  and 
grandfather,  southwest  of  "  Osgood  Hill ;"  she  to  south  church,  1842. 

THEIR    CHILDREN. 

1.  George  Henry,  born  Jan.  8th,  1835,  baptized  Oct.  4th,  1835. 

2.  Ann  Louise,  born  Jan.  25th,  1837. 

3.  Royal  Charles,  born  Oct.  21st,  1838,  was  a  soldier  of  1861. 

4.  Martin  Van  Buren,  born  Sept.  16th,  1840,  served  three  years  in  army,  honojably 
discharged. 

5.  Alphonso  Ju<ld,  born  July  24th,  1842. 

6.  James  Munro,  born  Sept.  29th,  1844;    in  first  Conn.,  artillery,  1864. 

7.  Grace  Rosabella,  born  Nov.  10th,  1846,  died  March  22d,  1856,  aged  9. 

8.  Lillie  Victoria,  born  June  29th,  1853. 

9.  Rosabella  Grace,  born  Sept.  25th,  1857. 

731.  "REBECCA  WHITTLESET,"  to  church  Aug.  7th,  1831,  born  June 
26th,  1814,  to  No.  (321,)   married  Jan.  1st,  1845,   Deacon  Daniel  Fair- 
child,  of  Curtissville,  Mass.,  he  was  born  Sept.   19th,  1804,  at   Stock- 
bridge,  Mass.,  to  Daniel  and  his  wife  Mary,  (Buttlis.) 


346  FIRST     CHURCH 

THEIR    CHILDREN. 

1.  Rebecca  Octavia,  bora  Aug.  29th,  1846,  died  July  10th,  1866,  aged  19,  at  Stock- 
bridge. 

2.  Emma  Louisa,  born  Sept.  3d,  1848. 

3.  Arthur  Whittlesey,  bora  Aug.  15th,  1851. 

732.  "MARY  CLARK,"  to  church  Aug.  7th,  1831,  baptized  same  time, 
born  June  17th,  1816,  (a  twin  sister  of  Marcellus,)  to  Abner  and  his  wife 
No.  (639,)  married  May  18th,  1836,  No.  (872.) 

733.  "  JULIA  ARTENTA  JUDD,"  to   church  Aug.  7th,  1831,  baptized 
same  time,  born  March  24th,  1805,  at  Rocky  Hill,  to  Chauncey  Lewis 
and  his  wife  Sybil,  (Howel,)  of  New  Haven  ;  married  May  8th,  1828,  No. 
(540  ;)  lives  now,  1861  with  her  son  in  the  Moses  Andrews'  house,  near 
the  "  Black  Rock  ;"  she  died  April  9th,  1867. 

734.  "  ORPHA  SHIPMAN,"  to  church  Oct.  2d,  1831,  born  Dec.  12th, 
1813,  to  No.   (461,)  married  Oct.  20th,   1833,  No.  (694,)  she  died  July 
19th,  1837,  aged  24. 

735.  "  LUCY  WASHBURN,"  to  church  Oct.  2d,  1831,  born  Feb.  5th, 
1813,  at  Union ville,  Farmington,  to  Erastus  and  his  wife  Laura,  (Hart,) 
daughter  of  Gideon,  of  Kensington,  baptized  May  9th,  1813  at  Farming- 
ton  ;  learned  the  milliner's  trade  of  No.  (488,)  set  up  her  trade  in  Bur- 
lington, but  her  health  failing,  she  returned  to  Farmington,  where  she  died 
May  14th,  1832,  aged  19,  of  consumption  ;  she  was  niece  to  Rev.  Mr. 
Washburn,  of  Farmington,  and  a  lovely  girl. 

736.  «  BETSAY  HOWD,"  to  church  Oct.  2d,  1831,  baptized  same  time, 
born  March  30th,  1814,  at  East  Hartford,  to  James  and  his  wife  Martha, 
(Williams,)  married   Sept.  30th,  1833,  Philip  S.  Judd,  son  of  Maj.   Wm, 
S.  of  Farmington,  and  his  wife  Esther  Stanley ;  he  died   May  3d,  1851, 
aged  50  ;  she  united  with  the  Episcopal  church. 

THEIR    CHILDREN. 

1.  Esther  Maria,  born  April  22d,  1836. 

2.  Thomas  Henry,  born  Aug.   13th,  1838,  died  Oct.  4th,  1860,  of  typhoid  fever, 
aged  22. 

3.  Wm.  Samuel,  bora  July  7th,  1844. 

4.  Alfred  Stanley,  bora  June  18th,  1847. 

737.  "  AMOS  E.  STRONG,"  to  church  Oct.  2d,  1831,  son  of  Noah  and 
his  wife,  No.  (748)  bora  March  23d,  1811,  at  Southbury  ;  learned  trade 
of  North  &  Smith,  brass  founders  ;  married  Jan.  17th,  1836,  Eliza  Maria 
Thomas,   of  "West   Haven,  daughter  of  Thadeus  and  his   wife    Louise, 
(Clinton,)  born  at  West  Haven,  Jan.  26th,  1816  ;  he  now,  1861,  a  farmer 
located  at  Muscatine,  Iowa. 

THEIR    CHILDREN. 

1.  Louise  Maria,  bora 

2.  Edwin  Burr,  born 


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738.  "ORTILL  WATSON  PARSONS,"  to  church  Oct.  2d,  1831,  baptized 
same  time,  born  Jan.  22d,  1813,  at  Hartland,  Conn.,  to  Paul  and  his  wife 
Phebe,  (Coe,)  married  Feb.  5th,  1834,  Ruah  Tuller,  daughter  of  Jabes> 
of  Simsbury,  his  wife  Lucy,  (Gilbert)  born  April  24th,  1809  ;  he  was  a 
brass  worker,  he  died  Aug.  31st,  1836,  aged  23,  of  consumption. 

THEIR   SON. 

1.  Orville  Franklin,  born  Oct.  6th,  1834,  married  Nov.  22d,  1855,  Sarah  J.  Magee, 
of  N.  Haven. 

739.  "  Miss  ELIZA  PARSONS,"  to  church  Oct.  2d,  1831,  by  letter  from 
the  church  in  Lenox,  Mass.,  born  Oct,   15th,  1802,  at   Hartland,   Conn., 
to  Paul  and  his  wife  Phebe,  (Coe.)  married  April  22d,  1839,  No.  (569,) 
have  no  children ;  she  died  Aug.  27th,  1864,  in  62d  year. 

740.  "MRS.  LAURA   LEE.,"  to  church   Oct.  2d,   1831,  by  letter  from 
Congregational  church  in  Newington,  daughter  of  Martin  Kellogg  of  New- 
ington,  born  Nov.    1784 ;  married  Sept.  18th,  1805,  Asaph  Whittlesey, 
he  died,  when  second  she  married,  Feb.  2d,  1831,  No.  (356  ;)  she  died 
Feb.  9th,  1837,  aged  52  ;  her  mother's  maiden  name  was  Hannah  Bobbins. 

741.  "  MR.  JOHN  W.  MURPHY,"  to  church  Oct.  2d,  1831,  by  letter  from 
church  in  South  Wilbraham ;  was  a  house  painter  by  trade;  married  Nov 
26th,  1828,  No.  (505;)  he  was  dismissed  and  recommended  to  church  in 
North  Coventry,  Oct.  1834 ;  he  died  at  Hartford. 

THEIR  DAUGHTER. 

Cornelia,  born 

742.  "  MARY  STEELE,"  to  church,   1827,  it  is  supposed  she  was  dis- 
missed from  the  church  in  Newington,  and  recommended  to  this,  (by  Rev 
J.  Brace,  Pastor,)    May  13th,  1827  ;  her  full  name  was  Mary  Darling 
Steele,  born  March  10th,  1807,  to  No.  (406,)  and  his  wife  Nelly  (Wil- 
liams,) married  Sept.  1st,  1836,  Philip  Recor,  son  of  No.  (467,)  and  his 
wife  No.  (468,)  born  Sept.  1st,  1816  ;  live  north  east  of  "  Osgood  Hill," 
their  house  originally  the  shop  of  No.  (244  ;)  her  name  is  not  on  our  re- 
cord, but  the  Newington  church  record  shows  when  she  was  dismissed  and 
she  is  now,  1862,  living,  and  says  she  joined  the  first  church  by  the  letter 
by  Mr.  Brace,  and  left  our  communion  a  few  years  after,  for  the  Baptist 
church  in  New  Britain. 

THEIK  CHILDREN. 

1.  Lncy  Jane,  born  Feb.  20th,  1837,  married  Marshall  Gladden,  son  of  Truman, 
she  died  Nov.  23d,  1863,  (26.) 

2.  John,  born  Feb.  1st,  1838,  married  Adeline  Filbrooks. 

3.  Martha,  bora  Feb.  8th,  1840,  married  Goth  Suriderland. 

4.  Philip,  born  July  30th,  1843,  enlisted  into  Company  G,  6th  reg.  C.  V.,  died  April 
4th,  1862,  of  fever,  at  Hilton  Head,  S.  C. 

5.  Alfred  Hart,  born  June  19th,  1845. 

6.  Mary  Matilda,  born  Jan.  19th,  1848. 


348  FIRST     CHURCH 

743.  «  HENRY  NORTH,"  to  church  Dec.  4th,  1831,  born  Sept.  24th, 
1789,  to  No.  (149,)  married  Dec.  26th,  1810,  Sarah  Cosslett,  daughter  of 
Francis  and  his  second  wife,  No.  (636,)   she  died  Sept.  llth,  1814,  aged 
22  ;  when  second  he  married,  Jan.  24th,  1821,  No.  (744,)  he  inherited  his 
father's  homestead ;  was  a  wagon  maker  by  trade,  but  became  an  exten- 
sive manufacturer,  and  a  man  of  considerable  wealth  ;  he  was  a  man  re- 
markably honest  and  scrupulous  in  all  his  dealings,  liberal  in  his  benefac- 
tions, and  died  Feb.   1st,  1853,  aged    64,  without  an    enemy  ;  to  south 
church  1842. 

744.  "  WIFE  OF  HENRY  NORTH,"  to  church  Dec.  4th,  1831,  born  Sept. 
24th,  1802,  to  No.  (337,)  married  Jan.   24th,    1821,  and  was  his  second 
wife,  and  lives  at  the  old  home  ;  to  south  church,  1842. 

THEIR  CHILDREN. 

1.  Sarah,  born  Dec.  24th,   1811,  married  Nov.   llth,  1829,  Selah  Hart,  Jan.,  and 
they  reside  in  Philadelphia,  1862. 

2.  Augusta,  born  Feb.  1st,  1814,  died  July  5th,  1814,  aged  5  months. 
SECOND  WIFE'S  CHILDREN. 

3.  Son  born  March  18th,  1822,  died  next  day. 

4.  Henrietta,  born  July  10th,  1823,  died  Dec.  19th,  1829,  aged  6. 

5.  Waldo  S.  born  Nov.  25th,  1826,  died  April  14th,  1827,  aged  5  months. 

6.  Julia  Ann,  born  Aug.'llth,  1828,  bap.  July  15th,  1832,  married  June  llth,  1851, 
Thos.  S.  Hall. 

7.  Augusta  Maria,  born  Jan.  15th,  1831,  bap.  July   15th,  1832,  married  Oct.  26th, 
1852,  Henry  C.  Bowers. 

8.  Mary  Elizabeth,  born  Oct.  9th,  1833,  bap.  June  l^t,  1834,  married  Aug.  28th, 
1850,  No.  (829.) 

9.  Walter  Henry,  born  March  12th,  1836,  bap.   1836,  died  Jan.  10th,  1837,  aged 
11  months. 

10.  Ellen  Louisa,  born  Jan.  21st,  1838,  bap.  1838,  died  Dec.  10th,  1839,  aged  2. 

11.  Georgiana  L.  born  July  19th,  1840,  died  June  6th,  1846,  aged  6. 

12.  Cordelia  B.,  born  March  llth,  1843. 

745.  "  ELECTA  ANDREWS,"  wife  of  Aaron  C.  Andrews,  to  church  Dec. 
4th,  1831,  by  letter  from  the  church  in  Southington,  born  Dec.  8th,  1811, 
to  Capt.  Urbam  Barrett  of  Southington  and  his  wife  Electa,  (Woodruff,) 
to  church  there  Dec.  2d,  1827  ;  she  married  Sept.  6th,  1830,  No.  (684,) 
to  S.  church,  1842. 

746.  "HENRY  L.  BID  WELL,"  to  church  Dec.  4th,  1831,  by  letter  from 
church  in  Farmington,  Noah  Porter,  D.  D.,  Pastor,  born  Oct.  20th,  1804, 
at  Farmington,  to  Titus  and   his   wife  Nancy,  daughter  of  Joseph  Lang- 
don,  married  Dec.  21st,  1830,  No.  (606;)  he  bought  the  John   Stanley 
place,  near  the  old  home  of  Col.  Gad  Stanley,  Stanley  quarter,  owned 
and  occupied  now,  1863,  by  No.  (1315,)  where  he  manufactured  cooking 
stoves.     He  became  a  clerk  and  cashier  of  the  Exchange  Bank,  Hartford, 
and  his  church  connection  was  removed  from  this  to  the  Free  or  4th  in 


OF     NEW    BRITAIN.  349 

Hartford ;  he  was  chosen  Deacon  of  the  South  church  in  Hartford,  in 
1842,  but  resigned  in  1858  and  came  under  censure  of  that  church  for 
bank  defalcations.  He  built  a  fine  residence  in  Hartford,  South  Main  St., 
but  went  to  New  York  City  ;  he  recruited  and  became  Capt.  of  Company 
A,  13th  Regiment,  Conn.  Volunteers,  in  New  Britain,  and  went  to  Ship 
Island  and  New  Orleans,  after  which  he  recruited  a  Company  in  New 
York,  which  began  under  the  auspices  of  the  Young  Men's  Christian 
Union,  of  which  he  became  Capt.  and  went  on  to  New  Orleans,  Jan.  24th, 
1863  ;  he  was  taken  sick  with  typhoid  fever,  and  died  June  15th,  1863, 
aged  58. 

THEIR   CHILDREN. 

1.  Julia  Augusta,  born  Jan.  12th,  1832,  bap.  July  8th,  1832,  married  Randolph  B. 
Loomis. 

2.  Henry  Stanley,  born  June  27th,  1836,  bap.  1836,  at  New  Britain,  clerk  in  Nausau 
Bank,  N.  Y.,  was  a  three  months  volunteer  1861,  to  defend  Washington,  also  went  a 
second  time  and  was  called  a  third,  but  sent  a  substitute;  he  married  Nov.  8th,   1865, 
Mary  Allen. 

747.  "  ELI  SMITH,"  to  church  Dec.  4th,  1831,  by  letter  from  church 
in  Farmington,  son  of  Dr.  Aaron,  of  Bethany,  and  his  wife  Olive(Lewis,) 
alias  (Widow  Olive  Talmage,)  born  Oct.  3d,  1774,  at  Bethany  ;  was  a 
farmer  by  occupation  ;  married  Aug.  19th,  1795,  Susanna  Smith,  daugh- 
ter of  Daniel,  she  died  Nov.  16th,   1822,  when  second  he  married  Oct- 
23d,  1835,  Widow  Betsey  Wells,  No.   (334;)  they  lived  at  her  father's 
old  home  on  West  Main  Street,  where  he  died  June  1st,  1854,  aged  80. 

HIS  CHILDREN    BY    HIS    WIFE    SUSANNA. 

1.  Lewis,  born  Nov.  14th,  1796,  died  young. 

2.  Lewis,  born  Oct.  24th,  1798,  married  ,  Cynthia  Osborn. 

3.  Augustus,  born  Feb.  19th,  1800,  died  Nov.  27th,  1822,  aged  22. 

4.  Roswell,  born  April  12th,  1802,  married  Cina  Smith,  of  Harwinton. 

5.  Aaron,  born  March  27th,  1804,  married  Augusta  Fuller,  died  May  18th,  1843, 
aged  39. 

6.  Anna,  born  May  9th,  1806,  married  No.  (1031.) 

7.  Eliza,  born  April  1st,  1808,  see  No.  (758.) 

8.  Caroline,  born  July  17th,  1812,  see  No.  (759.) 

9.  Eli  B.  born  Nov.  25th,  1815,  see  No.  (871.) 

748.  "  MRS.  SARAH  STRONG,"  to  church  about  1829,  by  letter  from 
church  in   Torringford ;  her  name   was  omitted  on  the  record,  except  as 
being  dismissed  and  recommended,  to  a  church  in  Waterbury,  Feb.  23d, 
1832,  her  maiden  name,  Sarah  LaVoy,  daughter  of  James,  a  Frenchman, 
and  his  wife  Clarissa Foote,  born  1779,  at  Newtown;  married  Noah  Strong 
son  of  Selah,  of  Southbury,  their  children  all  born  there;  the  family  came 
to  this  place  about  1828,  lived  in  the   Skinner  House,  and   at  the  lower  • 
Mill  of  Hart's;  she  died  July  30th,  1860,  aged  81,  at  New  Haven;  he 
died  July  5th,  1847,  aged  78,  at  New  Haven. 


350  FIRST     CHURCH 

THEIR  CHILDREN. 

1.  Obedience,  born         ,  married  Hazzard  Terrel,  second  Asa  Bromford,  3d,  Hiram 
Weed. 

2.  Ransom,  born  ,  married  Fanny  Barnes,  of  N.  Hartford,  second,  married 
"Widow  Cadwell. 

3.  Esther,  born  ,  married  Elihu  Osborn,  of  Woodbridge  ;  live  at  Wallace  St., 
N.  Haven. 

4.  Sarab,  born  ,  married  Lucius  Hine,  of  Naugatuck. 

5.  Amos  E.  born  March  23d,  1811,  married  Eliza  Thomas,  see  No.  (737.) 

6.  Maria,  born  Sept.  15th,  1815,  married  Jarvis  Johnson,  of  Waterbury,  lives  there 
A.  D.  1861. 

7.  Burr,  born  1819,  died  ,  aged  24. 

749.  "  WILLIAM  C.  WHIPPLE,"  to  church  April  1st,  1832,  son  of  Hez- 
ekiah  C.  and  his  wife  No.  (525,)  born  April  5th,   1814,  married  Nov.  1st, 
1836,  Elizabeth  Osborn,  in  New  Haven,  daughter  of  Henry  F.  of  that 
city,  and  Louise  (Sperry,  his  wife,)  born  March  3d,  1820;  they  live  in 
"Westville,  Conn. 

THEIR    CHILDBBN. 

1.  Jane  Eliza,  born  Dec.  6th,  1838,  married  Nov.  22d,  1858,  John  Willmarth. 

2.  Charles,  born  Oct.  6th,  1840,  died  Oct.  12th,  1840. 

3.  Everard,  born  July  18th,  1842,  died  Feb.  14th,  1844. 

4.  Edwin,  born  Sept.  14th,  1844,  died  Nov.  16th,  1845. 

5.  Wm.  Frederick,  born  Sept.  15th,  1846. 

6.  Sarah  Elizabeth,  born  Dec.  21st,  1848,  died  Nov.  17th,  1860. 

7.  Cornelia,  born  May  5th,  1852. 

8.  Adelaide,  born  June  17th,  1856. 

750.  "ENOS  S.  HURLBURT,"  to  church  April  1st,  1832,  baptized  same 
time  ;  born  Jan.  5th,  1814,  at  Newington,  to  Charles,  and  his  first  wife  Julia 
(Sage,)  of  Simsbury,  married  March  19th,  1836,  Clarissa  Gorham,  of 
North  Haven,  daughter  of  Elisha,  and  Hannah  (Bradley,)  his  wife ;  she 
died  at  New  Haven,  March    llth,  1844,  when   he   married,  second,  Jan. 
1st,  1845,  Eliza,  sister  of  his  first  wife  ;  they  now.  1861,  live  in  Waterbu- 
ry.    I  find  no  record  of  his  dismissal  and  recommendation. 

THEIR    CHILDREN. 

1.  Oscar  B.,  born  May  21st,  1837. 

2.  Franklin,  born  Oct.  27th,  1839. 

3.  William  Wallace,  born  Nov.  23th,  1841. 

SECOND  WIFE'S  CHILDREN. 

twins,  born  March  4th,  1848,  j  he  died  Ma^  4th'  1848'  aScd  2  mo's' 

751.  "  RENE,  wife  of  Moses  Gilbert,' 2d,"  to  church  April  1st,  1832, 
by  letter  from  the  Third  church  in  Berlin  ;  born   Feb.  2d,  1794,  to  Wil- 
liam Steele,  sen.,  and  his  wife,  No.  (246,)  married  Sept.  25th,  1814;  lived 
at  the  James  Moore  house,  at  the  time  of  her  admission  to  church.     He 


OF    NEW    BRITAIN.  351 

was  son  of  Hooker  Gilbert,  and  his  wife  Sarah  (Hooker,)  daughter  of 
Samuel,  born  March  17th,  1793  ;  is  a  farmer,  has  traveled  much  at  the 
south,  lives  now  on  the  old  homestead  of  his  ancestors,  in  "  Christian 
lane,"  in  the  brick  house  built  by  his  father.  She  died  Feb.  28th,  1862, 
aged  68. 

THEIR    CHILDREN. 

1.  Bathsheba,  born  Aug.  23d,  1815,  died  Sept.  5th,  1823,  aged  8. 

2.  Walter,  born  March  30th,  1818,  died  July  20th,  1825,  aged  7. 

3.  Caroline,  bonr  March  8th,  1820. 

4.  Moses,  jun.,  born  March  28th,  1822,  married  March  llth,  1850,  Lucelia  Steele, 
daughter  of  Jefferson. 

5.  William,  born  Feb.  7th,  1826. 

6.  Rena,  born  March  15th,  1834,  died  Sept.  15th,  1834,  aged  6  months. 

7.  Adeline,  born  Feb.  14th,  1840. 

752.  "  EVELIN  E.  WOODFORD,"  to  church  Feb.  3d,  1833,  by  letter 
from  church  in  Avon  :  born  March  13tb,  1814,  to  Romania,  of  Avon,  (now, 
1862,  of  Kensington,)   married   Marcia   Churchill,   of  Newington  ;    she 
died,   when   he  married,   second,  in  Texas,  Mrs.  Mary  Aiken,  a  widow. 
He  died  in  San  Francisco,  Cal.,  Nov.  6th. 

753.  "  LAURA.  CHURCHILL,"  to  church  Feb.  3d,  1833,  from  the  church 
in  Kensington,  by  letter ;  born  Dec.  26th,  1813,  to  Solomon,  jun..  and  his 
wife,  No.  (388,)  married  Giles  Colvin,  son  of  Giles,  of  Scituate,  Mass., 
and  his  wife  Nancy  (Ward,)  of  Middletown,  Ct.,  born  ,  he  died 
1835,  in  Indiana. 

754.  "  ELIJAH  H.  BURRITT,"  to  church  June  2d,  1833,  by  letter  from 
the  church  in  Simsbury ;  born  April  20th,  1794,  to  Elihu,  sen.,  and  his 
wife,  No.  (290.)     He  learned  the  trade  of  blacksmith  of  No.  (370,)  hence 
his  connection  with  the  church  in  Simsbury,  where  Mr.  Booth  carried  on 
his  business  for  a  few  years.     He   graduated  at  Williamstown  College, 
Mass.,  became   a  distinguished  mathematician  and   astronomer,  was  an 
editor  of  a  weekly  paper  in  Georgia  some  years,  and  became  a  teacher  of 
a  private  school  in  New  Britain.     He  was  author  of  several  works.     He 
was  at  the   head  of  a  small  colony   that  unfortunately  went  to  Texas. 
A.  D.  1837.     He  married,  Oct.  28th,  1819,  Ann  W.  Watson,  of  Milledge- 
ville,  Georgia,  No.  (754.)     He  died  Jan.  3d,  1838,  in  Texas.     He  was  a 
well  built,  large  man,  of  commanding  appearance  and  dignified  address, 
of  more  than  ordinary  talents,  but  somewhat  erratic.     He  owned  and 
occupied  for  a  time  the  block  in  this  place  called  the  "  Stone  store,"  had 
his   residence  and   boarding   school   in  the  same  building.     He  sold  this 
and  bought  the   Nickerson   place   on   the  corner  of  Park   and  Orchard 
streets,  where  his  family  lived  at  the  time  of  his  decease  in  Texas. 

755.  "  ANN,  wife  of  E.  H.  Burritt,"  to  church  June  2d,  1833,  from  the 
Presbyterian  church  in  Milledgeville,  Ga. ;  her  maiden  name,  Ann  Wil- 
liams Watson,  born  Dec.  24th,  1797,  to  John,  and  his  wife  Elizabeth 


352  FIRST     CHURCH 

(Williams,)  near  Warrenton,  Ga.  She  is  distinguished  for  good  sense 
and  force  of  character ;  married  Oct.  28th,  1819,  No.  (754,)  to  South 
church,  1842.  She  lived  lately  at  St.  Paul,  Minn.,  but  in  1863,  near 
Chicago,  111.,  now,  1867,  in  New  Britain. 

THEIR   CHILDREN. 

1.  Elizabeth,  born  April  22d,  1822,  in  Georgia,  died  Oct.  28th,  1826.' 

2.  George  Hinsdale,  born  Feb.  28th,  1826  in  Georgia,  married  Oct.  20th,  1849, 
Maria  L.  Parsons,  of  Cleveland. 

3.  Anna  Elizabeth,  born  Nov.  30th,  1829,  married  April  19th,  1860,  Joseph  B. 
Hawkes,  of  Oharlemont,  Mass.;  he  died  June,  1865,  at  Vickshurg. 

4.  Julia  Watson,  born  March  llth,  1833,  bap.  June  2d,  1833,  married  Aug.  16th, 
1852,  Dr.  Warner  N.  Dunham;  she  died  May  20th,  1865,  aged  33,  at  Bricktown,  111. 

5.  Elijah  Hinsdale,  born  July  llth,  1835,  bap.  Oct.  4th,  1835,  married  Dec.  20th, 
1866,  Matred  E.  Tilden,  of  Cleveland,  Ohio;  living  in  St.  Paul,  Minn. 

756.  «  DAVID  HOUGH,"  to  church  June  2d,  1833,  from  the  church  in 
Meriden ;  born  Aug.  3d,  1777,  in  Wallingford,  to  Andrew,  and   his  wife 
Lois  (Hough,)  he  was  a  weaver  by  trade,  he  married  Aug.  3d,  1805,  No. 
(819.)      He  owned  and  occupied   the  Samuel   Bass  place  on  West  Main 
street ;   the  house  has  disappeared,  but  it  stood  a  few  feet  east  of  that  of 
his  son  Norman.     He  was  a  plain,  honest  man,  of  great  industry  and  in- 
tegrity.    He  died  March  27th,  1847,  aged  69. 

THtIR    CHILDREN. 

1.  Polly  Burritt,  born  May  25th,  1806,  died  July  27th,  1814,  aged  8. 

2.  William  Ogden,  bora  Nov.  25th,  1807,    married  Jan.  20th,   1831,  Isabel  G. 
Thorp  ;  he  died  at  Bristol,  June  8th,  1865,  in  his  58th  year. 

3.  Louisa  Thankful,  bora  October  30th,  1809,  married  March  7th,  1838,  Horace 
Deming. 

4.  David  Norman,  born  Nov.  4th,  1811,  see  No.  (774.) 

5.  Phebe  Maria,  born  Dec.  2d,  1813,  see  No.  (757.) 

6.  Mary  Burritt,  born  Feb.  26th,  1816,  see  No.  (881.) 

7.  Levi,  born  June  18th,  1818,  married  April  23d,  1840,  Betsey  Tuttle,  of  North- 
field,  daughter  of  Eber. 

8.  Horatio,  bora  May  25th,  1820,  married  May  9th,  1841,  Maria  L.  Dickinson; 
married,  second,  May  27th,  1858,  Augusta  A.  Hazard;  she  died,  when  he  married, 
third,  Dec.  2d,  1861,  Anna  H.  Squirrel. 

9.  Elizabeth  Jerusha,  bora  Feb.  29th,  1824,  see  No.  (820.) 

757.  "MARIA  HOUGH,"  to  church  June  2d,   1833,  from  church  in 
Meriden;  born  Dec.  2d,   1813,  at  Bristol,  to  No.  (756)  and  No.  (819,) 
never  married,  lives  with  her  brothers  and  sisters. 

758.  "  ELIZA  SMITH,"  to  church  Aug.  4th,  1833,  by  letter  from  church 
in  Burlington;  born  April  1st,  1808,  at  Harwinton,  to  No.  (747,)  and  his 
wife  Susanna;  never  married.     She  died  Aug.  llth,  1847,  aged  39,  at 
her  father's   residence  on  West  Main  street,  in  New  Britain,  now,  1862, 
the  residence  of  No.  (1030.) 


OF     NEW     BRITAIN.  353 

759.  "  CAROLINE  SMITH,"  to  church  Dec.  1st,  1833,  from  the  church 
in  Farmington,  t»y  letter;  bora  July   17th,  1812,  at  Harwinton,  to  No. 
(747,)  married  June  30th,  1840,  Henry  Williams,  son  of  Elisha,  and  his 
wife  No.  (415,)  born  Aug.  llth,  1807,  at  Kensington,  and  baptized  there 
Nov.  1st,  1807.     He   was  a  farmer  in  middle  life,  but   learned  the  shoe- 
maker's trade  of  Munson,  in  Southington,  made   money  by  his   trade  at 
the  south,  and  bought  the  Salmon  Hart  farm.     He  died  Aug.  28th,  1855, 
aged  48. 

THEIR    CHILDREN. 

!.  Rodman  Charch,  bora  August  8th,  1842,  bap.  Dsc.  3d,  1812,  died  June  17th, 
1853,  aged  11. 

2.  Edgar  Lewis,  born  Aug.  4th,  1844,  bap.  Dec.  29th,  1844;  a  volunteer  in  Co.  F, 
14th  Reg.,  in  1862,  and  was  at  the  battle  of  Antietam ;  he  married,  Sept.   1st,  1865, 
Jane,  daughter  of  Thomas  Webb,  ot  New  Haven. 

3.  Elisha  Henry,  born  Nov.  5th,  1846,  bap.  April  25th,  1847. 

4.  Lyman  Smith,  born  April  9th,  1848,  bap.  Oct.  15th,  1848. 

5.  Arthur  Watson,  born  April  5th,  1851,  bap.  Oct.  12th,  1851. 

6.  Wilber  Augustus,  born  Oct.  13th,  1852. 

7.  Rodman  Hawley,  born  Sept.  llth,  1854,  bap.  June  24th,  1855. 

760.  "  AMY  HOUGH,"  to  church  Dec.  1st,  1833,  from  the  church  in 
Meriden;  daughter  of  Andrew,  of  Wallingford,  and  Lois,  his  wife,  sister 
of  No.  (755,)  and  lived  with  him  ;  never  married ;  died  at  the  home  of 
Eezin  Jones,  on  Arch  street,.  Sept.  28th,  1848,  aged  61. 

761.  "  SAMUEL  E.  CURTISS,"  to  church  Dec.  1st,  1833,  from  the  church 
in  Southington,  by  letter;  born  March  8th,  1808,  at  Southington,  to  Lev- 
erett,  and  his  wife  Ruth  (Barnes,)  a  shoe-maker  by  trade,  was  located  in 
south  part  of  Southington,  but  sold  out  and  resided  in  this   place  several 
years,  and  is  now,  1863,  at  Waterloo,  Wis.     He  married,  April  21,  1830, 
No.  (508.)     He  and  wife   were  dismissed  and  recommended,  1837,  to 
church  in  Southington. 

THEIR   CHILDREN. 

1.  Frances  Marion,  born  May  30th,  1834,  bap.  July  llth,  1834,   in  New  Britain, 
died  April  27th,  1860,  at  Madison,  Wis. 

2.  Edwin  Rodney,  born  May  6th,  *«36,  married  May   llth,  1859,  Eva  Lingenfal- 
ter,  of  New  York  state ;  he  was  bap.  Nov.  6th,  1836,  at  Southington  ;  is  a  daguerrian 
in  Madison,  Wis. 

3.  Nathan  Selah,  born  Oct.  19th,  1838. 

4.  George  Frederick,  born  Oct.  llth,  1849,  died  June  12th,  1854,  at  Broadalbin, 
New  York. 

762.  "  HULDAH,  wife  of  Ezekiel  Andrews,"  to  church  Dec.  1st,  1833, 
by  letter  from  the  church  in  Simsbury  ;  her  maiden  name,  Goodrich,  born 
Jan.  5th,  1788,  at  Simsbury,  to  Stephen,  and  his  wife  Lydia  (Terry,)  mar- 
ried May  2d,  1809,  Luther  Moses,  who  died  Jan.  20th,  1830,  when  she 
married,  second,  Oct.  20th,  1833,  No.  (3J3 ;)  had  a  dower  from  his  estate, 
drew  his  bounty  land  as  his  widow,  for  service  in  the  war  of  1812 ;  lives, 

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354  FIRST      CHURCH 

A.  D.  1867,  with  her  daughter,  Mrs.  Richardson,  in  Hartford,  was  dis- 
missed by  this  church  and  received  there  by  letter  general,  Oct.  13th, 
1854. 

HEK    CHILDREN    BY    HER    FIRST    HUSBAND,  MOSES. 

1.  Huldah  Selina,  born  Feb.  19th,  1810,  at  Simsbury,  married  Merick  Richardson, 
now  of  Hartford. 

2.  Celestia,  born  Nov.  10th,  1811,  married  Violet  H.  Pease,  of  Lee,  Mass. 

3.  Morgan,  born  Sept.  9th,  1813,  at  Simsbury,  died  April  30th,  1815. 

4.  Luther  Morgan,  born  March  27th,  1816,  married  Mary  Lampson. 

5.  Stephen  Goodrich,  born  April  27th,  1818,  married  Mary  Atkins. 

6.  Alfred,  born  May  4th,  1820. 

763.  "  ISAAC  CATLIN,"  to  church  April  6th,  1834,  by  letter  from  a 
church  in  Ohio ;  son  of  Isaac,  of  Harwinton,  and  Ruth  his   wife,  born 
Jan.  27th,  1800,  married  April  21st,  1824,  No.  (764,)  dismissed  and 
recommended,  1838,  to  a  church   in  Augusta,  111. ;  living  now,  1861,  in 
Quincy,  111. 

764.  "  REBECCA,  wife  of  Isaac  Catlin,"  to  church  April  6th,  1834,  by 
letter  from  a  church  in  Ohio  ;  born  Aug.  26th,  1801,  to  No.  (179,)  mar- 
ried April  21st,  1824,  No.  (763,)  dismissed  and  recommended,  1838,  to 
Augusta,  111. ;  now,  1861,  living  at  Quincy,  111. 

THEIR    CHILDREN. 

1.  Homer  D.,  born  Feb.  21st,  1826,  in  Ohio. 

2.  Sarah  B.,  born  June  10th,  1829,  in  Ohio. 

3.  Elizabeth  H.,  born  Feb.  19th,  1834,  in  New  Britain. 

4.  Charles  F.,  born  Sept.  26th,  1841,  in  Illinois. 

765.  "  JULIA  ANN  LEWIS,"  to  church  April  5th,  1835,  by  letter  from 
church  in  Farmington,  admitted  there  Aug.  9th,  1821 ;  daughter  of  No. 
(211,)  and  his  wife,  No.  (326,)  born  Sept.  1st,  1795,  married  Dec.  16th, 
1818,  Seth  Lewis,  of  Farmington,  son  of  Phineas  ;  he  died   Dec.  19th, 
1833,  aged  68,  when  she  married,  second,  Sept.  27th,  1838,  Mr.  Oakley, 
of  Pennsylvania,  he  died,  when  she  married,  third,  Dec.  27th,   1842, 
Samuel  Hull,  of  Candor,  N.  Y.     She  was   dismissed  and   recommended 
to  church  in  Pennsylvania.     She  died  Aug.  22d,  1859,  at  Candor,  N.  Y., 
of  dropsy,  aged  63. 

HER    CHILDREN    BY    FIRST    HUSBAND. 

1.  John  Sedgwick,  born  Sept.  27th,   1824,  bap.  Jan.  9th,  1825,  in  Farmington, 
married  Dec.  10th,  1851,  Harriet  Alden,  of  Michigan. 

2.  Thomas  Norton,  born  March  27th,  1827,  bap.  May,  1835,  at  New  Britain,  mar- 
ried April  27th,  1853,  Mary  F.  Lake. 

3.  Henry  Hart,  born  June  13th,  1829,  bap.  May,  1835,  at  New  Britain,  married 
March  10th,  1852,  Mary  Chainc. 

'4.  William  Hall,  born  May22d,  1831,  went  to  California. 


OF    NEW*  BRITAIN.  355 

760.  "  JULIA  ANN  KELSEY,"  to  church  December,  1835,  by  letter  from 
church  in  Farmington,  to  church  there  April  1st,  1827,  and  baptized  same 
time;  born  Dec.  10th,  1811,  at  Kensington,  to  William,  and  his  wife 
Lucy  (Stanley,)  unmarried,  A.  D.  1862  ;  is  sister  to  No.  (600,)  and  they 
live  together  on  Orchard  street,  and  have  a  pleasant  residence. 

767.  "  DAVID  W.  WHIXTLESEY,"  to  church   December,  1835  ;  born 
March  31st,  1816,  to  No.  (321,)  occupied   the  home  of  his  father  until 
after  hie  decease,  when  he  bought  in  East  Berlin.     He  married,  Sept.  4th, 
1839,  No.  (892 ;)  he  taught  school  in  early  manhood,  was  early  interested 
in  Sunday  schools,  and  gave  his  influence  to  the  cause  of  temperance  and 
humanity.     He  and  wife  were  dismissed  and  recommended  by  letter  to 
church  in  Berlin,  May  30th,  1852,  where  he  is  a  successful  farmer  and 
greatly  useful  in  church  and  society ;  he  was  chosen  a  deacon  in  Berlin 
church  Sept.  5th,  1862,  and  lived  on  a  fine  farm  in  East  Berlin.     They 
moved  to  Morris,  Litchfield  county,  1864. 

THEIR    CHILDREN. 

1.  Laura  Calista,  born  April  10th,  1842,  bap.  1842. 

2.  Samuel  Averill,  born  Aug.  7th,  1844,  bap.  Oct.  13th,  1844;  a  soldier  in  Co.  I, 
22d  Keg.  C.  V.,  nine  months'  men  ;  married  Oct.  9th,  1866,  Ada  J.  Savage  of  Berlin. 

3.  Asenath,  born  Feb.  25th,  1849,  bap.  Dec.  2d,  1849. 

4.  Lyman  Walter,  born  April  6th,  1852,  at  East  Berlin. 

768.  "  CALISTA  C.  WHITTLESEY,"  to  church   December,  1835;  born 
Nov.  7th,  1818,  to  No.  (321,)  married  Oct.  10th,  1843,  Amos  M.  Ebersol, 
son  of  Joseph,  and  his  wife  Elizabeth   (Shuey,)  of  Ottawa,  111.,  where 
now,  1863,  they  reside. 

THEIR    CHILDREN. 

1.  James  Clark,  born  March  6th,  1845,  at  Ottawa,  III. 

2.  Alice  Whittlesey,  born  July  24th,  1847,  at  Ottawa,  111. 

3.  Ella  C.,  born  March  18th,  1849,  at  Ottawa,  111. 

4.  Lela  H.,  born  April  30th,  1850,  at  Ottawa,  111. 

5.  Calistus  S  ,  born  Nov.  20th,  1854,  at  Ottawa,  111. 

6.  Elizabeth  L.,  born  Dec.  23d,  1856,  at  Ottawa,  111. 

769.  "HARRIET  A.  NORTH,"  to  church  December,  1835;  born  Sept. 
28th,  1818,  to  No.  (331,)  and  his  second   wife,  No.  (411,)  married  July 
17th,  1839.  Roger  H.  Mills,  Esq.,  of  New  Hartford,  born  April  19th, 
1813,  at  New  Hartford,  to  Roger,  and  his  wife  Harriet  (Merrill,)  live, 
1862,  in  Beloit,  Wis.     She  was  dismissed  and  recommended  by  letter  to 
New  Hartford,  1839.     He  was  once  Secretary  of  State  of  Connecticut, 
now,  1862,  is  mayor  of  Beloit,  Wis. 

THEIR    CHILDREN. 

1.  Roger  Henry,  born  Oct.  24th,  1852,  at  New  Hartford,  Ct. 

2.  John  Hammond,  born  May  26th,  1854,  at  New  Britain,  Ct. 

3.  Clara  Burnham,  born  July  24th,  1857,  at  Beloit,  Wis. 


356  FIRST     CrfURCH 

770.  "LcciNDA  HART,"  to  church  December,  1835  ;  born  Aug.  30th, 

1820,  to  No.  (311,)    and   his   wife,  No.  (366,)  married  April  27th,  1842, 
No.  (652,)  and  was  his  second  wife,  a  woman  of  active  mind  and  quick 
perceptions;  to  South  church,  1842. 

771.  "  BORDETTE  HART,"  to  church  December,  1835  ;  born  Nov.  16th, 

1821,  to  No.  (954  ;)  graduated  at  Yale  College,  1842,  settled  at  Fair  Ha- 
ven, Ct.,  in  the   ministry ;  married,  Aug.  21st,  1849,  Rebecca  W.  Fiske, 
daughter  of  David,  and  his  wife  Laura  (Severance,)  of  Shelburne,*Mass., 
born  Feb.  22d,  1823.     His  voice  having   partially   failed,  he  traveled  in 
Europe,  and  visited  for  a  season  at  St.  Paul,  Minn  ,  where  he  gathered  a 
Congregational  church  and  preached  to  them  some  twelve  months,  but  not 
gaining  much  relief,  he  was  dismissed  from   Fair  Haven,  and  moved  to 
Philadelphia,  Pa.,  and  engaged  in  mercantile   pursuits.     He  was  a  good 
scholar,   easy   writer,  and  a  popular  preacher.     He  was  dismissed  and 
recommended  to  Yale  College  church,  1839,  is  now,  1862,  living  in  Phila- 
delphia. 

THEIR    CHILDREN. 

1.  Frederick  Burdette,  born  Aug.  2d,  1850,  died  Aug.  6th,'1851. 

2.  Arthur  Burdette,  born  Sept.  5th,  1852. 

3.  Mary  Arabella,  born  May  30th,  1855. 

4.  Minerva  Lee,  born  Nov.  9th,  1859. 

772.  "  Mrs.  SUSAN  NICKERSON,"  to  church  December,  1835,  by  letter 
from  Norfolk,  Ct. ;  born  Sept.  9th,  1814,  at  Norfolk,  to  John  Camp,  and 
his   wife   Esther  (Potter,)  of  New   Haven,  married   Sept.   27th,   1835, 
Major  A.  Nickerson,  a  lawyer  by  profession,  came  to  this  town  A.  D. 
1834,  and  located  on  the  corner  of  Park  and  Orchard  streets.     She  wag 
educated  at  Troy  and  Litchfield,  attempted  to  establish  a  ladies'  boarding 
school  here,  but  failed  for  lack  of  means.     He  left  the  place  and  the  law 
and  became  an  Episcopal  minister  at  Havanna  and  Crossing,  N.  Y.,  also 

'  at  St.  John's  church,  at  Stillwater,  Saratoga  county ;  he  died  Dec.  23d, 
1848.  She,  A.  D.  1861,  is  a  teacher  of  French  and  music,  at  her  board- 
ing school,  Albany,  N.  Y.  She  was  dismissed  and  recommended  to  church 
in  Leroy,  N.  Y. 

THEIR    CHILDREN. 

1.  John,  born  July  25th,  1837,  at  Leroy,  N.  Y.,  is  a  banker  in  Albany. 

2.  Charles  Metcalf,  born  Sept.   llth,  1843,  at  Catharine,  N.  Y. ;  1861,  at  Hobart 
College,  Geneva,  N.  Y. ' 

3.  Susan  Camp,  born  Sept.  30th,  1846,  at  Stilhvater,  >'.  Y. 

[Here  commences  the  ministry  of  Rev.  Dwight  M.  Seward,  ordained 
and  installed  Feb.  3d,  1836.] 

773  "REZIN  G.  JONES,''  to  church  February,  1836,  by  letter  from 
First  church  in  Farmington  ;  born  Feb.  3d,  1795,  at  "  White  Oak," 


OF     NEW     BRITAIN.  357 

Farmington,  to  Samuel,  and  his  wife  Almira  (Gridley,)  daughter  of  Capt. 
Rezin,  married  Aug.  15th,  1827,  Jerusha  Mather,  No.  (379.)  He  was  a 
farmer  and  wagoner,  and  kept  the  toll  gate  at  the  western  extremity 
of  the  town  several  years,  then  built  on  Arch  street,  in  the  village.  She 
died,  when  he  married,  second,  April  23d,  1840,  No.  (881.)  He  was 
the  only  son  of  his  parents ;  has  no  posterity. 

774.  "  NORMAN  HOUGH,"  to  church,  1836,  'by  letter  from  Meriden  ; 
born  Nov.  4th,  1811,  at  Meriden,  to  No.  (756,)  married  April  5th,  1834, 
No.  (775,)   has   his   residence  on  West  Main  street;  is  a  mechanic,  and. 
industrious  and  economical. 

775.  "  HARRIET,  wife  of  Norman  Hough,"  to  church  1836,  from  First 
church  in  Farmington,  daughter  of  Paul  Burrows,  and  his  wife  Roxanna 
(Hungerford,)   born    April   23d,    1807,  at  "Scott's   Swamp,"  in   Farm- 
ington ;  to  church  there  August  1st,  1822. 

THEIR    CHILDREN. 

1.  Edward  Norman,  born  May  15th,  1835,  married  Nov.  7th,  1854,  Laura  Ann 
Slater,  daughter  of  Sherman ;  he  enlisted  into  Co.  G,  (Capt.  Tracy,)  6th  Reg.  C.  V., 
and  went  to  Port  Royal. 

2.  Henry  Martin,  born  Oct.  23d,  1840. 

3.  Sarah  Burrows,  born  Oct.  25th,  1842. 

776.  "  SYLVANUS  STONE,"  to  church  1836,  by  letter  from  Meriden  ; 
born  May  28th,  I80o,at  Litchfield,  to  Elisha,  and  his  wife  Mary  (North,) 
daughter  of  Asher,  married  Nov.  2d,  1828,  No.  (777,)  she  died,  when  he 
married,  second,  Jan.  6th,  1850,  No.  (1056.)     He  is  a  paper  box  maker, 
his  residence  and  shop  on  Elm  street.     He  was  appointed  one  of  the 
"Standing  Committee,"  January,  1861. 

777.  "  HARRIET,  wife  of  Sylvanus  Stone,"  to  church,  1836,  by  letter 
from  Meriden;  born  March   llth,  1811,  to  No.  (452,)  married  Nov.  2d, 
1828,  No.  (776,)  died  March  1st,  1839,  aged  48. 

THEIR  CHILDREN. 

1.  Levi  Butler,  born  June  19th,  1830,  see  No.  (1029  ) 

2.  George  Brown,  born  May  23d,  1834,  died  Feb.  15th,  1836. 

3.  Mary  Elizabeth,  born  Aug.  23d,  1837,  see  No.  (U76.) 

CHILD   BY    SECOND    WIFE. 

4.  Harriet  Eliza,  born  Dec.  17th,  1853. 

778.  "  L.  N.  TRACY,"  to  church  1836,  by  letter  from  ;  born 
Feb.  16th,  1807,  at  Cornish,  New  Hampshire,  to  Lemuel,  and   his  wife 
Phebe  (Parker;)  he  graduated,  1834,  at  Dartmouth  College,  and  came 
to  this  place  as  teacher  of  our  academy,  in  preparing  our  young  men  for 
college.     He  married  Isabella  Nutting,  daughter  of  Timothy,  and  his  wife 
Elizabeth  (Quinton.)     He  was  licensed  to  preach  by  the  Hartford  County 


358  FIRST     CRURCH 

South  Association,  June  5th,  1838,  at  Kensington,  on  recommendation  of 
Rev.  Dwight  M.  Seward,  of  New  Britain.  He  went  from  here  to  Hart- 
ford, where  he  engaged  in  teaching ;  both  joined  the  South  church  there, 
1846,  he  by  letter  from  this  church,  1839.  They  had  two  children,  Ar- 
thur Quinton  and  Isabella,  but  both  died  at  Hartford.  He  died  June  13th, 
1846,  aged  39,  at  John  H.  Goodwin's  in  Hartford.  She  died  in  Hartford, 
Feb.  9th,  1846,  aged  31.  His  name,  Levi  Nelson  Tracy. 

779.  "Mrs.  PHEBE,  wife  of  Oscar  McLean,"  to  church  1836, by  letter 
from  Norwich.     She  was  dismissed  and  recommended,  1840,  to  South 
church  in  Glastenbury,  but  received  back  by  letter,  Aug.  5th,  1855,  from 
South  church  of  New  Britain.     Her  residence,  1861,  on  Chestnut  street, 
born  Jan.  13th,  1811,  at  Windham,  Ct,  to  Stephen   Congdon,  of  Rhode 
Island,  and  his   wife  Martha  (Peckham,)  married  June  22d,  1835,  Silas 
Oscar  McLean,  of  Glastenbury,  son  of  Silas,  and  his  wife  Anna  (Pulsi- 
fer.)  bora  Jan.  29th,  1812;  he  died    at  Glastenbury,  Jan.  3d,  1841. 

THEIR    CHILDREN. 

1.  Charles  Oscar,  born  March  24th,  1836,  bap.  1836,  see  No.  O175)- 

2.  George  Gorham,  born  Sept.  21st,  1838,  see  No.  (1174.) 

780.  "  MRS.  ELIZA  ANN,  wife  of  Wm.  C.  Marshall,"  to  church  Nov. 
1836,  by  letter  from  church  in  Barkhampsted,  daughter  of  Enoch   Gaines 
and  Anna  (Warner,)  his  wife,  born  April  24th,  1813,  at  Barkhampsted, 
to  church  there,  A.  D.  1826  ;  came  to  this  place  as  milliner ;  married  Oct. 
12th,  1836,  Wm.  C.  Marshall,  son  of  Shubel  and  his  wife  Sarah  (Thomp- 
son,) born  Dec.  21st,  1809,  in  city  of  New  York ;  she  to  south  church, 
1842  ;  family  resides  now,  1861,  in  Hartford.     He  was  a  brass  manufac- 
turer, and  successful,  shop  on  Mill  St. 

THEIR    CHILDREN. 

1.  Mortimer  W,  born  Dec.  19th,  1837,  at  New  Britain,  was  a  three  months'  soldier 
in  defence  of  Washington,  and  in  the  battle  at  Bull  Run,  married  Nov.  20th,  1862, 
No.  (1212.) 

2.  Wm.  E.  born  April  22d,  1841,  at  Hartford. 

3.  Albert  G.  born  Aug.  7th,  1853,  at  Hartford. 

781.  "  ELIZABETH  W.  wife  of  Horatio  W.  Shipman,"  to  church  Aug. 
6th,  1837,  by  letter  "from  Hartford  south,  daughter  of  Wm.   Wadsworth 
and  his  wife  Catharine  (Bunce,)    born  June  9th,    1817,  at  Hartford,  Ct., 
a  decendent  of  Capt.  Joseph,  of  Charter  Oak  celebrity  ;  married  Nov.  4th, 
1835;  he  was  son  of  No.  (461,)  born  Sept.  10th  1811 ;  learned  the  jew- 
elers  trade  of  Goodwin   in  Hartford,  entered   into  partnership   with  his 
father  and  brother  in  the  brass  business,  which  they  extended  until  they 
failed  in  1838 ;  he  lives  now,  1861,  in  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.     She  was  dis- 
missed by  letter  and  received  to  Pres.  church  N.  Y.  City,  (Dr.  Krebs,) 


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July,  1844.  He  had  a  taste  for  military  and  obtained  the  title  of  Col.  in 
the  militia  of  Conn.  She  was  for  years  secretary  of  the  Brooklyn 
Industrial  School  Association,  and  a  beautiful  reporter  of  their  doing?. 
He  died  Oct.  llth,  1864,  aged  53. 

THEIR   CHILDREN. 

1.  Wm.  Wadsworth,  born  Oct.  23d,  1836,  bap.  June  1st,  1837, clerk  in  Philadelphia. 
But  Aug.  15th,  1861,  married  Lizzie  Buckins,  of  Philadelphia.     He  now,  1862,  is  a 
soldier  in  Mansfield's  Division,  Va.,  13th  Reg.  N.  Y.  Militia. 

2.  Catharine,  born  June  6t'i,  1843,  hip.  July,  1844,  excels  in  music;  mirried  June 
6th,  1866.  Henry  Whitney,  N.  Y 

3.  Mary  Lee,  born  Jan.  7th,  1846,  bap.  March  14th,  1847,  at  New  Britain;  married 
1867,  Doctor  Whitney,  N.  Y. 

4.  Elizabeth  Wadsworth,  born  June  15th,  1855. 

782.  "  DORCAS  PARSONS,"  to  church  Aug.  6th,  1837,  by  letter  from 
Kensington  ;  her  maiden  nama  was  Bronson  ;  born  Jan.  1st,  1766,  married 
Jan.  15th,  1795,  Aaron  Parsons,  of  Kensington  ;  they  had  several  children, 
but  none  to  live  long.     He  died  Aug.  1814,  aged  53  ;  her  adopted  daugh- 
ter, Clarissa  Cole,  married  Wm.  Burritt,  of  this  place,  and  Mrs.  Parsons 
lived  here  with  them  and  died  Sept.  15th,  1855,  aged  89,  at  their  house 
having  been  aided  by  the  church  towards  the  close  of  her  long  life,   and 
kindly  cared  for  by  Mrs.  Burritt. 

783.  "  SARAH,  wife  of  Ezekiel  Andrews,  jun.,"  to  church  Aug.   6th, 
1837,  born  June  26th,   1815,  to  Hiland   Parker  and  Lydia  (Pratt,)  his 
wife,  at  Coventryville,  Chenango  County,  N.  Y.,  married  Aug.  7th,  1833, 
No.  (690,)  to  south  church,  1842,  (her  name  was  Sarah  Elizabeth.) 

784.  "  JANE   ANDREWS,"   to  church  Aug.  6th,  1837,  born  Feb.  2d, 
1818,  to  No.  (313,)   baptized  April  26th,  1818.     Jane  Louisa   married 
Sept.  llth,  1837,  Wm.  Miles  second,  of  Goshen  ;  she  was  dismissed  and 
recommended  by  letter  to  the  church  in  Goshen,  1838,  when  she  died  April 
7th,  1842,  aged  24,  had  no  children  to  live  long  ;  her  grave  and  monument 
are  in  Goshen  Hill  Cemetery. 

785.  "  JULIA  ANN  ANDREWS,"  to  church  Aug.    6th,  1837,  born  Nov. 
15th,  1819,  to  No.  (478,)    and  his  first  wife  No.  (479,  )  baptized  Aug. 
19th,  1821,  at  the  old  church. 

786.  "  CAROLINE  ANDREWS,"  to  church  Aug.  6th,  1837,  born  Dec.  4th, 
1822  to  No.  (478)  and  his  first  wife  No.  (479,)  baptized  Feb.  9th,  1823, 
Caroline  Hart,  and  Rev.  Mr.  Skinner  in  his  record  says  the  first  baptized 
in  the  new  meeting  house.     She  married  Jan.  21st,  1852,  Elisha  B.  Bridg- 
man  of  Belchertown,  Mass.,  son  of  Oliver,  before  Rev.  S.  D.  Jewett.  then 
of  Westchester,  Conn.     She   was  dismissed  and  recommended  by  letter, 
1852,  to  the  church  in  Belchertown,  Mass. 

THEIR    CHILDREN. 

1.  Elizabeth  Cornwell,  born  March  6th,  1853,  died  Feb.  22d,  1854,  aged  1  year. 
2    Oliver  Burt,  born  March  8th,  1855. 


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3.  Anna  Julia,  born  July  9th,  1857. 

4.  Infant,  bora  Nov.  6th,  1860,  died  aged  36  hours. 

787.  "MART  ANN,  wife  of  K.  Belden,"  to  church  Aug.  6th,  1837,  bap- 
tized same  time ;  her  maiden  name  was  Ellis,  daughter  of  Jediah  of  West 
Springfield,  Mass.,  and  his  wife  Betsey   (Leonard,)  born  ,  at  West 
Springfield ;  married  Sept.  7th,  1835,  No.  (727.)     She  died  Nov.  1837,  at 
Houston,  Texas,  leaving  daughter  Elizabeth,  born  Oct.  2d,  1836,  at  New 
Britain,  and  baptized  here  July  23d,  1837  ;  she  married  Oct.  27th,  1858, 
Francis  Dagget  of  Springfield,  Mass.,  and  now,  1861,  lives  there. 

788.  "MARY  ANN  BISHOP,"  to  church  Aug.  6th,  1837,  baptized  same 
time;  born  Aug.  10th,  1816,  at  North  Haven,  to  Dr.  Joy  Bishop  and  his 
wife  Mehitabel    (Colver,)   married   Aug.    14th,   1845,   Lucius  Sperry,  of 
Avon,  son  of  David  and   Filena  (Potter,)  of  Burlington,  his   wife,  born 
Jan.  8th,  1817  ;  she  was  dismissed  and  received  by  letter  to  Center  church, 
Hartford,  Sept.  17tb,  1837  ;  they  now,  1861,  live  at  West  Avon,  she,  1861> 
no  church  connection. 

THEIR    CHILDREN. 

1.  Ellen  Maria,  born  Nov.  8th,  1849. 

2.  Hercelia  Ann,  born  June  7th,  1852. 

3.  Lillian  Ella,  born  May  18th,  1857. 

4.  Cornelius  David,  born  May  5th,  1860,  died  Nov.  14th,  1860,  aged  6  months. 

789.  "  NANCY  N.  BOOTH,"  to  church  Aug.  6th,  1837,  born  Oct.  26th, 
1814,  to  Cyrus  and  his  first  wife,  No.  (340  ;)  baptized  April   16th,  1815, 
Nancy  North,  after  the  name  of  her  mother  ;  married  Sept.   17th,   1837, 
David  P.  Hughes,  of  Canton.     They  went  the  same  year  to  Baton  Rouge, 
La.,  where  she  had  two  children,  both  of  whom  died ;  the   mother  died 
1839,  and  the  father  and  husband  soon  after  died,  at  the  same  place. 

790.  "  LAURA.  BOOTH,"  to  church  Aug.  6th,  1837,  (correctly)  Laura 
Stanley  Booth,  daughter  of  Nathan  jun.,    of  Granville  Mass.,  and  his  wife 
Ruth  (Bates,)  born  July  20th,   1823  ;  married  Nov.  26th,  1847,  Wm.  A. 
Lee,  of  West  Bloomfield,  New    York,   Ontario  Co.     She  was  dismissed 
and  recommended  by  letter,  Dec.  14th,  1848,  to  church  in  Galesburg,  111.  ; 
she  died  there,  Sept.  3d,  1850,  aged  27,  childless. 

791.  "  HUBERT  BOOTH,"  to  church  Aug.  6th,  1837,  born   Dec.   12th, 
1823,  to  No.  (370,)  baptized  March  28th,  1824.     Hubert  Henry,  mar- 
ried July  18th,  1846,  Rebecca  Pretlove,  of  Troy,  New  York,  daughter  of 
James  of  New  York,  and   his  wife  Ann    (Mackay,)   of   Elizabethtown, 
New  Jersey.     He  is  a  brass  and  iron  worker,  living  A.  D.  1861,  at  Green- 
port,  New  York.     He  was  dismissed  and  recommended  by  letter  to  West 
Meriden,  Jan.  30th,  1856.     Is  a  leader  in  church  music,  but  now,  1862,  a 
soldier  to  defend  his  country,  is  in   New  Orleans.     He  died  July  29th, 

1862,  and  was  buried  at  sea  off  Hatteras,  on  his  return  from  the  war. 


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THEIK     CHILDREN. 

1.  Alice  Annette,  born  Aug.  3d,  1847,  died  Aug.  24th,  1847. 

2.  Anna  Hubertine,  born  May  24th,  1849. 

3.  Mary  Louise,  bora  May  16th,  1851,  died  Nov.  22d,  1853.    • 

4.  Eva  Well3,  born  April  12th,  1853. 

5.  Mary  Denton,  born  Dec.  30th,  1855,  died  Jan.  17th,  1856. 

6.  Hubert  Holmes,  born  Feb.  14th,  1857. 

7.  Fannie  Angel,  born  March  21st,  1859. 

792.  "NANCY  BOOTH,"  to  church  Aug.  6th,  1837, born  Aug.  22d,  1821, 
to  No.  (370,)  was  a  teacher  at  the  south  ;  married  Sept.  4th,  1851,  Samuel 
Seaver  Knox,  son  of  David  and   Elizabeth  (Seaver,)   of  Brooklyn,  New 
York,  his  wife,  born  Jan.   1st,  1822,  at  Tridelphia,  Va.     He  was  a  mer- 
chant at  Wheeling,  Va.,  but  died  May  29th,  1854,  at  Ontonagon,   Mich., 
near  Lake  Superior,  of  hemorrage  of  the  lungs.     She  has  since  visited 
England.     They  had  one  daughter,  Anna,  born  Feb.  21st,  1853,  but  died 
same  day.     Mrs.  Knox  has  adopted  the  name  of  Anna,  by  which  she  is 
now  known. 

793.  "  HORACE  BOOTH,"  to  church  Aug.  6th,  1837,  born  Nov.  6th, 
1821,  to  No.  (338  ;)  married  May  5th,   1847,  No.  (1034.)     He  inherits 
and  occupies  the  old  home  of  his  father,  and  a  portion  of  tlie  farm  of  his 
grandfather  ;  has  been  a  hard  laboring  farmer,  but  in  1859,  entered  a  part- 
nership with  his  brother  Ralph,  and  bought  a  manufacturing  establish- 
ment in  Winsted,  where  they  make  hardware  articles.     As  the  war  came 
on  he  returned  to  his  farm. 

THEIR   CHILDREN. 

1.  Horace  Wilcox,  born  Oct.  18th,  1849,  bap.  June,  1850. 

2.  Olive  Almira,  bora  July  24th,  1856,  bap.  July  26th,  1857. 

3.  Mattie  Lucetta,  born  Oct.  25th,  1863,  bap.  July  3d,  1864. 

794.  "  SARAH  BUTLER,"  to  church  Aug.  6th,  1837,  born  Nov.  23d, 
1817,  to  No.  (452.)  baptized  Oct.  14th,  1821.     Sarah  Ann,  married  Dec. 
24th,  1840,  Henry  Benton,  a  dentist,  now,  A.  D.  1861,  living  in  Guilford. 
She  was  dismissed  and  recommended  by  letter  to  Meriden,  March  14th, 
1844. 

795.  "  ELIZABETH  CARTER,"  to  church  Aug.   6th,  1837,  born   April 
14th,  1821,  at  New  Hartford,  to   Hermas  and  his  wife  Hannah  (Booth,) 
daughter  of  Joseph,  baptized  in  infancy  ;  dismissed  and  recommended  by 
letter,  Jan.  llth,  1844,  to  first   Congregational   church  in  New  Hartford. 
She  married  July  3d,  1861,  Milo   Shepherdson,  son   of  Stephen,  of  Cole- 
rain,  Mass.,  and  his  wife  Laura,  born  April  10th,  1820,  at  Colerain,  now, 
1863,  residing  on  North  Main  Street,  Hartford. 

796.  "  Lois  D.  CARTER,"  to  church  Aug.  6th,  1837,  sister  of  No.  (795,) 
born  Feb.  6th,  1816,  at  New  Hartford,  to  Hermas  and  his  wife  Hannah 
(Booth,)  dismissed  and  recommended  by  letter  to  first   Congregational 
church  at  New  Hartford,  Jan.  llth,  1844,  A.  D.  1862,  is  unmarried  and 


362  FIRST    CHURCH. 

lives  in    Hartford  with  her  brother  Newton   Carter,   at  the  American 
House.     She  was  baptized  in  infancy,  at  New  Hartford,  Conn. 

797.  "MARIA  CHURCHILL,"  to  church  Aug.  6th,  1837,  baptized  same 
time;  born  Feb.  14th,  1812,  to  Joseph  Churchill  of  Newington,  and  Anna 
(Judd.)  his  wife,  now,  1861,  unmarried  and  living  with  her  brother,  No. 
(695.)     She  died  Sept.  16th,  1864,  aged  53  years. 

798.  "  ROBERT  CORNWELL,"  to  church  Aug.  6th,  1837,  born  Aug.  16th, 
1801,  to  No.  (296,)  by  trade  a  brass  founder,  never  married;  died  March 
21st,  1839,  of  consumption,  aged  38,  of  mild  temperament  and  kind  dis- 
position. 

799.  "FRANCIS  CORNWELL,"  to  church  Aug.  6th,  1837,  born  Sept. 
29th,  1822,  to  No.  (401;)  baptized  March  9th,   1823,  Francis  Edwards, 
graduate  at  Yale,  1842,  to  which  church  he  was   dismissed  and  recom- 
mended 1839  or  1840.     He  studied  law,   and  follows  that  profession  in 
New  York  State;  married  Sept.  23d,  1847,  Catharine  Livingstone  Howe, 
of  Albany,  daughter  of  Hon.  Estes  and  his  wife  Anna  J.  (Willard,)  born 
Aug.  18th,  1823.     The  family  now,  1863,  residing  in   Buffalo,  N.    Y. 
and  he  follows  his  profession  there. 

THEIR    CHILDREN. 

1.  Edward  Livingstone,  born  June  24th,  1848,  at  Lyons,  N.  Y. 

2.  Wm.  Carroll,  born  Aug.  19th,  1851,  at 

3.  Francis  Estes,  bora  Aug.  8th,  1856,  "  " 

4.  Charles  Landers,  born  Nov.  1st,  1858,  at  Buffalo,  " 

800.  "  JULIA  ANN  CURTISS,"  to  church  Aug.   6th,  1837,  and  baptized 
same  time  ;  born  March   16th,  1824,  to  Shubel  and  his  wife.  No.   (362,) 
married  Aug.  24th,  1852,  Jarvis  Hall,  of  Millbury,  Mass  ,  a  brush  maker ; 
he  died  there,  March  16th,  1856,  aged  25.     She  was  dismissed  and  rec- 
ommended to  Methodist  church,  Hartford,  in  1837. 

801.  "MRS  MARY  ANN  DAY,  wife  of  James  Day,"  to  church  Aug.  6th, 
1837,  of  English  origin.     He  died  April  4th,  1838,  aged   25.     She  re- 
turned to   England.     They  lived  in  the  Moses  Seymour  House,  at  the 
foot  of  Dublin  Hill. 

THEIR   CHILD. 

Mary  Jane,  born  ,  bap.  Aug.  20th,  1837. 

802.  "  LYDIA  M.  DOOLITTLE,"  to  church  Aug.  6th,  1837,  born  Jan. 
24th,  1818,  baptized  on  admission  to  church  ;  went  south  teaching;  married 
Dec.  24th,  1839,Thos.  J.  Huddleston,  of  Columbus,  Miss.,  to  which  place 
and  church  she  was  dismissed  and  recommended  by  letter  1838 ;  she  died 
there  Jan.  10th,  1844,  aged  26.     She  was  daughter  of  George  and  his  wife, 
No.  (640.) 

THEIR  CHILDREN. 

1.  Melissa  Lucinda,  born  Sept.  1 1th,  1841,  at  Warsaw,  111. 

2.  Caroline  Morse,  bom  Feb.  18th,  1843,  at  "         " 


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803.  "  GEORGE  L.  DOOLITTLE,"  to  church  Aug.  6th,  1837,  baptized 
same  time;  born  Nov.  2d,  1822,  to  George  and  his  wife,  No.  (640,)  dis- 
missed and  recommended  by  letter  to  church,  in  Hartford,  A.  D.  1839. 

804.  "Wai.  ELLIS,  JUN.,"  to  church  Aug.  6th,   1837,  born  Feb.  4th, 
1821,  to  No.  (717,)  graduate  at  Yale   College,  1842;  was  dismissed  and 
recommended  to  the  church  there,  1839,  (returned  from  there  by  letter, 
1848,  April  10'h.)     Studied  medicine  and  is  a  practicing  physician  at 
Washington  Harbor,  Dorr  County,  Wis.     He  married  Feb.  29th,    1852, 
P.  Jane  Boyce,  of  Canton,  Onondago  County,  New  York,  daughter  of 
Adam  and  his  wife  Mary  (Weaver,)  born  Feb.  13th,  1832.     He  is  still 
a  member  of  this  church. 

THEIR   CHILDREN. 

1.  Henry  E.  born  March  15th,  1853,  at  Washington  Harbor,  Wis. 

2.  Wm.  M.  born  Sept.  16th,  1855,  at  "  "         " 

3.  Mary  W.  born  May  22d,  1859,  at  Mackinaw. 

805.  "MRS.  MARIA  ERWIN,"  to  church  Aug.  6th  1837,  born  June  14th, 
1816  to  No.  (443,)  and  his  wife  Rhoda  (Belden,)  at  Cherry  Valley,  New 
York;  married  May  18th,  1836,  Cornelius  Buckley  Erwin,  son  of  Peter 
of  Boonville,  New  York,  and  his  wife  Lydia  (Buckley,)  of  Rocky  Hill, 
Conn.,  born  June  7th,  1811,  at  Boonville,  New  York;  learned  the  trade 
of  shoe  making  of  his  father,  came  to  this  place  1832,  seeking  for  employ- 
ment, worked  for  North  &  Stanley  ;  became  partner  with  Belden,  Lee  & 
Co.,  brass  founders,  and  in  1836  a  partner  with  Geo.  Lewis,  under   the 
name  of  Erwin  &  Lewis.     In  Jan.  1839,  was  engaged  at  the  Lock  Fac- 
tory, and  in  that  establishment  has  become  wealthy.     At  the  incorpora- 
tion of  the  "  New  Britain  Bank,"  he  was  chosen   its   President.     He  is 

also  President  of  the  Russell  &  Erwin  Manufacturing  Co.,   1867.     She 
to  South  church,  1842,  to  which  he  united  1857.     They  have  no  children. 

806.  "  MASON  FRANCIS,"  to  churqh  Aug.  6th,  1837,  born  Sept.  21st, 
1820,  to  No.  (470  ;)  baptized  Sept.  16th,  1821.     Mason  Bernard,  mar- 
ried Dec.  13th,  1843,  No.   (842.)     He  learned  the  trade  of  Jeweler   at 
Churchill  &  Stanley's  ;  inherited   the  home  of  his  father,  but  bought  the 
house  bailt  by  Joshua  Carpenter,  now  occupied  and  owned  by  J.  A.  Picket, 
he  lives  now,  1861,  in  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.     He   was  dismissed  and   recom- 
mended by  letter  to  Chapel  Street  Church,  New  Haven,  Aug.  25th,  1852, 
and  also  his  wife,  No.  (842.) 

THEIR  CHILDREN. 

1.  James  Elijah,  born  Jan.  6th,  1846,  baptized  May  24th,  1846. 

2.  Frederick  Stanley,  born  July  1st,  1848,  baptized  Nov.  30th,  1848,  died  Oct.  18th, 
1855,  aged  7. 

807.  "  MINERVA  GLADDEN,"  to  church  Aug.   6th,  1837,  born  Aug. 
12th,  1818,  to  No.  (522 ;)  married  Oct.  7th,  1846,  No.  (1019,)  and  was 


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dismissed  and  recommended  by  letter  to  church  in  Stratford,  Sept.  27th, 
1853. 

808.  "  EDWIN  GRIDLEY,"  to  church  Aug.    6th,  1837,  born  Aug.  8th, 
1818,  to  Ebenezer  and  wife,  No.  (414 ;)   was  a  brass  founder  by  trade 
and  occupation,  went  to  Bristol  to  work  at  his  trade ;  unmarrried,  no  evi- 
dence of  being  dismissed  and  recommended  to  any  church  ;  lives  now,  1866, 
at  Thomaston,  Conn. 

809.  "ELIZABETH  GRIDLEY,"  to  church  Aug.  6th,  1837,  born  July 
9th,   1817,  to  Salmon,   of   Harwinton,    and   his   wife     Cynthia    (Bull,) 
daughter  of  John  ;  never  married,  she  died  May  21st,   1838,  aged  21,  of 
consumption,  at  Burlington ;  was  a  sister  to  Mrs.  J.  R.  King. 

810.  "NAOMI,  wife   of  Riley   Griswold,"   to   church    Aug.  6th,  1837, 
born  Sept.  24th,  1791,  to  Noah   Stanley  and  his  wife  No.   (202;)  was  a 
schoolteacher,   intelligent  and  accomplished;  married  Nov.  18th,  1818, 
Kiley  Griswold,  of  Torringford,  son  of  Norman  and  his  wife   Susannah 
(Munson,)  born  Oct.  23d,  1793 ;  "resided  corner  of  Park  and   Stanley 
Bts. ;  he  died  Jan.  31st,  1859,  aged   64 ;  was  in  early  manhood  a  school 
teacher;  she  died  March  29th,  1851,  aged  60. 

THEIR    CHILDREN. 

1.  Lucy  Jane,  born  Nov.  13th,  1820,  bap.  on  admission  to  church;  see  No.  (811.) 

2.  Susan   Munson,   bora    Sept.  20th,  1822,  married   March  29th,  1843,  Lucius  D. 
Blake,  son  of  Harry,  see  No.  (1321.) 

3.  Laura  Barber,  born  Dec.   1st,   1824,  bap,  Aug.  20th,  1837,  married  June  10th, 
1846,  Ransom  Hills. 

4.  Martha  Riley,  born  March  1st,  1827,  bap.  Aug.  20th,  1837,  married  No.  (994.) 

5.  Cynthia  Stanley,  born  Feb.  28th,  1829,  bap.  Aug.  20th,  1837,  see  No.  (974.; 

6.  Stanley  C.,  born  Feb.  27th,  1832,  died  March  27th,  1833,  aged  1. 

7.  Mary  Adelaide,  born  March  10th,  1834,  died  July  9th,  1837,  aged  3. 

8.  Sophia  Adelaide,  bora  June  18th,  1837,  bap.  Aug.  20th,  1837,  mar.  April  17th, 
1860,  James  West,  and  lives  in  Petersburg,  Va. 

811.  "LucY  JANE  GRISWOLD,"  to  church  Aug.  6th,  1837,  bap.  same 
time;  born  Nov.  13th,  1820,  to   Riley  and  his  wife  No.  (810,)  married 
May  13th,  1840,  Albert  A.  Mason,  a  brass  manufacturer,  now,  1862,  in 
Brooklyn,  N.  Y. ;  son  of  Thomas  of  Sharon,  Ct.,  and  his  wife  Polly 
(Sherwood;)  born  Jan.  9th,  1811. 

THEIR    CHILDREN. 

1.  Frederick  A.,  born  Sept.  28th,  1841,  at  Wolcottville,  Ct. 

2.  Charles  S.,  born  Nov.  18th,  1843,         "  "  " 

3.  Stanley  G.,  bora  Dec.  25th,  1847,         "  "  " 

4.  Jennie,  bora  Oct.  24th,  1849,  "  "  "      died  March  6th,  1855, 
at  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 

812.  "GEORGE  HART,"   to  church  Aug.  6th,  1837,  bap.  same  time, 
born  March  16th,  1801,  to  Stephen,  jun.,  and  his  wife  No.  (638,)  married 


OF    NEW    BRITAIN.  365 

March  2d,  1826,  No.  (713  ;)  she  died,  when  second  he  married  Sept.  11, 
1832,  No.  (813.)  He  was  by  trade  a  shoemaker,  but  was  occupied  in 
teaming  and  staging,  in  which  he  has  been  successful ;  his  residence  west 
side  Central  Park ;  he  and  his  second  wife  to  South  church,  1842 ;  she 
died,  when  third  he  married,  May  6th,  1863,  Mrs.  Elizabeth,  widow  of 
Wm.  Perry,  of  So.  "Windham,  and  daughter  of  Job  Ellsworth  of  East 
Windsor,  and  his  wife  Laura  (Osborn,)  born  Sept.  21st,  1823  ;  Mr.  Perry 
died  May  20th,  1853,  aged  34. 

HER   CHILDREN   BY   FIRST   HUSBAND,   WM.    PERRY. 

1.  Josephine  G.,  born  May  18th,  1844,  at  East  Windsor. 

2.  Wm.  E.,  born  Dec.  22d,  1846,  drowned  Aug.  6th,  1855,  aged  8,  at  Willimantic. 

MR.  HART'S  CHILD  BY  FIRST  WIFE,  MARY. 

1.  Charles,  born  ,  1827,  died  Feb.  27th,  1837,  aged  10. 

MR.  HART'S  CHILD  BY  SECOND  WIFE,  ELIZABETH. 

2.  Wm.  H.,  born  July  25th,  1834,  bap.  Aug.  20th,   1837,  married  Sept.  19th,  1855, 
Martha  Peck,  daughter  of  No.  (920.) 

813.  "ELIZABETH,  wife  of  George  Hart,"  to  church  Aug.  6th,  1837, 
born  Oct.  3 1st,  1811,  to  Cyrus  Booth  and  his  wife  No.  (340,)  bap.  Dec. 
22d,  1811,  Elizabeth  Francis,  married  Sept.  llth,  1832,  No.  (812;)  she 
died  of  slow  consumption  April  25th,  1862,  aged  50. 

814.  "JONATHAN  HART,"  to  church  Aug.  6th,  1837,  born  Dec.  4th, 
1818,  in  Kensington,  to  Eri  B.  Hart  and   his  wife   Lydia  (Gilbert,)  and 
named  Jonathan  Thomas,  bap.  May  23d,  1819,  at  Kensington ;  he  is  a 
brass  founder,  learned  of  No.  (381,)  and  married,  June  3d,  1842,  Maria, 
his  daughter,  No.  (862 ;)  he  carried  on  business  some  years  in  this  place, 
when  he  located  in  Kensington,  at  the  place  called  "  PercivaFs  Mills," 
where  he  has  built  largely,  and  drives  business  extensively  and  success- 
fully ;  they  were  received  to  Kensington  church  from  this  by  letter,  Dec. 
1854;  he  second  married  Sept.  20tb,  1864,  Alice  R.  Upson  of  Kensing- 
ton. 

THEIR   CHILDREN. 

1.  Louisa  M.,  born  Aug.  28th^  1845,  married  Oct.  20th,  1866,  Frederic  A.  Cowles, 
of  Southington. 

2.  Sarah  W.,  bora  Aug.  18th,  1847,  died  May  30th,  1864,  aged  16  years,  9  mos. 

3.  Ella  M.,  born  Nov.  llth,  1849,  died  Nov.  28th,  1860,  of  consumption,  aged  11. 

4.  Era  Thomas,  born  July  25th,  1852. 

5.  Francis  Gillette,  born  March  15th,  1855. 

6.  Leumas  Pease,  bora  June  llth,  1858. 

815.  "SAMUEL  W.  HART,"  to  church  Aug.  6th,  1837,  born  May  22d, 
1825,  to  No.  (311,)   graduated  at  Yale   1855,   married   Oct.  22d,  1851, 
Cordelia  M.  Smith,  daughter  of  No.  (652,)   is  now,  1863,  a   successful 
practicing  physician  in  this  town  ;  has  traveled  in  Europe ;  was  to  South 


366  FIRST    CHURCH 

church  1842 ;  occupies  the  home  of  his  father  on  west  side  Central  Park. 
His  wife  born  June  7th,  1828,  bap.  June  14th,  1829;  to  South  church 
1847;  died  June  10th,  1857,  aged  29;  he  second  married  Nov.  10th, 
1864,  at  St.  Mark's  church,  Margaret  C.  Smyth,  daughter  of  Wm.  B.  and 
his  wife  Annie  (Goldsborough.) 

THEIR    CHILDREN. 

1.  Mary  Louise,  born  Oct.  8th,  1852. 

2.  Gerald  Waldo,  born  July  23d,  1856. 

816.  "  JULIAETTE  HART,"  to  church  Aug.  6th,  1837,  born  May  20th' 
1820,  to  No.  (917)  and  his  wife  No.  (724;)  baptized    Nov.  13th,  1831, 
Juliette  Andrews ;  married   June   27th,  1838,   Imly  Bird  Yeits,  son  of 
John  of  Granby,  and  his   wife  Abigail   (Eno)  of  Simsbury ;)  born  Dec. 
19th,  1808;  he  is  a  farmer,  and  lives  with   his  father  Hart  on  Arch  st. ; 
she  was  dismissed  and  received^to  Granby,  1841,  by  letter  ;  she  died  Feb. 
23d,  1842,  aged  22,  when  second  he  married  June  27th,  1843,  her  sister, 
No.  (936.) 

817.  "  ROYAL  S.   HALL,"    to  church  Aug.  6th,  1837,   born  Dec.  20th, 
1816,  at  Newington,  to   Dr.  Archibald  and  his  wife  Harriet  (Deming;) 
baptized  May  5th,  1822,  at  Newington,  Royal  Sereno;  was  clerk  to  Stan- 
ley &  Whaples,  went  south,   and  died   in   Milledgeville,  Geo.,  Oct.  1st, 
1842,  aged  26;   his   mother,   daughter   of  Robert    Deming   and   Lucy 
(Blinn,)'  his  wife,  both  of  Newington ;  he  never  married ;  was  brother  of 
No.  (818.) 

818.  "CORNELIA  HALL,"   to   church    Aug.   6th,  1837,  sister  of  No. 
(817,)  born  Dec.  28th,  1820,  to  Dr.  Archibald  at  Newington;  baptized 
May  5th,  1822,  "Cornelia  Hale;"  married  Sept.  7th,  1841,  George  And- 
rus,  son  of  Anson  of  Leyden,  N.  Y. ;  they  lived  in  Berlin;  he  died  there 
Jan.  26th,   1848,  of  small  pox,  when  second  she  married,  March  13th, 
1850,  Lyman  Beckley,  son  of  Orrin  and   his  wife  Harriet  (Patterson;) 
he  was  born  July  10th,  1815,  at  Berlin ;  he  shot  himself  with  a  pistol  in 
despondency  or  derangement,  at  his  own  hired  house  in  this  place,  Sept. 
13th,  1860,  aged  45;  she  dismissed  and  recommended  by  letter  to  South 
church,  Nov.  26th,  1858. 

HER   CHILDREN    BT    FIRST   HC8BAND. 

1.  Hellen  M.,  born  Aug.  6th,  1842;  excelled  in  vocal  music;  she  died  Oct   18th, 
1866,  of  yellow  fever,  at  New  Orleans,  aged  24. 

2.  George  Barton,  born  Oct.  12th,  1845,  lives  with  his  grandfather  at  Lyden,  N.  Y., 
1863. 

CHILDREN   BT    HER    SECOND   HUSBAND. 

3.  Hattie,  born  Doc.  2d,  1851. 

4.  Caroleena,  born  Jan.  13th,  1855. 

819.  "MRS.  PHEBE  HOUGH,"  to  church  Aug.  6th,  1837,  wife  of  No. 
(756,)  daughter  of  No.  (217,)  born  July  30th,  1780,  married  Aug.  31st, 
1809,  No.  (756;)  she  died  Nov.  9th,  1843,  aged  63. 


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820.  "ELIZABETH  HOUGH,"  to  church  Aug.  6th,  1837,  born  Feb.  29th, 
1824,  at  Meriden,  to  No.  (756;)  dismissed  and  recommended  by  letter, 
March  29th,   1849,  to  Missionary  Church,   Choctaw  Nation;  her  name 
Elizabeth  Jerusha;  has  been  a  teacher  and  missionary  at  Little  Rock, 
Ark.,  and  also  among  the  Oneidas,  N.  Y. ;  now,  1861,  unmarried,  and   is 
in  Michigan. 

821.  "MRS.  LUCY  HULL,"  to  church  Aug.  6th,  1837,  widow  of  Elijah 
Hull,  from   Farmington,  son  of  Isaac,  daughter  of  No.  (175,)  born  Jan. 
26th,  1777,  married  April  7th,  1800;  he  died  May  8th,  1817;  they  lived 
at  the  foot  of  "Half-way  Hill,"  where  now,  1861,  Barzillai  Deming  owns 
and  occupies.     She  was  dismissed  and  recommended  by  letter,  Aug.  24th, 
1845,  to  church  in  Sherman,  Chatauque  Co.,  N.  Y.,  where  she  died  Nov. 
1st,  1850,  at  the  home  of  her  son  George. 

THEIR    CHILDREN. 

1.  Maria,  born  Dec.  9th,  1801,  see  No.  (580.) 

2.  John  Pennfield,  born  Sept.  10th,  1803. 

3.  Romeo,  bora  ,  died  Aug.  20th,  1814,  aged  10. 

4.  George,  bora  ,  married  widow  Sally  Spencer,  of  Killingworth ;  lives 
at  Sherman,  N.  Y. 

5.  Samuel,  born  ,  married  Abi  Adams,  in  Wis. ;  lives  there. 

6.  Lucy  Jane,  born  March,  1816,  died        Dec.,  1834,  aged  18. 

822.  "MRS.  ELIZA  JUDD,"   to  church    Aug.    6th,   1837,   bap.  same 
time ;  daughter  of  James   Howd  of  East  Hartford,  and  his  wife  Martha 
(Williams,)  born  Jan.  6th,  1813,  married  Jan.  29th,  1836,  No.  (1119;) 
she  to  South  church  1842,  but  returned  by  letter,  March  3d,  1844. 

823.  "OLIVER  S.  JUDD,"  to  church  Aug.  6th,  1837,  baptized  same 
time;  born  Nov.  30th,  1816,  to  John  and  his  wife  No.  (637,)  a  jeweller 
by  trade,  but  in  1861   an  extensive  manufacturer  of  hardware;  residence 
on  corner  of  west  Main  and  Washington  sts. ;  married  April  15th,  1838, 
No.  (959,)  who  died,  when  second  he  married,  Jan.  5th,  1860,  Evelina 
Atkins,  of  Bristol,  daughter  of  Rev.  Ireneas  and  his  wife  Eunice  (Beck- 
with,)  born  April  7th,  1825.     He   has  contributed  much  to  church  music 
by  playing  double  bass. 

THEIR    CHILD. 

Kollin  D.,  bora  June  9th,  1840,  see  No.  (1377.) 

824.  "HARRIET  N.  LAMPSON,"  to  church  Aug.  6th,  1837,  bap.  same 
time,   "Harriet  Newel"   Lampson ;  daughter  of  Sylvanus  and  Martha 
(Gillett,)  his  wife,  of  East  Hartford;  born  June  18th,  1819,  at  Granby, 
Ct. ;  she  was  dismissed  and  recommended  to  South  church,  by  letter,  Dec. 
25th,  1845,  received  there  1846;  married  Nov.,  1845,  Amon  L.  Finch, 
son  of  Caleb  and  his  wife  Lucy  (Gilbert,  daughter  of  Seth,)  born  Feb. 
20th,  1817,  at  Simsbury;  she  died  Feb.  16th,   1853,  aged  35;  he  is  a 


368  FIRST     CHURCH 

harae  maker,  corner  of  Pearl  and  Orchard  sts.,  factory  back  of  house, 
was  burned  down  1856. 

THEIB    CHILDREN. 

1.  Katie,  bora  • 

2.  Ann,  born 

825.  "ALMIRA  S.  LEE,"  to  church  Aug.   6th,   1837,  born  Aug.  9th, 
1812,  to  No.  (356;)  educated  at  Troy,  N.  Y. ;  married,  Oct.  17th,  1837, 
Andrew  K.  Hunt,  of  Charlestown,  Mass.,  assistant  cashier  of  the  Suffolk 
Bank,  Boston;  born  Aug.  26th,  1811;  she  dismissed   and   recommended 
by  letter  to  Winthrop  church,  Charlestown,  Mass.,    1837;  a  woman  of 
uncommon  attractions;  she  died   Dec.  14th,  1841,  aged  28,  he  died  July 
25th,  1853,  aged  42,  and  both  buried  at  Woodlawn  Cemetery,  at  Maiden, 
Mass. ;  they  left  no  posterity. 

826.  "ANGKLINE  LEE,"  to  church  Aug.  6th,  1837,  born  Jan.  4th,  1824, 
to  No.  (356,)  educated  at  Baltimore,  married  Oct.  13th,  1852,  at  Burling- 
ton, Iowa,  Mark  Howard,  Esq.,   son  of  Mark  of  Devonshire,   Eng.,  and 
Mary  Ann  (Bees,)  his  wife,  of  Somersetshire,  Eng.,  born  May  27th,  1817, 
in  the  cyunty  of  Kent,  Eng.,  came  to  this   country  1830,   located  in  the 
city  of  Hartford,  and  now,  1861,   president  of  the   Merchants  Insurance 
Company ;  Mrs.  Angeline  Howard  was  dismissed  and  recommended  by 
letter,  March  9th,  1854,  to  the  North  Congregational  church,  Hartford. 

THEIR    CHILDREN. 

1.  Angelina  Lee,  born  Nov.  6th,  1854. 

2.  Amy  Lee,  bora  Jan.  7th,  1857. 

3.  Win.  Lee,  born  Nov.  1st,  1860. 

4.  Myra  Lee,  bora  Nov.  23d,  1862. 

827.  "MARY  MILLS,"  to  church  Aug.  6th,  1837,  baptized  same  time; 
born  Nov.  29th,  1825,  to  Alvin  and  his  wife  Dorothy  (Ford,)  of  Plym- 
outh; married,  Sept.  6th,  1849,  Russel  Lewis  Perkins,  son  of  Lewis  and 
Aurelia  (Morse,)    his   wife;  born   May  14th,   1827,  and  is  a  mechanic  ; 
volunteer  in  the  14th  Regt.,  Co.  F.,  from  Aug.,  1862  to  June,  1865. 

THEIR    CHILDREN. 

1.  Eva  Mary,  born  Ang.  15th,  1853. 

2.  Lewis  Elmore,  born  Oct.  3d,  1855. 

828.  "ELISHA  Mix,"   to   church   Aug.    6th,    1837;  son   of  James  of 
"West  Hartford,  and  his  wife  Lucy    (Steele,)   born  Nov.   17th,  1818,  at 
Water-town,  Ct. ;  married,  July   10th,   1843,  Amelia  Edmonds,  daughter 
of  James  of  Bristol,   and   Eliza,   his  wife,   (English  family  to  America, 
1832 ;)  he  now,  1861,  lives  at  Manlius,  Allegan  Co ,  Mich. ;  is  Col.  and 
surveyor ;  never  dismissed  by  letter. 


OF    NEW    BRITAIN.  369 

THEIR    CHILDREN. 

1.  Rosin  a,  born  Sept.  1st,  1846,  at  New  Haven. 

2.  Elisha,  born  Jan.  18th,  1850, 

829.  "FREDERIC  HENRY  NORTH,"  to  church  Aug.  6th,  1837,  born 
Aug.  10th,  1824,  to  No.  (449)   and   his  wife  No.  (396 ;)  graduated  at 
Yale  College  1846,  dismissed  and  recommended  by  letter,  1842,  to  church 
there;  married,  Aug.   28th,    1850,   Mary  Elizabeth  North,  daughter  of 
No.  (743,)  and  his  wife  No.  (744 ;)  born  Oct.  9th,  1833.     He  inherits  the 
home  and  wealth  of  his  father,  is  engaged  in  extensive  manufacturing, 
and  is  liberal  in  his  benefactions. 

THEIR   CHILDREN. 

1.  Charles  Frederic,  born  April  24th,  1854. 

2.  Grace  Eugene,  born  Aug.  4th,  1856,  in  Paris,  France. 

3.  May  Frederica,  born  Feb.  19th,  1862. 

830.  "SARAH  NORTH,"  to  church  Aug.  6th,   1837,  born  Aug.  28tli, 
1820,  to  No.  (330)  and  his  second  wife  No.  (411;)  baptized  Nov.  5th, 
1820,  Sarah  Rogers ;  married,  Aug.  19th,  1847,  Samuel  Brace,  of  New- 
ington,  son  of  Rev.  Joab,  D.  D.,  and  his  wife   Lucy  (Collins ;)  he  born 
Feb.  24th,  1817,  at  Newington,  graduated  at  Yale  College,  1841 ;  been  a 
teacher,  but  now,  1861,  manufacturer  in  New  Britain,  and   in   1866  in 
New  Haven. 

THEIR   CHILDREN. 

1.  Samuel  North,  born  May  14th,  1848,  died  Aug.  29th,  1849,  aged  16  months. 

2.  Henry  Mills,  born  Nov.  17th,  1849,  died  Feb.  4th,  1850,  aged  3  months. 

831.  "HUBERT  F.  NORTH,"  to  church  Aug.  6th,  1837,  born  Nov.  13, 

1822,  to  No.  (330)  and  his  2d  wife  No.  (411 ;)  he  graduated  at  Yale  Coll. 
1843  ;  was  dismissed  and  recommended  by  letter  to  the  church  of  Yale, 
1840;  he  studied  law  with  Ex.  Gov.  Ellsworth,  married,  Sept.  1st,  1852, 
Jane  M.  Hendrick,  born  May  llth,  1825,  at  Milton,  Saratoga  Co.,  N.  Y., 
to  Abel  and  his  wife  Harriet  (Upson.)     He  became  a  manufacturer^  and 
at  first  settled  with   his  father ;  he  was   for  a  time  sup't  of  S.  School  at 
the  South  church ;  his  health  was  poor  for  several  years ;  he  purchased 
the  residence  of  No.   (1190,)   1861,  improved  and  beautified  it.     If  he 
was  facetious  and  eccentric,  yet  he  possessed  a  kind  and  benevolent  heart  ^ 
he  died  Oct.  27th,  1863,  of  consumption,  aged  41  years,- 14  days,  sincerely 
lamented. 

THEIR     CHILD. 

Louisa  Cordelia,  born  May  7th,  1862. 

832.  "ADELINE  NORTH,"  to  church  Aug.  6th,  1837,  born  May  26th, 

1823,  to  No.  (443)  and  his  wife  Rhoda  Belden,  daughter  of  No.  (158;) 
she  went  south  as  a  teacher,  and  was  a  sweet  singer ;  she  married,  at 

24 


370  FIRST     CHURCH 

Marion,  1847,  Robert  R.  Kimbal,  of  Eutaw,  Ala.,  eleven  days  before  her 
death  ;  she  died  of  consumption  July,  1847,  at  Eutaw,  Ala.,  aged  24. 

833.  "HARVEY  PENNFIELD,"   to  church  Aug.  6th,  1837,  born  June 
7th,  1815,  to  No.  (469 ;)  a  brass  worker,    lives  on   Stanley  St.,  near  its 
junction  with  North  st ;  married,  Oct.  21st,  1839,  No.  (889;)  he  is  very 
useful  as  nurse  in  sickness 

THEIR    CHILDREN. 

1.  Loria  Dwight,  born  June  loth,  1840,  bap.  1840,  1862  a  private  in  Co.  A,  13th 
Regt.,  C.  V.,  and  in  1863  a  clerk  at  N.  0.,  in  Medical  Department;  married,^June 
20»h,  1866,  Carrie  McNary. 

2.  Mary  Angeline,  born  Feb.  5th,  1842,  mar.,  Oct.  19th,  1864,  Edwin  E.  Hubbard. 

3.  George  Henry,  born  June  14th,  1843,  bap.  Nov.  19th,  1843  ;  volunteer  in  Co.  K, 
14th  Regt.,  C.  V.;  he  died  Dec.  20th,  1862,  at  Hospital,  D.  C.,  of  consumption,  and 
buried  in  New  Britain,  Dec.  25th,  1862. 

4.  Catharine  Ann,  born  March  15th,  1845,  hap    Aug.  21st,  1845,  married,  Oct.  12th, 
1863,  Chas.  A.  Dorman,  son  of  Allen ;  he  was  an  army  steward  at  Port  Royal,  1863. 

5.  Chas.  Frederic,  born  Jan.  1st,  1847,  bap.  June  27th,  1847. 

834.  "  LYDIA  PENNFIELD,"  to  church  Aug.  6th,  1837,  born  May  29th, 

1819,  to  No.  (469 ;)  married,  Sept.  16th,  1844,  Charles  H.  Hills,  of  Far- 
mington ;  she  was  dismissed  and  recommended  to  Farmington  church  by 
letter,  and  received  there  May  4th,  1845;  she  died  there  June  8th,  1850 
aged  31. 

835.  "MARY  ANN  PENNFIELD,"  to  church  Aug.  6th,  1837,  born  Oct. 
4th,  1813,  to  No.  (469;)  married,  Oct.  30th,  1839,  Omri  L.  Hart,  son  of 
Zina,  of  Avon,  and  his  wife  Rhoda   (Griswold ;)  she  was  dismissed  and 
recommended    by  letter  to  Sherman,  N.  Y.,  1840 ;  she  died  Dec.  6th, 
1853,  aged  40;  he  married  second,  and  lives  in  Avon,  1861. 

836.  "ISABELLA  PARKER,"  to  church  Aug.  6th,  1837,  born  Oct.  4th, 
1813,  at  Coventry.  N.  Y.,  to  Hiland  Parker  and  his  wife  Lydia  (Pratt,) 
daughter  of  No.  (345,)  and  his  second  wife  No.   (271 ;)  married,  Sept. 
1st,  1841,  Benjamin  Blake,  born  March  3d,  1817,  at  Winchester,  Ct.,  to 
Ithuriel  and  his  wife  Wealthy  (Benedict.)   by  trade  a  joiner,  but  now  a 
farmer,  1862,   in   Coventry ville,   N.  Y. ;  she    was  dismissed  and  recom- 
mended to  church  in  Coventryville,  N.  Y.,  Sept.,  1841*,  where  she  was 
received  April,  1842,  and  now  resides. 

THEIR   CHILDREN. 

1.  Franklin  J.,  born  Sept.  1st,  1843,  died  Nov.  18th,  1851,  aged  8. 

2.  Andrew  Pratt,  born  Sept.  16th,  1845. 

837.  "  ALMKDA  RECOR,"  to  church  Aug.  6th,  1837  ;  born  Dec.  17th, 

1820,  to  Jesse,  and  his  wife.  No.  (527.)  baptized  Dec.  16th,  1821,  "Nancy 
Almeda,"  married  May  6th,  1845,  Sheldon    Hill-;,  of  Farmington.     She 
was  dismissed  and  recommended  by  letter   to   church  in  Plainville,  Feb. 
5th,  1846.     She  died  Feb.  17th,  1849,  aged  29. 


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838.  "  Mrs.  PHILENA  ROWLEY,"  to   church  August  6th,  1837  ;  born 
Feb.  llth,  1815,  to  Israel  Buck,  of  Wyalnsing,  Pa.,  and  his  wife  Eliza- 
beth (Webb,)  married  Oct.  llth,  1832,  No.  (866,)  dismissed  and  recom- 
mended by  letter  to  church  in  West  Avon. 

839.  "  ADALINE,  wife  of  Ephraim  Sanders,"  to  church  Aug.  6th,  1837  ; 
born  1813,  to  Shubel  Curtiss,  and  his  wife,  No.  (362,)  married  Ephraim 
Sanders,  son  of  Timothy,  of  Granby,  he  died,  when  she  married,  second, 
Thomas  Butler,  of  Hartford.     She  died  October,  1839,  aged  26. 

THEIR   CHILDREN. 


3.  Harriet,  born  ,  married  April  10th,  1853,  Elbert  Rowe,  of  Fair  Haven. 

4.  Jane,  born  ,  married  Allen,  of  Waterbury. 

840.  "  HARRIET  SMITH,"  to  church  Aug.  6th,  1837  ;  born  Sept.  29th, 
1820,  to  No.  (337,)  and  his   wife,  No.  (472,)  baptized  June  3d,  1821, 
"  Harriet  Strong,"  married  May  14th,  1845,  Horace   Brown  of  Newing- 
ton,   son  of  Zacheus,  of  Killingly,  Ct.,  and  his   wife   Sarah    (Hale,)   of 
Wethersfield,  born  Dec.  22d,  1810,  at  Trenton,  N.  Y.  ;  a  joiner  by  trade, 
but  now,  1861,  a  farmer,  his  residence,  corner  of  High  and  Willow  streets, 
has  been  successful  in  business,  and  has  a  beautiful  home.     She  to  South 
church,  1842. 

THEIR    CHILD. 

Katie  Maria,  born  Sept.  7th,  1857. 

841.  "MARIA  SMITH,"  to  church  Aug.  6th,  1837;  born  April  llth, 

1816,  to  No.  (337,)  and  his  second  wife,  No.  (472,)  baptized  Oct.  19th, 

1817,  "  Sally  Maria,"  married  May  1st,  1832,  Grove  W.  Loomis,  son  of 
Abijah,  of  New   Hartford,  and  his  wife   Margaret  (Barrett,)  born  Dec. 
21st,  1808,  at  New  Hartford  ;  traveled  south,  engaged  in   manufacturing 
in  Southwest  district,  but  located  in  the  village  and  engaged  in  merchan- 
dize ;  bought  the  house  built  by  Ebenezer  Booth,  owned  by  Samuel  Judd, 
and  lately  sold  to  George  Hart  and  moved  off.     He  was  standing  in  his 
store  when  he  was  struck  by   lightning,  and  died  July  12th,  1856,  aged 
49,  after  lingering  eleven  months.     She  married,  second,  July  25th,  1860, 
No.  (1015).     She  to  South  church,  1842. 

THEIR    CHILDREN. 

1.  Ellen  Lucretia,  born  July  llth,  1840,  died  Aug.  4th,  1843,  aged  3. 

2.  Louisa  Maria,  born  Dec.  26th,  1842,  died  Jan.  31st,  1856,  aged  14. 

3.  Harriet  Cornelia,  born  Feb?  14th,  1847. 

4.  Georgia  Augusta,  born  July  22d,  1851,  died  Dec.  30th,  1856,  aged  5. 

842.  ELIZABETH   STANLEY,"  to  church  Aug.  6th,  1837  ,  born  March 
18th,  1822,  to  No.  (921,)  and  his  wife,  No.  (529,)  baptized  Dec.  15th, 


372  FIRST     CHURCH 

1822,  at  Farmington,  "  Elizabeth  Langdon,"  married  Dec.  12th,  1843, 
No.  (806.)  She  was  a  milliner  by  trade  and  occupation.  She  and  hus- 
band were  dismissed  and  recommended  by  letter,  August  25th,  1852,  to 
Chapel  street  church.  New  Haven. 

843.  "  MARGARET  STANLEY,"  to  church  Aug.  6th,  1837;  born  Nov. 
26th,  1820,  to  Jesse,  and  his  second  wife,  No.  (403,)  married  Dec.  31st, 
1844,  John  E.  Cowles,  of  Farmington,  son  of  Martin,  and   his   second 
wife,  Harriet  (Wells,)  born  Nov.  4th,  1819 ;  residence,  next  door  south 
of  his  father's  home,  Farmington  street.     She  to  Farmington  church,  by 
letter  from  this  church,  April  27th,  1845. 

THEIR   CHILDREN. 

1.  Henry  Martin,  born  Oct.  1st,  1845. 

2.  Roswell  Wells,  born  Oct.  17th,  1850,  died  January  2d,  1851,  aged  11  weeks. 

3.  Gertrude  Stanley,  born  Feb.  ItJth,  1852,  died  Nov.  6th,  1854,  aged  2  years, 
8  months  and  18  days. 

4.  Melanie  Stanley,  bora  Dec.  5th,  1854,  died  March  8th,  1857,  aged  2  years,  3 
months  and  3  days. 

5.  John  Stanley,  born  April  28th,  1857. 

6.  Caroline  Griffin,  born  March  1st,  1859,  died  Sept.  1st,  1863,  aged  4  years  and 
6  months. 

7.  Sarah  North,  bora  Sept.  7th,  1862,  died  Sept.  6th,  1863,  aged  1  year. 

844.  "ALMIR A  STANLEY,"  to  church  Aug.   6th,   1837;  born  March 
20th,  1818,  a  twin  daughter  to  Jesse,  and  his  second  wife,  No.  (403,) 
married  June  15th,  1843,  George  S.  Coe,  of  Newport,  R.  I.,  son  of  Adam, 
and  his  wife  Ann  (Pease,)  born  March  27th,  1817.     She  was  dismissed 
and  recommended,  Feb.  5th,  1846,  to  Second  Presbyterian  church,  Cin- 
cinnati, Ohio. 

THEIR    CHILDREN. 

1.  Lucy  Ann,  born  August  2d,  1843,  died  October  10th,  1846,  aged  3  years  and  2 
months. 

2.  George  Stanley,  bom  Jan.  1st,  1849,  died  Sept   19th,  1849,  aged  9  months. 

3.  Edward  Prime,  born  Feb.  2d,  1851. 

4.  Alice  Stanley,  bora  Nov.  17th,  1852. 

5.  Elizabeth  Blake,  bora  Dec.  22d,  1855. 

845.  "  NANCY  D.  STANLEY,"  to  church  Aug.  6th,  1837  ;  born  August 
18th,  1815,  to  No.  (438,)  and  his  wife,  No.  (1295,)  married  Nov.  15th, 
1838,  John  H.  Goodwin,  of  Hartford,  born  March  2d,  1809,  to  John,  and 
his  wife  Anna  (Belden.)     She  was  dismissed  and  recommended  by  letter 
to  Hartford,  1839.     She  died  Jan.  15th,  1849,  aged  33  ;  left  no  posterity. 

846.  "LOT  STANLEY,"  to  church  August  6th,  1837;  born  July  8th, 
1820,  to  No.  (550,)  and  his  wife,  No.  (339.)     He  died  Nov.  12th,  1839, 
aged  19. 

847.  "MARTHA  STANLEY,"  to  church  Aug.  6th,  1837  ;  born  Aug.  llth, 
1822,  to  No.  (550,)  and  his  wife,  No.  (339,)  married  May  12th,  1845, 


OP    NEW    BRITAIN.  373 

Augustus  North,  son  of  No.  (443,)  born  March  8th,  1819  ;  now,  1861,  a 
merchant  in  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.  She  was  dismissed  and  recommended  by 
letter,  April  26th,  1846,  to  church  in  Cleveland,  Ohio. 

THEIR    CHILDREN. 

1.  William  Stanley,  born  April  12th,  1846. 

2.  Frederick  Augustus,  born  March  21st,  1850. 

848.  "  AMZI  STANLEY,"  to  church  Aug.  6th,  1837  ;  born  Nov.  27th, 
1823,  to  Cyrus,  and  his  wife,  No.  (422,)  married  Oct.  12th,  1848,  at  Ren- 
salier,  Ind.,  Esther  Hughs,  daughter  Thomas,  and  Mary  Jones,  of  Indiana, 
his  wife.     She  was  born -Nov.  28th,  1829,  her  parents  were  from  Derby- 
shire, England.     He  was  dismissed  and  recommended  by  letter,  1841, 
to  church  in  Indiana,  where  he  engaged  in  merchandize,  but  lost  his  health 
and  returned,  and  died  here  Sept.  2d,  1854,  aged  31,  of  consumption. 

THEIR    CHILDREN. 

1.  Emily  Rowena,  born  April  18th,  1849,  at  Indiana,  died  Feb.  14th,  1850. 

2.  Isaac  Lee,  born  April  8th,  1851,  at  Rensalier. 

3.  Cyrus  Thomas,  bora  Feb.  17th,  1853,  at  Rensalier. 

849.  "  NOAH  W.  STANLEY,"  to  church  Aug.  6th,  1837,  born  Nov.  19th, 
1794,  to  Noah,  and  his  third  wife,  No.  (202,)  married  Oct.  26th,  1824, 
No.  (850.)     He  was  a  successful  farmer  and  inherited  the  home  of  his 
father  in  Stanley  quarter ;  has  been  a  teacher  and  school  visitor  many 
years,  and  greatly  interested  in  agricultural  pursuits  and  societies ;  was 
one  of  the  standing  committee  of  the  church  in  1857,  been  much  engaged 
in  public  business  and  reforms. 

850.  "  Mrs.  LAURA  F.,  wife  of  Noah  W.  Stanley,"  to  church  Aug.  6th, 
1837,  baptized  same  time  ;  born  March  19th,  1804,  to  Oliver  Stanley,  and 
his  wife  Fanny  (Booth,).     She  was  an  only  daughter  of  her  parents,  and 
was  sister  of  No.  (675,)  married  Oct.  26th,  1824,  No.  (849.) 

THEIR   ONLY    CHILD. 

Helen  Melissa,  born  Jan.  28th,  1826,  bap.   August  20th,  1837,  died  April  29th, 
1843,  aged  17. 

851.  JOHN  STANLEY,  2d,"  to  church  Aug.  6th,  1837  ;  born  Sept.  22d, 
1808,  to  No.  (442,)  and  his  second  wife,  No.  (319,)  married  May  28th, 
1843,  Mary  Lyman  Francis,  daughter  of  Selah.  of  Candor,  N.  Y.,  and 
his  wife  Roxy  (Buckley,)  of  Rocky  Hill,  Ct.;  she  died  Oct  14th,  1849, 
aged  34,  when  he  married,  second,  May,  1855,  Martha  J.  Forbes,  daugh- 
ter of  Charles,  of  East  Hartford,  and  his  wife  (Ward,)  born  , 
died  Feb.  26th,  1859,  aged  27.     He  was  a  brass  manufacturer  in  Hart 
quarter  until                ,  when  he  bought  out  the  house  and  former  home  of 
James  Booth,  sen.,  and  moved  it  to  Walnut  street,  when  he  built  on  the 


374  FIRST     CHURCH 

old  site.     He  was  dismissed  and  recommended  by  letter  to  South  church, 
April,  1856. 

THEIR    CHILDREN. 

1.  Mary  Lyman,  born  July  23d,  1845,  bap.  Dec.  6th,  1846. 

2.  John  Pembroke,  born  Oct.  llth,  1849. 

SECOND  WIFE'S  CHILD. 

3.  Charles  Forbes,  born  Feb.  18th,  1859. 

852.  "SELAH  STEELE,"  to  church  Aug.  6th,  1837,  born  April  19th, 
1764,  to  Ebenezer,  and  his  wife,  No.  (148 ;)   was  in  the  war  of  the  Rev- 
lution;  married  April  14th,  1786,  No.  (853,)  lived  in  Southwest  district, 
on  the  side  of  the  mountain,  where  now,  1861,  his  son  Roswell  owns  and 
occupies ;  was  a  plain,  honest  farmer ;  converted  to  Christ  late  in   life ; 
was  a  fine  specimen  of  plain   living,  and  honest  industry  of  the  "  olden 
times."     He  died  Oct.  22d,  1845,  aged  82. 

853.  "  Mrs.  TRIAL  STEELE,"  to  church  Aug.  6th,  1837,  baptized  same 
time,  born  May  12th,  1763,  to  John  Stedman,  and  his  wife  Mary  (Hotch- 
kiss,)  married  April  14th,  1786,  No.  (852 ;)  her  father  was  a  weaver  and 
learned  his  trade  of  Deacon  Bull,  of  Farmington  ;  her  mother  was  daugh- 
ter of  No.  (67,)  and  was  a  woman  of  superior  mind.     Mrs.  Trial  Steele 
died,  April  16th,  1856,  aged  93. 

THEIR    CHILDREN. 

1.  Amy,  born  July  5th,  1787,  see  No.  (642  )  1 

2.  Selah,  born  May  25th,  1789,  see  No.  (482.) 

3.  Ira,  born  Aug.  16th,  1792,  married  Oct.  30th,  1817,  No.  (910.) 

4.  Roswell  S.,  born  Nov.  25th,  1796,  see  No.  (514.) 

5.  Diadema,  born  Oct.  6th,  1798,  see  No.  (390.) 

6.  Mary,  born  May  12th,  1802,  see  No.  (1253.) 

7.  Thirza,  born  July  llth,  1804,  married  April  llth,  1824,  No.  (676.) 

854.  "  ELISHA  MASON  STODDARD,"  to  church  Aug.  6th,  1837,  bap- 
tized same  time,  born  Jan.  6th,  1811,  at  Newington,   to  Elisha,  and  hia 
wife  Bula  (Wells,)  daughter  of  Deacon  James   Wells.     He  learned  the 
jeweler's  trade  of  North  &  Churchill,  in  this  place,  traveled  at  the  west, 
and  was  for  several  years  engaged  in   Connecticut  on   railroad ;  married 
Oct.  1st,  1850,  Julia  Merriman,  of  Southington,  daughter  of  Anson,  and 
his  wife  Fanny  (Hubbard ;)  located  now,  1862,  in  Dixon,  111.     She  was 
born  June  12th,  1829! 

THEIR    CHILDREN. 

1.  Willie,  born  June  22d  1853,  died  Jan.  21st,  1857,  aged  18  months. 

2.  Fanny,  born  Jan.  5th,  1857. 

855.  Mrs.  ALMIRA  STRICKLAND,"  to  church  August  6th,  1837,  born 
July  27th,  1816,  to  Elihu  Burritt,  sen.,  and  his  wife,  No.  (290,)  married 
Nov.  24th,  1836,  Stephen  Lyman  Strickland,  son  of  Stephen,  of  Glasten- 


OF     NEW     BRITAIN.  375 

bury,  and  his  wife  Nancy  (Tryon,)  of  Middletown,  born  Sept.  22d,  1813, 
at  Glastenbury,  a  brick  mason  by  trade,  but  for  several  years,  and  now, 
1861,  engaged  in  merchandize  ;  his  residence,  back  from  Main  street,  op- 
posite his  block  of  brick  buildings ;  is  warden  of  the  borough,  and  been 
active  in  enlarging  and  beautifying  the  village.  He  died  March  24th, 
1865,  in  his  52d  year. 

THEIR    CHILDREN. 

1.  Ann  Cornwell,  born  Jan.  24th,  183S,  bap.  1838,  see  No.  (1128.) 

2.  Ellen  Louisa,  bora  Nov.  16th,  1840,  bap.  Aug.  3d,  1845,  see  No.  (1183.)      » 

856.  "THOMAS  TRACY,"  to  church  Aug.  6th,  1837,  born  May  10th, 
1809,  to  Fanning,  of  Canterbury,  and  his  wife  Lucy  (Adams,)  of  Lisbon. 
He  is  a  machinist  of  inventive  genius;  married  Nov.  26th,  1835,  No. 
(926,)  she  died,  when  he  married,  second,  Sept.  23d,  1847,  No.  (1035.) 
His  present  residence  is  in  Stanley  quarter,  the  house  formerly  of  Jesse 
Stanley,  and  after  him  Nehemiah  Peck.  Mr.  Tracy  has  gained  a  great 
celebrity  as  a  mechanic,  in  perfecting  the  hook  and  eye  machines,  and 
especially  in  the  construction  of  "  Isham's  bank  lock." 


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THEIR    CHILDREN. 

1.  Elizabeth  Adams,  born  Aug.  17th,  1836,  bap.  Aug.  20th,  1837,  see  No.  (1173.; 

2.  Emily,  born  ,  bap.  1840,  died  Aug.  2d,  1843,  aged  6. 

3.  Lucy  Augusta,  born  June  27th,  1840,  bap.  1840,  see  No.  (         .) 

f  Thomas  Edwin,  born  Jan.  '10th,  1843,  bap.  Aug.  3d,  1843;  a  three  years 
volunteer  in  Co.  G,  6th  Reg.  C.  V.,  and  died  Jan.  30th,  1862,  at  Port 
f  j      Royal,  S.  C. 

5.  J   '     [  William  Edgar,  born  Jan.  10th,  1843,  bap.  Aug.  3d,  1843,  see  No.  (1325.) 

6.  George,  born  June  27th,  1845,  died  Sept.  20th,  1845,  aged  3  months. 

SECOND  WIFE'S  CHILD. 

7.  Hattie,  born  Aug.  23d,  1851,  bap.  Jan.  16th,  1853. 

857.  "  JANE  N.  UPSON,"  to  church  August  6th,  1837,'  born  Feb.  9th, 
1821,  to  No.  (450,)  and  his  wife,  No.  (317,)  married  Nov.  8th,  1841, 
William  L.  Coan,  born  Dec.  20th,  1822,  to  Davis,  of  Guilford,  and  his 
wife  Catharine  (Fowler.)      He  is,  1862—3,  a  missionary  to   ex-slaves  at 
Fortress  Monroe.     The  family  formerly  lived  at  Chelsea  and  Mt.  Wash- 
ington, Mass.     She  was  dismissed  and  recommended  by  letter  to  church  in 
Meriden,  1840. 

THEIR   CHILDREN. 

1.  Jane  C.,  born  March  2d,  1845,  died,  aged  17  months. 

2.  Jennie  E.,  born  Sept.  6th,  1849. 

3.  William  N.,  born  Nov.  30th,  1855. 

4.  Ernest  L.  born  Sept.  7th,  1858,  died,  aged  14  days. 

858.  "  CURTISS  WHAPLES,"  to  church  Aug.  6th,  1837,  born  Nov.  21st, 
1804,  in  Newington,  to  Elisha,  and  his  wife  Nancy  (Blinn,)  bred  a  mer- 
chant; married  June  12th,  1827,  Betsey  Lee,  daughter  of  No.  (351,)  and 


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bis  wife,  No.  (348,)  born  March  27tb,  1804  (probably.)  She  died  Dec. 
10th,  1836,  aged  32,  when  he  married,  second,  May  2d,  1838,  Elizabeth 
Curtiss  Lusk,  of  New  Hartford,  daughter  of  Solomon,  and  his  wife,  No. 
(880.)  Mr.  Whapjes  has  distinguished  himself  as  a  salesman ;  his  resi- 
dence is  on  Main  street ;  to  South  church,  1842. 

THEIR   CHILDREN. 

^  1.  Charles  Curtiss,  born  March  13th,  1828,  bap.  Aug.  13th,  1837. 

2.  Elizabeth  Lee,  born  Sept.  10th,  1829,  bap.  Aug.  13th,  1837,  married  June  23d, 
1851,  George  R.  Post. 

CHILDREN    BY    SECOND    WIFE. 

3.  Infant,  born  Aug.  llth,  1840,  died  March  llth,  1841. 

4.  Amelia  Meigs,  born  Aug.  llth,  1841,  bap.  1841,  died  Sept.  18th,  1842,  aged  13 
months  and  5  days. 

5.  Meigs  Haywood,  born  July  16th,  1845;  clerk  in  New  Britain  bank,  1863. 

6.  Isabella,  born  Nov.  4th,  1850. 

859.  "  ELIZABETH  P.  WHITTLESEY,"  to  church  Aug.  6th,  1837,  born 
Nov.  1st,  1822,  to  No.  (321,)  married  Oct.  27th,  1847,  Rev.  Charles  W. 
Camp,  son  of  Joel,  and  his  wife  Comfort  (Whittlesey.)     He  is  now,  1863, 
pastor  of  a  Congregational  church  at  Sheboygan,  Wis.     She  was  dismissed 
and  recommended  by  letter,  March  22d,  1846,  to  the  Church  of  the  Pu- 
ritans, New  York. 

THEIR   CHILDREN. 

1.  Lilly  C.,  born  April  27th,  1849,  at  Genesee,  Wis. 

2.  Charles  E.,  born  April  25th,  1852,  in  Genesee,  Wis. 

3.  George  W.,  born  July  19th,  1854,  at  Sheboygan,  Wis.,  died  Aug.  14th,  1854, 
aged  one  month. 

4.  Mary  E.,  born  June  7th,  1857,  at  Sheboygan,  Wis.,  died  Sept.  19th,  1858,  aged 
15  months. 

5.  Edgar  Whittlesey,  born  Feb.  27th,  1860,  at  Sheboygan,  Wis. 

6.  Homer,  born  April  llth,  1863,  at  Sheboygan,  Wis. 

860.  "  ELIPHALET  WHITTLESEY,"  to  church  Aug.  6th,  1837,  born 
May  14th,  1821,  to  No.  (321,)  graduated  at  Yale  College  in  1842;  dis- 
missed and  recommended  there  by  letter,  1839.     Ordained  and  installed 
pastor  of  a  church,  1851,  in  Bath,  Maine  ;  married  Oct.  31st,  1854,  Ann 
Augusta  Patten,  born- Oct.  5th,  1834,  to  George  F.  Patten,  and  his  wife 
Hannah  (Thomas,)  at  Bath,  Me.     He  was  in  early  manhood  a  teacher  at 
the  south ;  has  traveled,  (since  his  settlement  in  the  ministry.)  in  Europe 
for  his  health.     Now,  1862,  he  is  Professor  of  Rhetoric   and  Oratory  in 
Bowdoin  College,  Maine,   and    chaplain   in   19th   Reg.  Maine  Yols.,  and 
went  to  Virginia  in  Aug.  1802 ;  in  Sept.,  1862,  was  promoted  to  colonel, 
and  was  on  the  staff  of  General  Howard. 


OF    NEW    BRITAIN.  377 

THEIR    CHILDREN. 

1.  George  Patten,  born  Feb.  24th,  1856,  at  Bath,  Me. 

2.  Mary  Howard,  born  Jan.  31st,  1860,  at  Bath,  Me. 

3.  Frederick  William,  born  July  13th,  1861,  at  Bath,  Me. 

861.  "  BETSEY  WOODRUFF,"  to  church  August  6th,  1837,  born  May 
19th,  1818,  to  No.  (381,)  and  his  wife,  No.  (557,)  married  October  8th, 
1838,  No.  (890  ;)  both  to  South  church,  1842.     She  died  Oct.  1st,  1845, 
at  Hamburg,  Tenn. 

862.  "  MARIA  WOOODRUFF,"  to  church  Aug.  6th,  1837,  born  May  oth, 
1820,  to  No.  (381,)  and  his  wife,  No.  (557,)  married  June  3d,  1842,  No. 
(814,)  dismissed  and  recommended  by  letter  to  church  in   Kensington, 
Dec.,  1854.     She  died  June  5th,  1862,  aged  42,  at  Kensington. 

863.  "ALMA  WOODRUFF,"  to  church  Aug.  6th,  1837,  by  letter  from 
church  in  Lenox,  Mass.,  born  Aug.  19th,  1771,  an  Albino,  to  No.  (565,) 
and  his  wife,  No.  (566,)  she  died  July  9th,  1853,  aged  82;  never  mar- 
ried ;  to  South  church,  1842. 

864.  "  JULIUS  PARKER,"  to  church  Sept,  10th,  1837,  by  letter  from 
church  in  Meriden,  born  July  10th,  1805,  at  Meriden,  to  Denison,  and 
Lydia  (Bradley,)  his  wife,  married  Jan.  31st,  1838,  No.  (891.)     His  res- 
idence and  factory,  on  corner  of  Arch  and  Walnut  streets  ;  has  been  a 
merchant,  but  now,  1861,  is  a  manufacturer;  been   successful  in  business 
and  trade,  and  liberal  in  his  benefactions. 

THEIR   CHILDREN. 

1.  Ellen  Warner,  born  Oct.  18th,  1842,  bap.  Aug.  6th,  1843,  see  No.  (1179..) 

2.  Charles  Julius,  born  Oct.  21st,  1849,  bap.  Juno,  1850,  see  No.  (1392.) 

865.  «  MRS.  ESTHER  PINKS,"  to  church  Sept.  17th,  1837,  by  letter 
from  church  in  East  Stafford,  Conn  ;  born  Oct.  5th,  1799,  to  Henry  Flint, 
of  Concord,   Mass.,  and  his  wife  Bulah  (Wheeler  ;)   married  Nov.   7th, 
1822,  Jonathan  Chapin  Pinks,  (son  of  John,   one  of  the  army  of  Bur- 
goyne  as  a  tailor;)  born  Aug.  20th,  1797  ;  came  to  this  town  soon  after 
marriage  and  lived  in  Stanley  quarter;  he  died  March  24th,  1841,  aged 
43.     She  by  industry  and  economy  built  a  house  on  Elm  Street,  where 
now,  1861,  she  resides,  having  returned  from  Hanover,  in   Meriden,  to 
which  church  she  was  recommended   1857,  but  returned  1860,  by  letter 
from  that  church. 

THEIR   CHILDREN. 

1.  John  Heiiry,  born  Sept.  13th,  1823,  died  July  6th,  1837,  aged  13. 

2.  Luther  Chapin,  born  March  10th,  1825,  at  Boston. 


5.  Esther  Flint,  born  July  22d,  1830,  see  No.  (981.) 

6.  Mary  Ballard,  born  Jan.  16th,  1832;  married  May  8th,   1853,  Eufus  Olcott,of 
Waterbury. 


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7.  Win.  Wisner,  born  Jan.  12th,  1835,  married  Abbe  E.  Hall,  of  Wallingford. 

8.  Ellen  Tamar,  born  Nov.  6th,  1836,  see  No.  (1287.) 

9.  Sarah  Elizabeth,  born  March  3d,  1839,  bap.  1840  ;  see  No.  (1122.) 
10.  Marion  Esther,  bora  April  8th,  1840,  see  No.  (1288.) 

866.  "LEANDER  P.  ROWLEY,"  to  church  Sept.  17th,  1837,  by  letter 
from  church  in  Farmington;  born    Feb.  loth,   1812,  in   Farmington,  to 
Simeon  and  his  wife  Elizabeth  (Griswold,)  of  New  Britain,   daughter  of 
Ashbel.     He  married  Oct.  llth,  1832,  No.   (838.)     He  was  admitted  to 
Farmington  church,  1829,  and  baptized  same  time  ;  he  was  a  shoe  maker; 
learned  of  George  Hart,  of  this  place;  both  dismissed  and  recommended 
by  letter  to  church  in  West  Avon.     He  enlisted  into  the  army  to  put  down 
the  great  "slave  holders'   rebellion,"  of  1861-2,  as  sergeant  drummer  in 
the  8th  regiment  Conn.  Volunteers;  was  in  the  battle  at  Roanoke  Island, 
Newbern  and  Fort  Macon,  when  his  health  failed  and  he  returned. 

THEIE   CHILDREN. 

1.  Burdette  L.born  May  22d,  1834,  at  Farmington  ;  married  May  20th,  1S55,  Sarah 
Grant. 

2.  Mary  P.  born  April  12th,  1836,  at  Farmington. 

3.  Perrin  W.  born  April  9th,  1841,  at  Avon. 

4.  Burnham  C.  bora  Aug.  224,  1844,  at  " 

5.  Edgar  Percival,  bora  June  26th,  1850,  at  Farmington. 

867.  "ELIZA  G.  SxATH,"to  church  Sept.  17th,  1837,  by  letter  from 
Farmington  ;  daughter  of  Simeon  Rowley,  of  Farmington,  sister  of  No. 
(866;)  born  Dec.  25th,  1802;  to  church  in  Farmington,   1821,  and  bap- 
tized same  time;  married  Feb.  15th,  1825,  Chester  Snath,  son  of  Joseph 
and  his  wife  Jane  (Wilcox ;)  born  April  14th,  1800,  at  Burlington.     She 
died  Aug.  18th,  1854,  aged  52,  at  Hartford. 

THEIR    CHILDREN. 

1.  Harriet  Elizn,  bora  Oct.  22d,  1826;  married  June,   1848,  Geo.   Hollistcr.     She 
died  Aug.  12th,  1852. 

2.  Mary  Jenette,  born  July  22d,  1828  ;  bap.  Dec.  13th,  1829,  at  Farmington. 

3.  Henry  Rowley,  bora  Dec.  9th,  1833,  at  New  Britain,  and  bap.  there,  Oct.  8th, 
1837. 

868.  "  EMILY  H.  WATROUS,"  to  church  Sept.  24th,  1837,  by  letter 
from  West  Springfield,  Mass. ;  daughter  of  Leonard  Belden  and  his  wife 
No.  (324;)  born  Sept.  12th,  1798;  married  May   16th,  1820,  Lee  M, 
Watrous,  son  of  Smith  Watrous,  of  Lyme,   Conn.,   and  his   wife  Eunice 
(Marven  ;)  born   Oct.    28th,  1796  ;  he  was  a  member   of  Dr.  Hawes' 
church,  Hartford,  until  his  death,  June  23d,  1838,  aged  42.     When  second 
she  married,  June  2d,  1842,  Lemuel  Hitchcock,  of  Cheshire,  Conn. ;  they 
live  now,  1861,  in  East  Windham,  New  York.     (Post  office,  "  Big  Hol- 
low.")    Mr.  Watrous  was  a  blacksmith  and  machinist.     Children,  Eliza- 


OP    NEW    BRITAIN.  379 

beth  L.  Watrous,  Mary  J.  Watrous,  Hannah  B.  Watrous  ;  the  mother 
was  dismissed  and  recommended  by  letter  to  East  Windham  church,  New 
York. 

869.  "  SYLVENDER  ELLIS,"  to  church  Oct.  1st,  1837  ;  born  Sept.  18th> 
1817,  to  No.   (717 ;)  a  joiner   by  trade,   learned  of  No.   (920;)  married 
April  27th,  1842,  No.  (1080,)  residence  on  Chestnut  Street.     He  was  dis- 
missed and  recommended  by  letter  to  church  in   Somers,  1842,  but  re- 
turned 1852,  by  letter. 

THEIR    CHILDREN. 

1.  Wm.  Henry,  bora  Nov.  10th,  1843,  at  Somers,  see  No.  (1390.) 

2.  Marion  Roselle,  bora  Aug.  1st,  1848,          "         "       "(1386.) 

870.  "  MARILLA.  COLLINS,"  to  church  Oct.  1st,   1837,  by  letter  from 
church  in  New  Marlboro,  south  ;  born  April  14th,  1810,  at  New  Marlboro, 
Mass.,  to  David  and  his  wife  Hannah  (Gilbert,)  alias  Widow  Case ;  mar- 
ried ,  1839,  Ira  Callender,  and  was  his  second  wife;   to   south 
church,  1842.     She  died  May  5th,   1849,  aged  39  ;  when  third  he  mar- 
ried Sally  Maria  (Johnson,)  Widow   of  Benjamin,  of  New   York   State. 
His  first  wife  was  Mary  (Gridley  ;)  he   son  of  Wm.   Callender  and  his 
wife  Lucy  (Dickinson  ;)  born  Oct.   14th,  1808,  at  Rocky  Hill,  and  is  a 
very  skillful  mechanic.     He  resides  on  Elm  Street. 

HER   CHILDREN. 

1.  Henry  Addison,  born  May  12th,  1840. 

2.  Dwight  Collins,  born  Aug.  20th,  1842. 

3.  Frederic  Eugene,  born  July  20th,  1844. 

4.  Mary  Marilla,  born  April  24th,  1849. 

871.  "  ELI  B.  SMITH,"  to  church  Nov.  5th,  1837,  by  letter  from  the 
church  in  South  Cornwell,  Conn. ;  born  Nov.  25th,  1815,  to  No.  (747,)  at 
Harwinton  ;  married  Nov.  27th,  1838,  No.  (988.)     He  is  a  wagon  maker 
by  trade  ;  built  the  house  on  horse  plain,  standing  on  the  site  of  one  built 
100  year.s  since,  by  Capt.  Lemuel  Hotchkiss.     Mr.  Smith,  now  1861,  fol- 
lows farming  ;  dismissed  and  recommended  to  church  in  Granville,  Mass., 
June  15th,  1866. 

THEIR    CHILDREN. 

1 .  Infant,  born  Nov.  3d,  1 839  ;  died  aged  3  months,  buried  at  Cornwall. 

2.  Francis  M.  born  March   24th,  1841,  at  Cornwall;  to   Plainville   church,   Sept. 
1858;  she  married  1865,  Benj.  Page. 

3.  Infant,  born  ,  died  aged  3  weeks,  buried  at  New  Britain. 

4.  Infant,  born  ,  died  aged  3  days,  buried          "  " 

872.  "TmoTHTS.  WETMORE,"  to  church   Dec.  3d,   1837,  by  letter 
from  church  in  Litchfield ;  born  July   16th,  1810,  to  John,  of  Litchfield, 
and  his  wife  Anna  (Seymour ;)  he  is  a  joiner  by  trade  and  occupation  ; 
live  on  Arch  Street ;  married  May  18th,  1836,  No.  (732  ;)  held  civil  and 
military  offices. 


380  FIRST     CHURCH 

THEIR   CHILDREN. 

1.  Dwight  Erwin  b>.M    A.IJ.    12th,   1837,  bap    Dec.  3d,  1837;  died    Tune  30th, 
1865,  of  Hemorrhage. 

2.  Junius  Marcellus,  born  June  13th,  1839,  bap.  Aug.  3d,  1845;  died   April  llth, 
1862,  of  consumption. 

3.  Mary  Seymour,  born  Nov.  6th,  1850,  bap.  July  13th,  1851. 

4.  Frederic  Henry,  born  Nov.  7th,  1853. 

873.  "LAURA  B.  GRISWOLD,"  to  church  Oct.  1st,  1837;  born   Dec. 
1st,  1824,  to  Riley   and  his  wife,  No.   (810 ;)  married   June  10th,  1846, 
Ransom  Hills  of  East  Hartford ;  she  was  dismissed  and  recommended  by 
letter  to  Chapel  Street  church,  New  Haven,  Feb.  llth,   1859;  had  been 
dismissed  and  recommended  by  letter  to  East  Hartford,  and  received  back, 
1854;  he  is  a  house  painter  now,  1863,  form  the  firm  of  Hills  &  Butler, 
New  Haven. 

THEIR   CHILD. 

Mattie,  born  April  7th,  1856,  at  New  Britain. 

874.  "  ELVIRA  S.  POTTER,"  to  church  Oct.  1st,  1837  ;  born  Aug.  13th, 
1818,  at  Harwinton,  to  Isaac  and  his  wife  Anna  (Scovill ;)  she   spent  one 
year  at  Holyoke   Seminary,  Mass. ;  went  west  and  taught  at  Rushville, 
111.,  until  1843 ;  she  married  1843,  James  B.   Sweetland,  a  lawyer  from 
Rochester,  New  York;  he  died  Aug.  12th,  1845,  when  second  she  mar- 
ried, 1847,  Alexander  Stame,  of  Griggsville  ;  he  a  railroad  man  ;  she  has 
three  sons  and  one  daughter,  now,  1861  ;  she  was  dismissed  and  recom- 
mended by  letter  to  111. ;  is  sister  of  No.  (911.) 

875.  "  LUCY  P.  GAGER,"  to  church  Jan.  4th,  1838,  by  letter  from 
church  in  Tolland  ;  came  to  this  place  as  a  milliner,  a  woman  of  force  of 
character  and  energy  ;  she  married  Sept.  6th,  1838,  No.  (919  ;)  born  Feb. 
29th,  1816,  at  Tolland,  to  Andrew  and  his  wife  Lois  (Webb,)  of  Scotland, 
Windham  County,  she  died  Feb.  26th,  1852,  aged  36  ;  she  had  been  dis- 
missed and  recommended  to  South  church  by  letter,  Nov.  17th,  1845. 

876.  "OziAS  B.  BASSETT,"  to  church  Feb.  4th,  1838,  by  letter  from 
the  church  in  Milton,  Conn. ;  born  March  7th,  1806,  to  Nathan  and  his 
wife  Mehitable  (Buel,)  of  Litchfield,  daughter  of  Ira,  married  May  23d, 
1833,  No.  (877  ;)  a  farmer  by  occupation  ;  is  a  magistrate  and  has  repre- 
sented the  town  in  the  legislature ;  his  residence  is  south  of  South   Park, 
on  Main  Street;  owns  the   farm  formerly  owned  and   occupied  by  No. 
(198  ;)  has  been  Superintendent  of  South  church  Sunday  school,  select- 
man, assessor,  &c.,  in  town. 

877.  "  MRS.  EMELINE  BASSETT,"  to  church  Feb.  4th,  1838,  by  letter 
from  the  church  in   Simsbury ;  born  Dec.   llth,   1805,  at   Simsbury,  to 
Salmon  Eno  and  his  wife  Polly  (Richards ;)  married  May  23d,  1833,  No. 
(876  ;)  to  south  church  by  letter,  Nov.  1844,  with  her  husband,  No  (876.) 


OF    NEW     BRITAIN.  381 

THEIR    CHILDREN. 

1.  Helen  Jane,  bora  Nov.  17th,  1833,  bap.  1838;  married  April  25th,  1855,  Edward 
Doen. 

2.  Chas.  G.  born  Jan.  1st,  1834  ;  died  aged  1  month. 

3.  Aaron  Eno,  born  May  4th,  1835,  bap.  1838  ;  died  May  12th,  1860,  aged  25,  after 
long  sickness. 

4.  William,  born  Feb.  1836  ;  died  aged  9  months. 

5.  Mary  Ann  Humphrey,  born  Jan.  4th,  1837,  bap.  1838. 

6.  Frederic  Henry,  born  Nov.  4th,  1839,  bap.  1840 ;  a  C.  V.  in  Co.  A,  13th  reg., 
1861-2. 

7.  Milton  Humphrey,  born  Dec.  15th,  1840,  a  C.  V.  in  Co.  A,  13th,  reg.,  1861-2. 

8.  Mary  Eno,  bora  May  9th,  1841 ;  married  May  9th,  1866,  Joseph  P.  Mumford  of 
Philadelphia. 

9.  Ozias  Bmdette,  born  July  5th,  1844. 

10.  Emeline  Julia,  born  Nov.  24th,  1846. 

11.  Franklin  Nathan,  bom  Feb.  28th,  1849. 

12.  Rosie  Augusta,  bora  April )  1th,  1851. 

878.  "LEMUEL  LOMADY,"  to  church  Feb.  llth,  1838,  by  letter  from 
Farmington,  born  May  7th,  1815,  at   Farmington,  to  Titus  and  his  wife 
Viletta  (Naman,)  married  Nov.   24th,  1833,  Lucinda   (Swears,)   daugh- 
ter of  John,  and   his  wife  Clarissa  (Gandy,)  born  Sept.  15th,  1815,  at 
Poquonnoc.     He  to  church  in   Farmington,  Aug.   2d,   1829.     Residence 
foot  of  "  Burritt  Hill,"  on  North  Street. 

THEIR   CHILDREN. 

1.  Maria,  bom  Nov.  7th,  1834. 

2.  Sarah/born  April  17th,  1839. 

879.  «MRS.  ELIZABETH   MEIGS,"  to  church  Feb.  25th,  1838,  by  letter 
from  church  in  New  Hartford,  North.     She  was  daughter   of  Benjamin 
Henshaw,  of  Middletown,  Conn.,  and  his  wife  Elizabeth  (Lord,)  born  July 
3d,  1755,  married  June  18th,  1781,  Major  John  Meigs,  son  of  Col.  Jona- 
than and  his  wife  Grace  (Starr.)     He  was  in  the  whole  war  of  the  Rev  - 
olution.     He  was  a  hatter  by  trade,  learned  of  his  father.     After  the  war 
he  moved  to  New  Hartford,  "  Town  Hill,"  but  about  1800   to  North  end 
village.     His  widow  came   to  this  place  about  the  time  her  daughter 
Esther  married  Thomas  Lee,  Esq.,  and  drew  a  pension  from  government 
of  $280.00  per  annum.     She  lived  to  March  5th,  1847,  aged  95 ;  buried 
on  the  bank  of  the  Conn,  river,  in  Middletown,  and  a  large  red   stone 
monument  tells  where.     The  whole  amount  of  pension  money  paid  to 
Major  John  Meigs  and  his   Widow  Elizabeth,   was  about   $6,000.     To 
South  church,  1842. 

THEIR  CHILDREN. 

•1.  Return  John,  bora  Aug.  30th,  1782,  lived  a  bachelor,  died  at  Augusta,  Ga. 

2.  Benj.  Henshaw,  bora  March  27th,  1784,  married  Ellen  Vandyke,  of  N.  Y. 

3.  Elizabeth  Lord,  bora  Dec.  8th,  1785,  died  April  28th,  1792. 


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4.  Eichard  Montgomery,  born  Aug.  8th,  1787,  married  Maria  Keeler,  of  Albany. 

5.  Sally  Maria,  bora  March  28th,  1789,  married   Dr.  Erastus  Williams,  of  Knox, 
New  York. 

6.  Esther  Lopez,  born  Feb.  24th,  1791,  married  Nov.  25th,  1809,  Solomon  Lusk, 
see  No.  (880.) 

7.  Joseph  Henshaw,  bora  May  18th,  1793,  married  ,  lives  in  Clarksville,  Ga. 

8.  George  Lord,  born  Feb.  23d,  1796,  married  ,  died  in  Knox,  aged  50. 

880.  "MRS.  ESTHER  L.  LEE,"  to  church  Feb.  25th,  1838,  by  letter 
from  church  in  New  Hartford,  North,  born  Feb.  24th,  1791,  to  Maj.  John 
Meigs,  at  Middletown,  married  Nov.  25th,  1809,  Solomon  Lusk,  only  son 
of  David,  of  New  Britain,  and  his  wife  Betsey  (Curtiss,)  born  1790;  they 
lived  in  New   Hartford,  but  he  died  July  19th,   1812,  aged  22,  under  the 
care  of  Dr.  Todd,  of  Farmington,  when  second  she  married,  Jan.. 3d,  1838, 
No.  (356.)     She  to  South  church,  1842,  and  died  March  18th,  1865, 
aged  74. 

HER  CHILDREN    BY    FIRST    HUSBAND. 

1.  Elizabeth  Curtiss,  born  Sept.  21st,  1810,  married  May  2d,  1838,  No.  (858.) 

2.  Solomon  Adna,  born  May  3d,  1812,  died  Oct.  22d,  1821,  aged  5  months. 

881.  "MART  B.  HOUGH,"  to  church  1838,  by  letter  from  the  church 
in  Meriden,  born  Feb.  26th,  1816,  at  Bristol,  to  No.  (756,)  married  April 
23d,  1840,  No.  (773.) 

882.  "Lois  BASSET,"  to  church  1838,  by  letter  from  church  in  South- 
ington,  to  that  church,  1831,  daughter  of  Benoni  Evans,  of  Southington, 
and  his  wife  Lois  (Sandford,)   of  Rocky  Hill,  born  Oct.   29th,  1813,  at 
Southington,  baptized  there  Aug.  4th,  1822,  married  June  3d,-*  1838,  No. 
(376,)  she  died  Dec.  3d,  1853,  aged  40,  at  Simsbury. 

883.  "  ELIZA,  wife  of  JOHN  S.  WHITTLESEY,"  to  church  1838,  by  letter 
from  church  in  Petersham,  Mass.,  born  Aug.  31st,  1812,  to  Abraham  Has- 
kell  and  his  wife  Mary,  (Gallond,)  married  March  19th,  1834,  No.  (611.) 
She  was  dismissed  and  recommended  by  letter  to  church  in  Durant,  Iowa, 
June  26th,  1857,  now,  1863,  resides  in  Janesville,  Wis. 

884.  "  WALTER  STANLEY,"  to  church  1838,  by  letter  from  Springfield, 
Mass.,  born  Sept.  1st,  1820,  to  No.-  (921,)  and  his  wife,  No.  (529  ;)  learned 
the  printers'  trade  in  Springfield,  of  Geo.  Merriam,  has  been  a  manufac- 
turer, kept  a  Meat  Market  for  several  years,  his  residence  on  Lee  Street, 
at  the  foot  of  "  Dublin  Hill ;"  married  April  12th,  1842,  No.  (997,)  has 
been  a  constant  singer  in  our  church  choir  for  many  years.     His  present 
residence  is  on  East  Main  street. 

THEIR  CHILDREN. 

1.  Francis  Elijah,  bom  Nov.  7th,  1842,  was  a  3  months  soldier  on  the  Potomac,  1861. 
Also,  orderly  sergeant  in  Co.  A,  13th  reg.  C.  V.,  at  Ship  Island  and  New  Orleans  1862  ; 
he  fell  in  the  battle  of  Irish  Bend,  La.,  while  leading  as  Orderly  Sergeant,  his  Co.,  against 
the  rebel  forces,  April  14th,  1863.  He  was  a  fine  form,  tall  and  brave,  his  body  was 
brought  on,  and  his  funeral  attended  March  1st,  1864,  at  Center  church.  Sermon  and 
Eulogy. 


OP    NEW    BRITAIN.  383 

2.  Edward  Preston,  born  June  17th,  1844,  bap.  July  31st,  1845,  died  Dec.  8th,  1860, 
aged  16. 

3.  Albert  Seymour,  born  Nov.  4th,  1845,  bap.  June  4th,  1846. 

4.  George  Walter,  bora  Jan.  19th,  1848,  bap.  Aug.  3d,  1848. 

5.  Herbert  Lyman,  born  Feb.  1st,  1850,  bap.  July,  1850. 

6.  Emma  Maria,  born  March  18th,  1853. 

885.  "SARAH  B.  wife  of  Wrn.  A.  Churchill,"  to  church  1839,  by  letter 
from  the  church  in  Wethersfield,  born,  Feb.  24th,  1810,  to   Capt.   Hosea 
Blinn,  of  Wethersfield,  and  his  wife  Mehitabel  (Wolcott,)   married  Dec. 
4th.  1838,  No.  (695,)  was    his  second  wife,  and  is  ready  to  every  good 
work. 

886.  "  ANNA,  wife  of  James  Stanley,"   to  church  1839,  by  letter  from 
church  in    (upper  Middletown,)   now   Cromwell.     Maiden  name,  Anna 
North  Stow,  daughter  of  Capt.  Thomas  and  his  wife,  No.  (1021,)  born 
April  18th,   18 1 6,  at  upper  Middletown,  married  July  5th,  1836,  No. 
(1165  ;)  she  died  Aug.  10th,   1862,  aged  46.     She  was  a  woman  of  un- 
common intelligence  and  spirituality. 

887.  "  LYDIA  H.  WIFE  OF  REV.  D.  M.  SEWARD/'IO  church  1839,  by 
letter  from  the  church  in  Middletown,  born  March   26th,  1814,  at  Mid- 
dletown, to  Col.  Simeon  North  and  his  wife  Lydia   (Huntington,)  daugh- 
ter of  Rev.  Enoch,  married  March  2d,  1836.     He,  son  of  Seth,  of  Dur- 
ham and  his  wife  Rhoda  (Picket,)  born  July  31st,  1811,  at  Durham,  grad- 
uated at  Yale  College,  1831.     Studied  theology  at  New  Haven  Seminary. 
Ordained  and  Installed  over  this  church,  Wednesday,  Feb.  3d,   1836, 
dismissed  June  15th,  1842.     Settled  at  West  Hartford,  and   at  Yonkers, 
New  York,  1851,  had  the  title  D.   D.  conferred  1862,  by  Columbia  Col- 
lege, New  York. 

THEIR    CHILDREN. 

1.  Frederick  Dwight,  born  May  29th,  1837,  at  Middletown,  Ct.,  bap.  Jan.  7th,  1838, 
at  New  Britain,  to  Pres.  church  in  Yonkers,  July  1858,  and  July  22d,  1858,  graduated 
at  Hamilton  College,  N.  Y.     He  died  May  8th,  1859,  at  Yonkers. 

2.  Lydia  E.  born  April  27th,  1846,  at  West  Hartford. 

3.  Francis  Harriet,  bora  June  6th,  1850,  at  West  Hartford,  died  March  16th,  1862, 
aged  12,  at  Yonkers. 

4.  Wm.  Foote,  bom  June  2d,  1853,  at  Yonkers,  N.  Y. 

888.  "  CAROLINE  S.  wife  of  Oliver  P.  Olds,"  to  church  1839,  by  letter 
from  church  in  Feeding  Hills,  Mass.,  her  maiden  name,  Morley.     She  was 
dismissed  and  recommended  by  letter  1842,  to  church  in  Westfield,  Mass. 
He  was  a  brass  worker. 

THEIR    CHILDREN. 

1.  Elizabeth,  born 

2.  Charles,  bora 

889.  "MRS.  LUCY  E.  PENNFIKLD,  wife  of  Harvey,"  to  church  1840, 
by  letter  from  church  in  Berlin ;  born  Oct.  6th,   1818,  to  Edmund  Sand- 


384  FIRST     CHURCH 

ford,  of  Wethersfield,  and  his  wife  Lydia  (Beckley,)  of  John,  married 
Oct.  21st,  1839,  No.  (833.)  Her  name  was  omitted  on  the  record  of  this 
church  by  mistake.  She  was  admitted  to  church  in  Berlin,  1835. 

890.  "  EDMUND  WARNER,"  to  church  1840,  by  letter  from  the   church 
in  Wilbraham,  Mass.,  born  there   Aug.  3d,  1813,  to  Samuel  and   his  wife 
Eunice  (Jones,)  came  to  this  place  as  a  merchant,  married  Oct.  8th,  1838, 
No.  (861,)  to  south  church,  1842.     Tbey  moved  to  Tennessee,  where  he 
went  into  trade,  but  died  at  Hamburg,  Dec.  8th,  1853,  aged  40.     He  is 
brother  of  No.  (891.) 

THEIR  CHILDREN. 

1.  Hortensia,  born  July  16th,   1839,  bap.  1839,  at  N.  B.,  died  Sept.  29th,  1848,  in 
Tenn. 

2.  Henry  Augustus,  born  April  19th,  1841,  bap.  1841,  atN.  B.,  he  is  supposed  to  be, 
1861,  living  at  Hamburg,  Tenn. 

891.  "  LUCINDA,  wife  of  Julius  Parker,"  to  church  Jan.  5th,   1840,  by 
a  letter  from  the  church  in  Wilbraham,  Mass.;  her  maiden  name  was  Lu- 
cinda  W.  Warner,  daughter  of  Samuel, of  Wilbraham,  Mass.,  and  his  wife 
Eunice  (Jones,)   born  April  14th,  1811  ;  is  sister  of  No.  («90,)  married 
Jan.  31st,  1838,  No.  (864.). 

892.  "  DOLLY  B.  wife  of  David  W.   Whittlesey,"  to  church  Jan.  5th, 
1840,  by  letter  from  church  in  New  Preston,  Conn.,  daughter  of  Samuel 
Averil,  of  New  Preston,  and  his  wife   Betsey   (Johnson,)  born  Jan.  23d, 
1817,  married   Sept.  4th,  1839,  No.  (767.)     She  with  her  husband  was 
dismissed  and  recommended  by  letter  to  the  church  in  Berlin,  May  30th, 
1852. 

893.  "  ROBERT  G.  WILLIAMS,"  to  church  Jan.  5th,  1840,  born  March 
30th,  1816,  at  New  Hartford  Conn.,  to  Wm.  G.   Williams,  Esq.,  and  his 
wife  Tryphena  King,  from  Sharon,  Conn.;  married  Nov.  20th,  1837,  No. 
(901,)  whe  died  in  New  Britain,  when  2d  he  married,   May  18th,  1847, 
Elizabeth  M.  Smith,  of  Priacetou,  New  Jersey,  daughter  of  Rev.  D.  M. 
Smith.     He  studied  theology  at  Princeton,  New  Jersey,  was  ordained  at 
Durham,  Conn.,  Oct.  12th,  1853  ;  installed,  1855,  over  1st  congregational 
church,  at  Woodbury,  Conn.;  left  there  1859;  preached  at  Birmingham, 
Conn.,  1861 ;  resided  at  Brownsville,  New  Jersey,  where  his  second  wife 
died,  May  28th,  1861,  when  he  became  Capt.  of  the  Wesleyan  Company, 
raised  at  Middletown,  Conn.,  for  the  suppression  of  the  rebellion.     He 
was  also  in  the  Mexican  War.     He  was  once  a  hardware  manufacturer 
in  New  Britain,  and  was  one  year  a  superintendent   of  the   first   church 
Sunday  school.     He  and  his  first  wife  became  consistent  members  of  the 
south  church,  1842.     He  third  married  April  2d,   1862,   at  Saugerties, 
New  York,  Miss  Mary  E.  Slater,  Principal  of  Young  Ladies'  Seminary, 
and  they  are  both  at  the  head  of  the  Young  Ladies'  College  Institute,  at 
Waterbury,  Conn.,  now  1867.     The  popularity  and  success  of  Miss  Slater, 
(now  Mrs.  Williams,^)  as  an  educator,  has  been  remarkable. 


OP     NEW     BRITAIN.  385 


HIS    CHILD    BY    FIRST    WIFE    AMELIA. 

Amelia  Elizabeth,  born  May  17th,  1843,  at  New  Britain. 

BY    SECOND   WIFE. 

Tryphena  King,  born  July  5th,  1852,  at  Princeton,  N.  J. 

894.  "Mus.  SYLVIA,  wife   of  Elisha  Crosby,"   to   church   Jan.   5th, 
1840,  baptized  same  time;  daughter  of  Joel  Speny,  of  Avon,  and   his 
wife  Betsey  (Kent;)  married  Feb.  22d,  1833,  at  Avon;  she  died  May 
2d,  1842,  aged  27,  when  second  he  married,  Dec.  17th,  1844,  No.  (701,) 
but  was  soon  divorced,  when  third  he  married,  Sept.  7th,  1851,  Lucy,  the 
widow  of  David  Steele,  and   lives,   1861,  on  her  premises,  the  former 
home  of  Seth  Lusk. 

HER    CHILDREN    BY    CROSBY. 

1.  Nancy,  born  Feb.  26th,  1833,  married,  April  30th,  1851,  Ezekiel  E.  Meriam,  of 
Meriden,  now  of  111. 

2.  Wm.,  born  Feb.  16th,  1835,  gone  to  Australia,  a  sailor. 

3.  Sarah,  born  Feb.  28th,  1837,  married,  Edward  Yates;  she  died  May  4th, 
1861 ;  he  was  a  soldier  in  Co.  G,  6th  Regt.,  C.  V.,  under  Capt.  Tracy. 

895.  "ADELINE  CORNWELL,"  to  church  Jan.  5th,  1840,  born  July  8th, 
1820,  to  No.  (401 ;)  educated  at  Troy,  N.  Y. ;  married  Oct.  24th,  1841, 
No.  (915.) 

896.  "LociSA  HART,"  to  church,  January  5th,  1840,  born  October 
5th,  1828,  to  No  (311;)  married,  Dec.  1st,  1846,  Rev.  Jared  B.  Flagg, 
son  of  Henry  C.,  of  S.  C.,  and  his  wife  Martha  (Whiting,)   born  June 
16th,  1820;  she  to  South  church  1842;  they  lived  in  Brooklyn,  N.  T. ; 
she  died  Jan.  18th,  1867,  at  New  Haven,  aged  38. 

THEIR    CHILDREN. 

1.  Charles  Noel,  born  Dec.  25th,  1848,  at  Brooklyn. 

2.  Jared,  born  Feb.  26th,  1853,  at  New  Haven. 

3.  Earnest,  born  Feb.  6th,  1857,  at  Brooklyn. 

4.  Washington  Allston,  born  June  2d,  1860,  at  Brooklyn. 

5.  Louisa,  born  Feb.  15th,  1862,  at  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 

6.  Rosalie,  born  Nov.         ,  1866,  at  New  Haven. 

897.  "Mus.  LUCY  B.,  wife  of  Nathan  R.  Cook,"  to  church  Jan,  5thr 
1840,  born  Sept.  8th,   1816,  to  Daniel  Judd,  jun.,  and  his  wife  Abigail 
(Squire;)   married  Sept.  13th,  1836,  No.  (909;)  to  South  church  1842; 
she  died  Sept.  28th,  1851,  aged  35. 

898.  "MRS.  JULIA  A.,  wife  of  Amon  Judd,"  to  church  Jan.  5th,  1840, 
baptized  same  time;  born  April  14tb,  1815,  to  Caleb  Austin,  of  Walling- 
ford,  and  his  wife  Laura  (Neff,)  of  Wethersfield,  married  Dec.  7th,  1831 ; 
he  son  of  No.  (435,)  and  was  his  second  wife;  he  died  March  22d,  1840, 
aged  39,  when  second  she  married,  April   23d,  1843,  John  Wright,  son 

25 


386  FIRST     CHURCH 

of  Dan  and  his  wife  Roxy  (Daniels,)  born  Aug.  15th,  1809,  married 
Sept.  22d,  1829,  Esther  Emeline  Cameron,  who  died  Aug.  24th,  1838, 
aged  30,  when  second  he  married,  April  23d,  1843,  No.  (898.) 

HER    CHILDREN    BY    FIRST    HO8BAND,    AMON   JUDD. 

1.  Austin,  born  April  5th,  1834,  married  Sept.  3d,   1856,  Julia  Miller,  daughter  of 
Caleb;  he  enlisted  at  Middletown  into  Co.  B,  14th  Regt.,  C.  V.,  was  in  the  battle  of 
Chancellorville,  Va.,  was  wounded  in  the  hand,  had  a  middle  finger  amputated,  and 
died,  June  5,  1863,  in  consequence  ;  was  buried  at  Middletown,  where  his  family  reside, 
June  llth,  1803. 

2.  Jane  Eliza,  born  July  16th,  1838,   married,  July  13th,   1857,  Wm.  G.  Loveland 
of  Middletown,  before  Rev.  John  Dudley. 

HER  CHILDREN  BY  SECOND  HUSBAND,  JOHN  WRIGHT. 

1.  Dwight  Henry,  born  Dec.  1st,  1843,  enlisted  in  the  14th  Regt..   Co  F,  C.  V., 
was  in  the  Sharpsburg  battle,  was  a  corporal ;  died  Oct.  23d,  1862,  aged  19,  of  fever, 
at  Bolivar  Heights,  Md.,  his  body  brought  home  and  buried  in  New  Britain,  Feb.  24th, 
1863  ;  he  had  been  promoted  after  the  battle  of  Antietam  for  bravery. 

2.  Laura  Eveline,  born  Aug.  7th,  1848. 

3.  Alice  Elizabeth,  born  Oct.  10th,  1855. 

899.  '-JULIA  A.  NORTH,"  to  church  Jan.  5th,  1840,  born  Aug.  llth, 
1828,  to  No.  (743)  and  his  second  wife  No.  (744;)  married,  June  llth, 
1851,  Thomas   S.   Hall,   son   of  George  A.,  of  Newbern,  N.  C.,  and  his 
wife  Emily  (Dewey,)  born  Nov.  6th,  1827  ;  she  to  South  church  184$. 

THEIR    CHILDREN. 

1.  Mary  Elizabeth,  born  Jan.  30th,  1855. 

2.  Emily  Lauretta,  born  March  6th,  1858. 

900.  "DR.  JOHN  R.  LEE,"  to  church  Jan.  5th,  1840,  by  letter  from 

,  born  April  22cl,  1804,  to  No.  (356)  and  his  wife  No.  (357 ;) 
graduated  at  Yale  College,  1826 ;  bred  a  physician,  spent  some  years  at 
Worcester,  Mass.,  as  physician  in  the  "  State  Lunatic  Hospital,"  traveled  in 
Europe,  Egypt  and  Palestine  ;  1861,  is  living  single,  retired  from  business, 
and  is  boarding  out  in  New  York.  He  is  greatly  interested  in  the  reforms 
of  the  age,  especially  on  the  subject  of  "human  rights"  and  the  cause  of 
temperance. 

901.  "MRS.  AMELIA  S.,  wife  of  R.  G.  Williams,"  to  church  Jan.  5th, 
1840,   by   letter  from   Sharon,  Ct. ;  daughter  of  Maj.    David    Gould,  of 
Sharon,  and   his  wife   Elizabeth ;  married  Nov.  20th,  1837,  No.  (893 ;) 
she  with  her  husband  to   South  church  1842  ;  she  died  July  30th,  1843, 
aged  28,  in  New  Britain ;  was  a  lovely  Christian  woman. 

902.  "HARRIET  WOODRUFF,"   to  church  Jan.  5th,   1840,  born  Aug. 
4th,  1811,  at  Simsbury,  to  Frederic  Buel  and  Lydia  (Wright,)  his  wife; 
married  Jan.  29th,  1837,  No.  (905  ;)  she  with  her  husband  dismissed  and 
recommended  by  letter   March   24th,    1850,  to  South  church. 

NOTE. — Our  church  record  in  this  case  is  obscure ;  it  ought  to   read 
M  Mrs.  Harriet  L.,  wife  of  Dr.  Lucius  Woodruff." 


OF     NEW    BRITAIN.  387 

903.  "GEORGIANA  NORTH,"  to  church  Jan.  5th,  1840,  born  June  4th, 

1825,  to  No.  (650)   and  his  wife  No.  (6ol  ;)  baptized  Georgiana  Maria, 
June  7th,  1829,  married,  Dec.  27th,  1854,  No.  (944;)  to  South  church 
184-2;  live  now,  1867,  in  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 

904.  "  LOUISA  NORTH,"  to  church  Jan.  5th,  1840,  born  Dec.  15th, 

1826,  to  No.  (650)   and  his  wife  No.  (651,)  baptized,  June  7th,  1829, 
Louisa  Burnham  ;  married,   June  4th,  1855,  Alexander  M.  Ward,  son  of 
Dr.  Josiah  of  Berlin,  and  Mary  (Peck)  his  wife,  born   Aug.  12th,  1816; 
is  manufacturer  and  Sup't  of  the  American  Basket  Co ,  of  New  Britain ; 
she  to  South  church  1842 ;  they  live  on   Main  St.,  near  its  junction  with 
Elm. 

THEIR   CHILDREN. 

1.  Frederic  Meigs,  born  April  24th,  1856. 

2.  Mary  Louise,  born  Nov.  5th,  1857. 

905.  "DR.  Lucius  WOODRUFF,"  to  church  Jan.  5th,  1840,  by  letter 
from  church  in  Collinsville,  born   Dec.  1st,  1812,  in  Farmington,  to  Sim- 
eon and  Avis    (Bronson.)    his  wife;  graduated,  as  M.  D.,  at  Pittsfield, 
Mass.;  married,  Jan.  29th,  1837,  No.  (902,)  came  to  this  place  1840,  as 
a  practicing  physician,   has  been  successful  in  business;  his  residence  on 
Main  st. ;  was  dismissed  and   recommended   by  letter  to   South  church, 
with  his  wife,  March  24th,  1850;  has   been  Sup't  of  that  S.  School;  has 
represented  the  town  in  the  State  Legislature,  and  been  called  to  fill  other 
important  offices  in  town ;  is  secretary  of  the  Russell  &  Erwin  Manufac- 
turing Co.,  1867  ;  has  no  posterity. 

906.  "AsiJAH  FLAGG,"   to  church   Jan.  5th,  1840,   by  letter  from 
church  in   Berlin,  to  which  he   was   admitted  April  5th,  1812 ;  he  was 
born  July  18th,  1790,  at   Berlin,  to   Solomon  and   his  wife  Olive  (Hart,) 
daughter  of  Zachariah  and  Sarah  his  wife ;  he   by  trade  and  occupation 
a  cabinet  maker ;  lived  on  Main  st.,  in  Berlin,  but  sold  and  came  to  this 
place  in  1840,  and  bought  the  house  built  on  High  st.,  by  Enos  M.  Smith, 
where  he  lived  until  Oct.  28th,  1842,  aged  52.     He  had  been  a  magistrate 
in  Berlin,  and  held  the  same   office  here ;  was  esteemed  for  honesty  and 
integrity  ;  he  married  Feb.  14th,  1813,  No.  (907  ;)  to  South  church  1842; 
he  was  brother  of  No.  425. 

THEIR   CHILDREN. 

1.  Henry  Williams,  born  March  20th,  1814,  mar.  May  3d,  1836,  Marietta  Parker  ; 
she  died,  when  2d  he  married,  Nov.  15th,   1848,  Cornelia  Esther  Cook;  he  died  June 
12th,  1857. 

2.  Norris  Robbins,  born  May  24th,  1820,  died  Oct.  llth,  1842,  aged  22;  he  was  a 
young  man  of  much  promise. 

907.  "HONOR,  wife  of  Abijah  Flagg,"  to  church  Jan.  5th,   1840,  by 
letter  from  church  in  Berlin,  to  which  she  was  admitted  Feb.  2d,  1812; 


388  FIRST     CHURCH 

daughter  of  David  Beckley,  jun.,  of  Beckley  quarter,  and  his  wife  Eu 
nice  (Williams,)  of  Rocky  Hill;  born  Oct.  llth,  1789;  she  to  south 
church  1842;  died  March  7th,  1851,  aged  62;  she  married  Feb.  14th, 
1813,  No.  (906.) 

908.  "HARRIET  STANLEY,"  to  church  April  4th,  1841,  by  letter  from 
Cleveland,  O. ;  baptized  June  13th,   1819,  Harriet  Aurora;  born  March 
25th,  1815,  to  Cyrus  and  his  wife  No.  (422;)  to. South  church  1842; 
now,  1861,  unmarried,   and  living  in  Cleveland,  O. ;  she  is  sister  of  No. 
(716.) 

909.  "NATHAN  R.  COOK,"  to  church  April  4th,  1841,  by  letter  from 
church  in  Meriden,  Ct. ;  born  Aug.  10th,  1811,  at  Wallingford,  to  Mun- 
son  and  his   wife  Thankful   (Austin;)  married,   Sept.    13th,  1836,  No. 
(897  ;)  she  died,  when  second  he  married  Oct.  25th,  1852,  Abigail  Par- 
dee,  of  Watertown,  daughter  of  Heman  and  Almira  (Nichols,)  his  wife ; 
born  Dec.  20th,  1821,  at  Watertown ;  Mr.  Cook  and  his  wife  Lucy  with- 
drew to  South  church  1842. 

CHILD    BY    FIRST    WIFE. 

1.  Lewis  Rice,  born  April  9th,  1838;  see  No.  (1218.) 

BY    SECOND    WIFE. 

2.  Lucy  Abigail,  born  Sept.  2d,  1854. 

910.  "MARIA,  wife  of  Ira  Steele,"  to  church  April  4th,  1841,  by  letter 
from  church  in  Southington;  to  church  there  April  7th,  1822;  born  Mar^ 
29th,  1797,  to  Charles  Wright,  of  (Stepney,)    Rocky  Hill,  and  his  wife 
No.  (409;)  married,  Oct.  30th,  1817,  Ira  Steele,  son  of  No.  (852,)  and 
his  wife  No.   (853;)   born   Aug.   16th,   1792;  harness   maker   by   trade, 
learned  of  Ira  Andrews,  son  of  Elijah  ;  lived  several  years  in  Southing- 
ton  ;  came  to  this  place  and  bought  the  old   home  of  Thomas  and  Abijah 
Hart,  on  west  Main  st,  where  he  carries  on  farming ;  she  to  South  church 
1842,  and  died  Dec.  14th,  1862,  aged  65. 

THEIR   CHILDREN,    ALL   BAPTIZED    IN   8ODTHINGTOK. 

1.  Sherman  D.,  born  Jan.  6th,  1820,  was,  1861,  in  California,  died  there  Nov.  28th, 
1861,  aged  41. 

2.  Nelson  W.,  born  Oct.  20th,  1821 ;  serg't  Co.  A,  13th  Regt.  C.  V.,  1862,  atN.  O. 

3.  Nathan,  born  Nov.  7th,  1826,  married  widow  Robbins,  (alias)  Harriet  Putney,  of 
Ashford,  Mass. 

4.  Caroline,  born  Feb.  5th,  1830,  bap.  Oct.  1st,  1830,  at  Southington;  died  young. 

5.  Laura  Lentine,    (  ,          T  ,  /  mar.  Oct.  19th,  1858,  H.  K.  Smith,  of 

6.  Caroliue  Maria,  {  bo1      June  12th'   1833>  \  bap.  June,  1833.  [Hoswell. 

911.  ANDREW  P.  POTTER,"  to  church  April  4th,  1841,  by  letter  from 
church  in  Harwinton  ;  born  April  25, 1816,  at  Harwinton  to  Isaac  and  his 
wife  Anna  (Scovil,)  and  is  brother  of  No.  (874  ;)  while  in  this  town  was  em- 
ployed by  No.  (330  ;)  to  South  church  1842  ;  mar.,  Dec.  20,  1847,  S.  Eliz- 


OF     NEW     BRITAIN.  389 

abeth  Egbert,  of  Platteville,  Wis.,  and  now,  1861,  is  living  there,  engaged 
in  canvassing  for  books. 

912.  "DENNIS  SWEET,"   to  church  April  4th,   1841,   baptized  same 
time ;  born  Jan.  13th,  1807,  at  Farmington  ;  is  a  shoemaker  by  trade  and 
occupation,  son  of  James,  of  Farmington,  and  his  wife  Esther  (Bidwell ;) 
married,  July  3d,  1828,  No.  (602  ;)  his  residence  on  Elm  st. ;  to  South 
church  1842. 

THEIR    CHILDREN. 

1.  Francis  James,  born  Jane  28th,  1833,  bap.  Sept.  29tb,  1833,  married,  April, 
1855,  Mary 

2.  Charles  Hervey,  born  Aug.  14th,  1835,  married  Anna  Quinn. 

3.  Helen  Augusta,  born  Jan.  18th,  1848,  married,  Dec.  7th,  1864,  Stephen  B.  Peck 
of  Winsted. 

913.  "CHARLES  A.WARNER,"  to  church  April  4th,   1841,  baptized 
same  time;  born  April  19th,  1811,  at  Troy,  N.  Y.,  to  Willard,  of  Ches- 
ter, Vt.,  and  his  wife  Betsey  (Burke,)  of  Coxackie,  N.  Y. ;  he  is  a  jew- 
eller by  trade  and  occupation  ;  residence  on  Main  St.;  married,  Dec.  llth, 
1836,  No.  (703,)  both  to  South  church  1842;  he  has  been  successful  in 
business. 

THEIR   CHILD. 

"William  Adolphus,  born  April  10th,  1838,  bap.  1838,  died  Nov.  1st,  1843,  aged  5$. 

914.  "GEORGE  CARPENTER,"   to  church  April   4th,  1841,   baptized 
same  time ;  born  Dec.  22d,  1807,  at  Lenox,  Mass.,  to  Joshua  and  his  wife 
Elizabeth  (Smith  ;)  is  a  brass  founder  by  trade  and  occupation ;  his  resi- 
dence on  Lafayette  st. ;  he  married  Sept.  2d,  1835,  No.  (700.) 

THEIK    CHILDREN. 

1.  Walter  Gladden,  born  May  30th,  1837,  see  No.  (1261.) 

2.  Sarah  Elizabeth,  bora  Sept.  25th,  1838,  see  No.  (1170.) 

3.  Ellen,  born  Jan.  6th,  1840,  bap.  1841,  see  No.  (1171.) 

915.  "  TIMOTHY  W.  STANLEY,"  to  church  April  4th,  1841,  born  July 
13th,  1817,  to  No.  (550)  and  his  wife  No.  (339;)  baptized  Aug  24th, 
1817,  Timothy  Wadsworth;  married,  Oct.  24th,  1841,  No.  (895  ;)  learn- 
ed  the    trade   of  printer  of  Geo.  Merriam,  at   Springfield,    Mass. ;  be- 
came a  manufacturer,  been  successful  in  business ;  his  residence  on  Park 
st. :  has  represented  the  town  in  the  General  Assembly ;  was  chosen  one 
of  the  standing  church   committee  Jan.   17th,  1856;  he   was  assessor  of 
direct  taxes  in  1862,  is  President  of  the  Union  Manufacturing  'Co.  of  the 
village,  now,  1867. 

THEIR    CHILDREN. 

1.  Francis  Wadsworth,  born  June  24th,  1843,  bap.  Aug.  13th,  1843;  corporal  Co. 
A,  13th  Kegt.,  C.  V.,  Charles  H.  Cornwell,  Capt. ;  he  was  promoted  to  sergeant,  and 


390  FIRST    CHURCH 

was  wounded  in  the  battle  of  Irish  Bend,  La.,  April  14th,  1863,  and  died  of  his 
wounds  in  Brashear  City,  May  29th,  aged  20;  a  brave  soldier,  and  the  only  child  of 
his  fond  parents  ;  he  was  buried  in  New  Britain,  Aug.  5th,  1863. 

2.  William  Cornwell,  born  Nov.  25th,  1848,  died  March  10th,  1849,  aged  4  mo. 

3.  Arthur,  born  June  21st,  1856,  died  Aug.  17th,  1856,  aged  3  months. 

916.  "CHARLES  M.  LEWIS,"  to  church  April  4th,  1841,  born  June 
13th,  1816,  to  No.  (458,)  baptized,  Oct.   7th,  1827,  Charles  Mason;  is  a 
jeweller  by  trade  and   occupation  ;  married,   Nov.  21st,  1860,  Tirzah  B. 
Granger,  daughter  of  Hiram,  of  Suffield,  and  his  wife  Harriet  (Fuller,) 
born  May  llth,  1839,  at   Suffield;  he   to  South  church  1842;  owns  the 
place  on  Main  st.   once  Abner   Clark's,  and   after  him   Wm.  B.  North's ; 
he  has  been  successful  in  his  business  ;  she  died  May  13th,  1865,  aged  26. 

THEIR    CHILD. 

Carrie,  born  Feb.  20th,  1862,4>ap.  Jan.  2d,  1863,  at  the  South  church. 

917.  "  CYRUS  HART,"  to  church  April  4th,  1841,  born  July  19th,  1795, 
to  No.  (131;)  married,  March  31st,  1819,  No.  (724;)  his  residence  on 
Arch  st. ;  is  a  farmer. 

THEIR    CHILDREN. 

1.  Julietta  Andrews,  born  May  20th,  1820,  bap.  Nov.  13th,  1831,  see  No.  (816.) 

2.  Angeline  Clark,  born  July  llth,  1822,  bap.  NOT.  13th,  1831,  see  No.  (936.; 

3.  Elizabeth,  born  Dec.  19th,  1824,  died  Aug.  24th,  1827,  aged  2  years  8  mo. 

918.  "MORTON  JUDD,"  to  church  April  4th,   1841,  bap.  same  time; 
born  Nov.  5th,  1808,  to  John  and  his  wife  No.  (637  ;)  married,  Jan.  26th, 
1828,  No.  (619  ;)   residence  on  West  Main  st. ;  an  extensive  manufacturer 
of  hardware;  was  elected  deacon  Oct.  23d,  18-31 ;  his  wife  Lucina  died, 
when  second  he  married,  Feb.  21st,  1855,  No.  (1102.) 

THEIR    CHILDREN. 

1.  Hubert  Lewellyn,  born  April  1st,  1829,  bap.  June  14th,  1829,  see  No.  (1125.) 

2.  Albert  Dunham,  born  Dec.  4th,  1832,  bap.  April  21st,  1833,  see  No.  (1028.) 

3.  Edward  Morton,  born  Nov.  llth,  1837,  bap.  1838,  see  No.  (1236.) 

4.  Martha  Louisa,  born  July  9th,  1846,  bap.  Oct.  llth,  1846,  see  No.  (1378J 

SECOND  WIFE'S  CHILD. 

5.  Mary  Burnham,  born  April  8th,  1857,  bap.  June  6th,  1858. 

919.  "GEORGE  LEWIS,"  to  church  April  4th,  1841,  born  Aug.  6th, 
1814,  to  No.  (567;)  was  a  brass  founder,  had   his  house  and  shop  on 
Arch  st.;  married,  Sept.  6th,  1838,  No.  (875  ;)  he  was  a  man  of  pleas- 
ing address,  and  had  a  warm,  Christian  heart;  he  died  Oct.  20th,  1845, 
aged  31. 

THEIR    CHILDREN. 

1.  Martha  Gager,  born  July  6th,  1840,  bap.  1840;  excels  in  teaching. 

2.  George  Henry,  bora  Sept.  16th,  1842. 


OP     NEW     BRITAIN.  391 

920.  "ELNATHAN  PECK,"  to  church  April  4th,  1841,  baptized  same 
time;  born  Aug.  llth,  1803,  at  Milford  to   Michael  and  his  wife  Mary 
(Marshal ;)   he  was  a  joiner  by  trade  ;  came   to  this  place  in  1822,  while 
an  apprentice,  to  build  the  "old  North  church ;"  he  was  a  builder  several 
year?,  when  he  became  an  extensive  manufacturer  of  hardware ;  his  resi- 
dence on  East  Main  st. ;  he  married,  June  20th,   1827,   No.  (597;)  he 
and  wife  became  constituent  members  of  th$  South  church  1842  ;  he  died 
Dec.  28th,  1865,  aged  62,  at  New  Haven. 

THEIR    CHILDREN. 

1.  Henry  Franklin,  born  March  31st,  1829,  married,  June  4th,   1851,  Elizabeth  A. 
Cornwell ;  he  was  a  corporal  in  Co.  H,  27ih  Regt.,  C.  V.,  taken  prisoner  at  the  battle 
of  Fredericksburg,  Va.,  was  at  Richmond  only  2  days,  when  he  was  paroled. 

2.  Charles,  born  March  16th,  1830,  bap  June  27th,  1830,  married,  Sept.  7th,  1853, 
Mary  F.  Davis,  of  Westfield,  Mass. 

3.  Abigail  Bryan,  born  June  8th,  1832,  bap.  Sept.  9th,  1832,  see  No.  (1152.) 

4.  Mary  Jane,  born  April  13th,  1835,  bap.  May  31st,  1835,  married,  Sept.  7th,  1854, 
Walter  H.  Stanley. 

5.  Martha,  born  May  12th,  1837,  bap.  July  23d,  1837,  married,  Sept.   19th,  1855, 
Wm.  Hart. 

6.  John  Marshal,  born  Feb.  25th,  1840,  bap.  1840. 

7.  Ann  Eliza,  born  Sept.      ,  1842,  died  Aug.  19th,  1843,  aged  11  months. 

8.  Oliver  Dewy,  born  Aug.  15th,  1844;  one  of  the  volunteers  in  Co.  E,  6th  Regt.  a 
drummer  for  a  Waterbury  Co.,  was  promoted  to  Drum-Major;  he  served  3  years,  and 
was  honorably  discharged. 

9.  Louisa  Frances,  born  July  15th,  1846. 

921.  "!RA  STANLEY,  jun.,"  to  church  April  4th,  1841,  bora  July  7th, 
1795,  to  No.  (442,)  and  his  first  wife,  Abi  Langdon ;  he  was  a  blacksmith 
by  trade,  learned  of  No.  (370 ;)  married,  Oct.  6th,  1819,  No.  (529,)  lived 
several   years  in   Farmington,  returned  and  built  where  now,  1861,  the 
Center  church  stands;  house  owned  and  occupied  by  Dr.  Comings  when 
moved  ;  he  built  the  house  on  Washington  St.,  where  his  widow  now,  1862, 
resides  ;  he  led  us  in  prayer  and  singing  in  social  meetings,  and  was  much 
in  exhortation  after  his  conversion  ;  he  died  Sept.  23d,  1857,  aged  62  ;  he 
was  elected  one  of  the   standing  church  committee  Jan.  20th,  1853;  he 
was  a  zealous   Christian,  and  greatly  interested  in  the  cause  of  "  human 
rights"  and  in  the  temperance  reformation. 

THEIR    CHILDREN. 

1.  Walter,  born  Sept.  1st,  1820,  bap.  Nov.  4th,  1821,  see  No.  (884.) 

2.  Elizabeth  Langdon,  born  May  18th,  1822,  bap.  Dec.  15th,  1822,  at  Farmington  ; 
see  No.  C842.) 

3.  Everett  Lincoln,  bora  Jan.  5th,  1825,  baptized  May  20th,  1826,  at  Farmington  ; 
see  No.  (971.) 

4.  Margarett,  born  Dec.  24th,  1827,  bap.  Feb.  24th,  1828,  at  Farmington ;  see  No 
(9310 

5.  Ellen  Maria,  born  April  1st,  1834,  bap.  July  llth,  1834,  see  No.  (1105.) 

6.  Abi  C.,  born  March  25th,  1836,  died  in  infancy. 


392  FIRST    CHUKCH 

922.  "THEODORE  BELKNAP,"  to  church  April  4th,  1841,  born  June 
23d,  1822,  at  Charleston,  S.  C.,   to  Moses   and   his  wife  Catharine  Maria 
Burghers,  No.  (644 ;)  baptized  Theodore  A.,  in  the   German   Lutheran 
church  of  Charleston ;  came  to  this  place  in  1828,  spent  some  years  in 
Cornwall,  Ct.,  returned  and  learned  jeweller's   trade  of  Wm.  B.  North ; 
married,  Nov.   7th,   1846,  Frances   Olivia  Chedister,  daughter  of  J.  B. 
Chedister,  and  his  wife  Sarah   Guerin  ;  they  live,  1861,  in  Springfield, 
Mass. ;  he  was  to  South  church  1842. 

THEIR    CHILDREN. 

1.  Frederic  A.,  born  Aug.  28th,  1847. 

2.  Byram  C.,  born  Aug.  12,  1850. 

3.  Kate  B.,  bora  July  6th,  1852. 

923.  "BiCHARD  S.  SOUTHWORTH,"  to  church  April  4th,  1841,  born 
Jan.  20th,  1802,  at  New  Britain,  to  Samuel  and  his  wife  Hannah  (Ship- 
man  ;)  baptized  May  16th,  1813,  the  parents  being  members  of  a  church 
in  Cherry  Valley,  and  on   a  visit  here,  where   their  four   eldest  children 
then  lived  ;  this  was  on  the  principle  of  "  communion  of  charity,"  as  it  was 
called  in  the  olden  time  ;  he  was  a  house-painter  by  trade  and  occupation ; 
residence  on   East  Main  st. ;  married,   March   9th,   1822,    Lucinda  Ely, 
daughter  of  Elias,  of  Chester,  Conn. ;  she  was  born  Aug.  29th,  1797,  and 
died  March  6th,  1828,  aged  31,  when  second  he  married,  %ly  25th,  1830, 
No.  (928;)  she  died,  when  third  he  married,  Sept.  llth,  1861,  Harriet 
Hamlin,  sister  of  No.  (928;)  she  is  represented  by  No.  (1317.) 

HIS    CHILDREN    BY   FIRST    WIFE. 

1.  Caroline  Elizabeth,  born  June  24th,  1823,  see  No.  (1106.) 

2.  Lucinda  Ely,  born  Aug.  20th,  1825,  died  May  13th,  1829,  aged  3. 

924.  "  HENRY  L.  PARSONS,"  to  church  April  4th,  18-11,  baptized  same 
time,  born  Aug.  29th,  1800,  at  Hartland,  to  Paul,  and  his  wife   Phebe 
(Coe,)  married  Nov.  24th,  1825,  No.  (635.)     His  residence  is  on  Pros- 
pect street ;  been  a  brass   worker,  farmer,  &c. ;  left  us   for  the  Advent 
church  ;  our  watch  withdrawn,  1856. 

THEIR    CHILDREN. 

1.  Eliza  Jane,  born  March  4th,  1827,  bap.  Sept.  9th,  1827,  died  May  5th,  1828, 
aged  13  months. 

2.  Jane  Elizabeth,  born  Dec.  18th,  1828,  bap.  July  12th,  1829,  married  June  28th, 
1849,  Eli  Henry  Porter ;  she  died  Feb.  13th,  1851,  aged  23. 

925.  "GEORGE  L.  TIBBALS,"  to  church  April  4th,  1841,  baptized  same 
time,  born  January  llth,  1818,  at  Milford,  Ct.,  to  Lemuel,   and  his   wife 
Sarah  (Baldwin,)  a  joiner  by  trade,  learned  of  Wilson   Plumb,  Esq.,  of 
Milford,  and  came  to  this  place,  Feb.,  1839,  to  work  for  Elnathan  Peck  ; 
he  built,  1847,  the  house  on  Park  street  now,  1861,  occupied  by  Gilman 
Hinsdale.     He  married  Oct.  12th,  1842,  Mary  Ann  Hurlburt,  of  Weth- 
ersfield,  Ct. ;  to  South  church,  1842;  lives  now,  1861,  in  Milford,  Ct. 


OF     NEW     BRITAIN.  393 

THEIR   CHILDREN. 

1.  James  Hurlburt,  born  July  14th,  1847,  at  New  Britain. 

2.  Sarah  Catharine,  born  Nov.  llth,  1850,  at  Milford. 

3.  Fanny  Abigail,  born  Feb.  13th,  1854,  at  Milford. 

4.  Frede'rick  Lemuel,  born  Oct.  25th,  1858,  at  Milford. 

926.  "  JANE  ANN,  wife  of  Thomas  Tracy,"  to  church  April  4th,  1841, 
born  Aug.  17th,   1813,  married  Nov.  26th,  1835,  No.  (856.)     She  was 
daughter  of  No.  (423,)  and  his  wife,  No.  (424.)     She  died  July  4th, 
1845,  aged  32. 

927.  "ALMIRA,  wife  of  Alanson  "Warren,"  to  church  April  4th,  1841, 
born  Feb.  2d,  1816,  to  No.  (381,)  and  his  wife,  No.  (557,)  married  Jan. 
18th,  1837.     He  was  born  May  14th,  1 808,  at  Fall  River,  Mass.,  to  Elna- 
than,  and  his  wife  Ruth  (Allen,)  a  brass  founder  by  trade,  and  lock  maker 
by  occupation ;  his  residence,  on  West  Main  street.     She  was  born   and 
baptized  at  Cherry  Valley,  N.  Y. ;  to  South  church,  1842.     He  died  July 
20th,  1862,  of  apoplexy,  at  New  Britain. 

THEIR    CHILDREN. 

1.  Mortimer  A.,  born  Sept.  21st,  1837,  married  June  9th,  1865,  Lizzie  G.  Good- 
win, of  Collinsville. 

2.  Norman  W.,born  Sept.  13th,  1840;  a  volunteer  in  Co.  A,  13th  lleg.;  teacher 
of  freedmen,  1867,  at  New  Orleans. 

3.  Kate  L.,  born  Aug.  19th,  1845. 

928.  NANCY  H.,  wife  of  Richard  S.  South  worth,"  to  church  April  4th, 
1841,  born  April  14th,  1797,  at  Middletown,  Ct. ;  was  the  widow  of 
Henry   Riley,   of   Charlestown,  New  Hampshire,  daughter  of   William 
Hamlin,  and  Thankful  (Knowles,)  his  wife,  married  July  25th,  1830,  No. 
(923.)     She  died  Dec  6th,  1860,  aged  63,  in  the  triumphs  of  faith  and 
hope. 

HER    CHILD    BY    FIRST    HUSBAND. 

William  Hamlin  Riley,  born  July  24th,  1824,  at  Charlestown,  N.  H.,  was  an  only 
child,  married  Sept.  18th,  1849,  No  (1160.) 

929.  "ABIGAIL  S.  DOOLITTLE,"  to  church  April  4th,  1841,  baptized 
same   time,  born  Aug.   20th,  1825,  to  George,  and  his  wife,  No.  (640.) 
She  was  dismissed  and  recommended  by  letter  to  the  Presbyterian  church 
in  Columbus,  Miss.,  to  which  place  she  went  as  a  teacher,  August  13th, 
1843.     She  subsequently  went  to  White  Hall,  Illinois,  where  she  died, 
aged  26. 

•  930.  "ABIGAIL  H.  FRANCIS,"  to  church  April  4th,  1841,  born  July 
3d,  1826,  to  No.  (587,)  and  his  wife  Abigail  (Knowles,)  was  given  for 
the  time  then  passing  to  James  Francis,  for  his  wife,  No.  (473,)  to  nurse 
and  bring  up,  she  having  lost  her  mother  soon  after  birth,  hence  her  name 
"  Francis."  She  married  Nov.  30th,  1848,  Henry  Long,  of  Windsor 


394  FIRST    CHURCH 

Locks.  She  having  left  the  communion  of  this  church  and  united  with 
a  different  denomination,  this  church  voted  to  withdraw  its  watch,  Jan. 
25th,  1844. 

931.  "  MARGARET  STANLEY,"  to  church  April  4th,  1841,  born  Dec. 
24th,  1827,  at  Farmington,  to  No.  (921,)  and  his  wife,  No.  (529  ;)  for 
several  years  a  sweet  singer  in  our  church  choir ;  married  April   5th, 
1848,  Edwin  Christopher  Hills,  of  East  Hartford,  son  of  Martin,  and 
Sarah  (Bryant,)  his  wife,  born  ,  and  is  a  farmer  in  his  native  town. 
She  was  dismissed  by  letter  and  recommended  to  church  in  East  Hart- 
ford, Oct.  28th,  1852. 

THEIR   CHILD. 

Eliza  Stanley,  born  Jan.  4th,  1849,  bap.  Dec.  2d,  1849. 

932.  "  MARY  ANDREWS,"  to  church  April  4th,  1841,  born  at  Chapel 
Hill,  N.  C.,  to  No.  (464.)  arid  his  wife  No.  (392 ;)  dismissed  by  letter  to 
South   church,  March  7th,  1844,  and  received  back   by  letter,  Feb.  5th, 
1860  ;  resides,  1863,  at  Milledgeville,  Ga.~;  1867,  at  New  Britain. 

933.  "AMELIA  STANLEY,"  to  church  April  4th,  1841,  born  Jan.  1st, 
1825,  to  No.  (550,)  and  his  wife,  No.  (339,)   married,  Feb.  29th,  1848, 
No.  (1066.)     She  died  May  6th,  1855,  aged  30,  in  hope  of  a  glorious 
resurrection.     She  lost  one  son,  and  left  one  to  survive  her. 

934.  "CORDELIA  M.  NORTH,"  to  church  April  4th,  1841,  born  July 
1st,  1825,  to  No.  (330,)  and  his  second  wife,  No.  (411,)  baptized  Oct. 
16th,  1825,  Mary  Cordelia,  married  Sept.  1st,  1852,  Rev.  Joseph  Emer- 
son, son  of  Rev.  Ralph,  D.  D.,  and  his  wife  Eliza  (RockwellJ  bo7*n  May 
28th,  1821,  at  Norfolk,  Ct.     He  graduated  at  Yale  College  in  1841,  and 
is  a  professor  of  Greek  in  Beloit  College,  Wisconsin,  now,  1862,  in  which 
town  the  family  resides.     She  to  South  church,  1842. 

THKIB    CHILDREN. 

1.  Ralph  Chapin,  born  March  20th,  1855,  at  Beloit,  died  Aug.  31st,  1855,  at  New 
Britain. 

2.  Charles  Alvin,  born  Aug.  29th,  1856,  at  Beloit,  Wis. 

935.  "  SARAH  G.  CORNWELL,"  to  church  April  4th,  1841,  born  Aug. 
3d,  1824,  to  No.  (401,)  and  his  wife,  No.  (404;)  lives  with  her  father 
now,  1861,  unmarried;  to  South  church,  1842. 

936.  "ANGELINE  C.  HART,"  to  church  April  4th,  1841,  born  July  llth, 
1822,  to  No.  (917,)  and  his  wife,  No.  (724,)  married  June  27th,  1843, 
Imly  B.  Veits,  son  of  John,  of  Granby,  and  Abigail  (Eno,)  of  Simsbury, 
his  wife,  born  Dec.  19th,  1808,  married  June  27th,  1838,  No.  (816;)  she 
died,  when  he  married,  second,  as  above,  a  sister  of  his  first  wife.     He  is 
a  farmer  and  lives  on  Arch  street. 


OP    NEW    BRITAIN.  395 

THEIR    CHILDREN. 

1.  John  Hart,  born  April  8th,  1844,  died  Feb.  7th,  1845. 

2.  Mary  Adelia,  born  March  10th,  1847. 

3.  Elenora  Juliaetta,  born  July  22d,  1849. 

4.  Imly  Dumont,  born  March  20th,  1851,  died  Jan.  22d,  1857. 

5.  Annie  Elizabeth,  bom  Feb.  28th,  1854,  died  June  23d,  1854. 

6.  Ida  Eugine,  born  Oct.  29th,  1856,  bap.  Aug.  2d,  1862. 

7.  Angie  Lilly,  born  June  30th,  1859,  bap.  Aug.  2d,  1862,  died  Aug.  2d,  1862,  aged 
3  years. 

8.  Carrie  A.,  born  Dec.  29th,  1863,  died  Aug.  5th,  1864,  aged  7  months,  7  days. 

937.  "  LUCINA  HART,"  to  church  April  4th,  1841,  born  Dec.  3d,  1821, 
to  No.  (430,)  and  his  wife,  No.  (397,)  married  Oct.  29th,  1850,  John  H. 
Goodwin,  of  Hartford,  son  of  John,  and  his  wife  Anna  (Belden,)  born 
March  2d,  1809,  and  was  his  second  wife,  his  first  being  Nancy,  daugh- 
ter of  No.  (438.)     She  was  dismissed,  1851,  by  letter,  and  recommended 
to  South  church,  Hartford,  where  she  was  received,  January,  1852. 

938.  "ELIZABETH  SMITH,"  to  church  April  4th,  1841,  born  Dec.  13th, 
1822,  (a  twin  with  Elizur  Newton  Smith,)  to  No.  (337,)  and  his  second 
wife,  No.  (472,)  baptized  June  1st,  1823,  Elizabeth  Augusta ;  unmarried, 
A.  D.  1864,  and  lives  with  her  mother,  at  the  residence  of  H.  H.  Brown, 
her  brother-in-law,  on  High  street.     She  became  a  constituent  of  South 
church,  1842. 

939.  "  ELIZABETH  L.  DEMING,"  to  church  April  4th,  1841,  baptized 
same  time,  born  May  2d,  1821,  at  New  Hagerstown,  Ohio,  to  Treat,  of 
Wethersfield,  son  of  Richard,  and  Millicent  (Belden,)  his   wife,  and  No. 
(573  ;)  at  her  own  request  was  rebaptized  on  admission  to  church.     She 
died  Aug.  2d,  1841,  aged  20,  at  Wethersfield,  but  interred  here,  stone  at 
her  grave. 

940.  "  CORDELIA  STANLEY,"  to  church  1841,  bora  Jan.  23d,  1820,  to 
No.  (438,)  and  his  wife,  No.  (1294;)  was  dismissed  by  letter,  May  14th, 
1848,  and  recommended  to  South  church,  Hartford,  but  received  back  by 
letter  to  this  church,  July  7th,  1861 ;  now,  A.  D.  1861,  unmarried  and 
lives  with  her  mother  on  Washington  street,  and  has  excelled  in  drawing 
and  painting. 

941.  "  MART  S.  BASSETT,"  to  church  1841,  baptized  same  time,  born 
Dec.  13th,  1825,  to  No.  (376,)  and  his  first  wife  Polly  (Judd.)     She  be- 
came a  constituent  member  of  South  church,  1842 ;  took  care  for  her 
father  and   his  family,  in  Simsbury,  after  the  death  of  his  second  wife  ; 
she  is  now,  1861,  unmarried  and  living  with  her  sister,  Mrs.  Frederick 
Hart,  in  this  place. 

942.  "  LEVI  S.  WELLS,"  to  church  1841,  born  Feb.  25th,  1825,  to  No. 
(511,)  and  his  wife,  No.  (643,)  married  April  24th,  1848,  No.  (1093.) 
His  residence,  built  1849,  on  North  end  of  East  street ;  is  a  farmer  and 


396  FIRST     CHURCH 

and  has  good  taste  and  success  in  raising  stock  and  cultivating  his  grounds  ; 
is  often  called  to  public  trusts  and  responsibilities. 

THEIR    CHILDREN. 

1.  Herman  Francis,  born  April  29th,  1849,  bap.  Nov.  10th,  1850,  see  No.  (1357.) 

2.  Horace  Lemuel,  born  Oct.  5th,  1855,  bap.  July  6th,  1856. 

3.  Kate,  born  Jan.  17th,  1864,  bap.  June  llth,  1865. 

943.  "LEMUEL  R.  WELLS,"  to  church   1841,  born  Jan.  2d,  1827,  to 
No.  (oil,)  and  is  brother  of  No.  (942,)  married  June    loth,  1853,  No. 
(1033,)  residence  on  East  street,  opposite  his  father's.     He  was  chosen 
deacon  for  two  years,  Aug.  12th,  1859,  and  re-elected  indefinitely,  Aug. 
25th,  1861,  and  consecrated  by  prayer  and  laying  on  of  hands  by  Rev. 
L.  Perrin,  the  pastor,  and  Rev.  E.  Ripley,  assisting,  at  a  preparatory  lec- 
ture, Aug.  30th,  1861.     He  was  a  farmer  by  occupation.     He  died  Feb. 
25th,  1867,  aged  40,  greatly  lamented. 

944.  "  LEVI  W.  HART,"  to  church  1841,  born  June  7th,  1825,  to  No. 
(481,)  and   his  second  wife,  No:  (490;)  graduated  at  Yale  College  in 
1846,  to  which  church  he  was  dismissed  by  letter  and  recommended,  Jan. 
7th,  1843.     He  studied  theology  at  Union  Theological  Seminary,  New 
York  city ;  licensed  to  preach,  1852,  by  the   South  Presbytery  of  New 
York,  and  was  one  year  a  missionary  to  the  Germans  of  the  city,  and 
now,  1861,  rector  of  the  College  Grammar  School,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.     He 
married,  Dec  27th,  1854,  at  New  Britain,  No.  (903  ;)  distinguished  for 
languages  and  German  literature. 

THEIR   CHILDREN. 

1.  Louisa  W.,  bora  Sept.  8th,  1856,  bap.  March,  1857. 

2.  William  B.  North,  born  Aug.  llth,  1859. 

3.  Herbert  Winthrop,  born  August,  1865,  died  Sept.  2d,  1867. 

945.  "  NORMAN  L.  HART,"  to  church  1841,  born  Feb.  2d,  1826,  to  No. 
(954,)  and  his  wife,  No.  (385,)  married  Dec.  6th,  1854,  Lavinia  M.  Kel- 
logg, of  Philadelphia,  born  June  24th,  1834,  at  Hartford,  Ct.,  to  M.  A., 
of  Avon,  and  his  wife  Marilla  (Cooley,)  of  Hartford.     He  was  dismissed 
by  letter  to  Tabernacle   church,  New  York,  being  a  clerk  in  that  city. 
He  is  engaged  in  merchandize  now,  1862,  in  Philadelphia.     New  Britain 
is  indebted  to  his  munificence  for  the  engraving  of  Dr.  Smalley  which  em- 
bellishes this  work,  and  for  $500  in  paying  the  church  debt. 

THEIR    CHILDREN. 

1.  Marilla  Mellen,  born  Jan.  31st,  1858,  at  Philadelphia. 

2.  Norman  Elwood,  born  Jan.  21st,  1861,  at  Philadelphia. 

946.  "MARGARET  ANDREWS,"  to  church,  1841,  born  Aug.  30th,  1826, 
to  No.  (478,)  and  his  second  wife,  No.  (657,)  married  Oct.  17th,  1850, 


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by  Rev.  E.  B.  Andrews,  No.  (1065;)  dismissed  by  letter,  October  13th, 
1854,  to  First  Congregational  church  in  Chicago,  111. ;  is  now,  1864,  resi- 
ding in  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  but  1867,  at  St.  Louis,  Mo. 

947.  "  CATHARINE  FRANCIS,"  to  church  1841,  born  Sept.  3d,  1825,  to 
No.  (470,)  and  his  wife,  No.  (471,)  baptized  Nov.  13th,  1825,  Catharine 
Amelia.     She  died  Sept.  26th,  1849,  aged  24. 

948.  "  MELVINIA,  wife  of  Frederick  T.  Stanley,"  to  church  1841,  born 
Sept.  5th,  1815,  at  Sandisfield,  Mass.,  to  Samuel  C.  Chamberlin,  and  his 
wife  Anna  (Conklin.)  married  July  4th,  1838.     He  was  son  of  Gad,  and 
his  wife,  No.  (589,)  born  Aug.  12th,  1802;  been  a  merchant  and  exten- 
sive manufacturer,  of  hardware  ;  his  residence,  corner  of  Washington  and 
Willow  streets ;  has  done  much  in  improving  and  beautifying  the  village, 
and  extending  its  business  and  name.     She  became  one  of  the  constituent 
members  of  South  church,  1842.     She  died  Aug.  16th,  1843,  in  her  28th 
year,  of  scarlet  fever. 

THEIR    CHILDREN. 

1.  Alfred  Hubert,  bora  Aug.  2d,  1839,  bap.  1841,  married  Dec.  21st,  1863,  Sarah 
J.  Lozier,  daughter  of  John  Peck  Lozier,  and  Hannah  Guess. 

2.  Frederick  Henry,  born  Feb.  9th,  1841,  bap.  1841,  died  Oct.  10th,  1843,  aged  2 
years  and  8  months. 

3.  William  Chamberlin,  born  April  14th,    1843,  died  July  31st,   1844,  aged   15 
months. 

949.  "CHARLOTTE  ELLIS,"  to  church  1841,  by  letter  from  Camden, 
South    Carolina.     She  first  to  church   in  Troy,  New   York,   while  re- 
ceiving her  education  at  that  "  Female  Seminary."     She  went  south  as  a 
teacher.     She  was  born  May  5th,  1818,  to  No.  (717,)  married  Sept.  1st, 
1846,  Thomas  J.  Huddleston,  of  Columbus,  Miss.     She  was  dismissed  by 
letter,   February,  1853,  and  recommended   to   church   in   Warsaw,  111., 
where,  1863,  they  resided  on  a  farm,  but  now,  1864,  chey  live  at  Iowa 
City,  in  Iowa. 

THEIR    CHILDREN. 

1.  Julia  Ellis,  born  June  25th,  1847,  at  Liberty,  Missouri. 

2.  Thomas   Garlick,  born  Feb.  1st,  1850,  died  January  14th,  1862,  aged   12,  at 
Warsaw,  111. 

3.  Katie  May,  born  May  15th,  1853,  at  Warsaw,  111. 

[Here  ends  the  ministry  of  Rev.  D.  M.  Seward,  June  15th,  1842.] 

950.  "MARTHA,  wife  of  Nehemiah  Peck,"  to  church  August,  1842, by 
letter  from  church  in  Middlebury,  Ct.,  born  Feb.  10th,  1798,  at  Plymouth, 
Ct.,  to  Scovil,  married  Nov.  6th,  1824,  at  Plymouth.     He  was  son 
of  Lament,  of  Bristol,  and   Rebecca  (Tracy,)  of  Westchester,  Ct.,  his 
wife,  born  Sept.  26th,  1793,  at  Bristol.     He  bought  the  Jesse   Stanley 
farm,  in  Stanley  quarter,  where  she  died,  May  16th,  1849,  aged  51,  when 
he  married,  second,  Jan.  22d,  1851,  No.  (1075.)     He  sold  his  farm  here 


398  FIRST     CHURCH 

and  lived  in  East  Haven,  where  his  second  wife  died,  when  he  went  to 
Burlington,  Vt.,  where  he  died  March  30th,  1861,  aged  67. 

THEIR   CHILDREN. 

I.James,  born  Sept.  20th,  1825,  at  Bristol,  died  July  19th,  1830,  at  Marshall, 
New  York. 

2.  Mary  Scovil,  born  April  20th,  1827,  at  Bristol,  see  No.  (967  J 

3.  Nehemiah,  jun.,  born  May  2d,  1829,  lives  in  Burlington,  Vt.,  married  Jan.  1st, 
1862,  Minerva  Pitkin,  of   Winchendon,   Mass.;  they  resided,  1862,  in  New  Britain, 
where  he  died  Feb.  6th,  1863,  at  the  Dr.  Smalley  house,  aged  34,  lovely  in  life,  peace- 
ful and  happy  in  death. 

4.  James  Gorham,  born  May  28th,  1831,  see  No.  (1054.) 

5.  David  Brainard,  born  March  15th,  1833,  lives  at  Pompey,  N.  Y.,  married  Fran- 
ces A.  Brainard;  is  now,  1862,  at  Ship  Island. 

6.  Susan  Rich,  born  May  llth,  1835,  No.  (1053.) 

7.  Sarah  Bunnel,  bora  Feb.  7th,  1838. 

8.  William  Henry  Harrison,  born  Feb.  1st,  1841,  at  Middlebury,  Ct.,  lives  at  Bur- 
lington, Vt.,  is  six  feet  two  inches  in  height,  was  captain  of  Co.  I,  in  the  5th  Reg.  Vt. 
Volunteers;  is  now,  April,  1862,  before  Yorktown,  Va. ;  was  shot  through  the  neck 
but  recovered. 

951.  "  TAMAR,  wife  of  Russell  Avery,"  to  church  August,  1842,  by 
letter  from  church  in  Boston,  daughter  of  Henry  Flint,  of  Concord,  Mass., 
and  Bulah  (Wheeler,)  his  wife,  born  Sept.  18th,  1794,  at  Carlisle,  Mass., 
married   Sept.   6th,    1838.     He  was  son   of  Asa,    and  his   wife   Sarah 
(Green.)     She  is  sister  of  No.  (865,)  and  was  dismissed  by  letter,  June 
3d,  1860,  to  church  in  Guilford,  Ct.,  where  she  died  Dec.  20th,  1862, 
aged  68 ;  buried  here.     She  was  distinguished  for  cheerfulness,  kindness 
and  charity. 

952.  "GEORGE  THOMPSON,"  to  church  October,  1842,  by  letter  from 
church  in  New  Haven,  born  Oct.  19th,  1817,  at  Bristol,  Ct.,  to   Benoni, 
and  his  wife  Mary  (Belden,)  is  a  coach  lace  weaver  by  trade ;  married 
Nov.  27th,  1841,  No.  (953;)  lives  now,  1861,  at  New  Haven;  dismissed 
by  letter,  Sept.  3d,  1843,  to  church  in  Plymouth  Hollow. 

953.  "  LOCY  C.,  wife  of  George  Thompson,"  to  church  October,  1842, 
by  letter  from  South  church  in  Glastenbury,  born  March  31st,  1820,  at 
Lebanon,  to  Jesse  Miner,  of  Glastenbury,  and  his  wife  Caroline  (Mason,) 
married  Nov.  27th,  1841,  No.  (952.)     She  and  husband  were  dismissed 
by  letter,  Sept.  3d,  1843,  to  Plymouth  Hollow. 

THEIR   CHILD. 

Ellen  0.,  bora  Sept.  21st,  1846,  at  New  Haven. 

[Here  begins  the  ministry  of  Rev.  C.  S.  Lyman,  Feb.  15th,  1843;  he 
was  ordained  and  installed  as  pastor  of  this  church  and  people.] 

954  "  NORMAN  HART,"  to  church  April  2d,  1843,  born  August  5th, 
1794,  to    No.  (181  ;)   by  trade  a  woolen   manufacturer,  residence  by 


OP    NEW    BRITAIN.  399 

"  Hart's  Mills,"  at  the  south  end  of  the  village.  He  married,  Sept.  8th, 
1818,  No.  (385;)  was  appointed  deacon  of  this  church  Sept.  21st,  1843  ; 
he  resigned  1851.  He  sold  his  mill  and  place  of  residence,  and  built  at 
the  foot  of  "  Dublin  Hill,"  1851,  where  he  now  lives  on  Main  street,  1861. 
He  sold,  and  in  1867  resides  on  Walnut  street. 

THEIR    CHILDREN. 

1.  Burdette,  born  Nov.  16th,  1821,  bap.  Jan.  20th,  1822,  see  No.  (771.) 

2.  Norman  Lee,  born  Feb.  2d,  1826,  bap.  June  4th,  1826,  see  No.  (945.) 

3.  Ellen,  born  Feb.  23d,  1828,  bap.  ,  see  No.  (1033.) 

955.  "ALVIN  BELDEN,"  to  church  April  2d,  1843,  and  baptized  same 
time,  born  Jan.  25th,  1796;  to  Aziel,  and  his  first  wife  Azuba  (Goodrich,) 
daughter  of  Asahel,  married  Nov.  4th,   1819,  No.  (579,)  daughter  of 
William  Steele,  and  his  wife,  No.  (246.)     She  died  April  22d,  1830, 
aged  31,  when  he  married,  second,  Nov.  17th,  1831,  No.  (495.)     He  is  a 
tinner  by  trade  and  occupation,  as  was  his  father ;  residence  on  Wash- 
ington street. 

THEIR    CHILDREN. 

1.  Luana,  born  Oct.  1st,  1820,  married  Feb.  9th,  1841,  William  J.  Buckley,  the 
tinner. 

2.  Sophia,  born  June  16th,  1823,  married  August  16th,  1847,  Warren  J.  Hubbard. 

3.  George  Hooker,  born  Feb.  22d,  1830,  bap.  Aug.  3d,  1837,  married  Helen  Grid- 
Icy  ;  he  died  August  10th,  1866,  aged  36 ;  buried  in  New  Britain. 

CHILDREN   BY    SECOND   WIFE. 

4.  Walter,  born  Jan.  26th,  1833,  bap.  April  1st,  1833,  died  July  ^7th,  1833,  aged 
6  mouths. 

5.  Charles  Henry,  born  Feb.  19th,  1837,  bap.  Aug.  3d,  1837,  see  No.  (1097.) 

956.  "IRENE,  wife  of  John  Ellis,"  to  church  April  2d,  1843,  baptized 
same  time,  born  Nov.  13th,  1793,  to  No.  (435,)  and  his  second  wife,  No. 
(436,)  married  Dec.  5th,  1819.     He  was  son  of  Abel,  of  "Great  Swamp 
Society,"  and  Thankful  (Dickinson,)  his  wife,  born  Oct.  7th,  1793;  resi- 
dence near  the  south  end  of  East  street,  formerly  the  home  of  Adonijah 
Lewis.     Mr.  Ellis  was  a  successful  farmer,  but  formerly  was  also  an  ex- 
tensive manufacturer;  his  house  was  built  in  1816,  and  is  on  a  pleasant 
location.     He  died  July  17th,  1865,  aged  72. 

THEIR    CHILDREN. 

1.  Abel,  born  March  2d,  1821,  married  November  7th,  1847,  Matilda  Henshaw,  of 
Missouri. 

2.  Daniel,  born  June  2d,  1822,  a  soldier  in  the  Union  army  at  New  Mexico,  1863. 

3.  Martin,  born  May  22d,  1826,  married  Oct.  16th,  1848,  Lydia  Richards,  daughter 
of  Amon. 

4.  Gustavus,  born  Feb.  15th,  1828,  see  No.  (1220.) 

957.  "URSULA,  widow  of  Isaac  Lewis,"  to  church  April  2d,  1843, 


400  FIRST     CHURCH 

baptized  same  time,  born  Jan.  18th,  1781,  to  No.  (354,)  married  Oct. 
28th,  1804,  No.  (458.)     She  died  Sept.  2d,  1850,  aged  70. 

958.  "ABi,  wife  of  David  Kelsey,"  to  church  April  2d,  1843,  baptized 
same  time,  born  Oct.  23d  1802,  to  Elisha  Vaughn,  and   his   wife   Lydia 
(Steele,)  married  Oct.  14th,  1824,  and  was  his  second  wife,  his  first  being 
Lovisa  (Hastings,)  who  died  August  28th,  1823.     He  was  son  of  Enoch, 
jun.,  and  his  wife  Kesiah  (Gilbert,)  born   Oct.  5th,  1779,  and   married, 
June,  1810,  his  first  wife.     His  residence  was  the  old  home  of  his  father, 
just  over  the  line  between  this  town  and  Wethersfield.     He  died  May 
20th,  1858,  aged  79. 

SOME   OF    THEIR   CHILDREN. 

Keziah,  born  July  21st,  1812,  married  Daniel  Blinn;  he  died  January  10th,  1836, 
aged  30. 

Lorenzo,  born  Dec.  2d,  1816,  married  Belinda  Kilby,  daughter  of  Simeon. 
Enoch,  born  Dec.  28th,  1818,  married  Sept.  18th,  1842,  No.  (1058.) 

CHILD    BY    SECOND    WIFE. 

David,  born  July  6th,  1832,  married  Sept.  7th,  1852,  Eliza  AnnDeming,  daughter 
of  Franklin. 

959.  "  EMILY  A.,  wife  of  Oliver  S.  Judd,"  to  church  April  2d,  1843, 
baptized  same  time,  born  July  8th,  1818,  to  Chester  Lewis,  and  his   wife 
Hanna  (Beckvvith,)  married   April   15th,    1838,  No.  (823;)  for  many 
years  one  of  the  church  choir.     She  died  Nov.  5th,  1858,  aged  39. 

960.  "ANTOINETTE  HART,"  to  church  April  2d,  1843,  born  Nov.  13th, 
1825,  to  No.  (516,)   and  his  wife,  No.  (509,)  married  June   4th,  1848, 
George  H.  Irooth,  son  of  No.  (673,)  and  his  wife,  No.  (431,)  born  Aug. 
5th,  1823  ;  lives  on  Main  street,  south  part  of  the  village.     She  was  dis- 
missed by  letter  to  Methodist  church,  Jan.  30th,  1856. 

THEIR   CHILD. 

Jennie  Augusta,  bora  July  15th,  1855. 

961.  "  DENNIS  PENNFIELD,"  tochurch  April  2d,  1843  ;  born  Dec.  24th, 
1823,  to  No.  (469,)  and  his  wife  No.  (526  ;)  he  fell  into  a  state  of  despon- 
dency or  insanity  and  hung  himself,  Nov.  4th,  1845,  aged  22. 

962.  "DEWITT  C.  POND,"  to  church   April  2d,  1843;  baptized  same 
time ;  born  March  29th,  1824,  at  East  Poultney,  Vt.,  to  Harvey  Curtiss 
Pond  and  his  wife  Marion  (Turpen  ;)married  Nov.  15th,  1848,  Mary  F. 
Tucker,  daughter  of  Erastus,  of  Hartford,  and  Eliza  his  wife,  born  Aug. 
18th,  1829,  at  Windham,  Conn.;  he  was  a  jeweller  by   trade,  learned  of 
Churchill  &  Stanley ;  came  to    New    Britain,  1840 ;  was  dismissed  and 
received  to  North  church,  Hartford,  May,  1858  ;  he  is  in  mercantile  busi 
ness  in  that  city,  oil  Main  Street,  now,  1863. 

THEIR    CHILD. 

Born,  April  19th,  1865. 


OF     NEW    BRITAIN.  401 

963.  "ANNA  C.  wife  of  Wm.  Morse,"  to  church  June  4th,  1843  ;  bap- 
tized same  time  ;  born  Aug.  8th,  1804,  at  Burlington,  to  Calvin  Hart  and 
his  wife  Anna  (Yale  ;)married  March  27th,   1835  ;  he  son  of  Benoni,  of 
Bristol,  and  Sarah  (Adkins,)  his  wife,  born  March  29th,  1793;  is  a  wagon 
maker  by  trade;  residence  on  corner  of  Washington  and  Myrtle  Streets. 

THEIR    CHILDREN. 

1.  Anna  Rebecca,  born  Feb.  llth,  1835,  died  Oct.  2d,  1837,  aged  19  months. 

2.  Lucy,  bora  Jan.  19th,  1837,  died  March  21st,  1837,  aged  2  months. 

3.  Anna  Charlotte,  born  July  5th,  1838. 

4.  Justina  Rebecca,  born  Jan.  8th,  1840,  died  July  16th,  1849,  aged  9. 

5.  Henrietta  Alice,  born  Dec.  2d,  1842. 

964.  "  EDWIN  BELDEN,"  to  church  June  4th,  1843,  baptized  same  time  ; 
born  Oct.   14th,  1818,   to  Aziel  and  his   second  wife    Nancy  (Mitchel ;) 
married  Sept.  16th,   1841,  No.  (968;)  built  the  house  next  south  of  the 
Alms  House;  now,  1861,  lives  in  Minnesota. 

THEIR    CHILDREN'. 

1.  Alice,  born 

2.  Ella,  born 

965.  "  ABIATHAR  HUBBARD,"  to  church  June  4th,  1843,  baptized  same 
time  ;  born  ,  1807,  at  Haddain,  to  Abraham  and  his  wife  Asenaih 
(Wells  ;)  he  learned  the  brass  business  of  No.  (480  ;)  married   April 
14th,  1845,  Mary  Deming  Steele,  daughter  of  No.  (444  ;)  born  June  4th, 
1810;  his  residence  on   Main  Street,  south  end;  he  died  March  17th, 
1853,  aged  45;  she  died  May    llth,  1851,  aged  41.     She  was  distin- 
guished for  skill  in  turning  hooks  and  eyes  before  the  machines  were  in- 
vented. 

.  THEIR   CHILDREN. 

1.  Harriet  Laura,  born  Jan    1st,  1846,  at  New  Britain,  lives    1862,  at  Higganum, 
Ct.,  with  her  Aunt. 

2.  George  Abiathar,  born  May  2d,  1851,  at  New  Britain,  lives  in  Ponsett  Village, 
with  his  Aunt,  now  1862. 

966.  "CHARLES  C.  RECOR,"  to  church  June  4th,  1843,  baptized  same 
time ;  born  Nov.    10th,  1826,  at  Hartford,  to  Curtiss  Warfield  and  his 
wife  Laura  (King;)  was  adopted  by  No.  (467)  and  his  wife  No.  (468,) 
in  place  of  an  infant  they  lost  without  a  name.     He  married   Dec.  19th, 
1849,  Sarah  Farnsworth,  daughter  of  Philip,  of  West  Hartford,  and  his 
wife  Sukey  (Cowles  ;)  born  Jan.  20th,  1827  ;  he  a  hame  maker,  and  lives, 
at  Plainville,  1862.     He  never  was  dismissed  from  this  church. 

THEIR    CHILD. 

Lucy  Augusta,  born  April  4th,  1853,  at  Bristol,  Ct. 
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402  FIRST     CHURCH 

967.  "MARY  S.  PECK,"  to  church  June  4th,  1843,  baptized  same  time  ; 
born  at  Bristol,  April  20th,  1827,  to  Nehemiah   and  his  wife  No.  (950;) 
married  Oct.  16th,  1849,  Charles  N.  Shumway,  of  Milwaukee.     She  went 
west  as  a  teacher,  under  the  patronage  of  Ex-Gov.   Slade ;  she  was  dis- 
missed by  letter  May  6th,  1853,   to  church  at  Watomas,  Wis.;  she  died 
Aug.  21st,  1855,  aged  28,  in  Wisconsin,  and  left  one  child,  now  18G1,  liv- 
ing in  West  Haven,  Conn. 

968.  "BETSEY  A.  BELPEN,"  to  church  June  4th,   1843;  born  April 
6th,  1823,  to  Jesse    Recor  and  his  wife  No.   (527  ;)  married  Sept.  16th, 
1841,  No.  (964;)  resides  1862,  in  Faribault,  Min. 

969.  "  SAMUEL   JUDD,"  to  church  June  4th,  1843 ;  born  Jan.   25th, 
1789,  to  No.   (195;)  married  April  23d,  1822,  No.  (560;)  was  a  brass 
founder  by  trade,  his  residence,  the  house  built  by  Ebenezer  Booth  and 
occupied  after  Mr.  Judd's  decease  by  Grove    Loomis,  now  1861,  given 
place  to  George  Hart's  new  house.     He  died  May  13th,  1852,  aged  63  ; 
left  no  posterity. 

970.  "EDWJN  C.  ELLIS,"  to  church  June  4th,  1843;  born  Dec.  5th, 
1823,  to  No.  (717  ;)  is  a  farmer,  lives  with  his  father;  married  Sept.  21st, 
1853,  Minerva  Tuller,  daughter  of  Sylvester,  of  Simsbury  and    his  wife 
Hancy  (Humphrey ;)    born  May    1st,   1825.     He  is  a  member  of  our 
church  choir. 

THEIR    CHILDREN. 

1.  Grace  M.  born  June  21st,  1858. 

2.  Anna,  born  July  12th,  1862. 

971.  "  EVERETT  L.  STANLEY,"  to  church  June  4th,  1843;  born  Jan. 
5th,  1825,  to  No.  (921 ;)  married  June         ,  1848,  Sarah  Flint,  of  Rocky 
Hill,  daughter  of  Jared  and  his  wife    Sarah  (Francis.)     He  having  neg- 
lected the  ordinances  of  the  Gospel,  and   resisted  all  efforts  to  reclaim 
him,  he  was  expelled  Feb.  19th,   1846.     He  was  divorced  from  bis  wife 
and  she  second  married  Augustus  Robbins.     He  second  married,  Feb. 
4th,  1858,  Lucy  J.  daughter  of  Weston  Hopkins,  of  Vermont,  and  his 
wife  Laura  (Butterfield;)  born  Dec.  25th,  1833,  at  Brattleboro,  Vt.     Mr. 
Stanley  is  a  large  portly  man;  the  family  reside,  now  1862, at  Lawrence, 
Kansas,  and  he  respects  the  religion  of  his  father?. 

THEIR   CHILDREN. 

1.  Charles  Everett,  bora  July  llth,  1851. 

HIS    CHILDREN    BY    SECOND    WIFE. 

2.  Everet  Alonzo,  born  Sept.  26th,  1859,  at  Lawrence,  Kansas. 

972.  "NEWTON  F.  HART,"  to  church  June  4th,  1843  ;  born   Jan.   2d 
1829,  to  No.  (542,)  and  his  wife  No.   (532;)  married  May  4th,  1852, 
Nancy  Phinney,   of   Plainville,   daughter  of  Isaac  and   his   wife    Dolly 


OP    NEW     BRITAIN.  403 

Phelps,)  alias  Widow  of  Sherman  Carter,  born  Nov.  13th,  1828,  at 
Plain ville.  He  bred  a  merchant,  served  his  clerkship  with  Adna  Whit- 
ing, of  Plain-ville,  and  now,  1863,  is  a  druggis  tin  Meriden.  Was  not  dis- 
missed from  this  church.  They  have  no  children  living. 

THEIR    CHILD. 

Ella,  born  Dec.  9th,  1856,  died  Jan.  29th,  1857,  aged  1  year  1  month. 

973.  "  JULIA  M.  BUTLER,"  to  church  June  4th,  1843  ;  born  July  15th» 
1825,  to  No.  (452,)  and  his  wife  No.  (548;)  she  died  Nov.  16th,   1847, 
aged  22. 

974.  "  CYNTHIA  S.  GRISWOLD,"  to  church  June  4th,  1843  ;  born  Feb. 
28th,  1829,  to  Riley  and  his  wife  No.  (810  ;)  married  Nov.  15th,  1848, 
No.  (996  ;)  she  and  her  husband  were  dismissed  by  letter,  Feb.  3d,  I860,- 
to  Chapel  Street  church,  New  Haven. 

975.  "  AUGUSTA  H.  RECOR,"  to  church  June  4th,   1843  ;  born  Nov. 
12th,  1827,  to  Jesse  and  his  wife  No.  (527  ;)  married  Aug.  29th,  1847' 
Samuel  C.  Dunham,  of  Plainville,   son   of  Albert   and   his   wife    Sylvia 
(Cowles  ;)  she  was  dismissed  by  letter  to  church  in  Plainville,  and  received 
there  June  4th,  1845  ;  the  family  live  now,  1863,  at  Faribault,  Min. 

976.  "  ELLEN  M.  ANDREWS,"  to  church  June   4th,  1843;  born  Sept. 
18th,  1824,  to  No.  (313)  and  his  first  wife  No.  (314;)  dismissed  and  rec- 
ommended to  Broadalbin,  New  York ;  living  now,   1863,   in  Warterloo, 
Wis.,  with  her  sister,  No.  (508.) 

977.  "  FIDELIA  PENNFIELD,"  to  church  June  4th,  1843;  born  Sept. 
10th,  1826,  to  No.  (469  ;)  married  April  18th,   1852,  Wm.  R.  Bradford, 
son  of  Perez  and  his  wife   Jerusha  (Stannard,)  born   Sept,  9th,  1831,  at 
Haddam,  Conn. ;  she  died  July  18th,   1855,  aged  30  ;  when  second  he 
married,  April  15th,  1858,  Emily  Pennfield,  sister  of  his  first  wife. 

978.  "  Lois  C.  CLARK,"  to  church  June  4th,  1843  ;  born  July  17th, 
1825,  to  Abel,  of  Litchfield  South  Farms,  now  Morris,  and  his  wife  Cath- 
arine (Eckhert ;)  baptized  in  infancy  ;  married  Feb.  19th,  1845,  Edward 
O.  Tuttle;  born  Nov.  21st,   1821,  at  New  Haven,  to  Ansel  and  his  wife 
Abigail  (Short,)  of  Derby,  Conn.     She  was  dismissed  and  recommended 
by  letter  to  church  in  Ridgefield,  Conn.,  Jan.  llth,  1844;  she  is  sister  to 
the  wife  of  No.  (622,)  and  now  1861,  living  in  Williamsburg,  N.  Y. 

THEIR   CHILDREN   BORN    AT   RIGEFIELD,    CONN. 

1.  George  W.  born  Dec.  5th,  1845. 

2.  Theron  C.  born  April  8th,  1847. 

3.  John  W.  born  Aug.  2d,  1849. 

4.  Wilbur  S.  born  July  1st,  1852. 

979.  "  LUCELIA  WELLS,"  to  church  June  4th,  1843 ;  born  Oct.   27th 
1828,  to  No.  (511)  and  his  wife  No.  (643  ;)  married  April  25th,   1855,' 


404  FIRST    CHURCH 

No.  (1028;)  she  was  dismissed  Sept.  16th,  1864,  to  Chapel  Street  church, 
New  Haven,  at  her  own  request. 

980.  "  JERUSHA  ELLIS,"  to  church  June  4th,  1843  ;  born   Jan.   1st, 

1826,  to  No.  (717,)  and  his  wife  No.  (718;)  married  March  9th,  1857, 
Josiah  Elbert  Atwood,  son  of  Josiah  of  Newington,  and  his  wife  Prudence 
(Kellogg;)  born  Feb.  20th,  1823;  is  a  farmer  and  they  live,  1861,  with 
his  father;  she  was  dismissed  to  church  in  Newington,  1861. 

THEIR    CHILD. 

Kate  May,  born  Sept.  10th,  1860. 

981.  "ESTHER  F.  PINKS,"  to  church  June  4th,  1843  ;  born  July  22d, 
1830,  at  Boston,  to  Jonathan  C.  and  his  wife  No.  (865  ;)  she  had  a  cer- 
tificate of  membership  to  Baptist  church,  in  this  place,  New  Britain,  April 
27th,  1848  ;  she  subsequently  lived  in  Hanover,  and  was  received  back  by 
letter  from  Congregational  church   there,  June   1st,   1860;  unfortunately 
lost  one  limb  by  amputation  to  save  life,  when  young. 

982.  «  ELBRIDGE  STEELE,"  to  church  June  4th,  1843  ;  born  Feb.  16th, 

1827,  to  No.  (514)   and  his  wife  No.  (725,)  learned  jeweller's  trade   of 
Churchill  &  Stanley;  built  a  fine  residence  on  Arch  Street ;  married  Feb. 
22d,  1848,    Rebecca  Eddy,   daughter   of  Harlowe    and  his   wife    Mary 
(Dobson  ;)  born  April  27th,  1829  ;  he  joined  the  Methodist  church,  and 
left  our  communion  irregularly  and  the  church  withdrew  its  watch  Feb. 
5th,  1846 ;  an  excellent  workman  at  his  trade. 

THEIR   CHILDREN. 

1.  Wilbert  Elbridge,  bom  Nov.  14th,  1850. 

2.  Lillian  Browning,  born  Jan.  18th,  1852. 

3.  Katie  Florence,  born  July  22d,  1856. 

983.  "  HORATIO  S.  LEWIS,"  to  church  June  4th,   1843,  by  letter  from 
Congregational  church  in  Farmington,  Noah  Porter,  D.  D.,  Pastor  ;  born 
Sept.  25th,  1819,  to  No.  (458)  and  wife  No.  (957;)  he  served  a  clerkship 
with  Maj.  Timothy  Cowles,  Farmington,  as  merchant ;  married  Feb.  19th, 
1844,  No.  (1003,)  engaged  in  merchandise  in  this  village,  but  died  of  con- 
sumption April  10th,  1848,  aged  29  ;  distinguished  for  Christian  courtesy 
and  principle. 

THEIR  CHILD. 

Horatio,  born  Feb.,  1845,  died  Sept.  23d,  1846,  aged  19  months. 

984.  "  ELVIRA  C.  wife  of  Augustus    Stanley,"  to  church   June  4th, 
1843,  by  letter  from  North  church,  New  Hartford,  daughter  of  Thomas 
Conkling  and  his  wife  Chloe  (Chamberlin ;)  bonr  July  24th,  1820  ;  mar- 
ried Oct.  5th,  1842,  No.  (604;)  maiden  name  Elvira  A.  Conkling. 

985.  "  NANCY  A.  HART,"  to  church   Aug.   6th,   1843,  by  letter  from 


OP     NEW    BRITAIN.  405 

church  in  Bristol ;  admitted  to  that  church  May  3d,  1840  ;  daughter  of 
Joel,  of  Burlington,  and  his  wife  Sally  (Bowers,)  of  Rocky  Hill ;  born 
July  17th,  1821 ;  married  Dec.  14th,  1845,  George  Hitchcock,  of  South- 
ington.  Live,  1861,  at  Harbor  Creek,  Pa. 

THEIR   CHILDREN. 

1 .  Mary,  bora  ,  at  New  Britain. 

2.  Jane,  born  ,  at  Kensington. 

3.  Andrew,  born  ,  at  Southington. 

4.  Charles,  born  ,  at  Harbor  Creek. 

986.  "  EDWARD  P.  PINKS,"  to  church  Aug.  6th,  1843 ;  born  July  6th, 
1827,  at  Boston,  to  Jonathan  C.  and  his  wife  No.  (865 ;)  is  twin  to  No. 
(987  ;)  the  church  withdrew  its  watch  from  him  by  vote,  Dec.  4th,  1856; 
he  was  a  three  months'  volunteer  in  company  G,  1st  regiment  from  Conn., 
1861  ;  married  Nov.  22d,1866,  Matha  E  Judd,  daughter  of  No.  (1119.) 

987.  "  EDWIN  C.  PINKS,"  to  church  Aug.  6th,  1843  ;  bom  July  6th, 
1827,  at  Boston,  to  Jonathan  and  his  wife  No.  (865,)  is  twin  to  No.  (986 ;) 
married  Nov.  25th,  1852,  Sophia  Lockrow,  of  Berlin.     They  live  in  Han- 
over, Meriden.     This  church   by  vote    Dec.   4th,  1856,  withdrew  their 
watch  and  care  from  him. 

Reformed  and  received  back  to  this  church  from  the  Congregational 
church  in  Hanover,  West  Meriden,  by  letter,  Sept.  1st,  1867;  Erastus 
Hubbard,  clerk.  He  labors  at  the  "  Cutlery  Works,"  and  resides  in  their 
new  block  at  this  date. 

988.  "  EMELINE,  wife  of  Eli  B.  Smith,"  to  church  Oct.  1st,   1843,  by 
letter  from  church  in  South  Cornwall ;  born  Feb.  28th,  1819,  to  Nathan 
G.  Corban,  of  Danbury,  and  his  wife  Abigail  (Barnum  ;)  married  27th, 
1838,  No.  (871  ;)  she  was  dismissed  and  reconimeded  to  church  in  Gran- 
ville,  Mass.,  June  15th,  1866. 

989.  "  CAROLINE  A.  wife  of  I.  N.  Lee,"  to  church  Dec.  10th,  1843,  by 
letter  from  church  in  Farmington,  Noah  Porter,  D.  D.,  Pastor ;  born  July 
15th,    1817,    to    Martin   Cowles,  of  Farmington,    and  his  wife    Harriet 
(Wells;)  married  June  13th,   1843,  No.  (694;)    she  was    distinguished 
for  excellent  social  qualities;  died  April  21st,  1853,  aged  36. 

990.  "  TIMOTHY  W.  LOOMIS,"  to  church  Feb.  25th,  1844,  by  letter 
from  church  in  Torringford  ;  born  Sept.   llth,  1813,  at  Torringford,  to 
Allen  and  his  wife  Mary  (Read,)  of  East  Windsor ;  is  both  joiner  and 
farmer;  married  Nov.  23d,  1840,  No.  (991 ;)  his  residence  the  old  home 
of  his  father  Riley,  until  the  fall  of  1861,  when  he  sold  and  moved  to  the 
Village ;  is  on  High  Street. 

THEIR   SON. 

Charles  Allen,  born  Feb.  26th,  1842,  married  April  15th,  1863,  Lydia  M.  Parker, 
he  died  June  24th,  1866,  aged  24. 


406  FIRST     CHURCH 

991.  "  CnLOE,wife  of  Timothy  Loomis,"  to  church  Feb.  25th,  1844,  by 
letter  from    church  in  Torringford  ;  born  Jan.  25th,   1818,  to    Theodore 
Riley,  of  New  Britain,  and  his  wife  No.  (427  ;)  married  Nov.  23d,  1840, 
No.  (990.) 

992.  "ANN  E.  MURRAY,"  to  church  March  3d,  1844,  by  letter  from 
church  in  Waterbury  ;  she  was  dismissed   by  letter  June  4th,  1846,  and 
recommended  to  the  colored   Congregational  church,  New  Haven,   Rev- 
Mr.  Beman,  Pastor. 

993.  "  JULIA  S.  wife  of  Dr.  Babcock,"  to  church  March  3d,  1844,  by 
letter  from  North  Church,   Hartford  ;  born  Jan.  21st,   1820,  in  Hartford, 
to  Stephen  Spencer  and  his  wife  Jerusha   (Oilman  ;)  married  July  5th, 
1843,  Edward  Denison  Babcock,  M.  D.,  son  of  Silas  andTherissa  (Palm- 
er,) his  wife;  born  June  9th,  1818;  graduate  at  Geneva  Medical  Col- 
lege, New  York  ;  residence  on  Main  Street.    He  now,  1861,  is  a  surgeon 
in  United  States   Army  ;  she  died  July  16th,  1865,  aged  45,  at  Retreat  in 
Hartford. 

THEIR    CHILDREN. 

1.  Mary  Spencer,  born  May  30th,  1844,  bap.  Sept.  6th,  1845,  No.  (1246.) 

2.  Geo.  G.  Spencer,  born  Nov.  14th,  1846,  died  Sept.  13th,  1847. 


1.  ?ameSGUmn,       twins>  born  A^  5th>  1848      died  May  14th,  1849. 


5.  Louisa,  born  Jan.  llth,  1852,  see  No.  (1355.) 

6.  Edward,  born  June  9th,  1854. 

7.  Infant  son,  born  Feb.  25th,  1861,  died  March  8th,  1861,  aged  12  days. 

994.  "  HENRY  L.  CAREY,"  to  church  July  31st,  1845,  by  letter  from 
second  Congregational  church,  Norwich,  Conn.,  Rev.  A.  Bond,  Pastor, 
son  of  Elijah  of  Windham,  and  his  wife  Tabitha  (Bushnell  ;)  he  a  jew- 
eller by  trade,  learned  in  Norwich;  married  Jan.    13th,   1848,  Martha 
Riley  Griswold,  daughter  of  Riley  and  his  wife  No.  (810  ;)  born  March 
1st,  1827  ;  she  went  to  Petersburg,  Va.,  with  her  husband  and  died  there 
Nov.  17th,  1855,  aged  28,  when  second  he  married  July  7th,  1859,  P^liza 
Whittington,  of  Petersburg,  Va.  ;  born  July  9th,  1837,  in  Tyrone  County, 
Ireland,  to  Samuel  and  his  wife  Sarah  (McMahon  ;)  he  was  dismissed  by 
letter  Jan.  6th,  1854,  to  Pres.  church,  Petersburg,  Va.     He  and  family 
now  1863,  living  in  St.  Paul,  Minn. 

HIS    DAUGHTER   BY    FIRST    WIFE    MARTHA. 

1.  Martha  Virginia,  born  Nov.  12th,  1855,  at  Petersburg,  Va.,  died  Dec.  llth,  1855. 

HI8    CHILDREN    BY    SECOND   WIFE    ELIZA. 

2.  George  Henry,  born  March  23d,  1  860,  at  Petersburg,  Va  ,  died  there,  May  7th, 
1860. 

3.  Win.  Henry,  born  Jan.  19th,  1861,  at  Petersburg,  Va. 

995.  "  MARTHA  E.  SHERMAN,"  to  church  Dec.  7th,  1845,  from  church 
in  New  Haven,  by  letter,  daughter  of  Cyrus  Williams,  of  New   Haven, 


OP     NEW     BRITAIN.  407 

and  his  wife  Martha  (Wheeler;)  married  June  llth,  1839,  at  N.  Haven 
Rev.  Charles  S.  Sherman,  former  Pastor  of  this  church;  she  died  July 
9th,  1846,  aged  30,  in  this  place  ;  he  second  married,  July  1st,  1847,  No. 
(1026 ;)  she  accompanied  her  husband  to  Jerusalem  as  a  Missionary,  from 
1839  to  1842. 

HER    CHILDREN. 

1.  Charles  Edwin,  born  Jan.  10th,  1841,  at  Jerusalem. 

2.  Sarah  Williams,  born  April  16th,  1843,  at  New  Britain. 

3.  Roger  Minot,  born  June  30th,  1846,  at  New  Britain,  bap.  Aug.  23d,  1846,  died 
Aug.  27th,  1840. 

996.  "WALTER  C.  BUTLER,"  to  church  Dec.  4th,  1845,  by  letter  from 
1st  Congregational  church,  Wethersfield,  Dr.  Tucker,  Pastor;  born  April 
10th,  1823,  to  Walter,  of  Wethersfield,  and  his  wife  Martha    (Curtiss;) 
he  a  jeweller,  learned  of  North  &   Churchill;  married  Nov.  loth,  1848, 
No.  (974  ;)  he  made  himself  useful  among  us,  was  clerk   and  treasurer  of 
our  ecclesiastical  society.     He  and  wife  were  dismissed  by  letter  and  rec- 
ommended to  Chapel  Street  church,  New   Haven,  Feb.  3d,  1860.     He  is 
now,  1863,  of  the  firm  of  Hills  &  Butler,  dealers  in  paints  and  oils,  New 
Haven. 

THEIR    CHILDREN. 

1.  Ella  Stanley,  born  June  27th,  1856,  at  New  Britain. 

2.  Henry  Carey,  born  Jan.  20th,  1859,  at  New  Haven. 

3.  Eddie  Walter,  born  Nov.  14th,  1862,         "        " 

997.  "MRS.  WALTER  STANLEY,"  to  church  Jan.  29th,  1846,  by  letter 
from  1st  church,  Springfield,  Mass.,  Dr.  Osgood,  Pastor;  born  Jan.  19th, 
1823,  to  Elijah  Knox,  of  Hartford,  and  his  wife  Delia  (Tryon  ;)  married 
April  12th,  1842,  No.  (884;)  her  maiden  name,  Maria  Knox. 

998.  "HENRIETTA  PARKER,"  to  church  Feb.  1st,  1846,  by  letter  from 
Congregational  church  in  Harwinton,  Conn.,  Rev.  Charles  Ben tley, Pastor: 
born  Oct.  20th,  1816,  brought  up  in  the  family  of  Amos   Hungerford,  of 
Harwinton,  1861  is  unmarried  and  occupied  nursing. 

999.  "  WILLIAM  SAGE,"  to  church  July  5th,  1846,  by  letter  from  church 
in  Derby,  Conn.,  Rev.  George  Thacher,  Pastor;  born  Oct.  24th,  1818,  at 
Berlin,  to  Erastus  and  his  wife  Elenor  (Dickinson  ;)  he  a  machinist ;  mar- 
ried Oct.  19th,  1840,  No.  (1000,)  both  dismissed  by  letter  April  6th,  1853. 
to  church  in  Durham,  Conn. ;  they,  1861,  live  in  Berlin. 

1000.  "  LUCY  C.  wife  of  Wm.  Sage,"  to  church  July  5th,  1846,  by  let- 
ter from  Congregational  church,  Derby,  Conn.  ;  her  maiden  name,  Lucy 
Curtiss  Farnum,  daughter  of  Isaac,  of  Stuarttown,  New  Hampshire,  and 
his  wife  Lucy  (Curtiss;)  born  Dec.   7th,  1821;  married   Oct.  19th,  1840, 
No.  (999,)  both  dismissed  by  letter  April  6th,  1853,  and  recommended  to 
church  in  Durham. 


408  FIRST     CHUnCH 


THEIR    CHILDREN. 

1.  Wm.  Elbridge,  born  Aug.  13th,  1841,  died  Sept.  25th,  1841,  aged  3  weeks. 

2.  Walter  Finney,  born  Jan.  25th,  1843. 

3.  Theodore  Andrews,  born  July  5th,  1845,  at  New  Britain,  bap.  Oct.  25th,  1846, 
at  New  Britain. 

4.  Ella  Catharine,  born  May  24th,  1849,  at  Middletown. 

5.  Frederick  Erastus,  born  July  3d,  1851,  at  Durham,  Ct. 

6.  Geo.  Wilford,  born  Oct.  26th,  1853,  "  " 

7.  Fanny  Elenor,  born  Aug.  25th,   1856,  at  Durham,   died  April  6th,   1858,  aged 
19  months. 

8.  Chas.  Henry,  born  June  9th,  1859,  at  Berlin. 

1001.  "MosES  BACHELDER,"  to  church  July   19th,  1846,  by  letter 
from  church  in  Farmington,  Njoah  Porter,  D.  D.,  pastor ;  born  March 
7th,  1809,  baptized  on  his  admission  to  church  there,  June  4th,  1843 ; 
married,  1835,  No.  (1002  ;)  he  died  Feb.  6th,  1857,  at  New 
Haven,  aged  48. 

1002.  "RosANA,  wife  of  Moses  Bachelder,"  to  church  July  19th,  1846, 
by  letter  from   1st   Congregational  church,   Farmington,  to  church  there 
April  1st,  1827;  born  May  3d,  1807,  at  New  Britain,  to  No.  (183;)  she 
married,  1 827,  Joseph  Yemans,  of  Farmington  ;  he  died,  when 
second  she  married,  1835,  No.  1001.) 

THEIR    CHILDREN. 

1.  Victoria,  born  Sept.  21st,  1839,  married,  Nov.  10th,  1858,  Eli  W.  Bassett. 

2.  Burgess,  born  June        ,1842. 

1003.  "JAKE  E.,  wife  of  Horatio  S.  Lewis,"  to  church  Aug.  9th,  1846, 
by  letter  from  South   church,   New  Britain,   Rev.   S.  Rockwell,  pastor ; 
born  June  1st,  1819,  at  Simsbury,   to   Salmon  Eno  and  his  wife  Mary 
(Richards,)  married,  Feb.   19th,  1844,  No.  (983;)  he  died,  when  second 
she  married,  July         ,  1850,  Paris  Barber,  of  Homer,  N.  Y.,  where  now, 
1862,  they  reside;  he  son  of  Jedediah,  of  Hebron,  Ct.,  and  his  wife  Ma- 
tilda (Tuttle.) 

HER    CHILDREN    BY    SECOND    HD8BAND,    PARIS    BARBER. 

1.  Emma  Jane,  born  April  2lst,  1851,  at  Homer,  N.  Y. 

2.  Louisa  Anna,  born  Jan.  llth,  1854,  at  Homer,  N.  Y. 

3.  Charles  Eno,  born  Jan.  llth,  1859,  at  Homer,  N.  Y. 

1004.  "CAROLINE  SENIOR,"   to  church  Sept.  13th,  1846,  by  letter 
from  first  church  in    Stratford,  Ct.,  wife   of  Edward  Senior,  son  of  Wm. 
and  his  wife   Sarah   (Harvey,)    born  Jan.  15th,   1823  ;  she  daughter  of 
Ephraim   Beardsley,  of  Stratford,  and   his   wife    Sarah    (Bryant,)  born 
March  15th,  1826,  married,  May  5th,  1846  ;  he  a  blacksmith  and  carriage 
maker  by  trade ;  he  died  June  10th,  1846,  in  New  Britain,  when  she  was 
dismissed  by  letter  back  to  the  church  in  Stratford,  when  second  she  mar- 


OP    NEW    BRITAIN.  409 

ried,  Nov.  22d,  1852,  John  Perry,  son  of  Albert,  of  Stratford,  and  his 
wife  Sarah  (Patchen,)  where  now,  1861,  they  reside. 

HER    CHILD   BY   FIRST   HUSBAND. 

1.  Edward,  bora  March  6th,  1848,  died  Sept.  10th,  1852,  at  Plainville,  on  the  way 
to  Stratford. 

HER   CHILD   BY    SECOND   HUSBAND. 

2.  Caroline  Kebecca,  bora  April  26th,  1858. 

1005.  "MRS  MARY  CAPRON,"  to  church  Oct.  llth,   1846,  by  letter 
from  Presbyterian  church,  Broadalbin,  N.  Y.,  Rev.  W.  J.  Monteith,  pas- 
tor ;  her  maiden  name  Mary  Maria  North,  daughter  of  Reuben,  of  Go- 
shen,  and  his  second  wife  Amanda  (Austin,)  of  Wallingford,  born  Dec. 
4th,  1816,  at  Goshen,  married,  May   14th,  1836,  Daniel  Beadle  Capron, 
son  of  Orrin  and  his  wife  Rosalinda  (Knight,)  born  Nov.  12th,  1813,  at 
Broadalbin,  N.  Y. ;  residence  on  West  Main  st. ;  he  has  been  a  mechanic, 
but  in  1862  was  in  merchandize  on  Washington  st.,  and  now,  1867,  in 
shoe  and  harness  business  on  Main  st. 

THEIR   CHILDREN. 

1.  Rosalinda  Corinthia,  born  April  13th,  1840,  at  Broadalbin  ;  died  there,  aged  3. 

2.  Mary  Rosella,  born  Aug.  26th,  1844,  see  No.  (1313.) 

3.  Cornelius  Earl,  born  Sept.  24th,  1846. 

1006.  "Miss  E.  A.  CAPRON,"  to  church  Oct.  llth,   1846,  by  letter 
from  Presbyterian  church,    Broadalbin,  N.  Y. ;  her  name  at   this  date, 
Elizabeth  Apelonia  Capron,  daughter  of  Wm.  and   his  wife  Maria  N. 
(Earle,)  born  Nov.  26th,  1824,  at  Broadalbin,  N.  Y. ;  married,  Dec.  7th, 
1851,  No.  (1050  ;)  they  united  with  the  Second  Advent  church,  and  thus 
withdrew  from  our  communion,  when,  Dec.  4th,  1856,  this  church  with- 
drew its  watch. 

1007.  "ALONZO  COLLINS,"  to  church  Nov.  1st,  1846,  by  letter  from 
church  in  New  Marlboro',  Mass.,  Rev.  Samuel  Utley,  pastor ;  born  Dec. 
12th,  1813,  to  David,   of  New  Marlboro',  and   his  wife,  whose  maiden 
name  was  Hannah   Gilbert,  but  became  the  widow  of  Russell  Case,  of 
Simsbury,  when  she  married  David  Collins,  and  became  the  mother  of 
Alonzo,  who  married,  Feb.  19th,  1844,  Lucinda  Matilda  Downing,  daugh- 
ter of  Elisha  and  his  wife  Lavinia  (Nichols,)  bora  Sept.  7,  1823,  at  Lin- 
coln, Vt. ;  their  residence  at  the  north  end  of  Stanley  street,  and  in  the 
bounds  of  Farmington. 

THEIR    CHILDREN. 

1.  Ellen  Louisa,  born  Oct.  9th,  1845. 

2.  Wm.  Eugene,  born  May  28th,  1848. 

3.  Eda  Lucinda,  bora  March  14th,  1854. 


410  FIRST     CHURCH 

1008.  "ENOCH  FRISBE,"  to  church  Nov.  1st,  1846,  by  letter  from  the 
church  in  Bloomfield,  Ct. ;  born  May  4th,  1786,  at  Barkhamsted,  to  Lem- 
uel, of  Blanford,  Mass.,  and  his  wife  Lucy  (Sterling,)  of  Hadlyme,  Ct. ; 
married,  Nov.  10th,  1810,  No.  (1009,)  he  lived  south  of  the  village,  on 
the  Kensington  road,  now,  1861,  the  residence  of  James  Andrews;  he 
and  wife  dismissed  by  letter,  March  12th,  1848,  to  church  in  West  Spring- 
field, Mass. ;  they  both  to  church  in  Wintonbury,  now  Bloomfield,  1808, 
and  he  chosen  deacon  there  in  1815,  and  served  in  that  capacity  30  years. 

1009.  "MRS.  ENOCH  FRISBE,"  to  church  Nov.  1st,  1846,  by  letter 
from  church   in   Bloomfield,  .Ct. ;  her   maiden   name   Eliza  Taylor,  born 
March  27th,  1791,  in  Chelmsford,   Essex  Co..  Eng.,  to  Deacon  Thomas 
and  his  wife  Susannah  (Theobald ;)  married,  Nov.  10th,  1810,  No.  (1008,) 
dismissed   by  letter  with   him,  March    12th,  1848,  to   church  in  West 
Springfield,  where  she  died  March  22d,  1853,  aged  62. 

THEIK  CHILDBBS. 

1.  Isaac  E.,  born  Feb.  2d,  1812. 

2.  Elizabeth,  born  Sept.  2lst,  1815. 

3.  Jane,  born  June  29th,  1817. 

4.  Susannah,  born  Feb.  28th,  1821,  No.  ("1010.) 

5.  Lemuel  T.,  born  Feb.  7th,  1824. 

6.  Thomas  S.,  born  Dec.  17th,  1827. 

7.  Sarah  M.,  born  March  1st,  1831,  No.  (1011.) 

1010.  "SUSANNAH  FRISBE,"  to  church  Nov.  1st,  1846,  by  letter  from 
church  in  Bloomfield,  Ct.,   Rev.  Alfred  C.  Raymond,  pastor ;  born  Feb. 
28th,  1821,  to  Enoch,  No.  (1009  ;)  dismissed  by  letter,  March  12th,.  1848, 
to  church  in  West  Springfield ;  she,  1861,  living  in  Springfield,  Mass. 

1011.  "SARAH  M.  FRISBE,"  to  church  Nov.  1st,  1846,  by  letter  from 
the  church  in  Bloomfield,  Ct. ;  married,  ,  Franklin  Smith,  of 
West  Springfield,  Mass.;  she  was  dismissed  by  letter,  March  12th,  1848, 
to  the  church  in  that  town. 

1012.  "RICHARD  GILLET,"  to  church  Dec.  27th,  1846,  by  letter  from 
the  First  Presbyterian  church,  Rome,  N.  Y.,  Rev.  Selden  Haynes,  pastor, 
born  1790,  to  Aaron  and  his  wife  Rachel  (Webster,)  at  Winton- 
bury, now   Bloomfield,  Ct. ;  he   was  a  joiner  by  trade   and  occupation ; 
married,  ,  Lucina  Hart,  of  Farmington    Farms,   daughter  of 
Joel                       ;  she  died,  when  second  he  married,  ,  Julia 
Boardman,  of  Wethersfield,  Ct. ;  she   died,  when  third  he  married,  May 
19th,  1841,  No.  (1013;)  he  built  a  house  on  Maple   st.,  where  he  died 
Aug.  19th,  1855,  aged  65  ;  they  both  dismissed  by  letter  to  South  church 
May  14th,  1848. 

HI8   ONLY    CHILD   BY    FIRST   WIFE. 

Ruby,  born  ,  married  ,  James  Orton,  of  Rome,  N.  Y. 


OF    NEW     BRITAIN.  411 

1013.  "ELIZABETH,  wife   of  Richard    Gillet,"   to  church    Dec.  27th, 
1846,  by  letter  from  Presbyterian  church   in  Rome,   N.  Y.  ;  her  maiden 
name  Frink,  daughter  of  Luke  and  his  wife  No.  (1014  ;)  born  April  24, 
1795,  at  Hoosic,  N.  Y.;  married,  May  19th,  1841,  No.  (1012,)  she  now 
1861,  lives  in  N.  Y.  city;  she  was  dismissed  by  letter  to  South   church, 
with  her  husband,  May  12th,  1848. 

1014.  "MRS.  CATHARINE  FRINK,"   to   church   Dec.  27th,   1846,  by 
letter  from  Presbyterian  church  in  Rome,  N.  Y.  ;  her  maiden  name  Burt, 
daughter  of  Benjamin  and  his  wife   Elizabeth  (Hogle;)   she  was  widow 
of  Luke  Frink,  and  mother  of  No.  (1013;)  lived  in  the  family  of  her 
daughter,  and  died  there  Aug.  8th,  1856,  aged  87  ;  she  had  been  dismiss- 
ed by  letter,  May  14th,  1848,  to  South  church,  New  Britain. 

1015.  "GiLMAN  HINSDALE,"  to  church   Dec.   6th,  1846,  born  Dec. 
25th,  1803,  to  Dea.  Abel,  of  Torringford,   and   his  wife  Mary  (Knap;) 
married,  March   25th,   1827,   Amanda  Ward,  born   Feb.'  2d,  1806;  she 
died  Sept.  7th,   1838,  when  second  he  married,   Sept.  9th,   1840,  Anna, 
widow  of  Lawrence  Richards,  and  daughter  of  John  Judd   and  his  wife 
No.  (637  ;)  she  died,  when  third  he  married,  Dec.  5th,  1852,  No.  (1146;) 
she  died,  when  4th  he  married,  July  25th,  1860,  No.  (841  ;)  he  has  en- 
gaged  in  various   employments,   now,  1862,  an    express   agent,  lives  on 
Park  st.  ;  dismissed  and  recommended  to  South  church  Sept.  1st,  1865. 

HIS    CHILDREN   BT    HIS   FIEST   WIFE. 

1.  Mary  Louisa,  born  Jan.  30th,  1830,  see  No.  (1020.) 

2.  Luther  G.,  born  Aug.  13th,  1832,  married  Julia  Wooden,  and  was  divorced;  mar- 
ried, second,  Susan  Kinney. 

3.  Edward  P.,  born  Aug.  7th,  1836,  married 


1016.  "ANNAi  wife  of  Gilman  Hinsdale,"  to  church  Dec.  6th,  1846, 
baptized  by  immersion  previously  ;  born  Nov.  4th,  1807,  to  John  Judd 
and  his  wife  No.  (637  ;)  married,  March  26th,  1826,  to  Lawrence  Rich- 
ards, son  of  Jonathan  and  his  wife  Abigail  B.  (Knapp  ;)  he  died  at  Win- 
sted,  June  7th,  1839,  aged  35,  when  second  she  married,  Sept.  9th,  1840, 
No.  (1015  ;)  she  died  Nov,  25th,  1851,  aged  44,  of  cancer. 

HIS    CHILDREN    BY   ANNA,   HIS  SECOND   WIFE. 

4.  Venelia  A.,  born  July  3d,  1843,  died  Sept.  1st,  1844,  aged  1  year,  2  mo. 

5.  Charles  A.,  born  Sept.  17th,  1847. 

6.  Anna  Judd,  born  Oct.  31st,  1849,  died  Sept.  15th,  1863,  aged  14,  at  Torrington. 

HER   CHILDREN   BT   FIRST    HUSBAND,    L.    RICHARDS. 

1.  Jonathan,   born  Nov.  29th,   1826,  married  June  8th,   1853,  Lizzie  M.  Shaw,  of 
Madison,  Iowa;  resides,  1863,  at  Chicago,  111. 

2.  George  0.,  born  Oct.  1st,  1838,  died  Feb.  10th,  1839,  aged  4  months,  9  days. 


412  FIRST     CHURCH 

1017.  "S.  ELIZABETH  STANLEY,"  to  church  May  16th,  1847,  by  letter 
from  First  Congregational  church  in  Ottawa,  111.,  born  April  17th,  1829, 
to  No.  (680,)  is,  1861,  a  teacher,  and  has  been  many  years,  in  different 
localities  ;  dismissed  by  letter,  Dec.  27th,  1861,  back  to  Ottawa,  111. ;  she 
married,  Feb.  21st,  1867,  Dr.          Taylor. 

1018.  "JULIA  C.  STANLEY,"   to  church   May  16th,  1847,  by  letter 
from  First  Congregational  church  in  Ottawa,  111.;  born  Nov.  20th,  1830, 
to  No.  (680;)  married,   Aug.  24th,   1853,  No.   (1096;)  1863,  lives  in 
Ottawa,  111.,  to  which  church  she  was  dismissed  by  letter,  Jan.  6th,  1854. 

1019.  "AMOS  E.  DUDLEY,"  to  church  May  16th,  1847,  by  letter  from 
Third   Congregational   church,   Guilford,  Ct. ;  born   May   llth,  1821,  at 
Guilford,  to  Amos,  jun.,  and  his  wife  Sarah  (Evarts,)  married,  Oct.  7th, 
1846,  No.  (807;)  he  has  been  usefully  occupied  in  various  callings;  the 
pedigree  of  his  family  is  supposed  to  run  thus :  Amos,  jun.,  son  of  Amos, 
son  of  Caleb,  jun.,  son  of  Caleb,  sen.,  who  was  son  of  Joseph,  son  of 
Wm.,  the  emigrant  and  first  settler  of  Guilford,  1639,  and  was  a  direct 
descendant  of  "Lord   Guilford  Dudley."     He   and   wife  dismissed   by 
letter  and  recommended  to  church  in  Stratford,  Sept.  27th,  1853,  where 
now,  1861,  they  reside. 

THEIR   CHILDREN. 

1.  Martha  Minerva,  born  Sept.  23d,  1848,  at  New  Britain,  bap.  here  July  15th,  1849. 

2.  Mary  Estelle,  born  Oct.  13th,  1850,  at  New  Britain,  bap.  at  Stratford. 

3.  Willie  Randolph,  born  Dec.  7th,  1855,  died  Feb.  20th,  1856,  not  bap. 

4.  Frederic  Amos,  born  Jan.  24th,  1857. 

1020.  "MARY  LOUISA  HINSDALE,"  to  church  June  6th,  1847,  born 
Jan.  30th,  1830,  to  No.  (1015)  and  Amanda  his  first  wife ;  married  Apr. 
llth,  1849,  No.  (1059;)  they  live  now,  1862,  in  West  Winsted,  Conn.  | 
dismissed  and  recommended  there  June  13th,  1862. 

1021.  "PHEBE  STOW,"  to  church  Aug.  5th,  1847,  by  letter  from  Sec- 
ond Congregational  church  in  Middletown,  Rev.  Zebulon  Crocker,  pastor ; 
her  maiden  name  Phebe  Stanley,  born  Aug.  28th,  1778,  to  No.  (115;) 
married,  Sept.  28th,   1800,   Capt.  Thomas   Stow,  of  Middletown,  son  of 
Zebulon  and  his  wife  Rosetta  (Riley;)  born  May   12th,  1777  ;  he  died 
Aug.  14th,  1845,  aged  68,  when  she  came  to  live  with  her  daughter,  No. 
(886,)  where  she  died  Sept.  27th,  1857,  aged  79. 

THEIR   CHILDREN. 

1.  Caroline  Rosetta,  born  June  26th,  1801,  married  April   26th,  1829,  Jonathanjl. 
Paddock. 

2.  Thomas,  born  April  14th,  1806,  died  March  10th,  1807. 

3.  Jane  Stanley,  bora  Dec.  13th,  lfc<10,  married,  Aug.  26th,  1841,  Rev.  Israel  P. 
Warren. 

4.  Anna  North,  born  April  18th,  1816,  see  No.  (886.) 


OF    NEW    BRITAIN.  413 

1022.  "  HANNAH  MORSE,"  to  church  Dec.  5th,  1847,  baptized  same 
time;  born  Oct.  13th,  1827,  at  Farmington,  to  Orson  and  his  wife  Aman- 
da (Kellogg;)  married,  Oct.  19th,  1848,  Francis  Hart  Carter,  son  of  No. 
(352,)  and  his  wife  Mary  (Stanley;)  born  Jan.  20th,  1822,  at  Leyden, 
N.  Y. ;  he  died  Sept.  16th,  1849,  aged  27  ;  she  is  sister  of  No.  (1208.) 

1023.  "ELIZA  J.  CHURCHILL,"  to  church  Dec.  5th,  1847,  born  Aug. 
24th,  1836,  to  No.  (695)   and   his  first  wife  No.  (729 ;)  married,   July 
28th,  1858,   Emory  F.  Strong,  of  Bridgeport,  son  of  Noah,  of  Bolton, 
and  his  wife  Grace  (Foote ;)  born  Oct.  10th,  1827,  at  Bolton  ;  is  a  noted 
teacher,  1861,  in  Bridgeport,  to  which  church  she  was  dismissed  by  letter, 
Feb.  25th,  1859. 

1024.  "PLINY  SLATER,"  to  church  Feb.  10th,  1848,  by  letter  from 
Black  Creek,  N.  Y.;  born  Aug.  22d,  1791,  at  Granby,  Ct.,  to  Benjamin 
Slater,  sen.,  learned  shoe  making  and  tanning  of  Oliver  Stanley  in  Stan- 
ley quarter;  married,    Sept.   2d,    1816,   No.   (1025;)  owned   the  house 
where  he  resided,  on  corner  of  West  Main  and  High  sts. ;  she  died,  when 
second  he  married  Martha  Webster,  of  Hartland,  daughter  of  Samuel, 
who  died  June  25th,  1858 ;  he  had  one  leg  broken  under  an  ox  sled,  and 
amputated,  in  1857;  was  dismissed  by  letter,   Feb.         1853,  to  church 
in  Burlington,  Ct. ;  received  back  by  letter  from  Chapel  St.  Church,  New 
Haven,  July  3d,  1864. 

1025.  "  POLLY,  wife  of  Pliny  Slater,"  to  church  Feb.  10th,  1848,  by 
letter  from  Black  Creek  church,  N.  Y. ;  born  Sept.  24th,   1797,  to  John 
Judd  and  his  wife  No.  (637;)  married,  Sept.  2d,  1816,  No.  (1024;)  she 
died  Sept.  20th,  1848,  aged  51. 

THEIR    CHILDREN. 

1.  Aurora,  born  March  30th,  1817,  married  Feb.  28th,  1847,  Lorin  Hinsdale,  of 
Torringford. 

2.  Burnham  Stephens,  born  Aug.  27th,  1820,  died  Aug.  3d,  1848. 

3.  Lydia  Ursula,  born  April  23d,  1827,  married  Charles  Blakesley,  of  Southington, 
April  17th,  1856. 

1026.  "ESTHER  W.  SHERMAN,"  to  church  Feb.  10th,  1848,  by  letter 
from  Congregational  church  in  Manchester,  Ct.,  Rev.  B.  F.  Northrop,  pas- 
tor ;  daughter  of  Deacon  Horace  Pitkin,  of  Manchester,  Ct.,  and  his  wife 
Emily  ;  married,  July  1st,  1847,  Rev.  Charles  S.  Sherman, 
then  of  New  Britain,  and  pastor  of  the  first  church ;  she  was  dismissed 
by  letter,  Feb.  10,  1850,  and  recommended  to  the  Congregational  church 
in  Naugatuck,  of  which  her  husband  was  then  pastor ;  she  was  his  second 
wife,  his  first  was  No.  (995.) 

THEIR    CHILDREN. 

1.  Richard  Pitkin,  born  May  15th,  1849,  at  New  Britain,  bap.  Aug.  26th,  1849,  died 
June  26th,  1853,  at  Naugatuck. 

2.  Edward  Crosby,  born  Dec.  14th,  1851,  at  Naugatuck. 

3.  Emily  Pitkin,  born  May  30th,  1856. 


414  FIKST     CHURCH 

1027.  "CHARLOTTE  STANLEY,"  to  church  March  17th,  1848,  by  letter 
from  Congregational  church   at  New  Milford,   Ct.,   Rev.  J.  Greenwood, 
pastor ;  daughter  of  Anan   Hine,   of  New  Milford,  and  his  wife  Almira 
(Marsh,)  of  Vergennes,  Vt. ;  born  Feb.    1st,    1823,  married,   Oct.   13th, 
1847,  Oliver  C.  Stanley,   son  of  Jesse  and  his   second   wife  No.  (403  ;) 
born  Feb.  23d,  1823 ;  he  bred  a  merchant,  and   went  into  business  with 
No.  (858)  very  extensively,  but  failed,  and  went  to  Pikes  Peak. 

THEIR    CHILDREN. 

1.  Jesse,  born  Aug.  1st,  1848,  bap.  Nov.  26th,  1848,  Geo.  White,  but  name  changed. 

2.  Katie,  bora  Oct.  12th,  1852,  bap.  ,  died  Oct.  llth,  1856,  aged  5. 

3.  Marvin  Clark,  born  May  6th,  1857,  bap.  Dec.  6th,  1857. 

1028.  "ALBERT  D.  JUDD,"  to  church  June  4th,  1848,  born  Dec.  4th, 
1830,  to  No.  (918  ;)  hardware  manufacturer,  residence  on  West  Main  st. ; 
married,  April  25th,  1855,  No.  (979  ;)  chosen  deacon  for  two  years,  Aug. 
12th,  1859,  and  at  the  expiration  of  that  time  elected  by  ballot  indefinite- 
ly, Aug.  25th,  1861,  it  being   Sabbath   evening,  and   was   set   apart  by 
prayer  and  imposition  of  hands,  by  Rev.  L.  Perrin,  the  pastor,  and  Rev. 
Erastus  Ripley,  on  the  30th  of  Aug.,  1861,  it  being  preparatory  lecture; 
he  was  dismissed  Sept.  16th,  1864,  to  Chapel  Street  Church,  New  Haven, 
at  his  own  request. 

THEIR    CHILDREN. 

1.  Catharine  Wells,  bom  Jan.  5th,  1858,  bap.  July  3d,  1859. 

2.  George  Morton,  bora  Sept.  27th,  1859,  bap.  June  3d,  1860. 

3.  Alice  May,  bora  Oct.  5th,  1862,  bap.  Sept.  6th,  1863,  died  June  30th,  1864,  at 
New  Haven,  and  buried  in  New  Britain  July  1st,  1864,  aged  1  year,  8  mo.  and  25  days. 

1029.  "LEVi  B.  STONE,"  to  church  June  4th,  1848,  born  June  19th, 
1830,  to  No.  (776,)  and  his  first  wife,  No.  (777,)  married  March  28th, 
1855,  No.  (1204.)     The  church  withdrew  its  watch  from  him  for  neglect 
of  Christian  duties  and  disorderly  walk,  Dec.  4th,  1856.     He  was  a  three 
months'  volunteer  in  1861. 

1030.  "ARMA  JEROME,"  to  church  June  4th,   1848,  by  letter  from 
church  in  Harwinton,  Ct.,  Rev.  Charles  Bentley,  pastor,  born  Dec.  30th, 
1802,  at  Bristol,  to  Thomas,  and  his  wife  Ruth  (Hills ;)  is  a  wagon  maker 
by  trade;  residence,  the  old  place  of  Joseph  Mather,  on  West  Main 
street,  one  and  one-half  miles  west  of  the  village,  married  Oct.  19th,  1825, 
No.  (1031.)     They 'had  lived  in  Cornwall,  Ct. 

1031.  "ANNA,  wife  of  Arma  Jerome,"  to  church  June  4th,  1848,  by 
letter  from  First  church  in  Harwinton,  Ct.,  born  May  9th,  1806,  to  No. 
(747,)  at  Harwinton,  married  Oct.  19th,  1825,  No.  (1030.) 

THEIR   CHILDREN. 

1.  Augustas  Smith,  bora  Oct.  llth,  1827,  married  Oct.  18th,  1851,  Louisa  Dick- 
inson ;  she  died  Dec.  14th,  1862,  at  Hartford. 


OF    NEW    BRITAIN.  415 

2.  Olive  Maria,  born  April  27th,  1829,  see  No.  (1032.) 

3.  Franklin  Minor,  bora  Dec.  13th,  1832,  see  No.  (1238.) 

4.  Emily  Ann,  born  Dec.  17th,  1834,  see  No.  (1108.) 

1032.  "OLIVE  JEROME,"  to  church  June   4th,  1848,  by  letter  from 
First  church  in  Harwinton,  Ct.,  Rev.  Charles  Bentley,  pastor,  born  April 
27th,  1829,  at  Burlington,  to  No.  (1030,)  died  Feb.  24th,  1851,  aged  22, 
at  her  father's  in  New  Britain,  after  severe  bodily  suffering. 

1033.  "  ELLEN  HART."  to  church  Dec.  3d,  1848,  born  Feb.  23d,  1828, 
to  No.  (954,)  and  his  wife,  No.  (385,)  educated  at  Holyoke  Seminary; 
married  June  15th,  1853,  No.  (943.) 

1034.  "ALMIRA,  wife  of  Horace  Booth,"  to  church  Dec.  24th,  1848,  by 
letter  from  the  Methodist  church  in  Newington,  her  maiden  name,  Beck- 
ley,  daughter  of  Solomon,  and  his   wife   Lucretia  (Evans,)  born  Jan.  3d, 
1834,  married  May  5th,  1847,  No.  (793.) 

1035.  "CHARLOTTE,  wife  of  Thomas  Tracy,"  to  church   Feb.  llth, 
1819,  by  letter  from  First  Congregational  church  in  Wethersfield,  Rev. 
Mark  Tucker,  D.  D.,  pastor,  born  May  15th,  1810,  at  Wethersfield,  to 
Daniel  Russell,  and  his  wife  Lucy  (Gilbert,)  married  Sept.  23d,  1847, 
No.  (856,)  and  was  his  second  wife.     She  died  March  25th,  1867,  in  her 
57th  year. 

1036.  "AsAPH  PEASE,"  to  church   April   1st,  1849,  by  letter  from 
church  in  Winsted,  Ct.,  Rev.  J.  Pettibone,  pastor,  born  Oct.  18th,  1776, 
at  Enfield,  Ct.,  to  Noadiah,  and  his  wife  Tirzah  (Smith,)  of  Glastenbury, 
married  Feb.  4th,  1805,  No.  (1037.)     He  was  by  trade  a  shoe-maker 
and  tanner,  as  was  his  father  ;  lived  in  Sandisfield,  Mass.,  and  in  Win- 
chester, Ct.,  and  moved  to  this  place  in  1848,  and  bought  the  farm  for- 
merly owned  and  occupied  by  Thomas,  Lot,  and  Amon  Stanley,  in  succes- 
sion, in  Stanley  quarter.     He  died  Dec.  12th,  1856,  aged  80.     He  was 
tall  and  dignified,  his  locks  white,  and  he  had  a  truly  Washingtonian  ab- 
pearance  and  look,  while  he  lived  in  this  town. 

1037.  "  CLOTILDA  H.,  wife  of  Asaph  Pease,  to  church  April  1st,  1849, 
by  letter  from  the  church  in  Winsted,  Ct.,  born  Jan.  1st,  1777,  to  Capt. 
Samuel  Hoit,  of  Madison,  Ct.,  and  his   wife  Clotilda  (Wilcox,)  married 
Feb.  4th,  1805,  No.  (1036.)     She  is  now,  1862,  living  with  her  son,  No. 
(1038,)  on  Stanley  street,  in   Shipman  district.     She  died  June  14th, 
1864,  aged  87. 

THEIR   CHILDREN. 

1.  Leumas,  born  May  9th,  1806,  and  was  drowned,  aged  2  years. 

2.  Mary  Clotilda,  born  Nov.  15th,  1808,  at  Colebrook,  resides  with  her  mother. 

3.  Leumas  Hoyt,  born  Jan.  20th,  1811,  at  Colebrook,  graduated  at  Williams  Col- 
lege in  1835,  ordained  minister  of  the  Gospel   by  the  Presbytery  of  Albany,  N.  Y. ; 
has  visited  Palestine  and  lectured  on  its  history;  is  still,  1861,  preaching  as  itinerant, 
and,  1861,  was  appointed  chaplain  of  the  44th  Reg.  N.  Y.  Vols. 


416  FIRST    CHURCH 

4.  Julias  Walter,  born  May  19th,  1814,  see  No.  (1038.) 

5.  Lucy  Jemima,  born  April  10th,  1817,  at  East  Guilford,  see  No.  ("1041.) 

6.  Laura  Persis,  born  April  22d,  1824,  see  No.  (1151.) 

1038.  "  JULIUS  W.  PEASE,"  to  church  April  1st,  1849,  by  letter  from 
the  church  in  Winsted,  Ct.,  a  farmer  by  occupation ;  residence  on  Stanley 
street,  in  Shipman  district ;  born  May  19th,  1814,  to  No.  (1036,)  married 
Jan.  1st,  1844,  No.  (1039.) 

1039.  "  MART  H.,  wife  of  Julius  W.  Pease,"  to  church  April  1st,  1849, 
by  letter  from  church  in  Winsted,  Ct.,  born  July  24th,  1817,  to  Stephen 
Hotchkiss,  of  Burlington,  and  his  wife  Martha  (Wiard,)  married  Jan.  1st, 
1844,  No.  (1038.) 

THEIR    CHILDREN. 

1.  Leumas  Hoyt,  born  Jan.  20th,  1845,  No.  (1389.,) 

2.  Martha  Francis,  born  NOT.  28th,  1845,  see  No.  (1407.) 

3.  Julius  Hotchkiss,  born  July  7th,  1847,  died  Sept.  13th,  1847. 

4.  Julius  Hotchkiss,  2d,  born  Nov.  22d,  1848,  see  No.  (1414.) 

5.  William  Walter,  born  Nov.  2d,  1850,  bap.  May  25th,  1854. 

6.  Mary  Emily,  born  Feb.  18th,  1853,  bap.  May  25th,  1854. 

7.  Edward  Clarence,  born  Dec.  2d,  1854,  died  Aug.  28th,  1855. 

8.  Clarence,  born  Feb.  24th,  1857,  bap.  July  19th,  1857,  died  Jan.  6th,  1858. 

9.  Charles  Wiard,  born  June  18th,  1859,  bap.  Sept.  3d,  1859,  died  Sept.  24th,  1859. 

1040.  "MART  C.  PEASE,"  to  church  April   1st,  1849,  by  letter  from 
church  in  Winsted,  Ct.,  born  Nov.  15th,  1808,  to  No.  (1036.) 

1041.  "LuCT  J.  PEASE,"  to  church  April  1st,   1849,  by  letter  from 
church  in  Winsted,  born  April  10th,  1817,  at  Guilford,  Ct.,to  No.  (1036,) 
dismissed  by  letter,  Feb.  22d,  1861,  to  South  Congregational  church  in 
Springfield. 

1042.  "  FANNT  BUTLER,"  to  church  April   1st,  1849,  by  letter  from 
church  in  Plainville,  Rev.  William  Wright,  pastor,  born  April  15th,  1827, 
in  Plainville,  to  Chester  Hart,  and  his  wife  Anna  (Lowry,)  married  Nov. 
15th,   1848,  Charles  Butler,  son  of  Henry  G.,  of  Wethersfield,  and  his 
wife  Mary  L.  (Woodhouse,)  born  Aug.  8th,  1823  ;  is  a  jeweler  by  trade, 
learned  of  Churchill  &  Stanley  ;  his  residence  is  on  Lafayette  street, 

THEIR   CHILDREN. 

1.  Anna  Elizabeth,  born  Oct.  7th,  1849,  bap.  June,  1850. 

2.  William  Henry,  born  July  22d,  1855. 

3.  Mary  Aletta,  born  Oct.  9th,  1860. 

4.  Fanny  Havens,  born  Aug.  9th,  1865. 

1043.  "  SOPHRONE  M.  LORD,"  to  church  June  3d,   1849,  by  letter 
from  church  in  Hartland,  Vt.,  daughter  of  Warren,  and  his  wife   Matilda 
(Bugbee,)  born   Feb.  25th,  1819,  at  Hartford,   Vt.,  married  Jan.  12th, 
1852,  Israel  F.  Hale,  born  July  24th,  1818,  at  Leyden,  Mass.,  to  John, 
and  his  wife  Chloe  (Fox.)     He  died  May  6th,  185G.     She  was  dismissed 
by  letter,  Sept.  5th,  1852,  to  South  church,  where  she  was  received,  Nov. 
4th,  1852. 


OF     NEW     BRITAIN.  417 

THEIR    CHILDREN. 

1.  Maria  E.,  bora  March  21st,  1853,  died  Oct.  2d,  1854. 

2.  Ellen  L,,  born  January  5th,  1855,  died  April  30th,  1857. 

1044.  "AzuBA  BUCKLAND,"  to  church  May  5th,  1850,  by  letter  from 
church  in   South  Windsor,  born  June   19th,  1796,  at  East   Windsor,  to 
Oliver  Clark,  and  his   wife  Azubah  (Barber,)  married  Nov.  28th,  1816, 
Harvey  Buckland,  born  Aug.  22d,  1792,  at  Willington,  to  Capt.  Jonathan, 
and  his  wife  Laura   (Sadd.)     He  died  May  1st,  1835,  aged  41.     She 
now,  1862.  resides  with  her  daughter  Emeline,  of  Wapping,  and  is   par- 
tially insane;  never  dismissed  from  this  church.     While  here  she  resided 
in  and  owned  the  brick  house  on  Stanley  street,  near  the   pond  of  0.  B. 
North,  house  on  the  hill. 

THEIR    CHILDREN. 

1.  Oliver  Clark,  born  Jan.  6th,  1820,  at  Ellington,  married  Sarah  E.  Ellsworth. 

2.  Harvey  H.,  born  Feb.  9th,   1822,  married  Maryette  Foster;    manied   second, 
Chloe  A.  Rockwell;  she  died,  when  he  married  third,  Mary  Snow. 

3.  Emeline  F.,  born  Feb.  7th,  1824,  married  Sept.  10th,  1845,  Eli  "Webster;  mar- 
ried second,  Henry  S.  Nevers. 

4.  Jonathan,  born  March  1st,  1827,  married  M.  Maria  Snow  ;  he  died  March  5th, 
1854,  at  Broad  Brook. 

1045.  "BENJAMIN  F.  PIERCE,"  to  church  June  30th,  1850,  by  letter 
from  church  at  Middlefield,  Mass.,  born  Oct.  10th,  1819,  at  Peru,  Mass., 
to  Isaac,  and  his  wife  Polly  (Webb,)  studied  at  Oberlin,  Ohio  ;  learned 
the  joiner's  trade  ;  married  Oct.  4th,  1842,  No.  (1046  ;)  was  a  deacon  at 
Dalton,  Mass. ;  was  dismissed  from  this  church  to  Peru,  Mass.,  by  letter, 
March  9th,  1854.     He  became  a  magistrate  in  that  town,  and  a  nine 
months'  volunteer  in  Co.  C,  49th  Mass.  Reg.,  and  went  to  Port  Hudson 
and  returned  safe. 

1046.  "  SAMANTHA  L.,  wife  of  B.  F.  Pierce,"  to  church  June  30th, 
1850,  by  letter  from  church  in  Middlefield,  Mass.,  born  Sept.  5th,  1817, 
to  John  Sennet,  of  Blanford,  Mass.,  and  his   wife   Elizabeth  (Mitchell,) 
married  Oct.  4th,  1842,  No.  (1045;)  was  dismissed  by  letter,  March  9th, 
1854,  to  the  church  at  Peru,  Mass,  where  they  now,  1864,  reside.    They 
have  no  children. 

1047.  "  PHILO  A.  LOOMIS,"  to  church  Oct.  20th,  1850,  by  letter  from 
church  in  Torringford,  Rev.  William  H.  Moore,   pastor,  born  Aug.  4th, 
1809  to  Allen,  and  his  wife  Mary  (Reed,)  married  Oct.  21st,  1835,  No. 
(1048  ;)  resides  in  Winsted,  Ct.,  a  farmer  and  tallow  chandler. 

1048.  "  Mrs.  POLLY  ANN,  wife  of  Philo  A.  Loomis,"  to  church  Oct. 
20th,  1850,  by  letter  from  church  in  Torringford,  Ct.,  born  April  18th, 
1807,  to  David  Watson,  and  his  wife  Ann  (Moore.) 

THEIR    CHILD. 

Luther,  bora  Nov.  15th,  1837,  died  July  9th,  1843,  aged  6. 
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418  FIRST     CHURCH 

1049.  "SAMUEL  BANCROFT,"  to  church  Nov.  7th,  1850,  by  letter  from 
church  in  Plymouth  Hollow,  Rev.  Joseph  D.  Hull,   pastor,  born  March 
30th,  1777,  at  East,  now  South  Windsor,  to  Samuel,  and  his  wife  Jerusha 
(Foote,)   married   May  14th,   1804,  Sally  Hosmer,  daughter  of  Joseph, 
and  his  wife  (Prior,)  born,  Oct.  18th.  1780,  at  East,  now  South 
Windsor.     She  died  Sept.  19th,  1838,  fit  Windsor.     He  was  dismissed 
by  letter,  Nov.  2d,  1855,  to  Fourth  church  in  Hartford,  where,  18G1,  he 
resided.     He  died  Jan.  llth,  1864,  at  Hartford,  aged  8". 

THEIR     CHILDREN. 

1.  Jane  Jerusha,  born  Feb.  18th,  1805,  died  in  infancy. 

2.  Charlotte  Sophia,  born  July  llth,  1806,  married  Hiram  Pierce,  of  Plymouth. 

3.  Theodosia  Maria,  born  April  2d,  1808,  married  Buckley  P.  Heath,  of  East 
Windsor. 

4.  Samuel,  born  June  5th,  1810,  married  Mary  Smith,  of  Berlin. 

5.  Joseph  Hosmer,  born  Sept.  22d,  1812,  married  Emily  Adams. 

6.  Harriet,  born  Jan.  8th,  1815,  died  ,  aged  3  years. 

7.  Horace,  born  Dec.  4th,  1817,  married  Fanny  Hunt;  married  second,  Lizzie  Root. 

1050.  "  WILLIAM  J.  PIERCE,"  to  church  Nov.   7th,  1850,  by  letter 
from  church  in  Plymouth  Hollow,  Ct,,born  Sept.  14th,  1830,  at  Plymouth 
Hollow,  Ct.,  to  Hiram,  and  his  wife  Charlotte  S.  (Bancroft.)      His  first 
employment  in  this  town  was  clerk  to  Bancroft  and  Ransom ;  he  was  a 
jeweler  by  trade,  and  now,  1861,  works  silver  in  Hartford;  married  Dec. 
7th,  1851,  No.   (1006.)     He  and  his  wife  joined   the  Second  Advent 
church,  when,  Dec.  4th,  1856,  this  church,  by  vote,  withdrew  its  watch 
and  care. 

1051.  "ELIZA  S.,  wife  of  Sidney  Smith,"   to  church  Dec.   1st,  1850, 
born  April  8th,  1828,  to  No.  (478,)  and  his  second  wife,  No.  (657,)  mar- 
ried Sept.  18th,  1850,  Sidney  Smith,  of  Plainville,  born  July  13th,  1827, 
at  Milford,  Ct.,  to  Sidney,  and  Julia  Ann  (Smith,)  his  wife ;  a  joiner  by 
trade,  and  house  builder;  to  church  in  Milford,  1843  ;  to   South   church, 
New  Britain,  1847  ;  to  Plainville  church,  May  2d,  1852,  where  he  now, 
1863,  resides,  and  is  extensively  engaged  in   manufacturing.     She  was 
dismissed  by  letter,  1852,  to  Plainville.     He  is  now,  1867,  in  Leaven- 
worth,  Kansas,  with  his  family,  engaged  in  merchandize. 

THEIR   CHILDREN. 

1.  Walter  Sidney,  born  Sept.  7th,  1851. 

2.  Alfred  Andrews,  born  Oct.  16th,  18-37. 

1052.  "EowiN  N.  ANDREWS,"  to  church  Dec.  1st,  1850,  born  Sept. 
1st,  1832,  to  No.  (478,)  and  his  second  wife,  No.  (657  ;)  graduated  at 
Amherst  College,  1861 ;  now,  1862,  in  "  Union  Theological  Seminary," 
New  York  city,  and  excels  in  music.     He  preached  his  first  sermon  at 
New  Britain  First  church,  Aug.  9th,  1863,  and  was  ordained  to  the  min- 
istry at  New  Britain,  Jan.  5th,   1864 ;  commissioned  as  chaplain  to  2d 


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Cavalry  Reg.  of  N.  J.,  Dec.  6th,  1863,  by  the  governor  of  tha*  state. 
He  did  service  as  chaplain  to  that  regiment,  at  and  near  Memphis,  Tenn., 
until  Jan.  16th,  1865,  when  he  resigned;  1867,  in  Kansas. 

1053.  "  SUSAN  R.  PECK,"  to  church  Dec.   1st,  1850,  baptized  same 
time,  born  May  llth,  1835,  at  Pompey,  N.  Y.,  to  Nehemiah,  and  his  first 
wife,  No.  (950.)     She  died  Oct.  15th,  1853,  aged  18,  greatly  lamented. 

1054.  "JAMES  G.  PECK,"  to  church  Dec.  1st,  1850,  bap.  same  time, 
born  May  28th,  1831,  at  Pompey,  N.  Y.,  to  Nehemiah,  and  his  first  wife, 
No.  (950;)  is  a  farmer;  married   Dec.  14th,  1854,  No.   (1067;)  both 
were  dismissed  by  letter  to  church   in  Ottawa,  111.,  June  8th,  1856;  they 
now,  1861,  reside  in  Durant,  Cedar  county,  Iowa,  but  received  back  by 
letter,  May  3d,  1863. 

THEIR    CHILDREN. 

1.  Charles  Scovill,  born  Oct.  19th,  1855,  at  Farmington,  died  Aug.  22d,  1861,  at 
Durant,  Iowa. 

2.  Martha  Elizabeth,  born  March  17th,  1858,  at  Farmington. 

3.  James  Stanley,  born  June  6th,  1864,  at  New  Britain,  bap.  June  llth,  1865. 

4.  Frederick  Whittlesey,  born  Oct.  28th,  1866,  at  New  Britain,  bap.  Oct.  27th,  1867. 

1055.  "EMMA  M.,  wife  of  Samuel  G.  Merriman,"  to  church  Feb.  7th,. 
1851,  by  letter  from  College   Street   church,  New  Haven,  Rev.  Edward 
Strong,  pastor,  born  Aug.    18th,  1811,  in   Southington,   to  Capt.  Anson 
Mathews,  and  his  wife  Lydia  (Montague,)  of  Simsbury,   married  Sept.. 
23d,  1833,  Frederick  Smith,  son  of  Orris,  of  Meriden,  and  his  wife  Azura 
(Douglas.)     He  was  a  carriage  maker,  and  died  June  8th,  1846,  at  New 
Haven,  when  she  married,  second,  Feb.  22d,  1849,  Samuel  Green  Merri- 
man, of  Southington,  son  of  Olcott,  and  his  wife   Sophrone  (Hitchcock,), 
born  Dec.  10th,  1809,  married  Oct.  2d,  1831,  Jane  Frost,  born  Aug.  8th, 
1809,  to  Daniel  C.,  of  Waterbury,  and  his  wife  Lorinda  (Johnson  ;)   she 
died  May  10th,  1848,  when  Mr.  Meriman  married  as  above.     His  resi- 
dence is  on  Prospect  street,  has  been  state  senator  for  the  First  district 
of  Connecticut.     He  is  a  jeweler  by  trade. 

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HIS    SONS    BT    FIRST    WIFE,    JANE. 

1.  John  Franklin,  born  Jan.  20th,  1837. 

2.  Homer  Frederick,  born  Nov.  llth,  1841. 

HER   CHILDREN    BY    FIRST    HUSBAND,    SMITH. 

1.  Annis,  born  ,  died  young. 

2.  Annis  Maria,  born  Jan.  18th,  1839,  married  May  27th,  1862,  Theodore  Eugene 
Welch,  of  Middletown,  Orange  county,  N.  Y.,  live  in  Newton,  Essex  county,  N.  J. 

1056.  "  ELIZA   H.,"  wife  of  Sylvanus   Stone,"  to   Church  April  3d,. 
1851,  by  letter  from  church  in  Henrietta,  N.  Y.,  Rev.  S.  W.  Streeter,. 
pastor,  born  March  30th,  1810,  to  Silas  Holcomb,  of  Granby,  and  Lucy 
(Gillette,)  his  wife,  married  Jan.  6th,  1850,  No.  (776.) 


420  FIRST     CHURCH 

1057.  "  Mrs.  NABBY  A.  WOODRUFF,"  to  church  April  3d,  1851,  by 
letter  from  Congregational  church  at  West  Avon,  Ct.,  Rev.  Joel  Grant, 
pastor,  daughter  of    Joel   Sperry,  sen.,  of  Avon,   and   his  wife  Abigail 
(Wheeler,)  born  Feb.  5th,  1785,  married  Nov.  1st,  1804,  Micah  Woodruff, 
son  of  Micah,  sen.,  and  his  wife  Betsey  (Curtiss.)      He  died  March  29th, 
1849,  at  Avon.     She  was  dismissed  by  letter  to   First    Congregational 
church  in  Waterbury,  Aug.  19th,  1859.     She  died  Jan.  18th,  1864,  aged 
79,  at  Waterbury,  and  buried  at  West  Avon. 

THEIR    CHILDREN. 

1.  Truman.,  horn  Aug.  29th,  1805,  married  Mary  Benton,  live  in  Wisconsin. 

2.  Elmina,  horn  Sept.  27th,  1809,  married  Orrin  TJrainard  of  Wisconsin. 

3.  Micah  Curtiss,  born  Sept.  2d,  1813,  died,  aged  two  years. 

4.  Ursula  Ann,  born  Sept.  3d,  1816,  lives,  1861,  at  Cincinnati, 

of  Waterbury.C, 

1058.  "  Mrs.  CAROLINE  KELSET,"  to  church  Dec.  1st,  1850,  by  letter 
from  church  in  Worthington,  Rev.  W.  W.  Woodworth,  pastor,  born  April 
9th,  1819,  at  Avon,  to  Micah  Woodruff,  and  his  wife  No.  (1057,)  married 
Sept.  18th,  1842,  Enoch  Kelsey,  son  of  David,  and  Lovisa  (Hastings,) 
his  first  wife,  born  Dec.  28th,  1818 ;  they  live  at  south  end  of  East  street, 
at  the  ancient  home  of  Robert  Booth,  and  use  the  same  well. 

THEIR    CHILDREN. 

1.  Truman  Curtiss,  born  Jan.  29th,  1846. 

2.  Charles  Enoch,  born  Oct.  8th,  1849. 

3.  Frank  Woodruff,  born  Nov.  10th,  1852,  bap.  Jan.  5th,  1862,  by  Rev.  L.  Perrin. 

1059.  "  ISRAEL  S.  WELLS,"  to  church  June  5th,  1851,  by  letter  from 
Church  in  Wethersfield,  Dr.  Tucker,  pastor,  born  Nov.   14th,  1822,  at 
Wethersfield,  to  Rositer,  and  his  wife  Emily  (Butler,)  married  April  llth, 
1849,  No.  (1020,)  his  trade,  brick  mason;  residence,  on  Seymour  street, 
but  spring  of  1852,  exchanged   his    place   for  a   farm   in  Winsted,  Ct., 
where  they  reside  ;  dismissed  and  recommended  there,  June  13th,  1862. 

THEIR    CHILDREN. 

1.  Ella  Louisa,  born  April  15th,  1852.  bap.  Oct.  3d,  1852. 

2.  Herbe/t  Smith,  born  June  3d,  1856,  bap.  Oct.  27th,  1856. 

1060.  "JAMES   GLENDINNING,"  to  church  July,  1851,  by  letter  from 
Berlin,  Rev.  W.  W.  Woodworth,  pastor;  to  that  church  April  5th,  1850, 
by  letter;  dismissed  by  letter,  Oct.  31st,  1856,  to  church  in  Plymouth;  is 
a  tailor  by  trade. 

1061.  "CbiRi  M.  NORTH,"  to  church  July,  1851,  by  letter  from  First 
church  in  Farmington,  Rev.  Dr.  Porter,  pastor,  born  Feb.  25th,  1802,  to 
Ira,  and  his  wife  Viana   (Monroe,)  married,  1823,   Emma  Woodruff, 


OP     NEW     BRITAIN.  421 

daughter  of  Sylvanus,  who  died  1826,  aged  24;  he  married  second,  Feb. 
9th,  1829,  (No.  10G2.)  His  residence  is  on  Stanley  street,  north  end; 
grandson  of  Daniel,  of  Daniel,  of  Thomas,  of  Samuel,  of  John,  the  first 
settler.  He  is  a  farmer  ;  was  to  Farmington  church  June  5th,  1829,  and 
baptized  same  time. 

1062.  "CYBELIA,  wife  of  Omri  M.  North,"  to  church  July,  1851,  by 
letter  from  first  church  in   Farmington,   to  that  "church  June  7th,  1829  ; 
born  July  llth,  1806,  at   Farmington,  to   George  Norton    and   Almira 
(Gillett,)  married  Feb.  9th,  1829,  No.  (1061.) 

THEIR  CHILDREN. 

1.  Son,  horn  and  died  in  infancy. 

2.  Lucius  James,  born  Nov.  28th,   1829,   bap.  May  2d,   1830,  at  Farmington;  see 
No.  (1063.) 

3.  John  C.,  born  Oct.  10th,  1831,  see  No.  (10&4.) 

4.  Albert,  born  1841,  died  in  infancy. 

1063.  "Lucius  J.  NORTH,"  to  church  July,  1851,  by  letter  from  the 
first  church  in  Farmington;  born  Nov.   28th,  1829,  to  No.  (1061 ;)  mar- 
ried, Oct.  5th,  1853,   Lovisa  Maria  Parsons,   daughter   of  Benjamin  P. 
Parsons  and  his  wife  Lovisa  (Parker;)  born  Oct.  14th,  1834,  at  Enfield, 
Ct, ;  he  to  church  in  Farmington  Aug.  6th,  1843 ;  he  lives,  1863,  with 
his  father,  north  end  of  Stanley  St.,  at  the  old  home  of  Abel  Clark. 

1064.  "JOHN  C.  NORTH,"  to  church  July,  1851,  by  letter  from  the 
Congregational  church  in  Farmington,  to  that  church   Aug.  6th,  1843 ; 
born  Oct.  10th,  1831,  to  No.  (1061,)  married,  Oct.  15th,  1861,  Harriet 
B.  Olmsted,  daughter  of  Ashbel,  of  East  Hartford ;  he  spent  some  years 
in  Wisconsin  and  Illinois,  but  in  1861  enlisted  as  wagoner  in  the  army, 
and  went  to  Ship  Island,  New  Orleans,  and  Port  Hudson;  he  re-enlisted 
in  1864,  and  went  to  Va. ;  1867,  resides  in  Hartford. 

THEIR  CHILDREN. 

1.  Alice  Belden,  born  Aug.  27th,  1864,  bap.  April  16th,  1865. 

2.  Frederic  Benedict,  born  Aug.  14th,  1866,  bap.  Oct.  27th,  1867. 

1065.  "JAMES  B.  MERWIN,"  to   church  July,  1851,   by  letter  from 
South    church,    New    Britain,    Rev.   Samuel    Rockwell,   pastor ;  to  that 
church  1847  ;  born  May  22d,  1829,  at  Cairo,  Green  Co.,  N.  Y,,  to  Joseph 
Ruggles  Merwin;  of  Milford,  Ct.,  and  his  wife  Emily  (Parker,)  of  Cov- 
entryville,  N.  Y. ;  he  a  jeweller  by  trade,  learned  of  Warner  &  Lewis, 
New  Britain  ;  married,  Oct.  17th,  1850,  No.  (946,)  been  for  several  years 
editor  of  various  journals,  and   lecturer  on    temperance   and   education, 
especially  in  111.  and  Mich. ;  dismissed  by  letter  to  first   Congregational 
church  Chicago,  Oct.  13th,  1854;  his  full  name  James  Burtis  Merwin; 
he  was  appointed,  Sept.  12th,  1861,  chaplain  at  large  to  the  U.  S.  army, 
by  President  Lincoln,  on  condition  that  he  should  be  ordained ;  he  was 


422  FIRST     CHURCH 

ordained  at  Adrian,  Mich.,  Sept.  ,  1861 ;  he  spent  1861  and  1862  at 
Washington,  and  in  the  Army  of  the  Potomac,  but  in  1862-3  at  City 
Hospital,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  and  May,  1863,  was  appointed  "visiting  chap- 
lain" to  all  the  hospitals  in  the  Department  of  the  East,  viz.,  N.  J.,  N.  Y. 
and  New  England;  he  is  now,  1867,  located  at  St.  Louis,  Mo. 

1066.  "  HENRY  WALTER,"  to  church  Aug.  1851,  born  June  23d, 
1812,  at  London,  Eng.,   to  William  and  his  wife   Jane   (Thomas;)  mar- 
ried, March             1843,  Laura  Julia  Hine,  of  New  Milford,  daughter  of 
Anan,  and  Almira  (Marsh,)  his  wife;  born  March  1815,  and  died 
March  31st,  1845;  he  second  married,  Feb.  28th,  1848,  No.  (933;)  she 
died,  when  third  he  married,  Dec.  16th,  1856,  No.  (1266 ;)  he  is  an  ex- 
tensive manufacturer  of  hardware;  residence   on  Stanley  St.,  near  Smal- 
ley  street. 

HIS    CHILD    BY   FIRST   WIFE,    LAURA. 

1.  Anan  Hine,  born  Jan.  18th,  1845,  see  No.  (1241.) 

HIS    CHILDREN    BY    SECOND    WIFE,    AMELIA. 

2.  Henry  Stanley,  born  Dec.  16th,  1848,  bap."  April  6th,  1849,  see  No.  (1340.J 

3.  Edward  North,  born  Feb.  3d,  1852,  bap.  July  4th,  1852,  died  Aug.  25th,  1852. 

HIS    CHILDREN    BY    THIRD  WIFE,  ANNA. 

4.  Anna  Clary,  born  July  5th,  1859,  bap.  June  3d,  1860. 

5.  Eliza  Farrar,  born  May  31st,  1861,  bap.  March  30th,  1862. 

1067.  "REBECCA  CLARK,"  to  church  Aug.  1851,  born  Feb.  8th, 
1832,  to  No.  (679)  and  his  wife  No.  (585;)  baptized,  July  8th,  1832, 
Rebecca  Smalley ;  married,   Dec.  14th,   1854,  No.  (1054;)   dismissed  by 
letter  June  8th,   1856,  to  church  in  Ottawa,   111 ,  residing  now,  1861,  in 
Durant,  Cedar  Co.,  Iowa,  but  both  received  back  by  letter  May  3d,  1863. 

1068.  "ROSWELL  HAWLEY,  M.  D."   to   church   Oct.  4th,   1851,  by 
letter  from  the  church  in  South  Glastenbury,  Rev.  F.  W.  Chapman,  pas- 
tor; born  July  30th,  1813,  at  Farmington,  to  Asa  and  his  wife  Diademia 
(Root ;)  received   his  degree   of  M.   D.  at  Medical    Department,  Yale 
College,  New  Haven,  in   1842;  married,  June  8th,   1842,  No.  (1069  ;) 
she  died,  when  second  he  married,  Sept.  13th,  1853,  No.  (1100;)  during 
his  medical  practice  in   Glastenbury,  he   was  appointed   deacon  of  that 
church,  and  sup't  of  their   S.  School,  and  likewise  in   this  place  he  was 
sup't  of  the  State  Reform  School,  at  Meriden,  and  was  dismissed  by  lette" 
Aug.  10th,  1855,  to  the   church   in  West  Meriden ;  he   subsequently  re- 
moved to  Bristol,  where  now,  1864,  he  resides  as  practicing  physician. 

HIS  CHILDREN    BY    FIRST    WIFE    MARY. 

1.  Gertrude  M.,  born  June  5th,  1843,  married,  May,  1865,  O.  B.  Ives,  of  Bristol. 

2.  Emma  11.  born  Sept.  10th,  1844. 

3.  Bertha  A.,  born  March  23d,  1846. 

4.  Francis  R.,  born  Dec.  21st,  1847,  died  May  31st,  1849. 

5.  Alice  F.,  born  Feb.  14th,  1850. 


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CHILDREN    BY    HIS    SECOND    WIFE,    JANE. 

6.  William  E.,  born  Feb.  20th,  1855. 

7.  Helen  E.,  born  June  9th,  1858. 

8.  Joseph  R.,  born  March  29th,  1860. 

1069.  "MARY,  wife  of  Roswell  Hawley,  M.  D.,"  to  church  Oct.  4th, 

1851,  by  letter  from  church  in  South  Glastenbury,  born  Jan.  loth,  1820, 
to  Benjamin  R.  Crane  and  his  wife   Bertha   (Dunham ;)  married,  June 
8th,  1842,  No.  (1068 ;)  she  died  July  13th,  1852,  aged  32,  at  New  Brit- 
ain. 

1070.  "EDWIN  WHITNEY,"    to   church   Oct.   4th,  1851,  born  March 
8th,  1829,  to  Ebenezer  and  his  wife  No.  (1101 ;)  is  a  teacher;  married, 
Oct.  31st,  1860,  Minerva  Barrows,  daughter  of  Dea.  Salmon  and  Sally 
(Dimmick,)  his  wife;  born  Sept.  10th,  1830,  at  Mansfield,  Ct. ;  he  grad- 
uated at  the  Connecticut  Normal   School,  Oct.   9th,  1856  ;  dismissed  by 
letter,  Dec.  26th,  1856,  to  church  in  New  London,  and  in  1862  was  As- 
sistant Superintendent   and    principal   teacher  of  the   Reform   School  at 
Providence,  R.  I. ;  he  gave  his  place  in  Mansfield  worth  some  $15,000 
for  the  benefit  of  the  "Soldiers'  Orphans'  Home,"  and  was  the  Superin- 
tendent of  the  same  when  he  d.  Aug.  26th,  1867,  in  his  39th  year,  greatly 
lamented.     We  are  glad  to  hear  that  his  life  was  insured  for  §10,000  for 
the  benefit  of  his  wife  and  child. 

1071.  "EDWIN  A.  WOODFORD,"   to  church   March   28th,  1852,  by 
letter  from  Congregational  church  in  West  Avon,  Rev.  Joel  Grant,  pas- 
tor ;  born  April   22d,   1825,  at  Avon,  to  Romanta  and   his  wife  Betsey 
(Hart ;)  married,  1847,  Martha  Clemens,  of  Huntington,  daughter 
of  Almon  and  his  wife  Huldah  ;  he  is  a  jeweller  by  trade  ;  dismissed  by 
letter,  June  25th,  1858,  to  Methodist   Episcopal  church,  New  Britain; 
now,  1861,  resides  in  Danbury,  Ct. 

THEIR    CHILDREN. 

1.  George  A.  born  April  18th,  1851,  at  New  Britain. 

2.  Nellie  M.,  born  Nov.  12th,  1855,  at  New  Britain. 

1072.  "MRS.  AURELIA,  wife  of  Wm.  B.  Jones,"  to  church  April  18th, 

1852,  by  letter  from  Congregational  church  in  Wolcottville,  Rev.  S.  T. 
Seeley,  pastor;  her  maiden  name  was  Morse,  daughter  of  Levi,  born  Oct. 
9th,  1806,  in  Pa. ;  married,  Aug.  6th,  1826,  Lewis  Perkins,  of  Litchfield, 
he  died  Feb.  10th,  1837,  at  Harlengen,  N.  J.,  when  she  second  married 
May  6th,  1839,  Wm.  Bradley  Jones,  son  of  Diodate  and  his  wife  Mary 
(Smith ;)  born  Nov.  23d,  1804,  at  East  Haddam ;  married,   Dec.   24th, 
1826,  Caroline  Start;  she  died  Aug.  28th,  1835,  when  second  he  mar- 
ried, May  6th,  1839,  No.  (1072.) 


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HER    CHILDREN     BT    FIRST    HUSBAND,    PERKINS. 

1.  Russell  Lewis,  born  May  14th,  1827,  married  Sept.  6th,  1849,  see  No.  (827.) 

2.  Sanford  Hervey,  born  Dec.   10th,  1829,  married  Adeline  M.  Barbour,  of  Wol- 
cottville,  Sept.       "  1851  ;  lives  there,  but  in  1861  was   Captain  of  Co.  I,  4th  Regt. 
C.  V.,  since  promoted  to  be  Lieut.  Col.  of  the  14th  Regt.  C.  V. 

HER    CHILDREN     BT    JONES,    HER    SECOND    HUSBAND. 

1.  Devereaux,  born  July  8th,  1841,  at  Harlengen,  N.  J.,  see  No.  (1217.) 

2.  Aurelia  Melvina,  born  Nov.  5th,  1844,  at  Wolcottville. 

3.  Edgar  Bradley,  born  Nov.  1st,  184«  ;  volunteer  in  Co.  E,  14th  Regt. 

4.  Clarence  Olmsted,  born  April  21st,  1850. 

HIS    CHILDREN    BY     FIRST    WIFE    CAROLINE. 

1.  Wm.  Albert,  born  June  16th,  1830,  married  Caroline  E.  Wilson,  lived  at  Walnut 
Grove,  111.,  1861. 

2.  Mary  Caroline,  b&rn  May  19th,  1835,  married  John  Morse,  live  in  Willimantic. 

1073.  "MRS.  MART  ANN  NEWEL,"   to  church  May  30th,  1852,  by 
letter  from  the  Congregational  church  in  East  Windsor;  bora  Sept.  14th, 
1827.  at  East  Windsor,   to  John   Sadd    and    his   wife  Emeline  (Clark ;) 
married,  April  8th,  1851,  John  A.  Newel,  born  July  5th,   1825,  at   He- 
bron, to  Alvah  and  his  wife  Laura  (Loomis ;)  is  a  joiner  by  trade ;  she 
dismissed  by  letter,  June  26th,   1857,  to  Sun   Prairie,  Wis. ;  the  family 
now,  1862,  live  at  Cottage  Grove,  Wis. 

THEIR   CHILDREN. 

1.  James  Alvah,  born  March  7th,  1852,  at  New  Britain,  died  March  24th,  1852. 

2.  Ada  Henrietta,  born  Dec.  15th,  1853,  bap.  March  3d,  1856,  at  New  Britain. 

3.  Charles  Edward,  born  Sept.  17th,  1855,  bap.  March  3d,  1856,  at         " 

4.  Carrie  Elizabeth,  born  March  24th,  1858,  at  Sun  Prairie,  Wis. 

5.  Albert  Frederic,  born  Oct.  26th,  1859,  at  Cottage  Grove,  Wis. 

6.  Mary  Edna,  born  May  16th,  1861,  at  Cottage  Grove,  Wis. 

1074.  "MARY  E.,  wife  of  Frederic  Knapp,"   to    church   May   30th, 
1852,  by  letter  from  Roxbury,  Ct.,  Rev.  Austin  Isham,  pastor ;  born  July 
10th,  1826,  at  Roxbury,  to  Daniel  F.  Burritt  and  his  wife  Betsey  (Mor- 
ris;) married,  April  22d,  1848,  No.  (1163.) 

1075.  "MRS.  LYDIA,  wife  of  Nehemiah  Peck,"   to  church  June  3d, 
1852,  by  letter  from  the  first   Congregational   church  in  Plymouth,  Rev. 
I.  P.  Warren,  pastor;  born   Sept.   16th,    1797,  at  .Burlington,    to  Abel 
Frisbie  and  his  wife  Ruth  (Barnes,)  who  was  sister  of  Thomas,  of  Bristol ; 
she  was  the  widow  of  Willys  Roberts,  when,  Jan.  22d,  1851,  she  married 
Nehemiah  Peck,  and  was  his  second  wife ;  she  was  dismissed  by  letter, 
April  2d,  1858,  to  church  in  East  Haven,  where  she  died  May  16th,  1860, 
aged  63. 

1076.  "MRS.  LAURA,  wife   of  Henry  W.  Andrews,"   to  church  June 
3d,  1852,  by  letter  from  church  in  Berlin,  Rev.  W.  W.  Woodworth,  pastor ; 


OF     NEW     BRITAIN.  425 

her  maiden  name  was  Rich,  daughter  of  John  of  Middletown,  and  his 
wife  Charlotte  (Stow,)  of  Cromwell;  born  Oct.  10th,  1820,  at  Westfield 
Society,  Middletown  ;  married,  Nov.  29th,  1843,  Henry  Woodruff  And- 
rews, son  of  No.  (359;)  he  a  jeweller  by  trade,  born  April  10th,  1819, 
baptized  Aug.  29th,  1819. 

THEIR    SON. 

Louis  Le  Grand,  born  April  29th,  1846. 

1077.  "MATILDA  PHILIPS,"   to   church   Oct.  3d,   1852,  daughter  of 
Eichard,  and  sister  of  No.   (1078 ;)  this  family  were  Protestant  Irish  ; 
the  father  died  June  5th,  1851,  aged  49,  also  his  son,  aged  19,  May  18th, 
1851. 

1078.  "ELIZA  PHILIPS,"  to  church  Oct.  3d,  1852,  daughter  of  Rich- 
ard, and  sister  of  No.  (1077  ;)  on  the  death  of  the  father  and  brother, 
this  family  was  broken  up,  and  these  sisters  it  is  said  went  to  New  York, 
but  there  is  no  record  of  taking  letters. 

1079.  "SYL VENDER  ELLIS,"  to  church  Oct.  3d,  1852,  by  letter  from 
Congregational  church  in   Somers,  Ct.,  Rev.  Joseph  Vaill,  pastor ;  born 
Sept.  18th,  1817,  to  No.  (717;)  married,  April  27th,  1842,  No.  (1080;) 
is  a  joiner  by  trade  and  occupation,  and  is  a  skillful  architect ;  learned  of 
Elnathan  Peck ;  his  residence  on  Chestnut  st ;  he  to  church  in  Somers, 
1842. 

1080.  MRS.  LOVISA,  wife  of  Sylvender  Ellis,"  to  church  Oct.  3, 1852,  by 
letter  from  Congregational  church  in  Somers,  Ct.,  Rev.  Joseph  Vaill,  pas- 
tor ;  to  church  there  1845,  born  June  9th,  1816,  at  Enfield,  to  Seth  Alden 
and  his  wife  Peony  (Bement ;)  married,  April  27th,  1842,  No.  (1079.) 

THEIR    CHILDREN. 

1.  William  Henry,  born  Nov.  10th,  1843,  bap.  at  Somers. 

2.  Marion  Roselle,  born  Aug.  1st,  1848,  bap.  at  Somers. 

1081.  "GEORGE  L.  SMITH,"  to  church  Feb.  6th,  1853,  baptized  same 
time ;  born  Aug.  7th,  1832,  at  Lisbon,  Ct.,  to  Dr.  Levi  H.  and  his  wife  Jose- 
phine (Frink;)  married,    Oct.   4th,    1855,    Sophia    Burton,   daughter  of 
Joseph  and  his  wife  Laura  (Goodnow;)  born  Dec.  18th,  1828,  at  Rome, 
Mass.;  they  live  now,  1863,  at  Plainville,  Ct. ;  is  brother  of  No.  (1136;) 
he  left  our  communion  for  spiritualism,  and  was  excommunicated  April 
18th,  1865. 

THEIR    CHILDREN. 

1.  Burton  Frink,  born  Jan.  7th,  1858. 

2.  Irving  Burleigh,  born  Oct.  10th,  1860. 

1082.  «MRS  PHEBE  MCLEAN,"  her  name  first  appears  on  Rev.  Mr. 
Seward's  record,  1840,  as  being  dismissed,  but  his  record  never  tells  to 


426  FIRST     CHURCH 

what  place  or  church;  her  name  next  appears  as  joining  this  church  by 
letter  from  South  church  Aug.  5th,  1855 ;  she  was  born  Jan.  13th,  1811, 
at  Windham,  to  Stephen  Congdon  and  his  wife  Martha  (Peckham ;)  mar- 
ried, June  22d,  1835,  Silas  Oscar  McLean;  born  Jan.  29th,  1812,  to 
Silas  of  Glastenbury,  and  his  wife  Anna  (Pulsifer ;)  he  died  Jan.  3d, 
1841,  at  Glastenbury;  her  residence  on  Chestnut  St.,  in  1862. 

THEIR   CHILDREN. 

1.  Charles  Oscar,  born  March  24th,  1836,  bap.  1836,  see  No.  (1175.) 

2.  George  Gorham,  born  Sept.  21st,  1838,  see  No.  (1174.) 

1083.  «  JOHN  E.  WHITTLESEY,"  to  church  March         1853,  by  letter 
from  Congregational  church  in  Bethel,  Ct. ;  born  Dec.  21st,  1835,  to  No. 
(611)  and  his  wife  No.  (883;)  became  a  teacher,  married,  March  30th, 
1857,  Lydia  Francis   Camp,  of  Newington,  daughter  of  Col.  Joseph  and 
his  wife  Lydia  (Francis;)  born  March  12th,  1837  ;  he  dismissed  by  letter 
March         1857,  to  church   in  Morris,  111;  was  a  volunteer  in  the  13th 
Reg't  of  Wisconsin,  went  to  Kansas,  was  honorably  discharged,  and  is 
now,  1863,  in  Janesville,  Wis. 

THEIR     CHILD. 

Joseph  Camp,  born  Dec.  24th,  1858,  at  Durant,  Iowa. 

1084.  "MARY  ANN  WARD,"  to  church  March,      1853,  by  letter  from 
church  in  Bethel,  Ct. ;  born  July  27th,  1836,  at  Trumbull,  Ct.,  to  Victor 
and  his  wife  Eliza  (Hamlinton ;)  married,  Sept.  23d,  1857,  to  Isaac  B. 
Smith ;  born  April  7th,  1835,  to  Wm.  C.,  of  Millburn,  N.  J. ;  she  return- 
ed to  Bethel,  but  no  record  of  being  dismissed  by  letter;  they  are,  1863, 
residing  in  Bridgeport. 

THEIR    CHILD. 

Helen  A.,  born  Sept.  10th,  1858,  at  Millbarn,  N.  J. 

1085.  "ANN  R.  HOTCHKISS,"  to  church  March,  1853,  by  letter  from 
church  in  Plainville,  Rev.  J.  L.  Dickinson,  pastor;  born  Jan.  16th,  1834, 
to  Alvin,  of  Kensington,  and  his  second  wife  No.  (1094 ;)  married,  Oct., 
1856,  Harvey  Foster,  bom  Sept.  15th,  1828,  to  Zachariah,  of  Granby, 
Ct.,  and   his  wife  Maria  A.   (Goddard ;)  jeweller  by  trade,   learned  of 
Horace  Goodwin,  of  Hartford;  lived  in  1861  at  Meriden;  she  died  July, 
1865,  at  Meriden. 

THEIR   CHILDREN. 

1.  Willie,  born  Sept.  10th,  1858,  at  New  Britain. 

2.  Frank,  born  July  17th,  1860,  at  Meriden. 

1086.  "MRS.  SARAH  A.,  wife  of  Daniel  Sloper,"  to  church  Mar.,  1853, 
by  letter  from  church  in  South  Glastenbury,  Rev.  F.  W.  Chapin,  pastor ; 
born  Nov.  27th,  1829,  to  Daniel  Hale  and  his  wife  Sarah  (Tryon,)  of 


OF    NEW    BRITAIN.  427 

Glastenbury  ;  married,  March  10th,  1851  ;  he  son  of  Daniel,  of  South- 
ington,  and  his  wife  Rebecca  (Wilcox,)  of  Middletown ;  born  May,  1827, 
was  a  joiner  by  trade,  residence  on  Summer  st. ;  he  died  Jan.  12th,  1856, 
aged  28,  when  second  she  married,  June  5th,  1860,  Aaron  Butrick,  son 
of  Samuel  and  his  wife  Margaret  (Caldwell;)  born  Feb.  23d,  1825,  at 
Pelham,  N.  H. ;  their  residence  on  Summer  st. ;  he  works  in  brass  and 
iron. 

CHILD     BY    SECOND   HUSBAND. 

Charles  Aaron,  born  July  20th,  1 864,  at  New  Haven. 

1087.  "EBENEZER  D.  BASSETT,"  to  church  April. 3d,  1853,  born  Oct. 
16th,  1833,  at  Litchfield,  Ct.,  to  EbenezerT.  and  his  wife  Susan  (Greg- 
ory;) graduated  at  Connecticut  Normal  School,  Sept.,  1853,  and  is  now, 
1863,  principal  and  teacher  of  the  high  school  for  colored  youth,  in  Phil- 
adelphia ;  he  married,  Oct.  1 6th,  1 855,  Eliza  Park,  of  New  Haven  ;  he  was 
dismissed  by  letter,  Oct.  27th,  1854,  to  Temple  st.  church,  at  New  Haven. 

THEIR   CHILDREN. 

1.  Charlotte,  born  July  21st,  1856. 

2.  Ebenezer  D.,  jun.,  born  May  21st,  1858. 

1088.  "MRS.  MARY  F.,  wife  of  Wm.  Humphrey,"  to  church  April  3d, 
1853,  by  letter  from  South  church,  New  Britain,  Rev.  Samuel  Rockwell, 
pastor ;  daughter  of  Robert  Francis,  of  Newington,  and  his  wife  Mary 
(Toby;)  born  Nov.  2d,  1820,  at  Newington,  married,  Oct.  18th,  1843, 
John  W.  Humphrey,  son  of  John  Wells  Humphrey,  of  Wethersfield,  and 
his  wife  Rebecca  (Richardson ;)  born  March  14th,  1820,  at  Wethersfield, 
is  now,  1862,  a  hotel  keeper  at  Freeport,  111. ;  she  was  dismissed  by  letter 
March  16th,  1858,  to  Second  Presbyterian  church,  Chicago,  111.;  he  built 
the  Humphrey  House,  of  New  Britain,  A.  D.  1850,  at  a  cost  of  $20,000. 

THEIR   CHILDREN. 

1.  Mary  Elizabeth,  born  Oct.  19th,  1844. 

2.  John  William,  born  Dec.  5th,  1846. 

3.  Martha  Ann,  born  March  1 1th,  1849. 

1089.  "MRS.  FANNY  PETTIBONE,"  to  church  April  3d,  1853,  by  letter 
from  the  First  Congregational  church,  Rockville,  Ct. ;  daughter  of  Noah 
A.  Phelps,  of  Simsbury,  and  his  wife  Charlotte  (Wilcox ;)  born  March 
8th,  1795 ;  she  became  first  the  wife  then  the  widow  of  Capt.  Jonathan 
Pettibone,  of  Simsbury,  came  to  this  place  with  her  daughter,  Mrs.  Wins- 
low,  was  dismissed  by  letter,  Aug.  13th,  1858,  to  the  church  in  Great 
Barrington,  Mass. 

1090.  "MRS.  CHARLOTTE  H.,   wife   of  Rev.   Horace   Winslow,"   to 
church  April  3d,  1853,  by  letter  from  church  in  Rockville,  Ct. ;  daughter 


428  FIRST     CHURCH 

of  Capt.  Jonathan  Pettibone,  of  Simsbury,  and  his  wife  No.  (1089;) 
born  July  23d,  1824,  at  Simsbury,  married  May  8th,  1850 ;  he  son  of 
John  II.  Winslott,  of  Enfield,  Mass.,  and  his  wife  Elizabeth  (Mills;) 
born  May  18th,  1814,  at  Enfield,  Mass.,  graduated  at  Hamilton  College, 
N.  Y.,  studied  theology  at  Union  Seminary,  N.  Y.  city ;  settled  first  at 
Lansingburg,  N.  Y.,  second  installed  at  Rockville,  Ct.,  third  at  New  Brit- 
ain, First  church,  fourth  at  Great  Barrington,  Mass.,  to  which  church  she 
was  dismissed  by  letter,  Aug.  13th,  1858,  and  fifth,  he  was  settled  at 
Binghampton,  N.  Y. 

THEIR   CHILDREN. 

1.  Fanny  Henrietta,  bora  Oct.  25th,  1851,  at  Rockville,  and  bap.  there. 

2.  Lillian,  born  July  25th,  1854,  at  New  Britain,  and  bap.  June  24th,  1855. 

3.  Mary,  born  1861,  at  Great  Barrington. 

1091.  "FREDERICK  0.  BOBBINS,"  to   church   June  5th,   1853,  born 
Jan.  14th,  1835,  at  Rocky  Hill,  Ct.,  to  Deacon  Jchiel  and  his  wife  Nancy 
(Fuller ;)  he  learned  jeweller's  trade  of  Churchill  &  Stanley,  and  mar- 
ried, April,  1859,  Christiana  Tvviss,  of  Meriden,  daughter  of  Hiram  and 
his  wife  (Andrews ;)  he  left  our  communion  for  that  of  the  Spirit- 
ualists, and   has,  1861,  received   no   letter  of  dismission ;  has   lived  in 
Plainville,  with  his  father,  but  now,  1861,  living  at  Hamington,  Atlantic 
Co.,  N.  J. ;  he  was  excommunicated  by  vote  of  the  church,  April  18th, 
1865. 

1092.  "  CATHARINE  0.  WRIGHT,"  to  church  June  5th,  1853,  baptized 
same  time  ;  born  Feb.  15th,  1830,  to  Silas  Wright  and  his  wife  Catharine 
G.  (Eddy,)  daughter  of  William,  she  married  Oct.  19th,   1853,   George 
Tolles,  son  of  Orris,  of  Plymouth,  but  now,   1861,  of  this  place  and  his 
wife  Hannah  (Jordon  ;)  born  Jan.  30th,   1820,  at  Waterbury,  Conn. ;  he 
is  a  machinist. 

THHIH    CHILDREN. 

1.  Estella,  born  March  20th,  1857. 

2.  Jennie  Alena,  born  March  2d,  1862. 

1093.  "  MRS.  HARRIET,  wife  of  Levi  S.  Wells,"   to  church  June  5th, 
1853,  and  baptized  same  time;  born   Nov.  5th,  1824,  at  Newington,  to 
Robert  Francis  and  his  wife  Mary  (Toby;)  married  April   27th,  1848, 
No.  (942;)  she  is  sister  to  No.  (1088.) 

1094.  "MRS.  MART  P.  HOTCHKISS,"  to  church  June  5th,  1853,  bap- 
tized same  time :  born  July  18th,  1798,  at  Deerfield,  Mass.,  to  George 
Vincent  Roberts  ;  he  an  English  emigrant ;  she  married  Aug.  24th,  1825, 
Alvin  Hotchkiss,  of  Kensington  ;  born  May  1st,   1788,   son   of  Ladwick 
and  his  wife  No.   (278,)  and  was  his  second  wife,  his  first  being   Sally 
(Williams,)  of  Kensington,  whom  he  married  Jan.  31st,  1810,  and  who 
died  Oct.  5th,  1824.     The  subject  of  this  notice  died  Sept.  21st,  1854, 
aged  56;  he  died  Sept.  llth,  1863,  aged  75. 


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IIER   CHILDREN   BY   ALVIN    HOTCHKISS. 

1.  Mary  Caroline,  born  Aug.  12th,  1827. 

2.  Seth  Win.  bora  Jan.  9th,  1829. 

3.  Frederick  Williams,  born  Dec,  29th,  1830. 

4.  Ann  Iloberts,  born  Jan.  16th,  1834,  see  No.  (1085.) 

1095.  "  EBENEZEK  WHITNEY,"  to  church  June  5th,   1853,  baptized 
same  time  ;  born  May  16th,  1818,  to  Ebenezer,  of  Worcester,  Mass.,  and 
No.  (1101,)  his  wife;  married  Jan.  1st,  1843,  Lucinda  Brown,  of  Mans- 
field, Conn.,  daughter  of  Washington  and  his  wife  Lovisa  (Brown,)  being 
cousins  ;  she  died  Jan.   25th,  1853.     Mr  Whitney  acted  as  chorister  in 
our  choir,  several  years  with  good  success ;  he  also  led  in  singing  in  our 
State  Reform  School,  at  Meriden,  but  now,  1861,  is    connected  with  the 
Reform  School,  Providence,  R.  I.     He  was  dismissed  by  letter  Nov.  25th, 
1859,  to  the  Central  Congregational  church,  of  Providence,  R.  I. 

THEIR    CHILD. 

George  Henry,  born  Aug.,  1846,  died  Oct.  9th,  1847,  aged  14  months. 

1096.  "  GEORGE  F.  WARREN,"  to  church  Aug.  7th,  1853 ;  born  June 
1st,  1830,  at  Bethany,  Conn.,  to  Isaac  and  his   wife   Leonora  (Perkins,) 
learned  the  jewellers'  trade  in  New  Britain  ;  married  Aug.  24th,  1853,  No. 
(1018,)  was  dismissed  and  recommended  by^letter  Jan.  6th,  1854,  to  church 
in  Ottawa,  111.     He  follows  farming,  but  1861,  enlisted  into  4th  regiment 
111.,  Cavalry,  was  of  the  body  guard  of  Gen.  Grant,  was  at  the  taking  of 
Forts  Henry  and  Donelson,  Tenn.,  but  1864,  is  1st  Lieut,  of  1st  Colored 
Cavalry,  of  Miss. 

THEIR    CHILDREN. 

1.  Arthur  Stanley,  born  June  4th,  1854,  in  111. 

2.  Wm.  Edward,  born  April  25th,  1856,  in  111.,  died  Oct.  24th,  1863,  aged  7$  years. 

3.  George  Frederic,  born  March  29th,  1858,  in  111.,  died  Nov.  21st,  1863,  aged  5£  " 

4.  Lizzie  May,  bom  April  19th,  1860,  in  111. 

5.  Henry  Grant,  born  Feb.  23d,  1862,  "     " 

1097.  «  CHARLES  H.  BELDEN,"  to  church  Aug.  7th,  1853  ;  born  Feb. 
19th,  1837,  to  No.  (955,)  and  his  2d  wife  No.  (495 ;)  spent  one  year  in 
California  ;  but  1861  enlisted  as  volunteer  inCapt.  Tisdale's  company,  13th 
regiment  Conn.,  Volunteers.     He   married  May  9th,  1867,  Paulina  M. 
Carney,  of  N.  Y. 

1098.  "  WM.   W.   CLARK,"  to  church,  Aug.  7th,  1853  ;  born   March 
19th,  1834,  to  No.  (679  ;)  married  March,  19th,  1857,  Mary  J.  Stoddard 

of  Newington ;  born  April  30th,  1834,  to  Hiram  and  his  wife  Fanny, 
(Filley.)  He  was  dismissed  by  letter,  March  1857,  to  church  in  Durant, 
Iowa,  where  he  is  engaged  in  farming,  but  1862,  is  a  Commissary  Serg't 


430  FIRST     CHURCH 

in  6th  regiment  of  Iowa  Cavalry,  and  gone  to  fight  belligerent  Indians, 
and  was  at  the  battle  of  White  Stone  Hills. 

THEIR    CHILDREN. 

1.  Mary  Francis,  born  Jan.  12th,  1858,  at  Durant,  Iowa. 

2.  Wm.  Hudson,  born  Aug.  26th,  1860,          "  " 

1099.  "MRS.  MART  KEENEY,"  to  church  Dec.  4th,  1853,  by  letter  from 
Vernon,  Conn.;  born  Dec.  4th,  1817,  to  Erastus  McCollum  and  his  wife 
Lydia  (Corning  ;)  married  Aug.  1840,  Hart  Keeney,  son  of  Allen  and  his 
wife    Betsey    (Skinner ;)  born  April,  1819,  died  April    7th,  1852,  aged 
33,  at  New  Britain,  his  residence  on  Washington  Street. 

THEIR  CHILDREN. 

1.  Fidelia,  born  NOT.  22d,  1842,  died  Nov.  10th,  1865,  at  Koxbury,  Mass.,  aged  23, 
buried  at  New  Britain. 

2.  Hart  J.  born  Jan.  27th,  1852. 

1100.  «  MRS.  JANE,  wife  of  Dr.  Roswell  Hawley,"  to  church  Dec.  4th, 
1853,  by  letter  from  church  in  Bristol ;  born  Jan.  24th,  1823,  at  Bristol, 
to  Wm.  Rich  and  his  wife  Betsey  (Webster;)  married  Sept.  13th,  1853, 
No.  (1068,)  and  was  his  second  wife.     They  were   dismissed   by   letter, 
Aug.  10th,  1855,  to  the  church  in  West  Meriden;  living  now,    1861,  in 
her  native  town,  Bristol.  «* 

1101.  "Mas.  ANNIS  WHITNEY,"  to  church  Dec.  4th,  1853,  by  letter 
from  church  in  Stafford,  Conn. ;  born  Aug.  22d,  1791,  at  Webster,  Mass., 
to  Elijah  Kingsbury  and  Hannah   (Kingsbury,)   cousins  to  his  wife  ;  she 
married  March  9th,  1813,  Ebenezer  Whitney ;  born  May  23d,  1788,  died 
May  loth,  1843,  aged  55,  son  of  Ebenezer  and  Martha  (Gates,)  his  wife. 
She  was  dismissed  by  letter,  March  13th,  1860,  to  church  at  Independ- 
ence, Iowa. 

THEIR    CHILDREN. 

1.  Martha  Gates,  born  May  22d,  1814,  died  Sept,  19th,  1835. 

2.  Henry,  born  May  23d,  1816. 

3.  Ebenezer,  born  May  16th,  1818,  see  No.  (1095.) 

4.  John  Gates,  born  Aug.  10th,  1820,  at  Millbury,  Mass.,  married  No.  (1107.) 

5.  Prudence  Ann,  born  Jan.  28th,  1824,  died  July  25th,  1839. 

6.  Asa  Waters,  born  July  8th,  1826. 

7.  Edwin,  born  March  8th,  1829,  see  No.  (1070.) 

8.  Mary  Elizabeth,  born  Jan.  14th,  1833,  died  Sept.  5th,  1835. 

1102.  "  Miss  JULIA  ANN  BLIN,"  to  church  Jan.  1854,  by  letter  from 
church  in  Wethersfield,   Dr.  Tucker,  Pastor;  born   Feb.  12th,  1817,  at 
Wethersfield,  to  Capt.  Hosea  and  his  wife  Mehitabel  (Wolcott ;)  married 
Feb.  20th,  1855,  No.  (918,)  and  was  his  second  wife. 

1103.  "CORNELIUS    ANDREWS,"  to   church  April   8th,   1854  ;  born 
Nov.  1st,  1834,  to  No.  (478,)  and  his  second  wife,  No.  (657 ;)  occupied 


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farming  at  his  father's  home  on  West  Main  Street,   two  miles  from  the 
village  ;  married  June  25th,  1862.    No.  (1380.) 

THEIR     CHILD. 

Mary  Lincoln,  born  April  14th,  1865,  (same  night  President  Lincoln  was  assasin- 
ated,)  bap.  June  10th,  1866. 

1104.  "  ALDEN  A.  BAKER,"  to  church  April  8th,  1854,  baptized  same 
time ;  born  July  26th,  1835,  at  Montville,  to  Abishar  and  his  wife  Mary 
G.  (Butler;)  taught  school  here,  the  time  he  united  with  the  church  ;  has 
been  since  in  the  Map  business ;  was  dismissed  by  letter  March,  1859,  to 
church  in  Colchester,  Conn. 

1105.  "ELLEN  M.  STANLEY,"  to  church  April  8th,  1854;  born  April 
1st,  1834,  to  No.  (921  ;)   married  Nov.  3d,   1858,  No.  (1143  ;)  she  is  a 
sweet  singer  and  a  member  of  our  church  choir,  now,  1862,  and  has  been 
for  several  years. 

1106.  "  CAROLINE  E.  SOUTH  WORTH,"  to  church   April  8th,   1854, 
baptized  same  time  ;  born   June  24th,    1823,  at  Chester,   Conn.,  to  No. 
(923,)  and  his  first  wife  Lucinda   (Ely  ;)  has  been  sorely  afflicted  with 
rheumatic  affection. 

1107.  "  MRS.  ANN  E.  WHITNEY,  wife  of  John,"  to  church  April  8th, 
1854;  born  April  21st,   1826,  at  Guilford,   Conn.,  to  John    F.   Wood- 
ruff and  his  wife  Catharine  (Wheaton ;)  married  May,  1847,  John  Gates 
Whitney,  son  of  Ebinezerand  his  wife  No.  (1101  ;)  born  Aug.  10th,  1820, 
at  Milbury,  Mass.,   was  a  "  hardware  "  manufacturer,  in  this  town  ;  she 
was  dismissed  by  letter  March  13th,  1860,  to  church  at  Independence, 
Iowa,  where  the  family  reside,  1861. 

THEIR  CHILDREN. 

1.  Mary  Eunice,  born  March  25th,  1849. 

2.  Edwin  North,  born  Feb.  18th,  1852. 

3.  Charles  E.  born  Nov.  4th,  1857. 

4.  George  North,  born  May  13th,  1859. 

1108.  "  EMILY  ANN  JEROME,"  to  church  April  8th,  1854  ;  born   Dec. 
17th,  1834,  at  Cernwall,  Conn.,  to  No.  (1030  ;)  married  Sept.  19th,  1854, 
No.  (1236.) 

1109.  "B.  N.  COMINGS,  M.  D."  to  church  April  8th,  1854,  by  letter 
from  Rockville,  Conn.,  Rev.  J.  W.  Ray,  Pastor  ;  his  full  name  Benjamin 
Newton  ;  born  Nov.  2d,  1816,  at  Cornish,  New  Hampshire,  to  Benjamin 
and  his  wife  Althea  (Wellman,)  graduate  at  Dartmouth    College,  1842, 
title,  M.  D.,  conferred   at  Castleton,  Vt,,   1845;  married  July  2 d,  1847, 
No.  (1110.)  is  a  practicing  physician  in  this   town,  1861,  residence  near 
the  Center  church ;  gives  lectures  to  the  State  Normal  School ;  has  pub- 
lished some  works  on  Physiology,  is  now,  1862,  surgeon  to  13th  regiment 
Conn.  Volunteers ;  went  to  Ship  Island  and  New  Orleans,  where  he  is 
appointed  Surgeon  General  of  that  department. 


432  FIRST     CHURCH 

1110.  «  MRS.  MARIA,  wife  of  Dr.  B.  N.  (Doming?,"  to  church  April 
8th,  1854,  by  letter  from  church  in  Rockville;  born  April  27th,  1812,  in 
New  Jersey,  to  John  Righter  and  his  wife  Locky  (Stiles  ;)  married  July 
2d,  1847,  No.  (1109.) 

THEIR   CHILDREN. 

1.  John  Righter,  born  Aug.  5th,  1849,  died  March  20th,  1855,  at  New  Britain. 
3.  EmmlRShSugea!rd,  |  twins>  born  March  24th'  1852>  j  see  No.  (1411.) 


1111.  "MRS  LOUISA,  wife  of  Rev.  Wm.  Wbittlesey,"  to  church  April 
8th,  1854,  by  letter  from  Chapel  Street  church,  New  Haven,  Rev.  Mr. 
Eustis,  Pastor  ;  born  Sept.  10th,  1822,  at  Lyme,  Conn.,  to  John  Hart 
and  his  wife  Nancy  (Mather;)  married  Sept.  9th,  1845,  No.  (541.) 

1112.  "  ESTHER  HENRY,"  to  church  May  28th,  1854;  born  Jan.  8th> 
1840,  at  to  Edward  F.  Henry  and  his  wife  Eliza  A.  (Stearns  ;) 
she  was  dismissed  by  letter,  June  6th,  1  857,  to  Pearl  Street  church,  Hart- 
ford ;  she  now,  1861,  resides  in  that  city. 

1113.  "  HELLEN  M.  BOOTH,"  to  church  May  28th,  1854  ;  born  July 
8th,  1833,  to  No.  f  648)  and  his  wife  No.  (649,)  at  Granville,  Mass. 

1114.  "LESTER    S.   BOOTH,"  to  church  May  28th,  1854;  born  Jan. 
19th,  1828,  to  No.  (648  ;)  a  shoe  maker  and   dealer,  learned  of  his  father, 
his  shop  and  store  on  Main  Street  ;  married  Oct.  6th,  1852,  No.  (1115.) 

1115.  "  MRS.  HARRIET,  wife  of  Lester  S.  Booth,"  to  church  May  28th, 
1854  ;  born  June    5th,  1832,  at  Berlin,  to  Justus  Bulkley  and  his  wife 
Ruth  (Savage;)  married  Oct.  6th,  1852,  No.  (1114.) 

THEIR   CHILDREN. 

1.  Kate  Wilcox,  born  Sept.  14th,  1854,  bap.  June  24th,  1855. 

2.  Harriet  Bulkley,  bora  July  14th,  1856,  bap.  April  26th,  1857. 

3.  Edith  Walter,  bora  April  26th,  1865,  bap.  Nov.  26th,  1865. 

1116.  "ELISHA  S.  BOOTH,  jun.,"  to  church  May  28th,  1854;  born  at 
Torringford,  July  24th,  1837,  to  No.    (648;)    married  Nov.    22d,  1858, 
Eliza  Sanford,  daughter  of  Nathan,  of  Oxford,  Conn.,  and  his  wife  Mary 
A.  (Talmage,)  of  Cheshire  ;  born  Dec.  14th,  1838,  at  Derby,  Conn.     He 
was  dismissed  Oct.  4th,  1861,  to  Congregational  church  in  West  Winsted, 
but  in  1862,  he  enlisted  as  corporal  in  Company   F  14th  regiment  Conn. 
Volunteers.     He  was  mortally  wounded  while  caring   for  the  body  of  his 
friend  Birdsey  Beckley,  at   the  battle  of   Fredericksburg,  Va.,  and  died 
Jan.  5th,  1863,  in  hospital,  at  Washington,  buried  in  New  Britain,  Jan. 
10th,  1863.     He  was  a  generous  and  noble  hearted  man,  and  fell  a  mar- 
tyr to  the  cause  of  humanity  and  his  country. 

1117.  "  SARAH  A.  COOLEY,"  to  church  May  28th,  1854;  bora  Nov- 
22d,  1831,  at  Southwick,  Mass.,  to  Julius  and  his  wife  Minerva  (Camp- 


OF    NE\V    BRITAIN.  433 

bell;)  married  Oct.  27th,  1856,  -Tared  W.  Carpenter, of  Granby ;  he  bora 
July  1st,  1828.  She  was  dismissed  and  recommended  to  the  Congrega- 
tional church  in  Granby,  June  19th,  1863,  where  they  reside. 

1118.  "  CORANCEY  CADY,"  to  church  May  28th,   1854,  baptized  same 
time;  born  April  8th,  1839,  to    Asahel,  of  Manchester,   Conn.,   and  his 
wife  Catharine  (Hanover,)   alias    Widow   Haskins ;  married  Nov.  26th, 
1859,  Mary  Francis  Heath,  daughter  of  Jerome  L.  Heath  and  his  wife 
Anne  S.  (Grant ;)  born  July  26th,  1841,  at  Rockville,  is  a  member  of  the 
church  there.     He  was  dismissed  by  letter  to  church  in  Rockville,  May 
13th,  1859,  now  1862,  resides  in  New  Britain,  and  is  by  trade  a  wagon 
maker. 

THEIR  CHILD. 

Emma  Lillian,  born  April  8th,  1861,  at  Rockville. 

1119.  "RICHARD  JUDD,"  to   church  May  28th,  1854;  born  Jan.  23d, 
1807,  to  No.  (435)|and  his  second  wife,  No.  (436  ;)  married  Jan.   29th, 
1836,  No.  (822;)  he  is  a  farmer  on  East  Street,  the  old  homestead  of  his 
ancestors  for  three  generations. 

THEIR   CHILDREN. 

1.  Martha  Elizabeth,  born  April  15th,  1840,  married  Nov.  22d,  1866,  Edward  P, 
Pinks,  No.  (986.) 

2.  Daniel  Bartholomew,  born  Jan.  29th,  1846,  died  Sept.  4th,  1848,  aged  3. 

3.  Frank  Howard,  bora  May  2d,  1847. 

1120.  "  S.  ADALINE  CLARK,"  to  church  May  28th,  1854;  born  July 
26th,  1833,  to  Newton  and  his  wife  Adaline  (Candee  ;)  married  Dec.  31st, 
1854,  Geo.  Sherwood,  of  New  Milford,  son  of  Daniel  and  his  wife  Fannie 
(Shove.)     They  both  graduates  of  the  St?.te  Normal  School,  of  Conn.;  he 
now,  1863,  is  a  merchant  in  Chicago,  111.     She  was  dismissed  by  letter, 
Feb.  10th,  1860,  to  church  in  Evanston,  111. 

THEIR   CHILDREN. 

1.  Fannie  Clark,  bora  Dec.  19th,  1859,  at  Chicago,  died  March  10th,  1864,  aged  5 
years,  3  months. 

2.  Geo.  Northend,  bom  Nov.  21st,  1862,  at  Chicago,  died  March  9th,  1864,  aged  1 
year  3  months. 

1121.  "  HANNAH  B.  JUDD,"  to  church  May  28th,  1854,  baptized  same 
time  ;  born  Oct.  20th,  1834,  to  Eri  and  his  wife  Lovisa  (Bronson,)  is  a 
prominent  member  of  the  church  choir,  now,  1867,  and  for  several  years 
past. 

1122.  "  SARAH  PINKS,"  to  church  May  28th,  1854 ;  born  March  3d, 
1839,  to  Jonathan  C.  and  his  wife  No.  (865,)  was  dismissed  by  letter  June 
6th,  1857,  to  qhurch  in  Hanover,  Meriden,  and  received  back  from  there 
July  7th,  1861. 

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434  FIRST    CHURCH 

1123.  "  CORDELIA  HOUGH,"  to  church  May  28th,  1854,  baptized  same 
time;  born   Feb.   3d,  1837,  at   Bristol,  to  Wm.  O.  of  that  town,  and  his 
wife  Isabel  G.    (Thorp;)  she  has  become  a  distinguished  artistic  singer; 
she  married  Nov.  21st,  1861,  Ralph  Guernsey  Ilibbard,  son  of  Bennet 
and  his  wife  Laura  (Guernsey  ;)  born  Sept.  23d,  1857,  at  Plymouth,  Ct., 
by  profession,  an  Elocutionist. 

1124.  'k  CHARLOTTE  B.  BELDEN,"  to  church  May  28th,  1854,  baptized 
same  time;  bom  June  llth,  1818,  to  Ira  and  his  wife  Dolly  (Bronson.) 

1125.  "  HUBERT  L.  JUDD,"    to  church  May  28th,  1854;  born  April 
1st,  1829,  to  No.  (918)  and  his  wife  No.    (619,)  is  a  hardware  manufac- 
turer ;  married  Aug.    14th,   1851,  No.    (1126;)  dismissed  by  letter,  Oct. 
Gth,  1856,  to  church  in  Davenport,  Iowa,  but  returned   and  received  by 
letter  to  this  again,  Sept.  7th,  1862. 

1126.  "  JULIA,  wife  of  Hubert  L.  Judd,"  to  church  May  28th,  1854; 
born  Aug.  22d,  1830,  to  No.  (717)  and  his  wife  No.  (718  ;)  married  Aug. 
14th,  1851,  No.  (1125  ;)  was  dismissed  by  letter  Oct.  6th,  1856,  to  church 
in  Davenport,  Iowa,  but  returned  to  this  church,  Sept.  7th,  1862. 

THEIR    CHILDREN. 

1.  Julia  Ellis,  born  May  20th,  1852,  died  Nov.  19th,  1852,  aged  6  months. 

2.  Morton,  born  Aug.  8th,  1854,  died  July  22d,  1855,  on  steamer  Lady  Elgin,  at 
Georgians  Bay. 

3.  Florence  Bremer,  born  Dec.  25th,  1857,  bap.  Jan.  llth,  1860. 

4.  Edward  Henry,  born  Aug.  20th,  1859,  bap.  Jan.  llth,  1860,  died  Jan.  17th,  1860, 
aged  5  months. 

5.  Emma  Julia,  born  Dec.  1st,  1860,  bap.  July  2d,  1865. 

6.  Morton  Ellis,  born  March  10th,  1864,  bap.  July2d,  1865. 

1127.  "  ELLEN  S.  SMITH,"  to  church  May  28th,  1854  ;  born  Feb.  12tb, 
1-837,  to  No.  (515)  and  his  wife   No.  (627  ;)  married  June  1st,  1857, 
Alonzo  McManus,  of  Forestville,  New  York  State ;  born  Nov.  28th,  1830, 
to  Joseph   and  his  wife   Clarissa   (Barnum,)   of  Danbury,  Conn.     He  a 
member  of  Methodist  church  ;  lives  on  Myrtle  Street. 

1128.  "  ANNA  STRICKLAND,"  to  church  May  28th,  1854;  born  Jan. 
24th,  1838,  to  Stephen  Lyman  Strickland  and  his  wife  No.   (855,)  she 
went  to  England  with  her  uncle  No.   (584,;  where  she  spent  a  year  or 
more,  and  is  passing  A.  D.  1861,  in  Chicago,  111. 

1129.  u  IRENE  ROBERTS,"  to  church  May  28th,  1854;  born  March 
25th,  1837,  at  E.  Haddam,  to  Frederic  A.  and  his  wife  No.  (1134  ^mar- 
ried May  2d,  1855;  Frederic  W.  Porter,    son  of  Richard   S.  and  his  wife 
Betsey  (Cornwell ;)    born   Feb.   23d,  1829,   at  Granby,  Conn. ;  she  was 
dismissed  by  letter  Sept.  30lh,  1859,  to   13th  Street  Pres.  church,  New 
York.     She  was  received  back  July  1st,  1866,  by  letter  from  same  church. 

THEIR   CHILDREN. 

1.  Isaac  Porter,  born  Aug.  25th,  1858,  at  Cincinnati. 


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2.  Richard  Roberta,  born  Nov.  24th,  1860,  at  Cincinnati. 

3.  Nellie,  born  Sept.  30th,  1862,  at  Cincinnati,  died  April  14th,  1863,  buried  in  New 
Britain. 

1130.  "MRS.  S.  N.,  wife  of  J.  W.  Tuck,"  to  church  May  28th,  1854, 
by  letter  from    Mt.  Vernon    church,  Boston,   Rev.  E.  N.  Kirk,  Pastor ; 
her  maiden  name,  Sophronia  Stephen  Norris,  daughter  of  Grafton  and  his 
wife  Mary  (Stephens  ;)  born  May  17th,   1828,  at  Livermore,  Me.;  mar- 
ried May  27th,  1851,  Jeremiah  Warren   Tuck,  son  of  Jeremiah  and  his 
wife  Ruth  (Woodman  ;)  bora  Aug.  7th,   1823,  at  Fayette,  Me.     He  was 
for  several  years  a  popular  teacher  of  our  high  school.     She  was  dismissed 
by  letter  May  7th,  1858,  to  Elliott  church,  Roxbury,  Mass. 

THEIR    CHILDREN. 

1.  Alice  Cora,  born  June  27th,  1857,  at  New  Britain. 

2.  Marie  Louise,  born  June  llth,  1861,  at  Roxbury,  Mass. 

1131.  "N.  F.  EMMONS,"  to  church  Aug.   6th,   1854,  by  letter  from 
church  in  Guilford,  Rev.  E.   E.  Hail,   Pastor,  name,  Noadiah   Franklin 
Emmons,  son  of  Noadiah   and  his  wife   Betsey  (Cone  ;)    born  Feb.  23d, 
1807,  at  East  Haddam  ;  married  Feb.   13th,  1832,  Nancy  Carpenter,  of 
Norwich,  Conn.,  daughter  of  James  and  his  wife  Elizabeth,  she  died  Aug. 
27th,  1837,  when  2d  he  married,  April  10th,  1849,  No.  (1132;)  he  is  a 
house  painter  by  trade,  residence  above  High  Street. 

1132.  "  MRS.  AMELIA  S.  wife  of  N.  F.  Emmons,"  to  church  Aug.  6th, 
1854,  by  letter  from  church  in  Guilford  ;  born  Sept.  14th,  1824,  at  West 
Hartford,  to  Childs  Goodman  and  his  wife  Sarah  (Porter;)  married  April 
10th,  1849,  No.  (1131.) 

HIS    CHILDREN    BY    FIRST    WIFE,    NANCY. 

1.  Edward  Payson,  bora  Nov.  20th,  1833,  at  New  Haven,  O.,  married  June   15th, 
1857,  Charlotte  Miller. 

2.  Adaline,  bora  May  15th,  1836,  at  Defiance,  died  aged  2  years. 

HIS  CHILDREN   BY    SECOND  WIFE    AMELIA. 

3.  Alexander  Franklin,  born  April  4th,  1850,  at  Guilford,  No.  (1415.) 

4.  Adaline  Elizabeth,  born  July  13th,  1852. 

5.  Mary  Sophia,  born  March  8th,  1860,  died  aged  21  days. 

6.  Harriet  Amelia,  born  July  4th,  1861,  bap.  Dec.  8th,  1861. 

1133.  "  CLARISSA  DARROW,"  to  church  Nov.  20th,  1854,  by  letter  from 
first  church  in  Farmington,  Noah  Porter,  D.  D.,  pastor;  born  Sept.  16th, 
1820,  at  Farmington,  to  Asa  Darrow  and  his  wife  Clarissa   (Burchard,) 
of  Norwich,  Ct. ;  she  to  church  in  Farmington   Feb.  4th,  1838,  and  has 
lived  in  family  of  Giles  Stillman  several  years. 

1134.  "MRS.  MARY  S.,  wife  of  Frederic  A.  Roberts,"  to  church  Feb. 
llth,  1855,  by  letter  from  Congregational  church  in  West  Hartford,  Rev- 


436  FIRST    CHURCH 

Mr.  Morris,  pastor;  born  Sept.  8th,  1813,  at  East  Haddam,  to  Noadiah 
Emmons  and  his  wife  Betsey  (Cone;)  married,  May  15th,  1834,  he  son 
of  Asher  and  his  wife  Sarah  M.  (Paddock,)  born  June  17th,  1815,  at  East 
Haddam,  by  trade  a  boot  maker ;  she  died  March  14th,  1856,  aged  42,  was 
sister  to  No.  (1131,)  when  second  he  married,  Nov.  28th,  1857,  Julia  A. 
Beckwith,  born  May  9th,  1831,  to  Robert  and  his  wife  Maria  (Anderson.) 

THEIR    CHILDREN. 

1.  Mary  E.,  horn  March  6th,  1835. 

2.  Irena  W.,  horii  March  25th,  1837,  see  No.  (1129.) 

3.  Addie  E.,  born  Oct.  6th,  1839. 

4.  Jennie  S.,  born  Dec.  20th,  1842. 

5.  Freddie  E.,  born  June  30th,  1844. 

6.  Helen  L.,  born  Oct.  3d,  1840. 

CHILD   BY     SECOND   WIFE. 

7.  Gracie  Tiffany,  born  Sept.  15th,  1858. 

1135.  "MRS.  MARY  ANN,  wife  of  Wm.  Stone,"  to  church.  April  8th, 
1855.  by  letter  from  the  Congregational  church  in  Wolcottville,  Rev.  Mr. 
Seeley,  pastor;  bora  Oct.  18th,  1820,  at  Easton,  Mass.,  to  Jas.  Godfrey, 
of  Norton,  Mass.,  and  his  wife  Martha  (Keith  ;)  married  Feb.  4th,  1840, 
he  son  of  Elisha,  of  Litchfield,  Ct.,  and  his  wife  Mary  (North,)  of  Asher, 
of  New  Britain ;  born  Aug.  23d,  1813. 

THEIR   CHILDREN. 

1.  Lizzie  M.,  born  Aug.  10th,  1841. 

2.  George  Edgar,  born  Dec.  4th,  1845. 

3.  Carrie  Keith,  born  Sept.  27th,  1857. 

1136.  "Miss  MART  ANN  SMITH,"  to  church  June  3d,  1855,  by  letter 
from  church  in  Rockville,  is   sister  of  No.    (1081  ;)  born  March    25th, 
1830,  at  Lisbon,  Ct.,  to  Dr.  Levi  H.  Smith,  of  that  town  and  his  wife  Jose- 
phine (Frink,)  she  went  from  this  town  to  Plainville,  then  to  Greenfield, 
Mass.,  and  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  changed  her  name  to  Josephine   Burleigh, 
and  been  adopted  into  the  family  of  Wm.  H.  Burleigh,  her  uncle ;  she 
took  no  letter  from  this  church ;  she  was,  1863,  cashier  at  Ransom's  store 
in  Hartford.     She  left  our  communion  for  spiritualism,  and  was  excom- 
municated April  18th,  1865. 

1137.  "Miss  JOSEPHINE  HIGGINS,"  to  church  June  3d,  1855,  baptized 
same  time ;  born  Nov.  18th,  1838,  at  Clinton,  to  S.  Higgins  and   his  wife 
Susan  M.  (Turner ;)  married,  July  7th,  1859,  John  B.  Burr,  of  Durham, 
born  March  20th,  1835,  at    Durham,   to  Alfred   and   his   wife  Huldah 
(Brainard  ;)  he  a  grocer  in  Norwich  ;  she  was  dismissed  by  letter  to  the 
church  at  Clinton,  Ct,  Dec.  12th,  1856. 

1138.  "Miss  SARAH  J.  NOTES,". to  church  June  3d,  1855,  born  May 
12th,  1837,  at  Middletown,  to  Eben  and  his  wife  Fanny  (Hunt ;)  graduated, 


OF     NEW     BRITAIN.  437 

1855,  at  the  State  Normal  School,  and  is  now,  Jan.,  »1862,  teaching;  dis- 
missed by  letter,  Dec.  26th,   1856,  to  church  of  the  Pilgrims,  Brooklyn, 
N.  Y.,  Dr.  Storrs,  pastor. 

1139.  "MRS.  JANE  RODGERS,"  to  church  June  3d,  1855,  her  maiden 
name  was  Huston ;  was   tl»e  wife  of  John  B.  Rodgers,  a  plater  and  bur- 
nisher from  New  York;  she  was  dismissed  by  letter,  March,  1856,  to 
church  in  New  York  city. 

THEIR   CHILD. 

Martha  Huston,  bora  bap.  March,  1856. 

1140.  "AUSTIN  BEEBE,"  to  church  Feb.  3d,  1856,   born  Jan.  25th, 
1825,  at  Ellington,  to  Martin  and  his  wife  Anna  (Pember;)  is  a  carpen- 
ter and  joiner,  learned  of  Gager,  in  Rockville ;  married,  Sept.  23d,  1847, 
No.  (1141 ;)  residence  on  Arch  st. 

THEIR    CHILDREN. 

1.  Anna  "Rozell,  born  April  25th,  1853,  see  No.  (1413  ) 

2.  Lizzie  Maria,  born  July  5th,  1863,  bap.  July  3d,  1864. 

1141.  "MRS.  ELIZABETH,  wife  of  Austin  Beebe,"  to  church- Feb.  3d, 

1856,  born  May  22d,  1828,  Schoharie,  N.  Y.,  to  Philip  Buel  and  his  wife 
Mary  (Edgcomb ;)  married,  Sept.  23d,  1847,  No.  (1140.) 

1142.  "OLIVE  M.  LOOMIS,"  to  church  Feb.  3d,  1856,  by  letter  from 
church  in  New  Hartford,.  Rev.  Mr.  Hall,  pastor;  born  May  12th,  1833, 
to  Andrew  H.,  of  New  Hartford,  and  his  wife  Laura  C.  (Merrell ;)  mar- 
ried, March  16th,  1857,  Capt.  E.  W.  Ruggles,  son  of  Rev.  Nathaniel  and 
his  wife  Julia  (Hall;)  born  March  15th,  1821,  at  Bridgeport;  he  is  sea 
captain ;  she  dismissed  by  letter,  March  27,  1857,  to  church  in  San  Fran- 
cisco, Cal.,  but  returned  to  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  where,  1863,  they  reside. 

THEIR   CHILD. 

Nathaniel,  born  March  9th,  1859,  at  San  Francisco,  Cal. 

1143.  "JOHN  B.  MINOR,"   to   church   March    23d,    1856,   by   letter 
from  church  in  Bridgeport,  Ct.;  born  March  9th,   1821,  at  Woodbury,  to 
Matthew  and  his  wife  Lorena  (Bacon ;)   has  been  engaged  in  the  lumber 
trade,  his  residence  on  Washington  st. ;  he  married,  Sept.   24th,   1844, 
Ursula  Allen,  of  Bethlehem,  born  Aug.          1823,  to  Jared  and  his  wife 
Ruth  (Mitchell;)  she   died  July  25th,  1854,  when   second   he   married, 
Nov.  3d,  1858,  No.  (1105  ;)  he  was  chosen  one  of  the  standing  committee 
of  this  church    Jan.  6th,  1860,  in   pla,ce  of  N.  "W.  Stanley,  whose  term 
expired ;  he  died  May  1st,  1865,  aged  44,  at  Porto  Rico,  (of  sun  stroke,) 
where  he  had  gone  for  his  health,  buried  in  New  Britain  cemetery,  May 
31st,  1865. 


438  FIRST     CHURCH 


HIS    CHILDREN    BY    FIRST    WIFE,    URSULA. 

1.  Willie  A.,  born  Sept.  25th,  1851,  see  No.  (1358.) 

2.  John  Bacon,  born  Sept.  15th,  1853,  at  Bridgeport,  Ct. 

1144.  "CHARLES  NORTHEND,"  to  church"  April   6th,  1856,  by  letter 
from  South  Danvers,  Mass.;  born  April  1st,  1812,  at  Newbury,  Mass., to 
John  and  his  wife  Anna  (Titcomb ;)  he  teacher  and^author,  also  editor  of 
Conn.  Common   School  Journal;  married,  Aug.  18th,  1834,  No.  (1145;) 
his  residence  on  Cedar  st. ;  he  has  been  for  several  years  sup't  of  our  S. 
School;  he  was  chosen  one  of  the  standing  committee  Jan.  3d,  1862;  he 
became  President  of  the  American  Institute  of  Instruction  in  1863. 

1145.  "MRS.  LUCY  ANX,  wife  of  Charles  Northend,"  to  church  April 
6th,  1856,  by  letter  from  South  Danvers,  Mass. ;  born  Sept.  27th,  1808, 
at  Newbury,  Mass.,  to  Wm.  Moody  and  his  wife  Abigail  (Titcomb ;)  mar- 
ried, Aug.  18th,  1834,  No.  (1144,)  her  first  cousin. 

THEIK  CHILDREN'. 

1.  John,  bora  Oct.  28th,  1835,  see  No.  (1161.) 

2.  Charles  Augustus,  born  May  3d,  1841,  see  No.  (1162.) 

1146.  "MRS.  MARILLA,  wife  of  Oilman  Hinsdale,"  to  church  April 
6th,  1856,  by  letter  from  Baptist  church,   New  Britain ;  born  May  7th, 
1799,  to  John  Judd  and  his  wife  No.  (637;)  married,  Dec.  10th,  1820, 
Rollin  Dickinson,  son  of  Daniel,  of  Southington,  and  his  wife  Margaret 
(Lewis,)  born  April  loth,  1799,  and  died  June  21st,  1842,  at  Southing- 
ton,  when   second   she  married,   Dec.  5th,   1852,  No.  (1015;)  she  was  a 
cheerful  and   hopeful  Christian,  and  an  active  woman ;  they  moved  to  a 
farm  in  Barkhamsted,  where  she  died  June  8th,  1859,  aged  60. 

HER   CHILDREN    BT     FIRST    HUSBAND,    DICKINSON. 

1.  Margaret,  born  April  20th,  1823. 

2.  Charles,  born  Sept.  18th,  1825,  see  No.  (1157.) 

3.  Judson,  born  July  16th,  1830. 

4.  Jane  M.,  born  Aug.  12th,  1835. 

1147.  "Miss  SALLY  WOODRUFF,"  to  church  June  8tb,  1856,  by  letter 
from  first  church  in  Farmington,  Noah  Porter,  D.  D.,  pastor ;  born  Nov. 
30th,  1799,  at  Farmington,  to    Solomon  and   his  wife  Chestina  (Curtis,) 
sister  of  Major   Peter,  of  Farmington,  of  Revolutionary    memory;  she 
lives  in  the  family  of  her  brother  Ephraim,  corner  of  Elm  and  Seymour 
streets. 

1148.  "HENRY  P.  STRONG,"  to  church  Aug.  3d,  1856,  by  letter  from 
first  church  in  Bridgeport,  Ct.,  born  July  22d,  1822,  at  Woodbury,  Ct.,  to 
Anthony  C.  Strong  and  his  wrife  Julia   (Lambert,)   married,  Sept.  7th, 
1847,  No.  (1149;)  he  is  in  the  lumber  and  coal  trade,  residence  011  Elm 


OF    NEW    BRITAIN.  439 

st. ;  he  was  chosen  deacon  in  place  of  Albert  Judd,  (resigned,)  Jan.  6th, 
1865. 

1149.  "Mas.  SARAH  A.,  wife  of  Henry  P.  Strong,"  to  church  Aug. 
3d,  1856,  by  letter  from  the  first   church   in   Bridgeport,  Ct.,  born  Sept. 
17th,    1825,  to    David    C.    Bacon,   of  Woodbury,   and    his    wife    Sarah 
(Wheeler;)  married,    Sept.   7th,    1847,  No.   (1148;)  she  to  church  in 
"Woodbury  first  Sabbath  in  May,  1843. 

THEIR  CHILD. 

Sarah  Martha,  bora  March  28th,  1850,  bap.  July  2d,  1865,  see  No.  (1355.) 

1150.  "EVERETT  C.  HOLMES,"  to  church  Aug.  3d,  1856,  by  letter 
from  the  North  Presbyterian  church,  N.  Y.,  Dr.   Hatfield's ;  born  Aug. 
28th,  1821,  at  Winsted,  to   Willard,  of  that  town,  and  his  wife  Miranda 
(Frisbe;)   he  was  a  school  teacher  and  farmer;  married,  Nov.  1st,  1848, 
No.  (1151 ;)  dismissed  by  letter,  Oct.  15th,  1858,  to  church  in  Winsted. 

1151.  "LAURA  P.,  wife  of  Everett  C.  Holmes,"  to  church  Aug.  3d, 
1856,  by  letter  from  the  North  Presbyterian  church,  N.  Y. ;  bora  April 
22d,  1824,  to  No.  (1036;)  she  and  her  husband  dismissed  by  letter,  Oct. 
15th,  1858,  to  church  in  Winsted,  where  they  now,  1862,  reside. 

THEIR    CHILDREN. 

1.  Edward  Everett,  born  Dec.  29th,  1849. 

2.  Laura  Isabella,  born  March  27th,  1852,  died  Jiily,  1852,  aged  4  months. 

3.  Wfllard  Pease,  born  Aug.  22d,  1857. 

1152.  "MRS.  ABBIE,  wife  of  I.  N.  Lee,"  to  church  Jan.  18th,  1857, 
by  letter  from  South  church,  New  Britain ;  born  June  8th,  1832,  to  No. 
(920)  and   his  wife  No.  (597 ;)  was  a  teacher  of  day  schools  in  various 
localities,  and  became  a  sup't  of  the  infant  department  of  the  S.  School; 
she  married,  Oct.  26th,  1855,  No.  (694,)  and  was  his  third  wife. 

1153.  "ABIRAM  CHAMBERLIN,"  to  church  April  5th,  1857,  by  letter 
from  church  in  Colebrook,  Ct.;  born  OcU  2d,  1797,  at  Sandisfield,  Mass., 
to  Samuel  C.  and  his  wife  Ann   (Conklin ;)   he  lived   in  Colebrook,  and 
was  deacon  of  that  church;  married,   May  6th,   1829,  No.  (1154;)   his 
residence  on  Pearl  st. ;  he  is  a  land  surveyor,  and  engineer  of  the  "  New 
Britain  Water  Works." 

1154.  "MRS.  SOPHRONE,   wife   of   Abiram   Chamberlin,"   to   church 
April  5th,  1857,  by  letter  from  Colebrook;  born  Jan.  17th,  1805,  at  Tol- 
land,  Mass.,  to  Caleb   Burt,  and    his   wife  Anna  (Merry,)  of  Granville, 
Mass.,  married,  May  6th,  1829,  No.  1153. 

THEIR   CHILDREN. 

1.  Eliza  Ann,  bora  June  22d,  1831,  died  March  12th,  1835. 

2.  Valentine  Burt,  born  April   13th,  1833,  was  a  volunteer  in  Co.  A,  7th  Regt.,  a 
Captain,  located  at  Tort  Royal,  S.  C.,  was  taken  prisoner  at  the  assault  on  Fort  Wag- 


440  FIRST   CHURCH 

ner,  exchanged  in  the  spring  of  1865,  and  represented  the  town  of  Neve  Britain  in  the 
Legislature  of  1 865. 

3.  John  Abiram,  born  Feb.  22d,  1836,  died  Feb.  21st,  1837,  aged  1  year. 

4.  Abiram,  born  Dec.  7th,  1837. 

5.  Elvira  Ann,  born  Jan.  15th,  1840,  died  Nov.  17th,  1841,  aged  2  years. 

6.  Cornelia  Ann,  born  Sept.  20th,  1842,  see  No.  (1213.) 

1155.  "NELSON  HIGGINS,"  to  church  June  7th,  1857,  by  letter  from 
church  in  Hampton,  Ct. ;  born  July  6th,  1817,  at   Glastenbury,  to  Jared 
and  his  wife  Harriet  (Hurlburt;)  married,  March  3d,  1844,  No.  (1156;) 
residence  on  Main  st.,  foot  of  "  Dublin  Hill." 

1156.  "MRS.  DELIA  B.,  wife  of  Nelson  Higgins,"  to  church  June  7th, 
1857,  by  letter  from  church  in  Hampton,  Ct. ;  born   June  16th,  1814,  at 
Hampton,  to  Dan  Buckley  and  his  wife  Phebe  (Burnett ;)  married,  Mar. 
3d,  1844,  No.  (1155.) 

THEIE   CHILDREN. 

1.  Eugene  Buckley,  born  Jan.  15th,  1846. 

2.  Vincent  P.,  born  March  29th,  1849,  died  Sept.  6th,  1851. 

3.  Mary  Estelle,  bora  Aug.  20th,  1852,  see  No.  (1410.) 

1157.  "CHARLES  DICKINSON,"  to  church  June  7th,  1857,  baptized 
same  time;  born  Sept.  8th,  1825,  at  Southington,  to  Rollin  and  his  wife 
No.  (1146;)  his  residence  on  West   Main  st.;  is  a  druggist;  married, 
Jan.  1st,  1850,  No.  (1396.) 

THEIR    CHILD. 

Fannie  Louise,  born  Sept.  22d,  1850,  see  No.  (1397.J 

1158.  "ROBERT  FRANCIS,"  to  church  June  7th,  1857,  baptized  same 
time ;  born  Oct.  17th,  1835,  at  Newington,  to   Robert  and  his  wife  Mary 
(Toby,)  daughter  of  William,  of  Nantucket,  is  brother  of  No.  (1093;) 
married,  Oct.  4th,   1859,   Augusta,  daughter  of  John   Stannard  and   his 
wife  Delia   (Peck,)   of  New  Marlboro',  Mass.;  born  July  6th,  1834,  at 
New  Hartford;  married,   Dec.  llth,  1856,  John  Peterson,  of  Saratoga, 
N.Y. ;  he  died  Oct.  27, 1857, when  second  she  married  as  above;  he  is  a 
machinist,  and  now,    1863,   living  in    Hartford;  he  was,  May  3d,  1867, 
dismissed  and  recommended  to  first  Methodist  Episcopal' church,  Hartford 

THEIR    CHILD. 

Grace  May,  born  Nov. -9th,  1863,  at  Hartford,  and  died  there  Dec.  29th,  1863,  aged 
1  weeks  and  1  day ;  buried  in  New  Britain. 

1159.  "ELIZA  L.  STILLMAN,"  to   church   June  7th,  1857,  baptized 
same  time ;  born  Feb.  18th,  1839,  at  Farmington,  to  Giles  and  his  wife 
Sally  (Loveland,)  of  Wethersfield ;  resides  now,  1862,  with  her  father  on 
Lafayette  st. 


OP    NEW     BRITAIN.  441 

1160.  "MRS.  EMILY  M.,  wife  of  Wm  H.  Riley,"  to  church  June  7th, 
1857,  baptized  same  time;  born  Feb.  19th,  1831,  in  New  Hampshire,  to 
Jacob  Warren  Wentworth  and  his  wife  Louisa  Ann  (Lee,)   of  Yelding ; 
married,  Sept.   18th,  1849  ;  he  a  grocer,  and  deputy  sheriff;  born  July 
24th,  1824,  at  Charlestown,  N.  H.,  to  Henry  and  his  wife  No.  (928 ;)  his 
residence  now,  1867,  on  West  Main  st.,  and   he  is  agent  of  the  Union 
Manufacturing  Co. 

THEIR   CHILD. 

Wm.  Wentworth,  bora  July  30th,  1859,  bap.  July  2<1,  1865. 

1161.  "  JOHN  NORTHEND,"  to  church  June  7th,  1857,  baptized  same 
time;  born  Oct.  28th,  1835,  at  Troy,  N.  Y.,  to  No.  (1144)  and  his  wife 
No.  (1145  ;)  was  a  volunteer,   1861,  in  Co.  A,  13th  Regt.,  went  to  New 
Orleans,  but  was  discharged  from  ill  health,  and  returned  to  a  clerkship. 

1162.  "CHARLES  A.  NORTHEND,"  to  church  June  7th,  1857,  baptized 
same  time;  born  May  3d,  1841,  at   South  Danvers,  Mass.,  to  No.  (1144) 
and  his  wife  No.  (1145;)  now,  1867,  clerk  in  the  insurance  business;  he 
married,  Dec.  5th,  1864,  No.  (1314.) 

THEIR    CHILD. 

Henry  Havens,  born  Nov.  13th,  1866,  bap.  Nov.  1st,  1867. 

1163.  "FREDERIC  KNAPP,"  to  church  June  7th,  1857,  baptized  same 
time ;  born  Sept.  26th,  1826,  at  New  Milford,  to  Levi  S.  and  his  wife 
Eliza  (Roberts ;)  is  an  accountant  and  insurance  agent ;  married,  April 
22d,  1848,  No.  (1074;)  residence  now,  1861,  on  Elm  st. 

THEIR   CHILDREN. 

1.  Herbert,  born  April  22d,  1849. 

2.  Sidney,  born  Nov.  8th,  1854,  died  Sept.  1st,  1855. 

3.  Harry  Shepherd,  born  June  27th,  1856. 

4.  Eliza  Margaret,  born  Oct.  19th,  1863. 

1164.  "JAMES  STANLEY,"  to  church  June  7th,  1857,  born  March  31st, 
1812,  to  No.  (550)  and  his  wife   No.  (339 ;)  is  a  jeweller  by  trade,  and 
manufacturer;  married,   July  5th,    1836,   No.   (886;)  his   residence   on 
Park  st. ;  has  been  a  prominent  anti-slavery  and  temperance  reformer, 
and  been  successful  in  business ;  was  active  in  building  the  Center  church 
edifice;  he  second  married,  Dec.  13th,  1865,  No.  (1168.) 

THEIR    CHILDREN. 

1.  Caroline  Eliza,  born  Nov.  21st,  1827,  bap.  see  No.  (1173.) 

2.  Mortimer  Henry,  born  Nov.  2d,  1839,  bap.  1840,  see  No.  (1185.) 

3.  Alice  Louise,  born  July  3d,  1841,  bap.  1841,  see  No.  (1182.) 

4.  Helen  Amelia,  born  Jan.  30th,  1844,  bap.  July,         1844,  see  No.  (1245.) 

5.  Celia  Anna,  born  Oct  22d,  1846,  bap.  March  14th,  1846. 


442  FIRST     CHURCH 

6.  Jane  Stow,  born  Aug.  2d,  1849,  bap.  Dec.  2d,  1849. 

7.  Grace,  born  April  8th,  1852,  bap.  Oct.  3d,  1852,  see  No.  (1412.) 

8.  Agnes  Warren,  born  Sept.  30th,  1854,  bap.  June  10th,  1855. 

9.  James  North,  born  July  23d,  1862,  bap   Nov.  2d,  1652. 

BY    SECOND    WIFE. 

10.  Bessie,  born  Feb.  6th,  1867,  bap.  Aug.  30th,  1867. 

1165.  "EDWARD  M.  BOOTH,"  to  church  June  7th,  1857,  born  Jan. 
26th,  1840,  to  No.  (648;)  excels  in  elocution  and  music,  and  is,  1867, 
in  Chicago,  111. ;  married,  Aug.  23d,   1866,    Susan   Martin,  a  successful 
teacher  of  the  New  Britain  Grammar  School. 

1166.  "  ISAAC  S.  LEE,"  to  church  June  7th,  1857,  born  Jan.  1st,  1837, 
to  No.  (694)  and  his  first  wife  No.  (734;)  plays  the  flute  in  the  church 
choir;  he  is  one  of  the  firm  of  I.  N.  Lee  &  Co.,  in  the  manufacture  of 
shirts. 

1167.  "SETH  E.  CASE,"  to  church  June  7th,  1857,  born  Dec.  3, 1825, 
at  Simsbury,  to  Col.  Aurora  and  his  wife  Betsey  (Case,)  of  Bloomfield ; 
graduated  at  Yale  College  in   1847,   began  business  in  New  Britain  as  a 
lawyer,  in  1850  became  a  Judge   of  Probate  for  the  District  of  Berlin  ; 
his  residence  on  West  Main  St.;  married,  Oct.  15th,    1850,  No.  (1168;) 
has  been  successful  in  business  and   useful  in  the   church  and  town ;  he 
died  suddenly  of  heart  affection,  April  19th,  1864,  aged  39  years,  4  mo. 

1168.  "Mrs.  MINERVA  E.,  wife  of  Seth  E.  Case,''  to  church  June  7th, 
1857,  born  Sept.  4th,  1830,  to  Orville  Wilcox,  of  Canton,  and   his  wife 
Lydia  (Farnum,)  married  Oct.   15th,  1850,  No.  (1167.)      She  married, 
second,  Dec.  13th,  1865,  No.  (1164.) 

THEIR    CHILDREN. 

1.  Charles  Averitte,  born  Sept.  llth,  1853,  bap.  Aug.  2d,  1857. 

2.  Kobert  Edwards,  born  Feb.  8th,  1859,  bap.  June  3d,  1860. 

1169.""  J.  A.  PICKETT,"  to  church  June  7th,  1857,  born  March  9th, 
1829,  at  New  Milford,  to  Albert,  and  his  wife  Mary  (Robers  ;)  is  a  man- 
ufacturer of  hardware,  firm  of  H.  F.  North  &  Co. ;  residence  northern 
part  of  Main  street,  foot  of  "  Dublin  Hill,"  house  built  by  No.  (682.) 
His  full  name  is  James  Andrew  Pickett;  he  married  Sept.  9th,  1857, 
No.  (1173.) 

THEIR   CHILD. 

Anna  Mary,  born  July  9th,  1861,  bap.  Nov.  2d,  1862. 

1170.  "  S.  ELIZABETH  CARPENTER,"  to  church  June  7th,  1857,  born 
Sept.  25th,  1838,  to  No.'(914,)  and  his  wife,  No.  (700,)  married  Feb. 
5th,  1861,  Frederick  L.  Ames,  of  Portland,  Ct. 

1171.  "  ELLEN  CARPENTER,"  to  church  June  7th,  1857,  born  Jan.  6th, 
1840,  to  No.  (914,)  and  his  wife,  No.  (700,)  married  Sept.  24th,  1867, 
before  Rev.  L.  Perrin,  George  W.  Cummings,  born  Dec.  26th,  1839,  to 


OF    NEW    BRITAIN.  443 

Abner,   then  of    Salisbury,  Ct.,   and  his  wife   Phebe   Curry.     He  is  a 
mechanic,  and  works  on  cutlery  in  New  Britain. 

1172.  "  ELIZABETH  A.  TRACY,"  to  church  June  7th,  1857,.  born  Aug. 
17th,  1836,  to  No.  (856,)  and  his  first  wife,  No.  (926.) 

1173.  "  CAROLINE  ELIZA  STANLEY,"  to  church  June  7th,  1857,  born 
Nov.  21st,  1837,  to  No.  (1164,)  and  his  wife,  No.  (550,)  married  Sept. 
9th,  1857,  to  No.  (1169.) 

1174.  "GEORGE  G.  MoLEAN,"  to  church  June  7th,  1857,  born  Sept. 
21st,  1838,  at  New  Britain,  to  Silas  O.,  and  his  wife,  No.  (1082;)  was  a 
volunteer  for  three  months  to  put  down  the  rebellion  of  1861 ;  married 
April  6th,  1864,  to  Bessie  Norton,  of  Portland,  Ct. 

1175.  "CHARLES  O.  McLEAN,"  to  church  June  7th,  1857,  born  March 
24th,  1836,  at  Norwich,  Ct.,  to  Silas  O.,  of  Glastenbury,  and  his  wife,  No. 
(1082,)  married  Feb.  9th,  1858,  No.  (1207  ;)  lives  with  his  mother,  on 
Chestnut  street. 

THEIR    CHILDREN. 

1.  George  Oscar,  born  Dec.  2d,  1859. 

2.  Howard  Case,  born  Oct.  24th,  1863.     . 

3.  Florence  E.,  born  Dec.  31st,  1865. 

1176.  "MARY  E.  STONE,"  to  church  June  7th,  1857,  born  Aug.  23d, 
1837,  to  No.  (776,)  and  his  first  wife,  No.  (777.) 

1177.  "LucY  A.  TRACY,"  to  church  Aug.  2d,  1857,  born  June  27th, 

1840,  to  No.  (856,)  and  his  first  wife,  No.  (926,)  married  October  16th, 
1867,  Walter  W.  Roberts,  born  February,  1830,  at  Berlin,  to  John,  for- 
merly of  that  town,  now  of  New  Britain,  and  his  wife   Lois   (Deming.) 
He  is  by  trade  and  occupation  a  jeweller,  at  Churchill  &  Go's. 

1178.  "  ELLEN  W.  PARKER,"  to  church  Aug.  2d,  1867,  born  Oct.  18th, 
1842,  to  No.  (864,)  and  his  wife,  No.  (891.) 

1179.  "ISABELLA  J.  CHURCHILL,"  to  church  Aug.  2d,  1857,  born 
Aug.  14th,  1843,  to  No.  (695,)  and  his  second  wife,  No.  (885.) 

1180.  "  FANNY  C.  BOOTH,"  to  church  Aug.  2d,  1857,  born  May  12th, 
1842,  to  No.  (648,)  and  his  wife,  No.  (649,)  married  July  17th,  1867, 
Albert  Osgood,  of  Utica,  N.  Y. 

1181.  "  SARAH  A.  CHURCHILL,"  to  church  Aug.  2d,  1857,  born  July 
8th,  1841,  to  No.  (695,)  and  his  second  wife,  No.  (885.) 

1182.  "ALICE  L.  STANLEY,"  to  church  Aug.  2d,  1857,  born  July  3d, 

1841,  to  No.  (1164,)  and  his  wife,  No.  (886.) 

1183.  "ELLEN  L.  STRICKLAND,"  to  church  Aug.  2d,  1857,  born  Nov. 
16th,  1840,  to  Stephen  L.  Strickland,  and  his  wife,  No.  (855  ;)  now,  1867, 
is  residing  in  England. 

1184.  "Mrs.  HARRIET  M.,  wife  of  Henry  E.  Williams,"  to  church 
Aug.  2d,  1857,  born  May  23d,  1834,  to  John  F.  Woodruff,  of  Avon,  and 
his  wife  Catharine  (Wheaton,)  married  March  16th,  1852.     He  was  son 


444  FIRST     CHURCH 

of  No.  (676,)  born  Nov.  29th,  1831.     They  now,  1867,  live  with  his 
father  in  district  No.  4,  or  Hart  quarter. 

THEIR    CHILDREN. 

1.  George  Selah,  born  July  8th,  1853. 

2.  Catharine  Elizabeth,  born  Oct.  14th,  1855. 

3.  Mortimer  Henry,  born  Oct.  17th,  1863. 

1185.  "MORTIMER  H.  STANLEY,"  to  church  Aug.  2d,  1857, born  Nov. 
2d,  1839,  to  No.  (1164,)  and  his  wife,  No.  (886 ;)  a  volunteer  in  Co.  A, 
13th  Reg.,  Capt.  Bidwell ;  went  to  Ship  Island  and  New  Orleans,  where 
he  was  connected  with  the  medical  director's  office,  but,  1863,  was  pro- 
moted to  lieutenant  in  the  engineer  corps ;  was  honorably  discharged  and 
returned  Sept.,  1864. 

1186.  "  FRANCIS  HARRISON,  to  church  Aug.  2d,  1857,  baptized  same 
time,  born  1840,  to  Epaphroditus,  of  Wolcottville,  and  his  wife  Laura 
(Freeman,)  dismissed  by  letter,  Jan.  13th,  1860,  to  Talcott  Street  church, 
Hartford.     She  was  a  colored  person ;  died  March  8th,  1862,  aged  22, 
at  Winsted,  Ct. 

1187.  "MART  ANN  SWEARS,"  to  church  Aug.  2d,  1857,  baptized  same 
time,  born  Jan.  7th,  1839,  to  Calvin,  and  his  wife  Almira  (Loomis.)     She 
is  a  colored  person. 

1188.  "ELLEN  LIN  AS  ON,"  to  church  Aug.   2d,  1857,  baptized  same 
time,  born  April  13th,  1839,  to  Asa,  and  his  wife  Maria  (Swears.)    Was 
a  colored  person;  she  died  June  8th,  1863,  aged  24. 

1189.  "ELIZA  A.  LINASON,"  to  church  Aug.  2d,  1857,  baptized  same, 
time,  born  Sept.  23d,  1837,  to  Asa,  and  his  wife  Maria  (Swears ;)  is  a 
colored  person,  and  sister  of  No.  (1188.) 

1190v"LoRiN  F.  JoDD,'*to  church  Oct.  llth,  1857,  born  Feb.  3d, 
1820,  to  Eri,  and  his  wife  Lovisa  (Bronson ;)  is  a  hardware  manufacturer, 
tirm  North  &  Judd  Manufacturing  Company  ;  his  residence  on  East  Main 
street;  married  May  19th,  1842,  No.  (1191.)  He  sold  his  residence, 
1861,  to  No  (831,)  and  built  on  Main  street,  1866,  a  beautiful  French 
roof  house.  This  firm  has  been  very  successful  in  business. 

1191.  "JOSEPHINE  M.,  wife  of  Lorin  F.  Judd,"  to  church  Oct.  llth, 
1857,  baptized  same  time,  born  Nov.  21st,  1826,  at  Bristol,  to  James  N. 
Lee,  and  his  wife  Abbie  (Wightman,)   married  May   19th,  1842,  No. 
(1190.) 

THEIR   CHILDREN. 

1.  Mortimer  Nelson,  born  Nov.  27th,  1845. 

2.  Grace  Ellen,  born  July  27th,  1849,  No.  (1387.) 

1192.  "ELLEN  GRIDLEY,"  to  church  Oct.  llth,  1857,  baptized  same 
time,  born  April  5th,  1842,  to  Walter  B.,  and  his  wife   Mary  (Hunter,) 
daughter  of  Roswell;  she  is   grand  daughter  to  No.  (414,)  married  Nov. 
27th,  1861,  DeWitt  Parkinton,  son  of  Thomas,  of  England,  and  his  wife 
Chloe  (Offord,)  of  Southington,  born  Jan.  9th,  1842,  at  Hitchcockville. 


OP    NEW     BRITAIN.  445 

He  is  a  brass  worker,  and  was  a  three  months  volunteer  in  Co.  G,  1st 
Reg.  of  Connnecticut.  Mrs.  Ellen  G.  Parkinton  dismissed  by  letter  to 
the  Methodist  Episcopal  church,  New  Britain,  Dec.  20th,  '1861.  His 
residence,  18G4,  on  West  Main  street,  one- half  mile  from  the  village. 

1193.  "  CAROLINE  M.  BELDEN,"  to  church  Oct.  llth,  1857,  born  May, 
30th,  1828,  to  Aziel,  and  his  second  wife,  Nancy  (Mitchell,)  married  Feb. 
16th,  1858,  Charles  Read,  of  Chester,  Ct. 

1194.  "Mrs.  SUSAN  F.,  wife  of  Samuel  A.  Weldon,"  to  church  Oct. 
llth,  1857,  born  March  26th,  1835,  to  Isaac  G.  Smith,  of  Waterbury, 
and  his  wife  Marilla  (Hotchkiss,)  of  Prospect,  married  Dec.  27th,  1855, 
No.  (1257.) 

1195.  "Mrs.  MARY  ANNETTE,  wife  of  James  H.  Smith,"  to  church 
Oct.  llth,  1857,  born  April  9th,  1826  to   Amon   Judd,  and  his  first  wife, 
No.  (506,)  married  May  10th,  1846,  Burnham  H.  Pennfield,  son  of  No. 
373,  and  his  wife,  No.  (432,)  born  April  3d,  1824,  was  killed  Jan.  25th, 
1846,  by  running  versus  a  clothes  line,  when-  she   married,  second,  Oct. 
8th,  1849,  James  Henry,   son   of  Peter   Smith,   and   his   wife  Lucretia 
(Scott,)  born   Nov.,  1818,  at  Columbiaville,  N.  Y. ;  by  occupation  a  pat- 
tern maker;  residence  on  Beaver  street.     He  died  June  9th,  1867,  in  his 
49th  year. 

HER   CHILDREN   BT    SECOND    HUSBAND,  SMITH. 

1.  Catharine  Annette,  born  Jan.  2 1st,  1851 ;  is  a  teacher. 

2.  Edgar  Huntley,  born  March  19th,  1854. 

1196.  "  VERNOR  CTLER,  M.  D.,"  to  church  Oct.  llth,  1857,  by  letter 
from  Presbyterian   church  in   Schenectady,  son  of  John,  and  his  wife 
Mary  (Vernor,)  born  June  19th,  1799,  at  Albany,  N.  Y. ;  took  his  title 
at  the  Medical  College,  in  the  city  of  New  York ;  married  May   10th, 
1830,  No.  (1197,)  came  to  this  town  1857  ;  he  formerly  practiced  medi- 
cine in  Albany,  but  became  somewhat  deaf,  and  since  practiced  dentistry. 
He  was  dismissed  by  letter,  July  6th,  1860,   to  Presbyterian  church  at 
Athens,  Ga.,  but,  1864,  residing  at  Schenectady,  N.  Y. 

1197.  "Mrs.  CAROLINE  R.  wife  of  Vernor  Cyler,  M.  D.,"  to  church 
Oct.  llth,  1857,  by  letter  from  Presbyterian  church  in  Schenectady,  N. 
Y.,  daughter  of  Isaac   Riggs,  and  his  wife   Catharine    (Seaman,)   born 
May  1st,  1813,  at  Schenectady,  N.  Y.,  and  is  a  music  teacher.     She  died 
Aug.  28th,  1863,  aged  50,  at  Schenectady,  N.  Y. 

THEIR    CHILDREN. 

1.  John  Schyler,  born  M'arch  3d,  1833,  at  Schenectady,  died  July,  1833. 

2.  Catharine  Elizabeth,  born  July,  1835,  at  Albany,  died  August,  1839. 

3.  Margaret  Tillman,  born  Feb.  22d,  1837. 

1198.  "CHARLES  F.  DOTVD,"  to  church  Nov.  29th,  1857,  by  letter 
from  church  in  "Waterbury,  Ct.,  born  April  25th,  1825,  at  Madison,  Ct., 


445  FIRST    CHURCH 

to  Willys  M.,and  his  wife  Rebecca  (Graves,)  married  Oct.  6th,  1852,  No. 
(1199 ;)  he  is  a  teacher  by  profession,  and  been  successful ;  is  now,  1861, 
principal  of  a  female  seminary  in  North  Granville,  N.  Y.  They  were 
dismissed  by  letter  back  to  First  Congregational  church  in  Waterbury, 
Ct.,  May  13th,  1859.  He  was  ordained  an  Evangelist,  Feb.,  1864,  by 
the  Presbytery  of  Troy,  N.  Y. 

1199.  "Mrs.  HARRIET  M.,  wife  of  Charles  F.  Dowd,"  to  church  Nov. 
29ih,  1857,  by   letter  from   church   in   Waterbury,  Ct.,  born  Feb.  17th, 
1830,  at  Berlin,  to  Edmund   North,   and  his   wife   Maria  M.  (Wilcox  ;) 
was  dismissed,  May,  13th,  1859,  by  letter  to  First  Congregational  church 
in  Waterbury,  Ct. ;  living,  1861,  at  North    Granville,  New  York;  mar- 
ried, October  6th,  1852,  No.  (1198.) 

THEIR    CHILDREN. 

1.  Wyllys  Edward,  born  Feb.  18th,  1855,  at  Berlin. 

2.  Charles  Field,  born  April  29th,  1858,  at  New  Britain,  bap.  Nov.  7th,  1858. 

3.  Miriam  Wilcox,  born  December  6th,  1860,  at  North  Granville,  N.  Y. 

4.  Bertha  North,  born  May  23d,  1862,  at  North  Granville,  N.  Y. 

5.  Arthur  Dudley,  born  June  30th,  1864,  at  North  Granville,  N.  Y. 

1200.  "Mrs.  CORNELIA,  widow  of  Orson  Woodford,"  to  church  Nov. 
29th,  1857,  by  letter  from  church  in  Collinsville,  born  March  22d,  1822, 
to  Alanson  Woodruff,  and  his  wife   Eunice  (Baldwin.)  of  Branford,  Ct., 
married  May  1st,  1839.     He  was  son  of  John  Woodford  of  West  Avon  ; 
he  died  April  24th,  1855.     She  first  to   church  in  West  Avon,  then  to 
Collinsville,  then  here  as  above. 

THEIR   CHILDREN. 

1.  William  Orson,  born  April  13th,  1840. 

2.  Ellen  Eliza,  born  May  19th,  1844. 

[Here  ends  the  ministry  of  Rev.  Horace  Winslow,  dismissed  by  a 
council,  Dec.  2d,  1857,  to  take  effect  on  and  after  the  20th  inst.,  he  having 
a  call  to  Great  Barrington,  Mass.] 


£Here  commences  the  ministry  of  Rev.  L.  Perrin,  having  been  installed 
by  an  ecclesiastical  council,  Feb.  3d,  1858.] 

1201.  "  Mrs.  ANN  ELIZA,  wife  of  Rev.  Lavalette  Perrin,"  to  church 
March  28lh,  1858,  by  letter  from  church  in  Goshen,  over  which  church 
and  people  he  was  former  pastor  some  fourteen  years.  He  was  born 
May  15th,  1816,  at  Vernon,  Ct.,  to  Aaron,  and  his  wife  Lois  (Lee,")  grad- 
uated at  Yale  College,  1840,  settled  at  Goshen,  Ct.,  Dec.  1843,  married 


OF    NEW    BRITAIN.  447 

June  4th,  1844,  Miss  Ann  Eliza  Comstock,  daughter  of  William,  and  his 
wife  Polly  (Keeler,)  of  Ridgefield,  born  Nov.  29th,  1826,  at  Peekskill, 
N.  Y.  His  residence  on  Washington  street,  built  by  No.  (622.)  He  to 
church  in  Vernon,  Ct.,  1832,  and  dismissed  by  letter,  1837,  to  church  in 
Yale  College. 

THEIR    CHILDREN". 

1.  Bernadotte,  born  Sept.  15th,  1847,  see  No.  (1324  J 

2.  Catharine,  born  Dec.  8th,  1850,  see  No  (1350.) 

3.  Addison,  born  Sept.  27th,  1852,  see  No.  (1347.) 

4.  Giles  Griswold,  born  Jan.   19th,   1856,  died  March   13th,  1856,  aged.  2  months, 
at  Goshen. 

5.  William  Aaron,  born  Dec.  18th,  18.">8,  bap.  April  17th,  1859,  at  New  Britain; 
he  died,  at  New  Britain,  Friday  night,  Jan.  30th,  1863,  of  fever,  aged  4  years,  1  month 
and  12  days.      » 

1202.  "JACOB  W.  BIGLOW,"  to  church  June  6th,  1858,  baptized  same 
time,   born  Jan.  10th,  1827,  at  West   Randolph,  Vt.,  to  Levi  Biglow,  of 
New  Hampshire,  and  his  wife  Esther  W.  (French,)  of  Randolph,  Mass. 
He   is  a  joiner  by  trade;  married,  Nov.  20th,  1851,  No.  (1203;)  resi- 
dence on  Park  street ;  is  a  Sunday  school   teacher,  and  otht rwise  active 
and  useful;  he  became  one  of  the  Standing  committee  Jan.  1st,  1864. 
He  has  sold  on  Park  street  and  built  new  on  Maple  street,  1863. 

1203.  Mrs.  SARAH,  wife  of  Jacob  W.  Biglow,"  to  church  June  6th, 
1858,  bap.  same  time,  born  Oct.  26th,  1833,  in  New  York,  to  William 
Kinlock,  from  Scotland,  ?.nd  his  wife   Ann   (Fram,)   married  Nov.  20th, 
1851,  No.  (1202  ;)  she  is  sister  of  No.  (1228  ;)  dismissed,  Jan.  5th,  1866, 
to  church  in  Litchfield,  with  her  husband. 

THEIR    CHILDREN. 

1.  Charles  Wallace,  born  Nov.  24th,  1853,  bap.  June  20th,  1858. 

2.  Robert  Kinlock,  born  May  25th,  1856,  bap.' June  20th,  1858. 

68'  1  twins>  bora  Ma?  31st>  1862>  baP"  Ma?  3d-  1863' 

1204.  "Mrs.  LIZZIE  D.,  wife  of  Levi  B.  Stone,"  to  church  June  6th, 
1858,  baptized  same  time,  born  Sept.  25th,  1835,  at  New  Hartford,  Ct., 
to  Timothy  Clapp,  and  his  wife  Joanna  (Driggs.)     Her  full  maiden  name, 
Elizabeth  Driggs  Clapp  ;  married  March  28th,  1855,  No.  (1029.) 

1205.  "  Mrs.  ELIZABETH  H.,  wife  of  William  Burritt,"  to  church  June 
6th,  1858,  baptized  same  time,  born  Oct.  22d,  1832,  to  Philip  Hart,  and 
his  wife  Maria  Mary  (Judd,)  married  Oct.   22d,  1852.     He  was  son  of 
William,  and  his  wife  Clarissa  (Cole,)  born  July  16th,  1830;  live  with 
his  mother  on  Seymour  street.     He  was  2d  Lieut,  in  Co.  G,  6th  Reg. 
Connecticut  volunteers,  at  Hilton  Head,  1862. 

T«EIR   CHILDREN. 

1.  Ella  Elizabeth,  born  Jan.  16th,  1854. 

2.  Willie  Thomas,  born  Jan.  20th,  1864. 


448  FIRST     CHURCH 

1206.  "  Mrs.  JOSAPHINE,  wife  of  Alva  W.  Spaukling,"  to  church  June 
6th,  1858,  baptized  same  time,  born  Oct.  26th,  1837,  at  Berlin,  to  Horace 
Beckley,  and  his  wife  Mary  P.  (Roberts,)  married  Sept.  4th,  1854.     He 
was  son  of  Alvah,  of  Morristown,  Vt.,  and  his   wife  Emma  (Cooke,) 
born  March  1st,  1826 ;  is  sheriffs  deputy,  and  keeps  a  livery  stable  now, 
1867  ;  his  residence  is  on  "West  Main  street,  once  owned  by  S.  E.  Case, 
Esq. 

1207.  "Mrs.  SUSAN  J.,  wife  of  Charles  O.  McLean,"  to  church  June 
6th,  1858,  baptized  same  time,  born  June  llth,  1836,  at  Simsbury,  to 
Chester  Case,  and  his  wife  Sarepta  (Case  ;)  her  full  maiden  name,  Su?an 
Jane  Case,  married  Feb.  9th,  1858,  No.  (1175.)     They  live,  1861,  with 
his  mother,  on  Chestnut  street. 

1208.  "  ANNA  E.  MORSE,"  to  church  June   6th,   1858,  baptized  same 
time  ;  born  Aug.  5th,  1835,  at  Burlington,   Conn.,  to  Orson  and  his  wife 
Amanda  (Kellogg.)     She  is  sister  of  No.  (1022  ;)  she  married  May  3d, 
1864,  No.  (1332,)  and  wasdismissed  and  recommended  to  church  in  San- 
dusky,  Ohio,  April  27th,  1866,  with  her  husband. 

1209.  "FRANCES  A.  BELDEN,"  to  church  June  6th,  1858,  baptized 
same  time  ;  born  Oct.  13th,  1832,  at  New  Britain,  to  George  D.  and  his 
wife  Elizabeth  (Sanger,)  of  Chicopee,  Mass. 

1210.  "ELLEN  N.  TRACY,"  to  church  June  6th,  1858,  baptized  same 
time  ;  born  Feb.  1st,  1838,  at  Thompsonville,  to  No.  (1269,)  and  his  wife 
No.  (1270.) 

1211.  "ELIZABETH  H.  ROBINSON,"  to  church  June  6th,  1858,  bap- 
tized same  time ;  born   Oct.  7th,  1839,  to  Augustus  and  his  wife  Mary 
Hart  (Merrill,)  alias  Widow  of  John  Bunce. 

1212.  "  JULIA' ANDREWS,"  to  church  June  6th,  1858,  baptized  same 
time  ;  born  Aug.  28th,  1828,  to   Joseph  "W.  of  New  Hartford  formerly, 
now,  1861,  of  Chestnut  Street,  in  this  place,  and  his  wife  Ann  (Bailey;) 
married  Nov.  20th,  1862,  Mortimer  Ward  Marshall,  son  of  Wm.  C.  of 
Hartford.     He  was  a  three  months'  Volunteer  for  the  defence  of  Wash- 
ington. 

1213.  "  CORNELIA  A.  CHAMBERLIN,"  to  church  June  6th,  1858,  bap- 
tized same  time  ;  born  Sept.  20th,  1842,  at  Colebrook,to  No.  (1153,)  and 
his  wife  No.  (1154,)  she  excels  in  vocal    and  instrumental  music  ;  mar- 
ried Dec.  13th,  1866,  Charles  E.  Mitchell,  Esq. 

1214.  "  LUCY  A.  RHODES,"  to  church  June  6th,  1858,  baptized  same 
time  ;  born  Aug.  13th,  1842,  at  Wethersfield,  to  Henry  E.  and  his  wife 
No.  (1248 ;)  she  married  May  17th,   1865,  Frank  E.   Orcutt,  of  Cam- 
bridgeport,  Mass.,  before  Rev.  L.  Perrin. 

1215.  "MARY  A.  DARLING,"  to  church  June  6th,  1858,  baptized  same 
time  ;  born  Aug.  6th,  1846,  at  CambridgeUoro,  Vt.,  to  Horace  P.  and  his 
wife  Fanny  (Spaulding.) 


OF    NEW     BRITAIN.  449 

1216.  "NEWTON  W.  PERKINS,"  to  church   June  6th,  1858,  baptized 
same  time  ;  born  Jan.  31st,  1839,  at  Harlengen,  N.  J.,  to  Edwin   and  his 
wife  Thalia  Ann  (Morse,)  daughter  of  Levi,   of  Litchfield.     The  family 
live  on  Franklin  Street ;  a  3  years'  volunteer,  company  A,  13th  regiment, 
promoted  to  Lieut,   and    Capt.   and  is  brevetted  Major  for  mei'itorious 
conduct. 

1217.  "DEVEREAUX  JONES,"  to  church  June  6th,  1858,  baptized  same 
time;  born  July  8th,  1841,  at  Harlengen,  N.  J.,  to  Wm.  B.  and  his  wife 
No.  (1072 ;)  was  a  three  months'  volunteer  in  1861  ;  has  been  a  teacher ; 
a  volunteer  in  company   A,  13th  regiment,  was  promoted  to  Capt.   July 
12th,  1864,  in  first  La.  regiment. 

1218.  "LEWIS  R.  COOK,"  to  church  June  6th,   1858,  baptized  same 
time ;    born   April  9th,    1838,    to  No.    (909,)    and    his  first    wife    No. 
(897.) 

1219.  "  WILBURT  H.  BOOTH,"  to  church  June   6th,    1858,  baptized 
same  time ;  born  Aug.  2d,  1840,  to  Win.  Belden  Booth  and  his  1st  wife 
Betsey  (Blin  ;)  a  3  months'  volunteer  in  company  G,  1st  regiment ;  grand- 
son of  No.  (370;)  he  died  of  yellow  fever,  Aug.   23d,  1863,  at  Bras- 
hear  City,  near  New  Orleans,  buried  there,  aged  23. 

1220.  "  GUSTAVUS  A.  ELLIS,"  to  church  June   6th,   1858,  baptized 
same  time;  born  Feb.  15th,  1828,  to  John  and  his  wife  No.   (956;)  is 
lame,  one  leg  shorter  than  the  other  ;  married  May  21st,  1857,  No.  (1221;) 
is,  1861,  clerk  in  "  Post  office  ;"  liyes~mostly  with  his  father,  has  been  a 
merchant. 

1221.  "MRS.  JULIA  C.  wife  of  Gustavus  A.  Ellis,"  to  church  June 
6th,  1858  ;  had  been  a  member  of  a  Baptist  church,  in  New  Haven,  came 
with  a  certificate,  but  joined  us  on   profession  of  faith ;  born  July  31st, 
1840,  at  New  Haven,  to  Eliphalet  Cooper,  of  New  Haven,  and  his  wife 
Julia  Ann    (Tuttle.)  of  North  Haven ;  married  May  21st,  1857,   No. 
(1220  ;)  her  full  maiden  name  was  Julia  Allis  Cooper. 

1222.  "  WM.  THORNTON,"  to  church  June  6th,  1858,  baptized  in  in- 
fancy, in  Old  England  ;  born  there  Dec.  21st,  1824,  to  John  and  his  wife 
Elizabeth   (Iredale,)   of  Elland,  Yorkshire  County,  England.     He  is  a 
carriage  maker  by  trade   and  occupation,  came  to  this  place  in  the  spring 
of  1848  ;  married  Sept.  12th,  1847,  No.  (1223;)  both  dismissed  by  letter 
May  5th,  1860,  to  some  church  in  Huddersfield,  England. 

1223.  "MRS.  SARAH  J.  wife  of  Wm.  Thornton,"  to  church  June  6th, 
1858,  baptized  in  England;  born  Jan.  27th,  1825,  in  Huddersfield,  York- 
shire County,  England,  to  Thomas  Johnson  and  his  wife  Ann  (Dawson  ;) 
married  Sept.  12th,  1847,  No.  (1222  ,)  came  to  this  country  1849  ;  both 
were  dismissed  by  letter  May  5th,  1860,  to  some  church,  in  Huddersfield, 
England. 

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THEIR    CHILDREN. 

1.  Wm.  Henry,  born  Oct.  10th,  1851,  No.  (1417.) 

2.  Harriet  Ann,  born  Sept.  17th,  1854. 

3.  Sarah  L.  ,  born  June  29th,  1867,  died  Aug.  28th,  1867,  aged  2  months. 

1224.  "LEVERETT  HOWELL,"  to  church  June  6th,  1858  ;  born  March 
21st,  1828,  at  New  Haven,  to  Abraham  and  his  wife  Francis  Elizabeth 
(Striker;)  married  Dec.  9th,  1849,  No.  (1225;)  living  now,  1861,  at  N. 
Haven  ;  he  is  a  silver  plater  and  works  now,  Jan.  1862,  in  Hartford,  but 
enlisted  1862,  in  13th  regiment,  company  F.  Conn,  volunteers,  and  was  at 
the  great  battle  near  Sharpsburg,  Md.,  as  a  Orderly  Sergeant  of  that 
company. 

.1225.  "MRS.  MART  E.  wife  of  Leverett  Howell,"  to  church  June 
6th,  1858 ;  born  Aug.  20th,  1830,  at  New  Haven,  to  Wm.  Pennfielil  and 
his  wife  Jane  (Beecher;)  she  is  granddaughter  to  No.  (341  ;) married  Dec. 
9th,  1849,  No.  (1224.) 

THEIR    CHILD. 

Minnie,  born  Oct.  10th,  1850,  at  New  Britain. 

1226.  "HUGH  HENRY  NORRIS,"  to  church  June  6th,  1858;  born 
March  28th,  1824,  at  Articliff,  Londonderry  County,  Ireland,  to  Wm. 
and  his  wife  Esther  (Rankin ;)  married  May  5th,  1853,  No.  (1227;)  is  a 
brass  and  iron  worker,  residence  on  Winter  Street. 

-  1227.  •*  MRS.  EMMA.  G.  wife  of  Hugh  H.  Norris,"  to  church  June  6th, 
1858  ;  born  May  29th,  1831,  at  Leeds,  England,  to  John  Gildard  and  his 
wife  Sarah  (Dixon;)  married  May  5th,  1853,  No.  (1226) 

THEIR    CHILDREN. 

1.  Senior  Gildard,  born  April  14th,. 1856,  bap.  Oct.  3d,  1858. 

2.  Fanny  Dixon,  born  Nov.  2d,  1860,  bap.  June  23d,  1861. 

3.  Charles  Henry,  born  April  16th,  1865,  bap.  July  1st,  1866. 

1228.  "MRS.  JANE  K.  KENTON,  WIDOW,"  to  church  June  6th,  1858; 
born  April  8th,  1817,  near  Glasgow,  Scotland,  to  Wm.  Kenlock  and  his 
wife  Ann  (Frame  ;)  married  Aug.  21st,  1840,  Robert  Kenyon,  at  Amster- 
dam, New  York,  who  was  born  at  Island  Bute,  in  Scotland,  Feb.  22d,  1812  ; 
he  died  Nov.  14th,  1854,  aged  42,  at  New  Britian  ;  she  sister  of  No. 
(1203,)  and  lives  now  1862,  at  Tariffville,  and  was  dismissed  to  the  church 
there,  Oct.  3d,  1862,  but  returned  and  was  restored  Sept.  6th,  1863. 

THEIR    CHILDREN. 

1.  Eobcrt,  bora  Aug.  21st,  1840,  at  L.  I.,  N.  Y. 

2.  Wm.,  born  Jan.  7th,  1343,  is  a  vol.  in  Co.  G.,  6th  rcg.  Conn.    Vol.,  now  1861, 
at  Port  Koya1. 

3.  Jennett  TurnbuU,  born  March  23d,  1849,  bap.  June  20t!i,  1858. 


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4.  John  Frame,  born  Dec.  25th,  1851,  bap.  June  20th,  1858. 

5.  Wallace  Neil,  born  Oct.  8th,  1853,  bap.  June  2«th,  1858. 

1229.  "Mus.  MART  E.  widow  of  Homer  Lyon,"  to  church  June  6th, 
1858  ;  born  May  15th,  1827,  at  East  Windsor,  to  George  D.  Belden  and 
his  wife  Elizabeth  (Sanger ;)  married  May  27th,  1850.     He  son  of  Ho- 
merand  his  wife  Maria  (Taylor;)  born  July  29th,  1826,  at  Ludlow,  Mass. 
He  died  Nov.    17th,  1856,  at  Ludlow,  aged  30.     She  was  dismissed  by 
letter,  April  10th,  1860,  to  2d  Pres.  church  in  Atlanta,  Ga.,  where  she 
now,  fall  of  1862,  resides,  but  now,  1867,  lives  in  New  York. 

THEIR   CHILDREN. 

1.  Charles  Henry,  born  March  24th,  1851,  at  New  Britain. 

2.  Roxana  Maria,  born  April  24th,  1853,  at  Chicopee,  Mass.,  died  at  New  Britain, 
aged  5  months. 

1230.  "MRS.  PRISCILLA  H.  wife  of  Julius  Hulbert,"  to  church  June 
6th,  1858  ;  born   Feb.   8th,  1827,  at  Granby,   Conn.,  to  Joseph  Hayes 
and  his  wife  Clarissa  (Gillett ;)  married  Dec.  27th,  1848  ;  he  son  of  Sam- 
uel of  West  Hartford,  and  his  second  wife  Abigail  (Webster ;)  born  Feb 
10th,  1823  ;  by  occupation  a  rule  maker,  lives  on  Pearl  Street. 

THEIR    CHILDR^fc. 

1.  Jnlia  M.  born  Feb.  25th,  1850. 

2.  Lewis  W.  born  Oct.  21st,  1855. 

1231.  "SARAH  ANN   GLADDEN,"   to  church  June    6th,   1858;  born 
June  19th,  1823,   to  No.  (522)  and  his  wife  No.  (523  ;)   lives  on  East 
Main  Street ;  house  built  by  her  mother. 

1232.  "GRACE  M.  WILSON,"  to  church  June  6th,  1858;  born  Nov. 
21st,  1836,  at  Paisley,  Scotland,  to  John  and  his  wife  Agnes  (Gibson ;) 
married  Nov.  16th,   1859,  Charles  N.  Vensel,  son  of  Christian  and  his 
wife  Catharine   (Glover ;)  born  Oct.  20th,  1835,   at  New  Britain ;  is  a 
house  painter;  she  came  to  this  country,  1855,  her  father's  family  located 
at  Middletown,  Conn. 

1233.  "  DAVID  MAITLAND,"  to  church  June   6th,  1858  ;   born    Sept. 
22d,  1837,  at  Paisley,   Scotland,  to  Alexander  and  his  first  wife  Ellen 
(Pinckerton.)     He  married  May,   1859,   Susan  Taylor,  of  Middletown. 
He  is  now,  Jan.,  1862,  at  work  at  Savage's  Arms  Company,  Middletown. 

1234.  "SYLVESTER  W.  NOBLE,"  to  church  June  6th,  1858;  born 
Jan.  26th,  1827,  at  Simsbury,  to   Sylvester  of  that  town,  and  his  wife 
Margarette  (Holcomb ;)  is  a  carriage  maker  by  trade  ;  is  brother  of  No. 
(1298.) 

1235.  "EDWARD  M.  JUDD,"  to  church  June  6th,  1858;  born  Nov. 
llth,  1837,  to  No.  (918)  and  his  first  wife  No.    (619;)  is  a  hardware 
manufacturer;  married   March  27th,  1830,  No.  (1299;)  was  dismissed 


452  FIRST    CHURCH 

and  recommended  by  letter  Dec.  25th,  1863,  to  Chapel  Street  church  in 
New  Haven,  Nov.,  1867  ;  roakes  hardware  at  Wolcottville. 

1236.  -'EDWARD  E.  BRADLEY,"  to   church  June   6th,   1858;   born 
June  20th,  1830,  at  Prospect,  Conn.,  to  Isaac  of  that   town,  and  his  wife 
Betsey  (Nettleton  ;)  is  a  brick  mason  by  trade  ;  married  Sept.  19th,  1854, 
No.  (1108.) 

THEIR   CHILD. 

Wilber  Edward,  bora  July  2d,  1855,  bap.  June,  1856. 

1237.  "ELLIOTT  BRAINARD  ALLEN,"  to  church  June  6th,  1858  ;  bom 
July  22d,  1837,  at  Agawam,  Mass.,  to  Aaron  P.  and  his  wife  Lydia  Fox  ; 
by  trade  and  occupation  a  plumber  ;  married  Nov.  23d,  1858,  No.  (1323.) 
He  was  dismissed  by  letter  Dec.   7th,  1860,  to  church    in  Birmingham, 
Conn.,  but  was  received  back  by  letter  from  that  church,  July  6th,  1862. 
He  became  superintendent  of  our  Sunday  School,  Jan.,  1867. 

THEIR    CHILDREN. 

1.  Geo.  Henry,  born  June  18th,  1862,  bap.  May  3d,  1863. 

2.  Willis  Burton,  born  Dec.  24th,  1866. 

1238.  "FRANKLIN  M.  JEROME,"   to  church  June  6th,    1858;  born 
Dec.  13th,  1832,   at  Goshen?  Conn.,   to  No.   (1030,)  and  his  wife  No. 
(1031 ;)  is  a  brass  worker,  lives,  1867,  with  his  father  on  West  Main  St. ; 
his  middle  name,  Minor. 

1239.  "  WM.  W.  CHURCHILL,"  to  church  June  6th,  1858;  born  Sept. 
22d,  1845,  to  No.  (695)  and  his  2d  wife  No.  (885  ;)  dismissed  and  recom- 
mended to  Dr.  Storrs'  church,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  April  27th,  1866. 

1240.  "  FREDERIC  H.  CHURCHILL,"  to  church  June  6th,  1858;  born 
March  27th,  1847,  to  No.  (695)  and  his  2d  wife  No.  (885.) 

1241.  "ANAN  H.  WALTER,"  to  church  June   6th,   1858;  born  Jan. 
18th,  1845,  to  No.  (1066)   and  his  first  wife   Laura  J.  (Hine,)   at  New 
York  City. 

1242.  "  GEORGE  B.  BOOTH,"  to  church  June  6th,  1858  ;  born  March 
21st  1844,  at  Torrington,  to  No.  (648)  and  his  wife  No.  (649  ;)  volun- 
teer in  company  F,  14th  regiment,  1862,  but  1863  was  appointed  hospital 
steward  in  the  U.  S.  A.,  and  located  in  N.  Y.  City. 

1243.  "ARTHUR  T.  CORNWELL,"  to  church  June   6th,   1858;  born 
Sept.  llth,  1845,  at  Granby,  Conn.,  to  No.  (688)  and  his  wife  No.  (1250.) 

1244.  "HELEN  A.  STANLEY,"  to  church  June  6th,  1858;  born  Jan. 
30th,  1844,  to  No.  (1164)  and  his  wife  No.  (886.)    » 

1245.  "MARY  S.  BABCOCK,"  to  church  June  6th,  1858;  born  May 
30th,  1844,  to  Edward  D.  Babcock,  M.  D.  and  his  wife  No.  (993.) 

1246.  "  MARY  M.  STANLEY,"  to  church  June  6th,  1858  ;  born  Nov. 
12th,  1843,  to  No.  (604)  and  his  wife  No.  (984  ;)  is  a  teacher  and  excels 
in  vocal  and  instrumental  music. 


OF     NEW    BRITAIN.  453 

1247.  "LouiSE  H.  WHITTLESEY,"  to   church  June  6th,   1858;  born 
May  23d,  1847,  to  No.  (541)  and  his  wife  No.  (1111,)   at  New  Haven  ; 
her  middle  name  Hart. 

1248.  "MRS.  HARRIET  B.  wife  of  Henry  E.  Rhodes,"  to  church  June 
6th,  1858,  by  letter  from  first  church  in  Wethersfield,  Rev.  Mr.  Colton, 
Pastor  ;  born  July  16th,  1816,  at  Wethersfleld,  to  Lev!  Blinn  and  his  wife 
Nancy  (Woodruff;)   married   Nov.  27th,   1839.     He  son   of  Selah,  of 
Wethersfield,  and  his  wife  Sally  (Talcott,)  of  Glastenbury.;  he  was  born 
Dec.  8th,  1812.     He  bought  the  Elnathan  Smith  place,  on  East  Street,  in 
1850,  for  $6,000.     He  died  Aug.  6th,  1860,  aged  48,  of  apoplexy. 

THEIR   CHILDREN. 

1.  Franklin  E.  born  May  19th,  1841,  married  Jan.  1st,  1864,  Lucinda  Howell.  - 

2.  Lucy  Ann,  born  Aug.  13th,  1842,  see  No.  (1214.) 

3.  Albert  W.  born  Aug.  5th,  1844. 

4.  Henry  E.  born  July  23d,  1848. 

5.  Thos.  R.  bora  Feb.  2d,  1850,  see  No.  (1398.) 

6.  Woodruff,  born  May  24th,  1852. 

7.  Harriet  E.  born  March  12th,  1855. 

1249.  "MARCIA  L.  BALDWIN,"  to   church  June  6th,  1858,  by  letter 
from  church  in  North  Cornwall,  Rev.  Wm.  B.   Clark,  Pastor ;  born  Jan. 
12th,  1828,  at  South  Cornwall,  to  Ithamar  and  his  wife  Electa  (Millard.) 
She  married  Sept.  29th,  1863,   George  Leach,  of  Litchfield,  and  resides 
in  that  town. 

1250.  "  MRS.    CORDELIA  R.  wife   of  Thomas    Stanley,"   to   church 
June  6th,  1858,  by  letter  from  the  Congregational  church  at  Plainville, 
Rev.  J.  Dickinson,  Pastor ;  born  Feb.  20th,  1808,  at  Granby,  Conn.,  to 
Martin  Reed  of  that  town,  and  his  wife  Bernice  (Kendal ;)  married  Sept. 
5th,  1832,  No.  (688;)  he  died  when  second  she  married,  Sept.,  1855,  No. 
(680.) 

1251.  "CATHARINE  R.  STANLEY,"  to  church  June  6th,  1858,  by  let- 
ter from  the  Congregational  church  in  Plainville,  Rev.  J.  Dickinson,  pas- 
tor; born  Nov.  9th,  1840,  at  Ottawa,  111.,  to  No.  (680)  and  his  first  wife 
No.  (610 ;)  she  is  a  school  teacher,  and  is  successful.  ^ 

1252.  "MARY  E.  STANLEY,"   to  church  June  6th,  1858,  from  church 
in  Plainville,  by  letter;  born  July  9th,  1843,  at  Ottawa,  111.,  to  No.  (680) 
and  his  first  wife  No.  (610;)  she  died  June  3d,  1859,  aged  16,  of  quick 
consumption;  the  record  says,   "literally  fell  asleep  in  Jesus ;  it  was  a 
happy  death." 

1253.  "W>i.  HENRY  GLADDEN,"  to  church  June  6th,  1858,  baptized 
same  time;  born  Feb.  10th,  1842,  to  Henry  and  his  wife  No.  (711 ;)  one 
of  our  choir  singers ;  was  a   3   years'  volunteer   in  Co.  A,  13th  Regt.,  at 
New  Orleans  in  1862. 


454  FIRST     CHURCH 

1254.  "MRS.  MART  S.,  wife  of  Solomon   Hamblin,"  to  church  Aug. 
1st,  1858,  baptized  same  time;  born  May  12th,  1802,  to  No.  (852)  and 
his  wife  No.  (853,)  married  Nov.  1st,  1825 ;  he  son  of  Phineas,  of  Far- 
mington,  and   his  wife  Rhoda  (Andrus,)   of  Jacob;  born  July  7th,  1799, 
at  "White  Oak,"  in  Farmington,   baptized   there  Aug.  4th,  1799 ;  resi- 
dence in  district  No.  4,  in  Hart  quarter,  house  the  former  home  of  Roger 
Hart,  and  was  moved  from  north  of  "  Dublin  Hill." 

THF.IK    CHILDREN. 

1.  Emma,  born  Sept.  8th,  1826,  married,  July  4th,  1848,  James  Wolcott  Colt,  son 
of  Wolcott,  of  Harwinton  ;  they  had  one  son  James  Biley,  horn  May  16th,  1849  ;  she 
second  married,  Nov.  22d,  1865,  Omri  Andrews,  son  of  Elijah. 

2.  Harriet  Eliza,  born  died  July  21st,  1833,  aged  18  months. 

1255.  "MRS.  CAROLINE  M.,  wife  of  Meriels  Roberts,"  to  church  Aug. 
1st,  1858,  born  Jan.  28th,  1822,  at  Avon,  to  Adna  T.  Hart  and  his  wife 
Lydia  (Woodruff;)  married,  Dec.   1st,  1845  ;  he  son  of  John  and  his 
wife  Lois  (Deming,)  born  Aug.  9th,  1818;  live  on  Chestnut  st. 

THEIH    CHILDREN. 

1.  Emily  May,  born  April  18th,  1855,  died  Oct.  14tb,  1855. 

2.  Grace  May,  born  Sept.  28th,  1856. 

1256.  "MRS.  ANN  ELIZA,  wife  of  Charles  L.  Thompson,"  to  church 
Aug.  1st,   1858,  born  July  13th,   1829,  at   Southington,  to  Capt.  Urban 
Barrett,  and  his  second  wife,  widow   Freelove   (Young,)  alias  Freelove 
Smith ;  married  Oct.  3d,   1853 ;  he  son  of  Warren,  of  South  Windsor, 
and  his  wife  Redoxa   (Loomis ;)  born  Oct.  3d,  1853,  at  South  Windsor ; 
living  on  Washington  st. 

1257.  "LuRA  ANN  FRANCIS,"  to  church  Aug.  1st,  1858,   baptized 
same  time ;  born  July  14th,  1839,  at  New  Britain,  to  Anson  W.,  of  New 
Haven,  and  his  wife  Lura  Ann  (Hart,)  daughter  of  No.    (453;)  been  a 
teacher,  lives,  1865,  with  her  grandmother,  No.  (454,)  in  Hart  quarter. 

1258.  "SAMUEL  A.  WELD  ON,"  to  church   Aug.  1st,  1858,  baptized 
same  time;  born  March  22d,  1831,  to  No.  (517)  and  his  first  wife  Sally 
(Bartholomew;)  married,  Dec.  27th,  1855,  No.  (1194;)  he  is  a  carriage 
maker,  learned  of  Dickinson  &  Graham. 

THEIR    CHILD. 

Mortimer  Emoiy,  born  April  17th,  1858. 

1259.  "MAHLON  J.  WOODRUFF,"   to   church   Aug.    1st,    1858,  born 
July  7th,  1836,  at  Shermon,  N.  Y.,  to  Robert,  of  Ohio,  and  his  wife  Julia 
Ann  (Fuller;)  married,   Dec.   16th,   1856,  No.  (1263;)  occupation,  ac- 
countant, residence  on  Walnut  st.,  is  Secretary  of  Union  Manufacturing 
Co.;  his  wife  Mary  died,  when   second   he  married,  Jan.   18th,  1865,  at 
Greenport,  L.  L,  No.  (1448.) 


OF     NEW     BRITAIN.  455 

HIS   CHILDREN   BY   FIRST   WIFE   MART. 

1.  Hattie  Eliza,  born  April  20th,  1859,  died  June  24th,  1861,  aged  2. 

2.  Grace  May,  born  Jan.  7th,  1863,  bap.  March  24th,  1863,  over  the  mother's  coffin  ; 
she  died  Sept.  19th,  1863,  aged  8  months,  12  days. 

1260.  "HENRY  J.  ELLIS,"  to  church  Aug.' 1st,  1858,  born  May  2d, 
1837,  to  No.  (717)  and  his  wife  No.  (718;)  is  a  grocer,  firm  of  Brown 
&  Ellis,  on  Main  st.;  married,  Dec.  6th,  1865,  No.  (1424.) 

1261.  "WALTER  G.  CARPENTER,"  to   church   Aug.   1st,  1858,  born 
May  30th,  1837,  to  No.  (914)  and  his  wife  No.  (700;)  a  corporal  in  Co. 
A,  13th  Regt.,   C.  V.,  at  New  Orleans.  1862 ;  he  died   there  of  fever, 
Nov.  17th,  1862,  aged  25,  and  his  body  was  brought  on  and  buried  here, 
Jan.  22d,  18G3 ;  he  was  a  promising  young  man,  and  an  only  son  of  his 
parents,  greatly  beloved. 

1262.  "  SIMEON  WOODRUFF,"   to   church   Aug.  1st,  1858,   by  letter 
from  second  Congregational  church  in  Berlin,  Ct. ;  born   Oct.  1st,  1786, 
at  Farmington,  to  Elisha  and  his  wife  Anna  (Griswold,)  of  Wethersfield ; 
married,  Oct.  2d,  1811,  Avis   Bronson,  of  Southington,  daughter  of  Joel 
and  his  wife  Cynthia  (Squire,)  born  Oct.  27th,  1790 ;  she  died  Jan.  18tb 

1855,  at  Berlin,  aged  65;  he  has  been  a  farmer,  and  lived  mostly  near 
the   north  west   corner   of  Farmington ;  moved   to  Berlin,   then  to  this 
place ;  his  residence  on  Walnut  st. 

THEIR   CHILDREN.       ' 

1.  Lucius,  born  Dec.  1st,  1812,  see  No.  (905.; 

2.  Samuel  E.,  born  March  15th,  1818,  died  June  16th,  1842,  aged  24. 

3.  Franklin,  born  April  25th,  1820,  bred  a  physician. 

4.  Mary  C.,  j  .          A     •,  -,Qt.     100(.    )  died  June  2d,  1831,  aged  6. 

5.  Ira,  1  born  AP"1  28th>  1825>  f  died  Feb.  12th,  1835,  aged  10. 
7.  Mary  Bronson,  born  July  3d,  1832,  see  No.  (1263.) 

1263.  "MRS.  MARY  B.,  wife  of  Mahlon  J.  Woodruff,"  to  church  Aug. 
1st,  1858,  by  letter  from  second  Congregational  church  in  Berlin,  Edward 
Wilcox,  clerk ;  born  July  3d,  1832,  to  No.  (1262;)  married,  Dec.  16th, 

1856,  No.  (1259  ;)  she  died  at  New  Britain,  March  22d,  1863,  aged  31. 

1264.  "CATHERINE  MARIA  BDTLER,"  to  church  Aug.  1st,  1858,  by 
letter  from  first  Congregational   church  in  Meriden,  Rev.   Mr.  Thacher, 
pastor;  born  Oct.  4th,  1837,  at  Rocky  Hill,  to  Elisha  and  his  wife  Cath- 
arine B.  (Wright;)  married,  May   1st,   1860,  at  Meriden,  Stephen  W. 
Hazzard,  son  of  John,  of  New  Britain,  and  his  wife  Mary  Maria  (Steele,) 
daughter  of  Wm. ;  born  Aug.  19th,  1836,  is  a  brass  worker,  volunteered 
in  1861  in  the  5th  Regt.,  Co.  B,  for  three  years ;  she  dismissed  by  letter 
March  27th,  1860,  to  first  church  in  Meriden,  from  which  she  came;  she 
received  back  from  Meriden  by  letter,  Dec.  20th,  1861  ;  the  family  reside 
with  his  father,  1862  ;  she  took  a  certificate  of  her  membership,  and  joined 
the  Baptist  church,  Sept.  7th,  1862,  by  immersion. 


456  FIRST     CHURCH 

THEIR    CHILD. 

Charles  Elmer,  horn  May  9th,  1861. 

1565.  "  WILLIAM  W.  GIDDINGS,"  to  church  Oct.  3d,  1858,  by  letter 
from  South  Qongregational  church,  New  Britain,  Wm.  Hart,  clerk ;  born 
Aug.  1818,  at  Norwich,  Ct.,  to  Jabez,  formerly  of  Norwich,  but  in 
1861  of  Hartford,  and  his  wife  Lydia  (Alden,)  of ,  Stafford ;  married, 
Nov.  17th,  1840,  No.  (1266;)  residence  on  West  Main  st.,  now,  1867; 
is  a  lumber  and  coal  dealer,  firm  of  Giddings  &  Strong. 

1266.  "MRS.  CORNELIA  A.,  wife  of  Wm.  W.  Giddings,"  to  church  Oct. 
3d,  1858,  by  letter  from  South  Congregational  church,  New  Britain  ;  born 
April  28th,  1822,  to  Dea.  Michael   Seymour,  of  Hartford,  and  his  wife 
Rebecca  (Wposter,)  of  Litchfield ;  her  full  maiden  name  Cornelia  Ann 
Seymour;  married,  Nov.  17th,  1840,  No.  (1265.) 

THEIR    CHILDREN. 

1.  Martha  Makepeace,  born  Aug.  27th,  1841,  see  No.  (1314.) 

2.  Wm.  Henry,  born  Jan.  17th,  1847. 

3.  Frederic  Wooster,  born  Aug.  27th,  1850,  see  No.  (1418.) 

4.  George  Wight,  born  May  21st,  1858,  bap.  July  3d,  1859. 

1267.  "MRS.  ANNA  F.,  wife  of  Henry  Walter,"   to  church  Oct.  3d, 
1858,  by  letter  from  church  in  New  Ipswich,  N.  H.,  Rev.  Mr.  Lee,  pas- 
tor; born  Feb.  6th,  1822,  at  Dover,  N.  H.,  to  Rev.  Joseph  W.  Clary  and 
his  wife  Anna  (Farrar;)  married,  Dec.  16th,  1856,  No.  (1066.) 

1268.  "MRS.  SARAH  T.,  wife  of  Nelson  P.  Woodruff,"  to  church  Oct. 
3d,  1858,  by  letter  from  church  in  Newington,  Rev.  Mr.  Aiken,  pastor; 
born  April  1st,  1832,  in  Newington,  to  Unni  Robbins  and   his  wife  Sally 
(Dunham;)    married,    March    16th,  1855;  he   son    of  Capt.   Urban,  of 
Southington,  and  his  wife   Eliza  (Bartholomew.)   born  Feb.  14th,  1825, 
at  Southington  ;  residence  on  Walnut  st.,  is  a  paper  box  manufacturer  on 
Main  st. ;  she  dismissed  by  letter  to  South  church,  Oct.  llth,  18  61. 

THEIR    CHILD. 

Alice  Robbins,  born  Nov.  26th,  1857. 

1269.  "SOLOMON  F.  TRACY,"  to  church  Oct.  3d,  1858,  by  letter  from 
East  Woodstock,  born  Aug.  25th,   1805,  at  Canterbury,  to   Fanning  and 
his  wife   Lucy    (Adams,)   of  Lisbon;  married,    March   28th,   1833,  No. 
(1270;)  is  a  machinist  by  trade  and  occupation,  his  residence  on  Winter 
street. 

1270.  MRS.  ALMIRA  N.,  wife  of  Solomon  F.  Tracy,"  to  church  Oct. 
3d,  1858,  by  letter  from  the  Methodist   Episcopal  church,   (Fisherville 
Society,)  Thompson,   Ct. ;  born  Sept.   28th,  1811,    to  John   Nichols,!. 
Thompson,  Ct.,  and  his  wife  Hannah  (Robertton,)  of  Chesterfield,  N.  H.; 
married,  March  28th,  1833,  No.  (1269.) 


OP     NEW    BRITAIN.  457 


THEIR    CHILDREN. 

1.  Lucy  Adams,  born  May  19th,  1834,  married  Feb.  28th,  1855,  Solomon  F.  Lins- 
ley,  see  No.  (1319.) 

2.  EllenNichols,  born  Feb.  1st,  1838,  see  No.  (1210.) 

3.  John  Nichols,  born  June  18th,  1840,  was  Capt.  of  Co.  G,  GthRegt.  C.  V.,  went 
to  Port  Royal. 

1271.  "THOMAS  E.  BARRETT,"  to  church  Dec.  5th,  1858,  by  letter 
from  South   Congregational  church,  New   Haven,  John  Nieholl,  clerk  ; 
born  March  28th,   1830,  at  Brooklyn,   Ct.,  to  Joseph  P.,  and   his  wife 
Nancy  L.  (Converse,)  is  a  teacher  by  profession  ;  married,  Oct.  9th,  1854, 
No.  (1272 ;)  both  dismissed  by  letter,  Feb.  3d,  1860,  to  South  Congre- 
gational church  in  New  Haven,  from  which  they  came ;  he  was  killed  at 
the  battle  of  Fredericksburg,  Va.,  while  as  Captain  he  led  his  Co.,  Dec., 
1862. 

1272.  "MRS.  JENNIE  B.,  wife  of  Thomas  E.  Barrett,"  to  church  Dec. 
5th,  1858,  by  letter  from   South   Congregational  church,   New  Haven ; 
born  Feb.  12jh,  1832,  at  Milford,  Ct.,  her  maiden  name  Jennie  Baldwin ; 
married,  Oct.  9th,  1854,  at  New  Haven,  to  No.  (1271 ;)  both  dismissed 
by  letter  to  South  Congregational  church,  New  Haven,  Feb.  3d,  1860. 

THEIR   CHILD. 

Carrie,  born  Feb.  8th,  1861,  at  New  Haven. 

1273.  "BENNETT  J.  ANDREWS,"  to  church  Dec.  5th,  1858,  by  letter 
from  Congregational  church  in  Southington,  Rev.  Elisha  C.Jones,  pastor, 
born  Dec.  5th,  1806,  at    Southington,  to    Luman  and   his  wife  Lowly 
(Cowles ;)  married,  March  24th,  1835,  Belinda  Carter,  daughter  of  Ren- 
salier  and  his  wife  Nancy  (Averill,)   of  Branford;  she  died   Sept.  llth, 
1837,  aged  20,  when  second    he  married,  March    24th,  1842,  Lavinia 
Frost,  of  Waterbury,  daughter  of  Daniel  C.  and  his  wife  Lorinda  (John- 
son,) born  Sept.  4th,  1817,  at  Stockbridge,  Onieda  Co.,  N.  Y. ;  he  was  a 
very  successful  farmer,  he  died  Mar.  18,  1860,  aged  53,  of  cancer,  at  his 
farm-house  in  Southington,  where  his  family  reside,  1863  ;  he  built  a  good 
house  in  1851  on   Arch   st.,  where  his   family  lived  in   1861,  but  it  was 
sold  to  Horace  Hart  in  1862,  and  occupied  by  him  now,  1867. 

HIS    CHILDREN    BY    HIS  SECOND    WIFE,    LAVINIA. 

1.  Emma  Belinda,  born  Jan.  1st,  1843,  married,  Oct.  15th,  1866,  Arthur  Gridley,  of 
Southington. 

2.  Legrand,  born  May  3d,  1845,  died  June  24th,  1846,  aged  1  year,  2  mo. 

3.  Franklin  Dewitt,  born  Aug.  1st,  1847. 

1274.  "J.  EVELYN  PIERPONT,"  to  church  April  3d,   1859,  by  letter 
from  the  Congregational  church  in  Fair  Haven,  Rev.  Burdett  Hart,  pas- 


458  FIRST    CHURCH 

tor;  born  March  27th,  1831,  at  Canada  West,  to  F.  W.  Pierpont  and  his 
wife  Hannah  E.  (Becker,)  all  of  Canada  West ;  he  came  to  this  place 
as  a  fish  dealer ;  he  was  gentlemanly  in  his  deportment,  and  apparently 
correct  in  his  habits  ;  he  married  No.  (1275)  May  30th,  1854,  at  Fair 
Haven  ;  he  fell  under  the  censure  of  the  church,  Nov.  9th,  1860,  by  vote 
of  excommunication ;  he  was  since  a  nine  months'  soldier  in  the  27th 
Regt.,  C.  V.  and  returned  safe. 

1275.  "MRS.  MARY  A.,  wife  of  J.  Evelin  Pierpont,"  to  church  April 
3d,  1859,  by  letter  from  church  in   Fair  Haven ;  daughter  of  John  P. 
Turner  and  his  wife  Almira  (Luddington,)  born  June  20th,  1833,  at  Fair 
Haven;  she  married  No.  (1274)  May  30th,  1854. 

THEIR   CHILDREN. 

1.  Evelyn  J.,  born  June  25th,  1855. 

2.  Marion  W.,  born  Jan.  18th,  1856. 

1276.  "MRS.  JANE  MCELRATH,"  widow  of  John  McElrath,  to  church 
April  3d,  1859,  by  letter  from  the  Congregational  church  in  Newington» 
Rev.  Wm.  P.  Aiken,  pastor;  born  ,  1790,  at  Leek,*Londonderry 
Co.,  Ireland,  to  John   Brown  and   his  wife  Martha  (Pollock ;)  married, 
June  5th,  1814;  he  son  of  John  and  his  wife  Esther  (Lemind,)  of  Buck 
Mills,  county  of  Antrim,  Ireland ;  he  was  a  school  teacher  in  the  north 
of  Ireland,  and  of  Scotch  origin,  and  when  required  by  the  Catholics. to 
discontinue  the  use  of  the  Bible  in  school,  refused,  and  was  thrown  out  of 
employment;  he  died  March  9th,   1859,  in  New  Britain,  aged  72;  she 
had  a  former  husband,  John  Mcilhare. 

THEIR  CHILDREN. 

1 .  Sarah,  born 

2.  Matilda,  born  May  18th,  1829,  married,  July  23d,  1853,  Robert  N.  Couples. 

3.  Jane,  born  Dec.  10th,  1833,  see  No.  (1277.) 

1277.  "MRS.  JANE,  wife  of  William  N.  Turner,"  to  church  April  3d, 
1859,  by  letter  from  Congregational  church  in  Newington,  Rev.  Wm.  P. 
Aiken,  pastor;  born  Dec.  10th,  1833,  at  Bellemoneye,  Ireland,  to  John 
McElrath  and  his  wife  No.  (1276;)  married  July  23d,  1853;  he  son  of 
Noah,  of  Sheffield,  Eng.;  he  died  May  9th,  1861,  aged  33,  when  second 
she  married,  March  llth,  1864,  No.  (1337.) 

THEIR   CHILDREN. 

1.  Harriet  Matilda,  born  Jan.  5th,  1856,  at  Xewington,  bap.  July  5th,  1861. 

2.  Wm.  Everet  Shaw,  born  July  28th,  1857,  bap.  July  5th,  1861. 

3.  Elizabeth  Caroline,  born  June  28th,  1858,  at  Hartford,  bap.  July  5th,  1861. 

4.  Sarah  Louisa,  bora  April  9th,  1861,  bap.  July  5th,  1861,  died  Sept.  4th,  1863, 
aged  3  years. 


OF     NEW     BRITAIN.  459 

1278.  "MRS.  EMELINE  G.,   wife   of  George   H.  Smith,"   to  church 
June  5th,  1859,  by  letter  from  church  in  Wilmington,  N.  C. ;  born  Aug. 
10th,  1825,  at  Southington,  to  Augustus  Goodsell  and  his  wife  Julia  (An- 
drews,)   of  Beriah;   married   April    25th,    1848;  he  son  of  Asahel  P. 
Smith,  of  Southington,  and  his  wife  Rhoda  (Hart;)  she  dismissed,  Jan. 
5th,  1866,  to  second  Presbyterian  church  in  Charleston,  S.  C. 

THEIR  CHILD. 

Julia  Emeline,  born  May  19th,  1850. 

1279.  "  GEORGE  S.  PECK,"  to  church  Oct.  2d,  1859,  by  letter  from 
first  Congregational  church,  Meriden,  Rev.   Geo.  Thacher,  pastor ;  born 
May  9th,  1840,  at  Kensington,  to  Selden  and  his  wife  Lucy  H.  (Hart;) 
he  was  baptized  in  Kensington  in  infancy,  George  Selden ;  he  was  here  a 
clerk  in  Miller's  store,  until  his  health  failed ;  he  was  in  1864,  a  manu- 
facturer in  Meriden,  and  by  his  own  request  was  dismissed  and  recom- 
mended to  West  Meriden  church,  April  22d,  1864;  he  died  Oct.  llth, 
1865,  at  his  father's  residence  in  Kensington,  aged  25. 

1280.  "MRS.  ELIZABETH  C.,  wife   of  Pedro    P.   Ortez,"   to   church 
Feb.  5th,  1860,  by  letter  from  South  church,  New  Britain,  Rev.  C.  L. 
Goodale,  pastor;  born  at  New  Haven  to  No.   (464)   and  his  wife  No. 
(392,)  baptized  June  9th,  1833,  by  Rev.  J.  Cogswell,  New  Britain ;  mar- 
ried Dec.  26th,  1855  ;  he  from  Valparaiso,  Chili,  S.  A. ;  they  reside  now, 
1862,  at  the  old  home  of  her  father,  but  spend  the  winter  season  in  New 
York  or  Washington. 

1281.  "ELLEN  A.  ANDREWS,"   to  church  Feb.  5th,  1860,  by  letter 
from  South  church,  New  Britain,   Rev.   C.  L.  Goodale,  pastor ;  born   at 
New  Haven,  to  No.  (464)  and  his  wife  No.  (392 ;)  her  full  name  Ellen 
Amelia,  baptized  Sept.  3d,  1831,  at  New  Britain,  by  Rev.  J.  Cogswell. 

1282.  "  JOHN  N.  BARTLETT,"  to  church  April  1st,  1860,  by  letter  from 
church  in  Collinsville,  Rev.  Mr.  McLean,  pastor,  born  July  3d,  1823,  at 
Bloomfield,  Ct.,  to  Rev.  John,  and  his  wife  Jane  (Golden,)  married  Sept. 
7th,  1846,  No.  (1283;)  is  a  teacher  by  profession,  now,  1863,  of  New 
Britain  high  school,  and  excels  in  vocal  and  instrumental  music. 

1283.  "  Mrs.  ELLEN  S.,  wife  of  John  N.  Bartlett,"  to  church  April  1st, 
1860,  by  letter  from  church  in  Collinsville,  born  Nov.  13th,          ,  at 
Farmington;  baptized  there  March  22d,  1822,  married  Sept.  7th,   1846, 
No.  (1282.) 

THEIR    CHILDREN. 

1.  Ellen  Strong,  born  March  28th,  1848. 

2.  John  Pomroy,  born  June  4th,  1858. 

3.  Annie  Golden,  born  Aug.  1st,  1862,  at  New  Britain,  bap.  April  12th,  1863. 

1284.  "EDMUND  R.  SWIFT,"  to  church  June  3d,  1860,  by  letter  from 
the  church  in  Warren,  Ct.,  F.  B.  Taylor,  clerk,  born  Jan.  22d,  1813,  to 


460  FIRST     CHURCH 

Ira,  of  Cornwall,  Ct,  and  his  wife  Grace  (Rogers,)  of  Branford,  mar- 
ried Sept.  7th,  1841,  No.  (1285.)  He  is  at  the  head  of  the  malleable 
iron  works  now,  1867 ;  his  residence  is  on  West  Main  street,  formerly 
owned  and  occupied  by  No.  (1028.) 

1285.  "Mrs.  MARY  C.,  wife  of  Edmund  R.  Swift."  to  church  June  3d, 
1860,  by  letter  from  church  in  Warren,   Ct.,  bora  Sept.   7th,  1815,  at 
Warren,  to  Benjamin  Carter,  of  that  town,  and   his  wife  Mary  (Wads- 
worth,)  of  Hartford,  married  Sept.  7th,  1841,  No.  (1284  ;)  both  to  church 
in  Warren  the  spring  of  1851  ;  her  full  maiden  name,  Mary  Wads  worth 
Carter. 

THEIR    CHILDREN. 

1.  Morton  Carter,  bora  Aug.  1st,  1843. 

2.  Mary  Wadsworth,  born  May  20th,  1845,  see  No.  1406. 

1286.  "CHARLES  E.  OSBORNE,"  to  church  June  3d,  1860,  by  letter 
from  First  Congregational   church  in  Middletown,  Ct.,  Rev.  Mr.  Taylor, 
pastor,  born  Oct.  10th,  1836,  at  Middletown,  to  Allen,  of  that  city,  and 
his  wife  Elizabeth  (May;)  to  Mr.  Taylor's  church,  Jan.  3d,  1858,  an  only 
child  of  his  parents.     He  kept  a  confectionery  shop  here,  but  his  health 
failing,  he  went  to  Hartford  the  fall  of  1860,  where  he  died  Dec.  30th, 
1860,  aged  24,  of  quick  consumption. 

1287.  "  Mrs.  LUCIA  H.,  wife  of  Lucas  M.  Wilcox,"  to  church  June  3d, 
1860,  by  letter  from  church  in  Granby,  Ct.,  Rev.  William  H.  Gilbert, 
pastor,  born  June  12th,  1835,  at  Granby,  to  Chauncey  Holcomb,  and  his 
wife  Semantha  (Goddard,)   married  Feb.  20th,  1860.     He  was  son  of 
Horace  T.,  and  his  wife  Sarah  (Frink,)  born  May  31st,  1831,  at  Holyoke, 
Mass.     She  was  dismissed  by  letter,  Aug.  30th,  1861,  to  Chapel  Street 
church,  New  Haven. 

1288.  "  Mrs.  ELLEN  T.  P.,  widow  of  Anson  S.  Bevins,"  to  church 
June  3d,  1860,  by  letter  from  church  in  Hanover,  Ct.,  Rev.  Jacob  Eaton, 
pastor,  born  Nov.  6th,  1836,  to  Jonathan  Chapin  Pinks,  of  New  Britain, 
and  his  wife,  No.  (86%)  married  June  16th,  1858.     He  was  son  of  Alvin 
E.,  of  Meriden,  and  his  wife  Vashti  (Tyler,)  born  August,  1828,  at  Mer- 
iden ;  died  Dec.  20th,  1858,  aged  30. 

1289.  "MARION  E.  PINKS,"  to  church  June  3d,  1860,  by  letter  from 
church  in  Hanover,  born  April  8lh,  1840,  to  Jonathan  C.  Pinks,  of  New 
Britain,  and  his  wife,  No.  (865.) 

1290.  "ELIZA  F.  CLARY,"  to  church  June  3d,  1860,  by  letter  from 
church  in  New  Ipswich,  N.  H.,  born  March  23d,  1827,  at  Dover,  N.  H., 
to  Rev.  Joseph  W.  Clary,  and   his  wife  Lucy  (Farrar;)  has   been  a 
teacher. 

1291.  "Mrs.  ELIZABETH  B.,  wife  of  Darius  Miller,"  to  church  March 
3d,  1861,  by  letter  from  church  in  East  Windsor,  Rev.  Frederick  E. 


OF    NEW    BRITAIN.  461 

Munson,  pastor,  born  Dec.  7th,  1836,  at  East  "Windsor,  to  John  Bissell, 
and  his  wife  Elizabeth  (Thompson,)  married  Aug.  14th,  1860.  He  was 
son  of  Stephen,  of  Middletown,  and  his  wife  Lucretia  (Fairchild,)  born 
Oct.  llth,  1830,  at  Middletown.  He  is  a  dry  goods  merchant  at  New 
Britain,  on  Main  street. 

1292.  "Mrs.  EMILY  F.,  wife  of  George  F.  Hotchkiss,"  to  church  March 
3d,  1861,  by  letter  from  Congregational  church  in  Southington,  Rev.  E. 
C.  Jones,  pastor,  born  Feb.  4th,  1827,  at  Southington,  to  Naaman  Finch, 
of  that  town,  and  his  wife  Sarah  (Bishop,)  of  Cheshire,  married  Oct.  3d, 
1848.     He  is  son  of  Wooster  Hotchkiss,  of  New  Haven,  and  his  wife 
Mary  Loring  (Bass,)  of  Boston,  born  Jan.  23d,  1822,  at  New  Haven ; 
the  family  residence  is  corner  of  Park  and  Winter  streets. 

THEIR   CHILDREN. 

1.  Mary  Loring,  born  Oct.  23d,  1849,  at  Southington,  see  No.  (1408.) 

2.  Wooster,  born  Dec.  21st,  1851,  at  Sonthington. 

3.  Emily  Fincb,  bora  August  28th,  1854,  at  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 

1293.  "WILLIAM  C.  BRONSON,"  to  church  May  5th,  1861,  by  letter 
from  church  in   Southington,  Rev.  E.  C.  Jones,  pastor,  born  Jan.  12th, 
1836,  to  Mary  A.,  daughter  of  Cyprian  Bronson,  and  his  wife  Candace 
(Norton,)  of  Berlin.     He  to  church  in   Berlin,  May  7th,  1854,  then  to 
church  in  Southington,  then  as  above.     He   was  a  volunteer  in  Co.  A, 
Capt.  Bidwell,  13th  Reg.,  but  discharged,  and  lost  an  arm  in  II.  F.  North 
&  Co.'s  factory,  by  machinery,  Oct.  21st,  1862. 

1294.  "  ELIZA  TALCOTT,"  to  church  May  5th,  1861,  by  letter  from 
church  in  Rockville,  born  May  22d,'l836,  at  Vernon,  Ct.,  to  Ralph,  and 
his  wife  Susan  (Bull;)  is  now,  1861,  teacher  in  the  New  Britain  high 
school.     She  married,  Feb.  12th,  1866,  Rev.  Robert  C.  Learned,  formerly 
of  Berlin  and  Plymouth,  Ct. ;  he  died  Jan.,  1867,  at  Plymouth. 

1295.  "  Mrs.  NANCY  STANLEY,  widow  of  Dr.  Adna  Stanley,"  to  church 
July  7th,  1861,  by  letter  from  South   church,  Hartford,  Rev.  E.  P.  Par- 
ker, pastor,  born  April  9th,  1786,  at  Newington,  to  Elizur  Deming,  and 
his  wife  Lucina  (Francis,)  married  April  26th,  1809,  No.  (438  ;)  she  first 
to  South  church  in  Hartford,  May,  1852,  her  residence  was  then  near  that 
church  edifice,  but,  1861,  she  bought  out  the  place  on  Washington  street, 
built  by  Capt.  Walter  Gladden,  where  she  and  her  daughters,  No.  (940) 
and  No.  (1296,)  now,  1867,  reside. 

1296.  "  SOPHIA  STANLEY,"  to  church  July  7th,  1861,  by  letter  from 
South  church,  Hartford,  Rev.  E.  P.  Parker,  pastor,  born  June  14th,  1814, 
to  No.  (438,)  and  his  wife,-  No.  (1295,)     She  to  South  church,  Hartford, 
May,  1852,  and  from  that  church  to  this,  as  above. 

1297.  "  Mrs.  CALISTA  L.,  wife  of  Prosper  Prior,"  to  church  Sept.  1st, 
1861,  by  letter  from  Congregational  church  in  North  Coventry,  Rev.  G. 


462  FIRST    CHURCH 

A.  Calhoun,  pastor,  born  April  10th,  1817,  to  Samuel  Loomis,  of  North 
Coventry,  and  his  wife  Irene  (Tracy,)  of  Franklin,  Ct.,  married  Dec.  3d, 
1834.  He  is  son  of  Roswell,  of  Windsor,  and  his  wife  Phebe  (Ladd,) 
born  June  19th,  1807;  living  now,  1861,  on  Myrtle  street. 

THEIK    CHILDREN. 

1.  Harriet  Zerlina,  born  July  13th,  1836,  married  Jan.  29th,  1854,  Willis  T.  Hoi- 
brook  ;  he  was  a  soldier  in  Company  H,  1st  Artillery  Regiment  Connecticut  Vols. 
She  died  March  12th,  1864,  aged  28. 

2.  Wesley  Baldwin,  born  March  20th,  1838. 

3.  Koena  Willey,  born  May  15th,  1844,  see  No.  (1405.) 

1298.  "SARAH  NOBLE,"  to  church  Nov.  3d,  1861,  by  letter  from 
church  in  Cleveland,  Ohio,  born  Dec.  20th,  1825,  at  Simsbury,  Ct.,  to 
Sylvester  Noble,  of  that  town,  and  his  wife  Margarette  (Holcomb  ;)  she  is 
an  artist  and  excels  in  landscape  painting;  is  sister  to  No.  (1234,)  mar. 
Jan.  1st,  1866,  Orrin  A.  North,  son  of  Reuben,  of  Goshen,  Ct. ;  his  resi- 
dence is  on  West  Main  street,  and  he  is  of  the  firm  of  Dickinson  &  North, 
druggists,  Main  street,  New  Britain,  1865. 

1299.  "  Mrs.  JANE  P.,  wife  of  Edward  M.  Judd,"  to  church  Nov.  3d, 
1861,  by  letter  from  First  Congregational  church  in  Farmington,  Noah 
Porter,   D.  D.,  pastor,  born  April  16th,  1837,  at  Farmington,  to  Joel 
Peck,  of  that  town,  and  his  wife  Charlotte  (Scovill,)  married  March  27th, 
1860,  No.  (1235.)     Dismissed  and  recommended  by  letter,  Dec.  25th, 
1863,  to  Chapel  Street  church,  New  Haven,  Ct. 

THEIR    CHILD. 

Willie,  bom  March,  1866,  died  Feb.  20th,  1867,  aged  11  months,  at  West  Winsted. 

1300.  "  Mrs.  FLORA  BRAINARD,"  to  church  Jan.  5th,  1862,  by  letter 
trom  church  in  Avon,  Bev.  E.  D.  Murphy,  pastor,  widow  of  Orlando  V. 
Brainard,  of  Haddam  and  Bristol,  son  of  Roswell,  of  Haddam,  and  his 
wife  Ann  (Smith,)  born  Nov.   3d,  1822,  married  June  6th,  1853,  No. 
(1300;)  her  maiden  name,  Flora  L.  Thompson,  daughter  of  Uriel,  of 
Avon,  and  his  wife  Nabby  (Woodruff.)  born  Dec.  15th,  1826,  at  Avon. 
He  was  a  mechanic ;  he  died  April  15th,  1854,  aged  31,  at  New  Britain. 

j  THEIR    CHILD. 

Florence  Lucelia,  born  Feb.  21st,  1854. 

1301.  «•  LAFAYETTE  Bos  WORTH,"  to  church  March  2d,  1862,  by  letter 
from  the  church  in  Vernon,  Ct.,  born  Oct.  19th,  1825,  at  Eastford,  Ct.,  to 
Aaron,  and  his  wife  Ruth  (Wilcox ;)  by  occupation,  in  early  manhood,  a 
school  teacher,  now,  1863,  a  book  agent;  married  Jan.  12th,  1850,  No. 
(1302;)  his  residence  is  on  Park  street.     Mary,  his  wife,  died,  \\hen  he 
married,  second,  August  20th,  18G2,  Miss  Susan  E.  Philbrook,  of  Ea^t 


OF    NEW    BRITAIN.  463 

Windsor;  she  was  born  May  16th,  1841,  at  Bristol,  Ct.,  to  John  Phil- 
brook,  then  of  that  town,  and  his  wife  Susan  (Gillette,)  alias  widow  of 
Frederick  Boardraan.  She  died  July  17th,  1863,  at  New  Britain,  of 
consumption,  aged  22,  when  he  married,  third,  April  28th,  1864,  No. 
(1348.) 

1302.  "Mrs.  MARY  J.,  wife  of  L.  Bosworth,"  to  church  March  2d, 
1862,  by  letter  from  church  in  Vernoh,  Ct.,  born  Jan.  7th,  1833,  at  Win- 
sted,  to  Charles  E.  Johnson,  of  Harwinton,  and  his  wife  Elizabeth  (Smith,) 
of  Winsted.     She  died  May  26th,  1862,  aged  29. 

THEIR    CHILDREN. 

1.  William  Bradley,  born  June  9th,  1851,  at  Vernon,  died  May  30th,  1853,  at 
Salem,  N.  J. 

2.  Charles  Lafayette,  born  July  22d,  1855. 

3.  Ada  Caroline,  born  Oct.  24th,  1857. 

4.  George  McClellan,  born  Aug.  6th,  1861. 

1303.  "  VICTOR  ALVERGNAT,"  to  church  March  2d,  1862,  and  baptized 
same  time,  born  Dec.  10th,  1824,  at  Paris,  France,  to  Antoine,  and  his 
wife  Adelaide  Sophie  (Tierry,)  learned  there  the  trade  of  cabinet  maker ; 
was  a  volunteer  and  enlisted,  1844,  into  the  French  army,  as  a  marine, 
where  he  served  seven  years,  first  as  a  private,  then  an  officer;  became 
an  artist,  and  teaches  drawing ;  arrived  in  this  country  February,  1853  ; 
married  May  8th,  1858,  No.  (1304.)     He  was  a  teacher  to  the  children 
of  the  regiment  much  of  the  time  during  his  service  in  the  French  army. 

1304.  "  JULIA  R.,  wife  of  Victor  Alvergnat,"  to  church  March  2d, 
1862,  by  letter  from  church  in  Norfolk,  Ct.,  Rev.  Joseph  Eldridge,  pastor, 
born  Jan.  26th,  1826,  at  Norfolk,  Ct.,  to  David  Gaylord,  of  that  town, 
and  his  wife  Phebe  (Camp.)     She  to  church  in  Norfolk,  1843  ;  married 
May  8th,  1858,  No.  1303.     She  and  her  husband  were  dismissed  and 
recommended,  Jan.  8th,  1864,  to  First  church,  Hartford. 

1305.  "AMELIA  A.,  wife  of  Dr.  Linus   Luddington,"  to  church  March 
2d,  1862,  had  been  a  member  of  the   Fourth   Congregational  church  in 
Hartford,  and  after  that  of  the   Second  Advent  church ;  born   May  3d, 
1813,  at  Bloomfield,  Ct.,  to  Levi  Dudley,  and  his   wife  Abigail   (Hitch- 
cock,) married  Oct.  13th,  1840.     He  was  born  Feb.  12th,  1819,  at  West 
Springfield,  Mass.,  to  Jason    Luddington,  and  his  wife  (Burr,)  of 
West  Hartford.     He  graduated,  1864,  at  the  Medical   College  in  New 
York  city;  he  is  now,  1862,  a  member  of  the   1st  Artillery,  4th  Reg. 
Conn.  Vols.,  Capt.  R.  G.   Williams,  located  at  Arlington  heights,  Va. ; 
family  reside,  18*,  on  Arch  street. 

THEIR    CHILDREN. 

1.  Luana  Amelia,  born  Dec.  14th,  1841,  see  No.  (1306  ) 

2.  Lucilla   Maria,  born  July  20th,  1843,  at  West  llartford,  9ied  Feb.   12th,  1844, 
aged  1  year. 


464  FIRST    CHURCH 

3.  Nathan  Burr,  born  Nor.  24th,  1844,  at  West  Hartford,  died  Dec.  7th,  1844,  aged 

14  days. 

4.  William  Linns,  born  July  6th,  1846,  at  Chicopce,  Mass. 
6.  John  Dow,  born  July  15th,  1848,  at  Chicopee,  Mass. 

6.  Charles  Franklin,  born  Feb.  llth,  18*2. 

7.  Henry  Parsons,  born  Dec.  9th,  1853; 

1306.  "LuANA  A.  LUDINGTON,''  to  church  March  2cl,  1862,  by  letter 
from  the  church  in  Waterbury,    Rev.  Mr.  Bushnell,  pastor,  to   church 
there  1858,  born  Dec.  14th,  1841,  at  Chicopee,  Mass.,  to  Dr.  Linus,  and 
his  wife,  No.  (1305.)     She  was  a  successful  teacher,  at  Waterbury,  and 
now,  1867,  in   New  Britain.     She  married,  May   2d,   1867,  Howard  C. 
Fiske,  of  Springfield,  Mass.,  in  Centre  church. 

1307.  "  Rev.  ERAST  us  RIPLEY,"  to  church  March  2d,  1862,  by  letter 
from  Congregational  church  in  Davenport,  Iowa,  born  March  15th,  1815, 
at  South  Coventry,  Ct.,  to  Elijah  Ripley,  of  that  town,  and  his  wife  Phebe 
(Richardson,)  graduated  at  Union  College,  Schenectady,  N.  Y.,  in  1840, 
licensed  to  preach,  1843,  at  Andover,  Mass.;  ordained  and  installed,  spring 
of  1845,  over  the  church  at  Bentonsport,  Iowa  ;  married  Sept.  26th,  1844, 
Harriet  Rose  Riggs,  daughter  of  Silas  Riggs,  of  Drakeville,  N.  J.,  and 
his  wife  Harriet  (Rose.)     She   died   April  4th,  1857,  when  he  married, 
second,  March  30th,  1859,  No.  (1308.)     He  is  now,  1862,  professor  of 
languages  and  mathematics  in   the   State  Normal  School  of  Connecticut, 
located  at  New  Britain,  but,  1865,  at  Somers,  Ct.,  at  the  head  of  a  board- 
ing school. 

1308.  "Mrs.  ANNA,  wife  of  Rev.  E.  Ripley,"  to  church  March  2d, 
1862,  by  letter  from  Second  Congregational   church,  New  London,  Rev. 
G.  Wilcox,  pastor,  born  July  20th,  1828,  at  New  London,  Ct.,  to  Giles 
Dart,  of  that  town,  and  his   wife  Mary  (Watrous,)  married  March  30th, 
1859,  No.  (1307 ;)  her  full  maiden  name,  Anna  G.  Dart. 

THEIR    CHILDREN. 

1.  William  Bradford,  born  July  30th,  1845,  at  Bentonsport,  Iowa,  died   Sept.  2d, 
1846,  aged  13  months  and  3  days. 

2.  Eugene  Bradford,  born  April  4th,  1848,  at  Bentonsport,  Iowa,  see  No.  (1364.) 

3.  Charles  Edward,  born  February  19th,  1S50,  at  Davenport,  Iowa,  died  June  13th, 
1854,  ajred  4^  years. 

4.  Louisa  Wheeler,  born  Nov.  Ifith,  1852,  at  Davenport,  Iowa. 
5    Harriet  Elizabeth,  born  May  8th,  1855,  at  Davenport,  Iowa. 

CHILDREN    BY    SECOND    WIFE. 

6.  Mary  Anna,  born  Jan.  14th,  1860,  at  Davenport,  Iowa.    £ 

7.  Margaret  Matilda,  born  February  4th,  1862,  at  New  Britain,  Ct.,  bap.  July  10th, 
1864. 

8.  Cecil,  born  Feb.  8th,  1864,  at  New  Britain,  died  April  12th,  1864,  aged  2  months, 
buried  in  New  London. 


OP    NEW    BRITAIN.  465 

1309.  "  ISAAC  POLLY  WHITING,"  to  church  1st  Sabbath  in  May,  1862, 
by  letter  from  church  in  Norwich,  Rev.  J.  P.  Gulliver,  pastor,  born  Sept. 
27th,  1825,  at  Portland,  Ct.,  to  Isaac  Polly,  of  that  town,  and  his  wife 
Sarah  (Hodge,)  married  January  9th,   1848,  No.  (1310 ;)   is  a  house 
painter  by  trade ;  his  surname   changed   in   childhood   from   Polly  to 
Whiting. 

1310.  "  Mrs  AVALINA  S.,  wife  of  I.  P.  Whiting,"  to  church  1st  Sab- 
bath in  May,  1862,  by  letter  from  the  church  in  Norwich,  Ct.,  Rev.  J.  P. 
Gulliver,  pastor,  born  Jan.  7th,  1829,  at  Bozrah,  Ct.,  to  Champlin  Gard- 
ner, of  that  town,  and  his  wife  Avalina  S.  (Abel.) 

THKIR    CHILDREN. 

1.  Elizabeth  Gardner,  born  Jan.  17th,  1849,  at  Chester,  died  Sept.  1st,  1850. 

2.  Alice  Isabella,  born  August  8th,  1852,  at  Deep  Eiver,  died  May  9th,  1854,  at 
Norwich. 

3.  Evelina  Lucretia,  born  July  24th,  1855,  at  Montville,  died  Dec.  6th,  1859. 

4.  George  Champlin,  born  April  6th,  1857. 

5.  Alice  Jennette,  born  Oct.  28th,  1860,  bap.  March  30th,  1862,  at  New  Britain. 

1311.  "Mrs.  EMELINE  MEDBURY,"  to  church  May  4th,  1862,  by  letter 
from  church  in  Rockville,  Ct.,  M.  M.  Trisselle,  clerk,  daughter  of  Samuel 
Wadsworth,  of  East  Hartford,  and  his  wife  Hannah  (Roberts,)  born  May 
10th,  1812,  at  East  Hartford,  married  Dec.  4th,  1837,  Chauncey  D.  Med- 
bury,  son  of  Nathan,  of  Saratoga  county,  N.  Y.,  and  Abigail  (Dunning,) 
his  wife,  born  March  22d,  1813,  at  Greenfield,  N.  Y. ;  he  was  by  trade  a 
cabinet  maker ;  he  died  Oct.  27th,  1845,  aged  33,  at  his  native  place. 

THEIR    CHILDREN. 

1.  Frances  Emeline,  bora  Sept.  30th,  1838,  at  Greenfield,  N.  Y.,  died  March  31st, 
1861,  at  New  Britain. 

2.  James  Oscar,  born  Nov.  18th,  1840,  at  Greenfield,   Saratoga  county,  N.  Y. ;  a 
marine  in  the  U.  S.  navy. 

1312.  -'MRS.  JULIA  F.    wife  of  John  Van  Kenren,"  to  church  May 
4th,  1862,  baptized  same  time ;  born  Oct.  24th,  1832,  at  Troy,  N.  Y.,  to 
Amasa  Kenyon  of  that  city,  and  his  wife  Ursula  (Haynes  ;)  married  June 
21st,  1853.     He  son  of  Cornelius  Van  Keurin  and  Rachel  (Miller)   his 
wife;  born  July  8th,  1830,  at  Poughkeepsie,  N.  Y.,  by  trade  a  jeweller  ; 
he  is  now,  1862,  a  2d  Lieutenant  in  the  7th  regiment,  Conn.,  volunteers, 
company  A,  Capt.  Francis,  at  Tybee  Island.     After  Capt.   Chamberliu 
was  taken  prisoner,  he  led  the  company  ;  had  a  sword,  sash,  belt  and  pis- 
tols given  him,  1862,  by  individuals  in  New  Britain. 

THEIR    CHILDREN. 

1.  Melissa,  bora  April  27th,  1854,  at  N.  Y.,  died  Aug.  7th,  1854. 

2.  Walter  C.  born  Nov.  3d,  1855,  at  N.  Y. 

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466  FIRST     CHURCH 

* 

3.  Lilian,  bora  Jan.  25th,  1857,  at  New  Britain. 

4.  Eloise  Ursula,  born  Aug.  7th,  1858,  " 

1313.  "MARY  ROZELLA  CAPRON,"  to  church  May  4th,  1862,  bap- 
tized same  time  ;  daughter  of  Daniel  B.  and  his  wife  No.   (1005 ;)  born 
Aug.  26th,  1844,  at  Broadalbin,  N.  Y, 

1314.  "MARTHA  MAKEPEACE  GIDDINGS,"  to  church  May  4th,  1862  ; 
born  Aug.  27th,  1841,  in  Hartford,  Conn.,  to  No.  (1265)  and  his  wife  No. 
(1266;)  married  Dec.  5th,  1814,  No.  (1162.) 

1315.  "  WM.  F.  RAYMOND,"  to  church  July  6th,  1862,  by  letter  from 
the  South  church,   New  Britain,  Rev.  C.  L.   Goodell,  Pastor ;  born  Oct. 
17th,  1813,  at  Montville,   Conn.,  to  Daniel    of  that  town,  and  Charlotte 
(Comstock)  his  wife;  married  Nov.  15th,   1852,  Lavinia,  daughter   of 
Deacon  Michael  Seymour,  of  Hartford,  and  his  wife   Rebecca  (Woster,) 
of  Litchfield.     She  died  Aug.  26th,  1854,  aged  30 ;  when  second   he 
married  Jan.  5th,  1858,  No.  (1316.)     His  residence  in  Stanley  quarter; 
house  built  by  No.  (675  ;)  Mr.  Raymond  is  a  successful  farmer,  came  to 
this  town,  1839,  and  represented  it  1845  and  1850  in  the  legislature.    His 
middle  name,  Fitch. 

1316.  "MRS.  ELIZABETH,"  wife  of  Wm.  F.  Raymond,"  to  church  July 
6th,  1862,  by  letter  from   the   Congregational   church  in  Essex,  Conn. ; 
born  March  1st,  1835,  to  James  J.  Llord,  of  Essex,  and  his  wife  Cornelia 
(Hayden  ;)  married  Jan.  5th,  1858,  No.  (1315.) 

HIS    CHILD    BY    HIS    FIRST   WIFE    LAVINIA. 

Charlotte  Lavinia,  born  Nov.  30th,  1853,  died  March  15th,  1866,  aged  12. 

1317.  "MRS.  HARRIET,  wife  of  Richard  S.  Southworth,"  to  church 
Sept.  7th,  1862,  by  letter  from  the  church  in  Albion,  N.  Y.,  Rev.  H.  E. 
Niles,  Pastor.     She  was  born  Aug.  21st,  1806,  at  Middletown,  Conn.,  to 
Wm.  Hamlin,  of  that  town,  and  his  wife  Thankful   (Knowles,)  of  Glas- 
tenbury.     She  married  Sept.  llth,  1861,  No.  (923,)  and  was  his  third 
wife,  and  sister  of  his  second  No.  (928.) 

1318.  "MRS.  HARRIET  L.  wife  of  Stephen  R.  Lawrence,"  to  church 
Sept.  7th,  1862,  by  letter  from  the  church  in  Swanton,  Vt.,  Rev.  C.  H. 
Bullard,    Clerk ;  born  June  25th,  1831,   at  Morristown,  Vt.,  to   Alvah 
Spaulding  and  his  wife  Emma(Cooke;)   married  Feb.  27th,  1851,  No. 
(1447.) 

THEIB   CHILDREN. 

1.  Emma  Cooke,  bora  Nov.  8th,  1852,  at  Swanton,  Vt.,  see  No.  (1356.) 

2.  Stephen  Brainard,  bora  March  20th,  1857,    "  " 

3.  Fanny  Josaphine,  bora  Jan.  15th,  1860,  at  New  Britain,  Ct. 

1319.  "  SOLOMOX  F.  LINSLEY,"  to  church  March  1st,  1863,  by  letter 
from  the  Chapel  Street  church,  New  Haven,  Rev.  Wm.  T.  Eustis,  Pastor; 


OF    NEW     BRITAIN.  467 

born  May  26th,  1830,  at  Wallingford,  to  Dea.  Marcus  of  that  town,  and 
his  wife  Clarissa  (Fowler ;)  a  joiner  by  trade,  learned  of  Lyon  Billard, 
of  Meriden;  married  Feb.  28th,  1855,  No.  (1320;)  is  now,  1863,  2d, 
Lieutenant,  company  K,  15th  regiment  Conn,  volunteers,  at  Newport 
News,  Va.  His  family  with  his  father  Tracy  in  New  Britain. 

1320.  "LuCY  A.  wife  of  Solomon  F.  Linsley,"  to  church  March  1st, 
1863,  by  letter  from  the  Chapel  Street  church,  New  Haven,  Rev.  Wm. 
T.  Eustis,  Pastor;  born  May  19th,  1834,  to  No.  (1269,)  and  his  wife  No. 
(1270;)  married  Feb.  28th,  1855,  No.  (1319;)  living  now,  1863,  with 
her  father;  both  dismissed  Feb.  9th,  1866,  to  church  in  North  Haven. 

THEIR   CHILDREN. 

1.  Edward  Tracy,  born  April  15th,  1856,  died  April  6th,  1860,  at  New  Britain. 

2.  Louisa  Nichols,  born  June  llth,  1859. 


1321.  "Lucius  D.  BLAKE,"  to  church  May  3d,  1863,  by  letter  from 
the  Congregational  church  at  East  Windsor  Hill,  J.  E.  Tyler,  Clerk ;  he 
born  Sept.   9th,  1819,   at  Winchester,  to  Harry  and  his  wife   Hannah 
(Beach  ;)    married  March  29th,  1843,  No.   (1322,)   they  have  lived  at 
Agawam,  Mass.,  and  at  East  Windsor  Hill,  have  no  children  now,  1863  ; 
have  a  residence  on  Elm  Street.     His  middle  name,  Dodridge. 

1322.  "  MRS.  SUSAN  M.  wife  of  Lucius  D.  Blake,"  to  church  May 
3d,  1863,  by  letter  from  Congregational  church,  East  Windsor  Hill,  J.  E. 
Tyler,  Clerk ;  born  Sept.  20th,  1822,  at  New  Britain,  to  Riley  Griswold 
and  his  wife  No.  (810 ;)  married   March  29th,  1843,  No.   (1321;)  her 
middle  name,  Munson. 

1323.  "MRS.  SARAH,  wife  of  E.  B.  Allen,"  to  church  May  3d,  1863  ; 
born  May  12th,  1836,  at  Kidderminster,  Worcestershire,  England,  to  Jo- 
seph Beach  and  his  wife  Elizabeth  (Price  ;)  married  Nov.  23d,  1858,  No, 
(1237.) 

1324.  "  BERNADOTTE.PERRIN,"  to  church  July  5th,  1863  ;  born  Sept. 
loth,  1847,  at  Goshen,   Conn.,   to   Rev.   L.  Perrin,   Pastor  of  the   first 
church    in  New  Britain,  and  his  wife  No.  (1201 ;)  is  now  1867,  a  mem- 
ber of  Yale  College.     Has  good  musical  taste,  and  is  a  very  acceptable 
organist,  at  the  Center  church. 

1325.  «  WM.  E.  TRACY,"  to  church  July  5th,  1863  ;  born  Jan.  10th, 
1843,  to  No.  (856)  and  his  first  wife  No.  (926,)  was  a  twin  brother  with 
Thomas  E.,  who  died  1862,  while  a  soldier  at  Port  Royal,  S.  C. 

1326.  "MRS.  MARTHA  A.  wife  of  Rollin  D.  Judd,"  to  church  July 
5th,  1863,  by  letter  from  the  Congregational  church  in  Farmington,  Rev. 
L.  L.  Paine,  Jun.,  Pastor  ;  born  April  25th,  1843,  at  Farmington,  to  Joel 
Peck  of  th.t  town,  and  his  wife   Charlotte   (Scovill ;)  married  June  9th, 
1862,  No.  (1377.) 


468  FIRST      CHURCH 

1327.  "MRS.  MARY  ANN  BRACE,"  to  church  July  5th,  1863,  by  let- 
ter from  the  church  in  Torringford,  Rev.  Mr.  Dyer,  Acting  Pastor ;  born 
April  25th,  1811,  at  Torringford,  to  Allen  Loomis  and  his  wife  Mary 
(Uead;)  married  March  27th,  1833,  Hezekiah  H.  Brace,  of  West  Hart- 
ford ;  born  June  7th,  1811,  at  Bloomfield,  to  Manning  and  Lucy  Webster 
of  Avon,  his  wife ;  he  died  April  15th,  1863,  aged  52,  in  consequence  of 
a  hurt,  in  Avon,  in  the  machinery  of  a  mill,  where  he  was  at  work ;  when 
second  she  married  May  1st,  1866,  No.  (569.) 

THEIK   CHILDREN. 

1.  Juliaetta  M.  born  July  17th,  1835,  married   May  20th,  1855,  George  Kendall, 
of  Geo. 

2.  Ellen  A.  born  June  28th,  1838,  died  March  2d,  1839. 

3.  Infant,  born  Feb.  28th,  1840,  died  immediately. 

4.  Henry  Manning,  born  Aug.  17th,  1842. 

5.  Ellen  A.  born  Nov.  23d,  1844,  married  April  2d,  1862,  Ralph  Foster,  of  Spring- 
field, Mass. 

6.  Cornelia  E.  born  Feb.  3d,  1846,  married  Oct.  19th,   1866,  Frank  A.    Steele,  son 
of  Amon. 

7.  Willie  H.  bora  Oct.  28th,  1851,  died  Jan.  16th,  1852. 

1328.  "  ELAM  P.  OSBORN,"  to  church  Aug.,  1863,  by  letter  from  Cam- 
den,  N.  Y.,  Dr.  H.  J.  Torbert,  Clerk;  born  July  10th,  1817,  at  Camden, 
N.  Y.,  to  David,  formerly   of  Harwinton,  and  his  wife  Esther  (Potter,) 
of  Plymouth;  married  May  4th,  1845,   No.  (1329.)     He  spent  15  years 
in  merchandise,  in  Camden,   N.  Y.,   came   to  this  place  in  the  spring  of 

1862,  as  a  farmer,  and  bought  the  place  formerly  Hiram  Belden's.     He 
was  also  a  travelling  agent  for  some  fire  insurance  companies.     He  died 
Aug.  22d,  1863,  of  paralysis,  a  shock  of  which  he  had  a  year  previous. 

1329.  "MRS.  MARIA  P.  wife  of  Elam  P.  Osborn,"  to   church  Aug. 

1863,  by  letter  of  recommendation  from  the   Congregational  church   in 
Camden,  N.  Y.,  Dr.  H.  J.  Torbert,  Clerk ;  born   Sept.  21st,  1815,  at 
Middlebury,  Conn.,  to  "Gideon   Platt,  of  that  town,  and  his  wife   Lydia 
(Sperry,)  of  Waterbury.     Her  full  maiden  name,  Maria  Hannah  Platt ; 
married  May  4th,  1845,  No.  (1328.) 

THEIR   CHILDREN. 

1.  Lydia  Maria,  born  July  23d,  1847,  at  Camden,  N.  Y.,  see  No.  (1354.) 

2.  Platt  David,  born  June  29th,  1851,  "  "        No.  (1401.) 

1330.  «  MRS.  LOUISA  0.  MORGAN,"  to  church  March  6th,  1864 ;  born 
Dec.  13th,  1822,  at  South  Windsor,  to  Warren  Thompson  of  that  town 
and  his  wife  Redexa  (Loomis ;)  married  Feb.  21st,  1847,  Geo.   Morgan, 
jun. ;  born  Nov.  20th,  1818,  at  Berlin,  to  Geo.  Morgan,  sen.,  and  his  wife 
Esther  (Sanford.)     He  was  a  blacksmith  by  trade,  learned  of  Jedediah 
North  ;  he  died  Dec.  25th,  1860,  aged  42. 


OF    NEW     BRITAIN.  469 


THEIR    CHILDREN. 

1.  Alice  Eliza,  born  May  3d,  1848. 

2.  George,  born  March  12th,  1852. 

1331.  "M.  ADELIA  VIETS,"  to  church  March  6th,  1864;  born  March 
10th,  1847,  to  Imly  B.  Viets  and  his  wife  No.  (936.) 

1332.  "EDWIN  S.  CHESTER,"  to  church  March  6th,  1864,  by  letter  from 
first  Pres.  church  in  Perth  Amboy,  N.  J.,  Chas.  Wallace  Mod.  of  session. 
He  was  born  Feb.  10th,  1837,  at  East  Haddam,  to  Elderkin  Chester,  of 
that  town  and  his  wife  Lucy  (Morgan  ;)  married  July  12th,  1860,  Lizzie 
Walhall,  of  English  origin ;  born  near  Liverpool,  -England.     She   died 
March  24th,  1862,  in  N.  J.     He  has  been  a  9  months'  soldier.     He  to 
church  in  N.  J.,  June,  1862.     He  second  married  May  3d,  1864,   No. 
(1208.)     He  and  wife  were  dismissed  and  recommended  to  church  in 
Sandusky,  Ohio,  April  27th,  1866.) 

THEIR   CHILD. 

Frederick  Dixon,  born  Oct.  8th,  1861,  at  Port  Plate,  San  Domingo. 

1333.  "  CHARLES  BLAKESLEE,  to  church  March  6th,  1864,  by  letter 
from  Chapel  Street  Church,  New  Haven,  Rev.  Wm.  T.  Eustis,  jun.,  Pas- 
tor; born  Feb.  25th,  1816,  at  Southington,  to  Labanand  his  wife  Lavinia 
Thorp  ;  married  Jan.  12th,  1836,  Dorothy  J.  Eddy,  daughter  of  Thomas 
and  No.  (419,)  and  was  divorced,  when  second  he  married,  April  17th, 
1856,  No.  (1334.)     He  is  an  enterprising  manufacturer,  in  company  with 
No.  (823.)     His  residence  on  West  Main  Street,  and  was  formerly  owned 
and  occupied  by  No.  (918J 

HIS    SON   BY   FIRST    WIFE   DOROTHY. 

Bernard  Franklin,  born  Sept.  2d,  1843,  at  Southington,  see  No.  (1452.) 

1334.  "MRS.  LTDIA  S.  wife  of  Chas.  Blakeslee,"  to  church  March 
6th,  1864,  by  letter  from  Chapel  Street  church,  New  Haven,  Rev.  Wm. 
T.  Eustis,  jun.,  Pastor;  born   April  23d,   1827,  at  New  Hudson,  N.  Y., 
to  No.  (1024)  and  his  wife  No.   (1025;)  married  April  17th,  1856,  No. 
(1333.)     Her  full  maiden  name,  Lydia  Ursula  Slater. 

THEIR   CHILDREN. 

2.  Charles  Burnham,  born  July  13th,  1857,  died  Jane  5th,  1863,  at  New  Haven, 
aged  6  years,  but  buried  in  New  Britain. 

3.  Lillian  Ursula,  born  April  7th,  1864,  at  New  Britain,  bap.  July  2d,  1865. 

1335.  "  ETHAN  JUPD,"   to  church   March  6th,  1864,  by  letter  from 
Congregational  church    in  Rutland,  Vt.,  Rev.  Norman  Seaver,  Pastor ; 
born  March  25th,  1798,  to  No.   (195)  and  his  wife  No.  (318;)  married 
Nov.  18th,  1828,  No.  1336;  lived  many  years  in  Vt. 


470  FIRST     CHURCH 

1336.  ';MR%  MELISSA.  C.  wife  of  Ethan  Judl,"  to  church  March  6th, 

1864,  by  letter  from  Congregational  church  in   East  Rutland,  Vt.,  Rev. 
Norman  Seaver,  Pastor  ;  born  Jan.  3d,  1808,  at  New  Marlboro,  Mass.,  to 
David  Collins   and  his  wife   Hannah    Gilbert,  who  had  been   Widow  of 
Russell  Case,  of  Simsbury  ;  married  Nov.  18th,  1828,  No.  (1335.) 

THEIR     CHILDREN. 

1.  Infant  son,  born  March  28th,  1830,  died  at  3  hours. 

2.  Louisa  M.  born  Oct.  26th,  1833,  died  Aug.  24th,  1852,  aged  19. 

3.  Mary  Collins,  born  June  30th,  1837,  died  Aug.  16th,  1837. 

1337.  "  SAMUEL  MCELRATH,"  to  church  March  6th,  1864;  born  Aug. 
1st,  1831,  at  Boveedy,  County  of  Londonderry,  Ireland,  to  James  of  that 
place,  and  his  wife  Mary  McLean  ;  is  a  private  in  company  H,  12th  regi 
ment  Conn.,   volunteers  ;  went  to  Ship  Island  and  New  Orleans,  has  re- 
enlisted  in  same  company.     He  is  of  Scatch  origin.     He  married  March 
llth,  1864,  No.  (1277.)     He  lost  an  arm  Dec.  27th,  1866,  in  the  Knit- 
ting Factory. 

THEIR    CHILD. 

James  Brown,  born  Dec.  17th,  1864. 

1338.  "  STANLEY  A.  CARTER,"   to  church  May  1st,   1864,  baptized 
same  time;  bom  Nov.  24th,  1840,  at  Lyden,  N.  Y.,  to  Loyal  W.  and  his 
wife  Lucy  Rose  ;  worked  on  his  fathers'  farm  until  the  fall  of  1863,  when 
he  came  to  New  Britain  and  labored  in  the  Rule  and  Level  Shop.     But 
June  16th,  1865,  was  dismissed  and  recommended  to  Presbyterian  church 
in  Batavia,  N.  Y. 

1339.  "  GEORGE  C.  BOOTH,"  to  church  May  1st,  1864 ;  born  March 
5th,  1839,  at  Farmington,  to  Alfred  of  New  Britain,  and  his  wife  Sophia 
Williams,  of  Windsor,  Conn.     He  attended  the  State  Normal  School  at 
New  Britain,  some  three  terms.     He  was  commissioned  a  teacher  to  the 
Freedmen,  at  St.  Louis,  1864,  by  the  American  Mission  Association,  and 
went  in  Sept.   to  that  post.     He  was  dismissed  and  recommended   Oct. 
14th,  1864,  to  Methodist  church,  in  St.  Louis.     He  married  June   26th, 

1865,  Sarah  Jane  Brown,  of  Quincy,  111. 

1340.  "HENRY  S.  WALTER,"  to   church  July  3d,  1864;  born  Dec. 
16th,  1848,  to  No.  (1066)  and  his  second  wife  No.  (933.) 

1341.  "  CHAMPLA'IN  GARDNER,"  to  church   July  3d,  1864,  by  letter 
from  church  in  Montville,  W.  R.  Long,  Clerk  ;  born  Oct.  13th,  1791,  at 
Bozrah,  to  David  of  that  town,  and  Sarah  Miner  his  wife ;  married  Oct. 
4th,  1812,  No.  (1342  ;)  a  joiner  by  trade,  lives  1865,  on  Arch  Street. 

1342.  "MRS.  AVALINA  S.  wife  of  Charaplain  .Gardner,"   to  church 
July  3d,  1864,  by  letter  from  first  Congregational  church  in  Montville,  W- 
R.  Long,  Clerk ;  born  Nov.  18th,  1797,  at  Bozrah,  to  Dea.  Simeon  Abel, 


OF    NEW     BRITAIN.  471 

of  that  town,  and  Lucy  H.  Leffingwell,  of  Norwich,  his  wife;  married 
Oct.  4th,  1812,  No.  (1341.) 

THEIR    CHILDREN. 

1.  Matilda  L.  born  March  llth,  1813,  at  Bozrah,  married  June  1st,  1831,  Edward 
Higgins. 

2.  Lucretia  L.  bora  Oct.  18th,  1816,  see  No.  (1343.) 

3.  Simeon  A.  born  June  24th,  1818,  married  Sept.  24th,  1843,  Matilda  Clark. 

4.  Martin  L.  born  Feb.  9th,  1825,  died  aged  5  weeks. 

5.  Martin  L.  2d  of  name,  born  April  6th,  1826,  married  Harriet  Doane,  June,  1850- 

6.  Avalina  S.  born  Jan.  7th,  1829,  see  No.  (1310.) 

7.  Revillo  C.  bora  Feb.  25th,  1831,  died  aged  5  months,  16  days. 

8.  Lucy  Ann,  born  Aug.  24th,  1833,  married  March  4th,  1855,  Frederic  F.  Parker. 

1343.  "  LUCRETIA  L.  GARDNER,"  to  church  July  3d,  1864,  by  letter 
from  first  Congregational  church  in  Montville  ;  born  Oct.  18th,  1816,  at 
Bozrah,  to  No.  (1341)  and  his  wife  No.  (1342  ;)  united  at  about  16  with 
the  Congregational  church  of  East  Haddam. 

1344.  "MRS.  MART  L.  MOORE,"  to  church  Jan.  1st,  1865,by  letter  from 
the  church  in  Tolland,  Mass.,  Rev.   Geo.  Ford,  Pastor  ;  born  Jan.  20th, 
1827,  at  Tolland,  Mass.,  to  Joseph  C.  Potter  of  that  town,  and  Weltha 
(Stewart)  his  wife;  married  Oct.  2d,  1844,  -Reynold  T.   Moore;  born 
June  4th,  1823,  at  Tolland,  Mass.,  to  Deacon  Elizur  D.  Moore,  and  his 
wife  Harriet  (Wads worth  ;)  1862  a  soldier  in  14th  regiment  Conn,  vol- 
unteers, was  taken  prisoner  at  the  battle   of  Chancellorsville,  Va.,  and 
paroled. 

THEIR    CHILDREN. 

1.  Mary  L.  bom  Jan.  25th,  1849,  at  Tolland  Mass.,  see  No.  ("1346.) 

2.  Emma  L.  born  Feb.  3d,  1852,  "        "  "     see  No.  (1357.) 

3.  Mattie  E.  born  July  15th,  1859,        "  " 

1345.  "MRS.  CHARLOTTE  A.  BEECHER,"  wife  of  Lyman  H.Beecher, 
to  church  Jan.  1st,  1865,  daughter  of  Rufus   Seymour,  of  Colebrook,  and 
his  wife  Althea  Underwood;  born  March  25th,  1822, at  Colebrook;  mar- 
ried Oct.  26th,  1845.     He  son  of  Amos  Beecher,  of  Barkhamsted,  and 
his  wife  Phebe  Hart,  of  Southington.     He  was  born  Dec.  20th,  1819,  at 
Barkhamsted. 

THEIR    CHILD. 

Amos  Wilbur,  Dec.  28th,  1854",  at  Colebrook,  bap.  Jan.  1st,  1865,  at  New  Britain. 

1346.  "  MART  L.  MOORE,"  to  church  Jan.  1st,  1865  ;  born  Jan.  25th, 
1849,  at  Tolland  Mass.,  to  Reynold  T.  Moore  of  that  town,  and  his  wife 
No.  (1344.) 

1347.  "NATHAN  SMITH  BRONSON,"  to  church  March  5th,  1865,  by 
letter  from  the  third  church,  New  Haven,  C.  L.  Cleaveland,  pastor ; 
born  Nov.  20th,  1837,  at  Waterbury,  to  Dr.  Henry  Bronson,  now,  1865, 


472  FIRST     CHURCH 

of  New  Haven,  and  his  wife  Sarah  Mills  (Lathrop,)  of  Springfield, 
Mass.;  married,  May  30th,  1861,  No.  (1348;)  he  bought,  1864,  the  farm 
formerly  called  the  Skinner  farm,  but  lately  the  0.  B.  North  farm,  on 
East  St.;  his  residence  now,  1867,  the  Dr.  Smalley  place,  renovated. 

1348.  "MRS.  CHARLOTTE,  wife  of  N.  S.  Bronson,"  to  church  March 
5tb,  1865,  by  letter  from  third  church,  New  Haven,  C.  L.  Cleav  eland, 
pastor;  born  May  6th,   1840,  at   Torringford,   to  Burton  Pond,  of  that 
town,  and   his  wife    Charlotte  (Colt;)  married,   May  30th,   1861,  No. 
(1347.) 

THEIR    CHILDREN. 

1.  Alice  Pond,  born  Aug.  23d,  1862,  at  New  Haven. 

2.  Henry  Burton,  born  Sept.  6th,  1864,  at  New  Britain,  died  June  7th,  1865,  at  New 
Haven. 

3.  Joseph  Lathrop,  born  Aug.  22d,  1866,  bap.  April  28th,  1867. 

1349.  "JESSE  STANLEY,"   to  church  May  7th,  1865,  born  Aug.  1st, 

1848,  to  No.  (1027)  and  her  husband  Oliver  C.  Stanley. 

1350.  "ADDISON  PERRIN,"  to  church  May  7th,  1865,  born  Sept.  27th, 
1852,  to  Eev.  L.  Perrin,  pastor  of  the  church,  and  his  wife  No.  (1201.) 

1351.  "MRS.  EMILY  A.,  wife  of  Lafayette  Bosworth,"  to  church  July 
2d,  1865,  by  letter  from  the  second  church  in  Rockville ;  born  May  8th, 
1830,  at  North  Coventry,  to  Caleb  Fenton  and  his  wife  Sabrina  (Morley ;) 
married,  April  28th,  1864,  No.  (1301,)  and  is  his  third  wife. 

1352.  "MRS.  ANGELINE,  wife  of  James  Thompson,"  to  church  July 
2d,  1865,  and  baptized  same  time;  born  May  8th,  1830,  to  James  Black- 
well,  of  Avon,  and  his  wife  Dorinda  (Alvord;)  married,  May  10th,  1852, 
James  Thompson,  son  of  John  of  Farmington,  and  his  wife  Nancy  (Or- 
vis;)  born   Feb.  5th,  1822;  his  residence   on  Willow   St.,    formerly  the 
residence  of  Norman  Eddy  ;  Mr,  Thompson  has  been  very  successful  in 
the  grocery  business,  and  has  a  fine  store  on  Main  st. 

THEIR    CHILDREN. 

1.  Ella  B.,  born  June  13th,  1853. 

2.  Millard  B.,  bora  May  29th,  1855. 

3.  Wilbur,  born  Feb.  18th,  1859. 

1353.  "CATHARINE  PERRIN,"  to  church  July  2d,  1865,  born  Dec.  8th 
1850,  to  Rev.  L.  Perrin,  pastor  of  the  church,  and  his  wife  No.  (1201.) 

1354.  "LYDIA  M.  OSBORNE,  to  church  July  2d,  1865,  born  July  23d, 
1847,  to  No.  (1328)  and  his  wife  No.  (1329.) 

1355.  "SARAH  M.  STRONG,"  to  church  July  2d,  1865,  baptized  same 
time ;  born  March  28th,  1850,  to  No.  (1148)  and  his  wife  No.  (1149,)  at 
Woodbury,  Ct. 

1356.  "ELENORA  J.  VEITS,"  to  church  July  2d,  1865,  born  July  22d, 

1849,  to  Imlay  B.  Veits  and  his  wife  No.  (936.) 


OP    NEW    BRITAIN.  473 

1357.  «EMMA  L.  MOORE,"  to  church  July  2d,  1865,  born  Feb.  3d, 
1852,  at  Tolland,  Mass.,  to  R.  T.  Moore  and  his  wife  No.  (1344.) 

1358.  "  LOUISE  E.  BABCOCK,"   to  church  July  2d,   1865,  baptized 
same  time;  born  Jan.   llth,  1852,  to  Dr.  E.  D.  Babcock,  and   his  wife 
No.  (993.) 

1359.  "EMMA  C.  LAWRENCE,"  to  church  July  2d,  1865,  born  Nov. 
8th,  1852,  at  Swanton,  Vt.,  to  No.  (1447)  and  his  wife  No.  (1318.) 

1360.  "HERMAN  F.  WELLS,"  to  church   July  2d,  1865,  born  April 
29th,  1849,  to  No.  (942)  and  his  wife  No.  (1093.) 

1361.  "WILLIE  A.  MINOR,"  to  church  July  2d,  186^,  baptized  same 
time,  born   Sept.  25th,  1851,  at  Derby,  Ct.,  to  No.  (1143)  and  his  first 
wife  Ursula  (Allen.) 

1362.  "MRS.  MATILDA,  wife  of  Robert  Couples,"  to  church  Sept.  3d, 
1865,  bora  May  18th,  1829,  to  John  McElrath  and  his  wife  No.  (1276;) 
married.  July  23d,  1853. 

THEIR   CHILDREN. 

1.  Ann  Jane,  born  Dec.  1st,  1847,  bap.  Nov.  5th,  1865. 

2.  Robert  George,  born  April  6th,  1860,  bap.  Nov.  5th,  1865. 

3.  James  Timothy,  bora  Sept.  21st,  1864,  bap.  Nov.  5th,  1865. 

1363.  "JOSEPH  HANNOE  RASCOE,"  to  church  Nov.  5th,  1865,  bap- 
tized same  time ;  born   Sept.  25th,  1848,  at  Windsor,  N.  C.,  to  Joseph 
Eascoe,  of  that  town,  and  Hannah,  his  hired  slave. 

1364.  "EUGENE  B.  RIPLEY,"  to  church  Nov.  5th,  1865,  born  April 
4th,  1848,  at  Bentonsport,  Iowa,  to  No.  (1307,)   and  Harriet  R.  Riggs, 
his  first  wife;  he  is  now,   1865,  book-keeper  for  the  "Stanley  Rule  and 
Level  Co." 

1365.  "MARTHA  MARIA  BELDEN,"   to  church  Jan.   7th,  1866,  and 
baptized  same  time ;  born  July  29th,  1829,  to  Geo.  D.  Belden,  and  Eliz- 
abeth (Sanger,)  his  wife ;  successful  as  a  milliner  on  Main  street,  New 
Britain. 

1366.  ''JENNIE  L.  ANDREWS,"  to  church  Jan.  7th,  1866,  born  Aug. 
10th,  1847,  to  No.  (478)  and  his  second  wife  No.  (657;)  married,  June 
6th,  1866,  Lyraan  A.  Mills,  son  of  Rev.   C.  L.  Mills  and  his  first  wife 
Rebecca  (Lyman ;)  born  Feb.  25th,  1841,  at  Middlefield,  Ct. ;  she  was 
dismissed  and  recommended  to  church  in  Middlefield,  Dec.  20th,  1866. 

1367.  "AURELIA  MELVINA  JONES,"  to  church  Jan.  7th,  1866,  and 
baptized  same  time ;  born  Nov.  5th,  1844,  to  No.  (1072)  and  her  second 
husband,  Wm.  B.  Jones, 

1368.  "  BENJAMIN  F.  CLOTES,"  to  church  Jan.  7th,  1866,  by  letter 
from  church  in  Conway,  Mass.,  Rev.  E.  Cutler,  pastor ;  son  of  Benjamin, 
of  Framingham,  Mass.,  and  his  wife  Esther  Pratt,  of  Sturbridge,  Mass. ; 
born  March  27th,  1800,  at  Charleston,  N.  H.}  married,  Nov.  24th,  1824, 


474  FIRST    CHURCH. 

No.  (1369;)  he  a  tinman  by  trade,  and   stove   dealer,  on   Main  St.,  oppo- 
site the  old  North  church,  now  Strickland  Hall. 

1369.  "MRS,  SARAH,  wife  of  B.  F.  Cloyes,"  to  church  Jan.  7^h,  1866, 
by  letter  from  church  in  Conway,  Mass.,  Rev.  E.  Cutler,  pastor ;  daugh- 
ter of  Benjamin  Bird,  of  Plainville,  Ct.,  and  his  wife  Deborah  (Carring- 
ton;)  born  Sept.  17th,  1804,  married,  Nov.  24th,  1824,  No.  (1368;)  she 
died  Aug.  10th,  1867,  in  her  63d  year,  at  New  Britain. 

THEIR    CHILDREN. 

1.  Elizabeth  P.,  born  Jan.  27th,  1826,  at  Esperance,  N.  Y.,  married,  Aug.  3d,  1847 
Wm.  M.  Foster,  of  Bloomfield. 

2.  Joseph' H.,  born  Nov.  29th,  1827,  married,  April,  1852,  Eliza  D.  Wheeler. 

3.  Julia  M.,  born  Nov.  7th,  1831,  at  New  Hartford,  Ct.,  died  July  31st,  1833,  aged 
1  year  and  8  months. 

4.  Sarah  J.,  born  Sept.  4th,  1835,  at  Brooklyn,  Ct.,  married,  Jan.,  1860,  John  W. 
Cleaveland. 

5.  Fanny  M.,  born  Jan.  7th,  1837,  at  Brooklyn,  Ct.,  married,  Pec.  19th,  1856,  Ste- 
phen W.  Deming. 

6.  Harriet  E.,  born  Aug.  2d,  1845,  at  Springfield,  Mass.,  died  Dec.  llth,  1864,  at 
Conway,  Mass. 

1370.  MRS.  RUTH  SAVAGE  BUCKLEY,"  to  church  Jan.  7th,  1866,  by 
letter  from  church  in  Berlin,  Rev.  Wilder  Smith,  pastor ;  born  July  3d, 
1800,  at  Berlin,  to  Seth  Savage  and  his  wife  Esther  (De Wolfe ;)  mar- 
ried, Sept.  15th,  1819,  Justus  Buckley,  son  of  Justus,  of  Rocky  Hill,  and 
his  wife  Mabel  (Boardman;)  he  died  Jan.  6th,  1844,  aged  48;  her  resi- 
dence on  Franklin  st. 

THEIR    CHILDREN. 

1.  Maria  L.,  born  April  16th,  1821,  married;  Lyman  Wilcox ;  she  died  Dec. 
1st,  1859. 

2.  Walter  H.,  born  Feb.  25th,  1823,  died  May  10th,  1862. 

3.  Edwin  L.,  born  Dec.  28th,  1825,  died  May  15th,  1826. 

4.  Edwin  A.,  born  April  30th,  1827,  married  Mary  Sanford. 

5.  Mary  A.,  born  July  27th,  1830,  see  No.  (1372.) 

6.  Harriet  S.,  bora  June  5th,  1832,  see  No.  (1115.) 

1371.  "FRANCIS  CHAMBERS,"   to  church  Jan.  7th,  1866,  by  letter 
from  the  church  in   Berlin,    Rev.  Wilder   Smith,  pastor ;  born  May  7th, 
1828,  at  Rocky  Hill,  to  George  O.,  of  that  town,  and  his  wife  Martha 
(Robbins;)  married,  Dec.  llth,   1854,  No.  (1372;)  is  a  lawyer  by  pro- 
fession and  occupation,  and  resides  on  Franklin  st. 

1372.  "MRS.  MARY  A.  CHAMBERS,"   to  church   Jan.  7th,    1866,  by 
letter  from  church  in  Berlin,  Rev.  Wilder  Smith,  pastor ;  born  July  27th, 
1830,  at  Berlin,  to  Justus  Buckley  and  his  wife  Ruth  (Savage;)  married 
Dec.  llth,  1854,  to  No.  (1371.) 

THEIR   CHILDREN. 

1.  Agnes  B.,  born  Dec.  3d,  1855. 

2.  Mary  E  ,  bora  Oct.  7th,  1861. 


OF    NEW    BRITAIN.  475 

1373.  "MRS.  EUNICE  STEBBINS  PARKER,"  to  church  Jan.  7th,  1866, 
by  letter  from  church  in  Meriden,  Rev.  II.  C.JIayden,  pastor;  born  Oct. 
8th,  1827,  at  Springfield,  Mass.,  to   Henry  Stebbins  and  his   wife  Lucy 
(Atkins ;)  married,  March  loth,  1847,  Emery  Parker,  son  of  Samuel,  of 
Amherst,  and  his  wife  Rebecca  (Dickinson;)  born  June  26th,  1825  ;  his 
residence  on  East  Main  st. 

THEIR   CHILDREN. 

1.  Imogene,  born  Dec.  27th,  1848,  died  Dec.  27th,  1849. 

2.  Wm.  E.,  born  Feb.  20th,  1851. 

•3.  Franklin  H.,  born  June  1st,  1852,  died  July  18th,  1855. 

4.  Maria  L.,  born  Nov.  4th,  1854. 

5.  Nellie,  born  Oct.  5th,  1858. 

6.  Harriet  S.,  born  Aug.  27th,  1860,  died  April  16th,  1861. 

7.  Henry  S.,  born  Feb.  23d,  1862. 

8.  Georgiana  D.,  born  Nov.  27th,  1864. 

9.  John  Kilbourn,  bora  June  30th,  1866,  died  Sept.  ^  6th,  1866,  aged  11  weeks. 

1374.  "MRS.  Lois  PERRIN,"  to  church  Jan.  7th,  1866,  by  letter  from 
church  at  East  Windsor  Hill,  E.  Ellsworth,  clerk ;  born  Jan.  30th,  1793, 
at  South  Hadley,  Mass.,  to  Elijah  Lee,  of  Vernon,  Ct.,  and  his  wife  Sa- 
rah (Higgins;)  married  April  30th,  1812,  to  No.  (1395.) 

THEIR    CHILDREN. 

1.  Mary  Ann,  bora  July  26th,  1813,  married,  Nov.  28th,   1844,  Samuel  Galpin,  of 
Wethersfield,  Ct. 

2.  Mariette,  born  July  26th,  1813,  married,  Nov.  27th,  1839,  Edward  Brigham,  of 
Coventry,  Ct. 

3.  Lavalette,  born  May  15th,  1816,  married,  June  4th,   1844,  Ann  Eliza  Comstock, 
of  Ridgefield. 

4.  Roselle,  bora  Aug.  31st,  1821,  married,  Jan.  15th,  1839,  Rev.  David  Bancroft,  of 
Willington. 

1375.  "  JULIA  MILLS  LTMAN,"  to  church  Jan.  7th,  1866,  born  Aug. 
12th,  1849,  at  New  Hartford,  Ct.,  to  Rufus  Lyman,  of  that  town,  and  his 
wife  Sarah  (Deming;)  attending  now,  1866,  the   State  Normal  School; 
she  was  dismissed  and  recommended  by  letter,  Dec.   21st,  1866,  to  the 
Congregational  church  in  Northfield,  Ct. 

1376.  "ALFRED  PITKIN  WILLIAMS,"  to  church  Jan.  7th,  1866,  bap- 
tized same  time;  born  July  29th,  1841,  at  Hartford,  to  Levi  Williams,  of 
East  Hartford,  and  his  wife  Lucy  (Roberts ;)  occupation,  a  mechanic. 

1377.  "ROLLIN  D.  JUDD,"  to  church  March  4th,  1866,  and  baptized 
same  time ;  born  June   9th,   1840,  to  No,  (823)   and   his  first  wife  No. 
(959 ;)  married,  June  9th,  1862,  No.  (1326  ;)  he  by  occupation  a  me- 
chanic, his  residence  with  -his  father,  corner  of  West  Main  and  Wash- 
ington sts. 

1378.  "MARTHA  L.  JUDD,"  to  church  March  4th,  1866,  born  July  9, 
1846,  to  No.  (918)  and  his  first  wife  No.  (619.) 


476  FIRST    CHURCH 

1379.  "  JULIA  ANN  DE"WEIR,"  to  church  March  4th,  1866,  and  bap- 
tized same  time;  born  March   18th,  1844,  at  "Wolcottville,  to  John  De- 
Weir,  of  that  town,  and  his  wife  Margaret. 

1380.  "MRS.  ANN  ELIZA  ANDREWS,"  to  church  May  6th,  1866,  bap- 
tized same  time;  marrie^,  June  25th,   1862,  No.  (1103,)  she  born  Jan. 
19th,  1836,  at  Wethersfield,  to  Samuel  J.  Andrews,  of  that  town,  and  his 
wife  Chloe  Ann  (Francis.) 

1381.  "MRS.  FANNY  M.  CLARK,"  to  church  May  6th,  1866,  baptized 
same  time ;  born  Oct.  20th,  1833,  at  Middletown,  to  Leander  Hotchkiss 
and  his  wife  Sarah  (Lowe;)  married,  May  15th,  1856,  Edwin  S.  Clark, 
son  of  No.  (477 ;)  he  lived  at  the  old  Clark  Homestead,  and  died  there, 
April  12th,  1865,  in  the  36th  year  of  his  age. 

THEIR   CHILDREN. 

1.  Sarah  Louise,  born  Feb.  f-lth,  1857,  bap.  Aug.  31st,  1866.. 

2.  Emma  Augusta,  born  Oct.  21st,  1850,  bap.  Aug.  31st,  1866. 

3.  Mary  Fannie,  born  Nov.  5th,  1862,  bap.  Aug.  31st,  1866. 

4.  Edwin  Chauncey,  bora  Nov.  19th,  1864,  bap.  Aug.  31st,  1866. 

1382.  "MRS.  CLEORA  W.  WETMORE,"  to  church  May  6th,  1866,  born 
May  24th,  1824,  at  Norwich,  Mass.,  to  Artemas   Knight  and   his  wife 
Mary  W.  (Kingsley ;)  married,  Oct.  18th,  1850,  Chas.  H.  Wetmore,  son 
of  John,  of  Litchfield,  and  his  wife  Anna   (Seymour ;)  born  Nov.  27th, 
1821,  at  Litchfield;  his  residence  corner  of  Walnut  and  Prospect  sts. ; 
by  trade  a  joiner. 

THEIR   CHILDREN. 

1.  Alice  C.,  born  Nov.  18th,  1851. 

2.  Frank  K.,  bora  Nov.  17th,  1853. 

3.  Charles  E.,  bora  Sept.  30th,  1855. 

4.  Harry  S.,  born  June  5th,  1858. 

1383.  "Mas.  CATHARINE  D.  HARTMAN,"  to  church  May  6th,  1866, 
born  Nov.  12th,  1831,  at  Bemphlingen,   Germany,  to   Gotleib  F.  Mack 
and  his  wife  Catharine  M.  Kuhefuss ;  married,  Feb.  15th,  1853,  Chas.  A. 
Hartman,  son  of  John  T.,  of  Germany,  and  his  wife  Sophia  ;  born  Sept. 
19th,  1823. 

THEIR  CHILDREN. 

1.  Katie  S.,born  Marsh  27th,  1855. 

2.  Wm.  T.,  born  July  31st,  1857. 

3.  Frederic  A.,  born  March  18th,  1861. 

1384.  "MART  A.  BULKLEY,"  to  church  May  6th,  1866,  born  Nov. 
7th,  1841,  at  Berlin,  to  Wm.  J.  Bulkley  and  his  wife  Luanna  (Belden;) 
married,  June  28th,  1866,  Chas.  H.  Beaton. 


OF    NEW    BRITAIN.  477 

1385.  "MARTHA  E.  STANLEY,"  to  church  May  6th,  1866,  born  July 
7th,  1846,  to  No.  (604)  and   his  wife  No.  (984 ;)  married,  Sept.  18th, 
1866,  Charles  H.  Cornwell;  he  born  April  10th,  1836,  to  No.  (401.) 

1386.  "MARION  R.  ELLIS,"  to  church  May  6th,  1866,  born  Aug.  1st, 
1848,  to  No:  (1079)  and  his  wife  (1080.) 

1387.  "  GRACE  ELLEN  JUDD,"  to  church  May  6th,  1866,  and  baptized 
same  time;  born  July  27th,  1849,  to  No.  (1190)  and  his  wife  No.  (1191.) 

1388.  "ELLEN  S.  BARTLETT,"  to  church  May  6th,  1866,  born  March 
28th,  1848,  to  No.  (1282)  and  his  wife  No.  (1283.) 

1389.  "L.  HOTT  PEASE,"  to  church  May  6th,  1866,  born  Jan.  20th, 
1845,  to  No.  (1038)  and  his  wife  No.  (1039.) 

1390.  «WM.  H.  ELLIS,"  to  church  May  6th,  1866,  born  Nov.  10th, 
1843,  to  No.  (1079)  and  his  wife  (1080.) 

1391.  «  WM.  H.  GIDDINGS,"  to  church  May  6th,  1866,  born  Jan.  17, 
1847,  to  No.  (1265)  and  his  wife  No.  (1266.) 

1392.  "CHARLES  J.  PARKER,"  to  church  May  6th,  1866,  born  Oct. 
21st,  1849,  to  No.  (864)  and  his  wife  No.  (891.) 

1393.  "HORACE  W.  BOOTH,"   to  church  May  6th,  1866,  born  Oct. 
18th,  1849  to  No.  (793)  and  his  wife  No.  (1094.) 

1394.  "MRS.  EMILY  MOORE,"  to  church  March  4th,   1866,  by  letter 
from  church  in  West  Winsted,  John   Hinsdale,   clerk ;  born  Jan.  20th, 
1832,  at  Sheffield,   Eng.,  to  Edward  Roberts  and   his  wife  Mary  Lee ; 
married,  Nov.  26th,  1854,  Thomas  W.  Moore,  of  Bantam  Falls,  and  his 
wife  Wealthy  (Griswold,)  born  Jan.  31st,  1830. 

1395.  "AARON  PERRIN,"   to  church  July  1st,  1866,  born  June  26th, 
1786,  to  Solomon  Perrin,  of  Vernon,  Ct.,  and  his  wife  Anna  (Kellogg;) 
married,  April  30th,  1812,  No.  (1374;)  resides  with  his  son  (our  pastor,) 
on  Washington  st. 

1396.  "MRS.  ANNA  H.  DICKINSON,"  to  church  July  1st,  1866,  bap- 
tized same  time ;  born  March   10th,   1830  to   Lorenzo   Hayes,  of  East 
Windsor,  and  his  wife  Arminda  (Robinson ;)  married,  Jan.  1st,  1850,  to 
No.  (1157.) 

1397.  FANNIE  LOUISE  DICKINSON,"  to  church  July  1st,  1866,  bap- 
tized same  time;  born  Sept.  22d,  1850,  to  No.  (1157)  and  his  wife  No. 
(1396.) 

1398.  "  THOMAS  R.  RHODES,"  to  church  July  1st,  1866,  baptized  same 
time,  born  Feb.  2d,  1850,  to  Henry  E.  Rhodes,  and  his  wife,  No.  (1248.) 

1399.  "CHARLOTTE  M.  GLADDEN,"  to  church  July  1st,  1866,  baptized 
same  time,  born  June  10th,  1843,  to  Henry  Gladden,  and  his  second  wife, 
No.  (711  ;)  choir  singer,  alto. 

1400.  "RoxY  RECOR,"  to  church  July  1st,  1866,  baptized  same  time, 
born  Jan.  21st,  1850,  to  Philo,  and  his  wife  Almira  (Morgan,)  lives,  1867, 
with  No.  (560.) 


478  FIRST     CHURCH 

1401.  "  PLATT  D.  OSBORK,"  to  church  July  1st,  18G6,  born  June  29th, 
1851,  at  Camden,  N.  Y.,  to  No.  (1328,)  and  his  wife,  No.  (1329  ;)  re- 
markably tall,  now,  1867,  stands  six  feet  four  inches  in  stockings. 

1402.  "Mrs.  SARAH  JANE  MALLORT,"  to  church  July  1st,  1866,  bap- 
tized by  immersion  previous  week,  born  March  31st,  1835,  at  Avon,  to 
Daniel  M.  Alford,  of  that  town,  and  his  wife  Emira  (Mills,)  of  Canton, 
married  Sept.  2d,  1856,  No.  (1426.) 

1403.  "JAMES  ANDERSON,"  to  church  July  1st,  1866,  born  August  1st, 
1821,  at  Basking  Ridge,  N.  J.,  to  Guion,  of  New  York,  and  his   wife, 
Mary  (Woodward,)  married  Jan.  30th,  1865,  No.  (1404 ;)  a  tailor  by 
trade. 

1404.  "  Mrs.  EUNICE  M.  ANDERSON,"  to  church  July  1st,  1866,  born 
May  26th,  1839,  at  Old  Lyme,  to  Deacon  Charles  Comstock,  of  that  town, 
and  his  wife. 

1405.  «ROENA  W.  PRIOR,"  to  church  July  1st,  1866,  born  May  15th, 

1844,  to  Prosper  Prior,  and  his  wife,  No.  (1297.) 

1406.  "MARY  W.  SWIFT,"  to  church  July  1st,  1866,  born  May  20th, 

1845,  to  No.  (1284,)  and  his  wife,  No.  (1285.) 

1407.  "MATTIE  F.  PEASE,"  to  church  July  1st,  1866,  born  Nov.  28th, 
1845,  to  No.  (1038,)  and  his  wife,  No.  (1039,)  now  a  teacher. 

1408.  "MARY  L.  HOTCHKISS,  to  church  July  1st,  1866,  born  October 
23d,  1849,  at  Southington,  to   George  F.,  of  New  Haven,  and  his  wife, 
No.  (1292.) 

1409.  "SARAH  A.  STANLEY,"  to  church  July  1st,  1866,  born  Feb.  21st, 

1851,  to  No.  (604,)  and  his  wife,  No.  (984.) 

1410.  "  MARY  ESTELLA  HIGGINS,"  to  church  July  1st,  1866,  born 
Aug.  20th,  1852,  to  No.  (1155,)  and  his  wife,  No.  (1156.) 

1411,  "EMMA  S.  COMINGS,"  to  church  July  1st,  1866,  born   March 
24th,  1852,  a  twin  with,  Willie,  to  No.  (1109,)  and  his  wife,  No.  (1110.) 

1412.  "  GRACE  STANLEY,"  to  church  July  1st,  1866,  born  April  8th, 

1852,  to  No.  (1164,)  and  his  first  wife,  No.  (886.) 

1413.  "ANNA  R.  BEEBE,"  to  church  July  1st,  1866,  born  April  25th, 

1853,  to  No.  (1140,)  and  his  wife,  No.  (1141.) 

1414.  "  JULIUS  H.  PEASE,"  to  church  July  1st,  1866,  born  Nov.  22d, 
1848,  to  No.  (1038,)  and  his  wife,  No.  (1039 ;)  is  a  book  keeper. 

1415.  "ALEXANDER  F.  EMMONS,"  to  church  July  1st,  1866,  born 
April  4th,  1850,  at  Guilford,  to  No.  (1131,)  and  his  wife,  No.  (1132.) 

1416.  "WILLIAM  E.  PARKF.R,"  to  church  July  1st,  1866,  born  Feb. 
20th,  1851,  to  Emory  Parker,  and  his  wife,  No.  (1373.) 

1417.  "WILLIAM  H.  THORNTON,"  to  church  July  1st,  1866,  born  Oct. 
10th,  1851,  to  No.  (1222,)  and  his  wife,  No.  (1223.) 

1418.  "FREDERICK  W.  GIDDINGS,"  to  church  July  1st,  1866,  born 
Aug.  27th,  1850,  to  No.  (12G5,)  and  his  wife,  No.  (126'i.) 


OP    NEW    BRITAIN.  479 

T  1419.  "  WILLIAM  SWIFT  GOODWIN,"  to  church  July  1st,  1866,  born 
Sept.  30th,  1849,  at  South  Canaan,  Ct.,  to  Rsv.  Harley  Goodwin,  of  that 
town,  and  his  wife  Lydia  R.  (Swift,)  of  Cornwall ;  lives  with  his  uncle, 
No.  (1284.) 

1420.  "  ERNEST  AUGUST  HARTMAN,"  to  church  July  1st,  1866,  by 
letter  from  Ev.  Lutheran  church,  Saxony,  married  Feb.  loth,  1853,  No. 
(1383.) 

1421.  "Mrs.  MARY  E.  ROBINSON,"  to  church  July  1st,  1866,  by  letter 
from  13th  Street  Presbyterian  church,  New  York,  Rev.  S.  D.  Burchard, 
pastor,  born  March  7th,  1835,  to  Frederick  A.  Roberts,  of  Millington, 
Ct.,  and  his  wife  Mary  (Emmons,)  married  Oct.  22d,  1856,  Gideon  Rob- 
inson, born  Sept.  2d,  1825,  in  county  of  Kent,  England,  to  John,  and  his 
wife  Mary  (Chambers,)  by  trade  and  occupation  a  jeweler. 

1422.  "ADOLPHUS  KOEHLER,"  to  church  July  1st,  1866,  by  letter 
from  Second  Congregational  church,  Holyoke,  Mass.,  Rev.  L.  R.  East- 
man, pastor,  born  June  13th,  1837,  to  Gotlob,  of  Germany,  and  his  wife 
Elizabeth  (Fuchs,)  married  Sept.  20th,  1863,  No.  (1423 ;)  residence  on 
North  street,  near  Skelley's  grove. 

1423.  "  Mrs.  MARGARET  KOEHLER,"  to  church  July  1st,  1866,  by  let- 
ter from  Second  Congregational  church,  Holyoke,  Mass.,  born  June  loth, 
1841,  in  Germany,  to  John  Bonnett,  and  his  wife  Frederick   (Wagner,) 
married  Sept.  20th,  1863,  No.  (1422.) 

THEIR   CHILD. 

Lilly  Anna,  born  July  8th,  1864. 

1424.  "Mrs.  AMELIA  ELLIS,"  to  church  Sept.  2d,  1866,  baptized  same 
time,  born  May  20th,  1845,  at  Huntington,  L.  I.,  to  John  Terry,  of  that 
town,  and  his  wife  Phebe  (Chichester,)  married  Dec.  6th,  1865,  No. 
(1260.) 

1425.  "JENNIE  E.  WILLIAMS,"  to  church  Sept.  2d,  1866,  baptized 
same  time,  born  March  29th,  1844,  to  George  Williams,  and  his  wife 
Jane  M.  (Pennfield.) 

1426.  "ANTHONY  J.  MALLORY,"  to  church  Sept.  2d,  1866,  by  letter 
from  church  in  West  Avon,  Rev.  W.  W.  Atwater,  pastor,  born  Dec.  15th, 
1830,  at  Roxbury,  Ct.,  to  Ira,  of  that  town,  and  his  wife  Susan  (Morris,) 
married  Sept.  2d,  1856,  No.  (1402.) 

THEIK   CHILD. 

Effie  J.,  born  May  31st,  1859,  at  Avon. 

1427.  "Mrs.  SALLY  BUEL,"  to  church  Sept.  2d,  1866,  by  letter  from 
church  in  Litchfield,  Charles  Adams,  clerk,  born  July  29th,  1787,  at  New 
Britain,  to  No.  (259,)  and  his  wife,  No.  (260,)   married  Oct.  1st,  1809, 


480  FIRST     CRURCH 

Ira  Buel,  of  Litchfield,  born  Aug.  21st,  1788,  to   Solomon,  and  his  wife 
Elizabeth  (Mason.) 

THEIH   CHILDREN. 

1.  Maria  C.,  born  Oct.  24th,  1810,  married  William  Tuttle. 

2.  Louisa,  born  March  9th,  1813,  married  Lewis  Downs. 

3.  Julia  A.,  born  Feb.  3d,  1816,  married  Clark  Newcomb. 

4.  Sarah,  born  June  3d,  1818,  married  Henry  Merrill. 

5.  James  H.,  bonrt\ug.  3d,  1820. 

6.  Elizabeth,  bora  Sept.  3d,  1822,  No.  (1428.) 

7.  John  Mason,  bora  Oct.  22d,  1825,  died  Sept.  14th,  1826. 

8.  Miiry  J.,  bora  Oct.  3d,  1829,  married  Elijah  Abbott. 

9.  Myron  L.,  born  Sept.  26th,  1832. 

1428.  "Mrs.  ELIZABETH  POND,"  to  church  Sept.  2d,  1866,  by  letter 
from  church  in  Litchfield,  Charles  Adams,  clerk,  born  Sept.  3d,  1832,  at 
Litchfield,  to  Ira  Buel,  of  that  town,  and  his   wife,  No.  (1427,)  married 
April  12th,  1846,  George  W.  Pond,  of  Wolcottville,  born  Sept.   17th, 
1818,  to  Prescott,  of  that  town,  and  his  wife  Eliza  (Palmer,)  he  died 
Feb.  9th,  1856,  aged  38,  at  New  Britain. 

» 

THEIR    CHILDREN. 

1.  William  Buel,  bora  June  14th,  1850. 

2.  Ella  Gertrude,  born  May  27th,  1856. 

1429.  "Mrs.  MARIA  CARTER,  wife  of  Frederick  Whittlesey,"  to  church 
Nov.  4th,  1866,  baptized  same  time,  born  March  17th,  1837,  at  Warren, 
Ct.,  to  Burton  Gilbert,  of  that  town,  and  his  wife  Maria  (Carter,)  married 
Nov.  6th,  1861.     He  was  born  Sept.  25th,  1834,  at  New  Preston,  Ct.,  to 
David  Chester  Whittlesey,  of  that  town,  and  his  wife  Mary  (Cogswell.) 
Mr.  Whittlesey  is  a  dry  goods  merchant,  on  Main  street. 

THEIR  CHILDREN. 

1.  Nellie,  bora  Aug.  5th,  1863,  died  Aug.  25th,  1863,  aged  3  weeks. 

2.  Mary  Swift,  born  May  20th,  1865,  bap.  Aug.  30th,  1867. 

1430.  "  Mrs.  ELIZABETH,  wife  of  Hiram   Bigelow,"  to  church   Nov. 
4th,  1866,  baptized  same  time,  born  Aug.  llth,  1840,  at  Natic,  Mass., 
to  Moses  Layfbrd,  of  that  town,  and  his  wife  Olive.  (Allen,)  married  Aug. 
7th,  1856.     He  was  born  Sept.  13th,  1829,  at  Charlton,  Mass.,  to  Hiram 
Bigelow,  sen.,  of  that  town,  and  his  wife  Betsey  (Brown ;)  he  is  a  sawyer 
by  trade  and  occupation. 

THEIR    CHILDREN. 

1.  Jennie  Ida,  born  Jan.  19th,  1857,  at  Spencer,  Mass. 

2.  Nellie,  born  Dec.  28th,  1862,  at  New  Britain. 

3.  Wilaby,  born  June  4th,  1865,  at  New  Britain. 


OF    NEW    BRITAIN.  481 

1431.  "ALBINA  LYFORD,"  to  church  Nov.  4th,  1866,  baptized  same 
time,  born  Aug.  19th,  1850,  at  Williamstown,  Mass.,  to  Moses  Lyford, 
and  his  wife  Olive  (Allen.) 

1432.  "RODOLPHUS  LOVEJOT  WEBB,"  to  church  Nov.  4th,  1866,  by 
letter  from  church  in  West  Meriden,  Deacon  Catlin,  clerk,  born  Aug.  12th, 
1830,  at  Rocky  Hill,  Ct.,  to  Henry  Webb,  of  that  town,  and  his  wife 
Mary  (Lovejoy,)  married  Nov.  26th,  1851,  No.  (1433,)  has  a  fine  resi- 
dence south  side  of  East  Main  street. 

1433.  "  Mrs.  HARRIET  MARIA,  wife  of  Rodolphus  L.  Webb,"  to  church 
Nov.  4th,  18G6,  by  letter  from  Congregational  church  in  West  Meriden, 
Deacon  Catlin,  clerk,  born  May  2d,  1831,  at  Rocky  Hill,  to  Horace  Wil- 
liams, of  that  town,  and  his  wife  Rachel  (Dimock.) 

THEIR    CHILDREN. 

1.  James  Williams,  born  June  20th,  1858,  died  Aug.  22d,  1858. 

2.  Adele,  born  Sept.  26th,  1861. 

1434.  "PETER  GRAY,"  to  church  Nov.  4th,  1866,  by  letter  from  South 
Congregational  church,  Hartford,  Rev.  E.  P.  Parker,  pastor,  born  Nov. 
27th,  1828,  at  Linlithgow,  Scotland,  to  William,  and  his  wife  Mary  (Car- 
law,)  married  Sept.  llth,  1854,  No.  (1435,)  his  residence,  the  former 
home  of  Samuel  Smith,  in  Stanley  quarter. 

1435.  "  Mrs.  MARTHA,  wife  of  Peter  Gray,"  to  church  Nov.  4th,  1866, 
by  letter  from  South  Congregational  church,  Hartford,  Rev.  E.  P.  Parker, 
pastor,  born  1827,  at  Johnson,  Scotland,  to  William  McGee,  and  his  wife 
Agnes  (Potts,)  married  Sept.  llth,  1854,  No.  (1434.) 

THEIR    CHILDREN. 

1.  Mary  Jane,  born  July  18th,  1855,  at  Hamaltown,  C.  W. 

2.  William  David,  born  July  2d,  1857,  at  Middletown,  Ct. 

3.  Martha  Agnes,  bora  March  3d,  1861,  at  Hartford,  Ct. 

1436.  "  NELSON  S.  CULVER,"  to  church  Nov.  4th,  1866,  by  letter  from 
Congregational   church,  Unionville,  H.  Northam,  clerk,  born    Dec.  25th, 
1832,  at  Wethersfield,  to  James  N.  Culver,  of  that  town,  and  his  wife 
Almira  (Purple,)  married  June  10th,  1857,  No.  (1437.) 

1437.  "Mrs.  MARY  M.,  wife  of  Nelson  S.  Culver,"  to  church  Nov. 
4th,  1866,  by  letter  from  Congregational  church,  Unionville,  H.  Northam, 
clerk,  born  Oct.  19th,  1839,  to  Daniel  Adkins,  of  Plymouth,  and  his  wife 
Nancy  (Barnes,)  of  New  Hartford,  married  June  10th,  1857,  No.  (1436.) 

THEIR    CHILDREN. 

1.  Harriet  Adella,  born  Nov.  15th,  1859,  died  Aug.  1st,  1860,  aged  8$  months. 

2.  Phineas  Bird,  born  Dec.  31st,  1861. 

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482  FIRST     CHURCH 

1438.  "  JANE  SMITH  BONNET,"  to  church  Jan.   6th,  1867,  born  May 
21st,  1849,  at  Terryville,  to  Stephen  Bonney,  then  of  that  town,  and   his 
wife  Martha  (Smith.)     She  is  now,  at  this  date,  a  member  of  the  Normal 
School,  and  a  graduate  of  1867. 

1439.  "  CHARLES  TOMLINSON,"  to  church  Jan.  6th,   1867,  by  letter 
from  Presbyterian  church  of  Binghampton,  N.  Y.,  born  Sept.  23d,  1836, 
at  Wales,  N.  Y.,  to  William,  •  then  of  that  town,  and  his  wife  Mary 
(Burroughs,)  married  July  13th,  1865,  Charlotte  E.  King,  of  Saybrook, 
Ct.     She  died  Sept.  18th,  1866,  aged  34.     She  was  distinguished  as  well 
for  piety  as  fine  taste  and  great  accomplishments.     He  is  a  photographic 
artist,  on  Main  street,  New  Britain.     He  married  second,  Oct.  8th,  1867, 
Charlotte  A.  Comstock,  of  S wanton,  Vt. 

1440.  "  WILLIAM  N.  FELT,"  to  church  Jan.  6th,  1867,  by  letter  from 
Madison   Square  Presbyterian  church,  N.  Y.,  born  Jan.   12th,  1828,  at 
Wrentham,  Mass.,  to  Oliver,  of  that  town,  and  his  wife  Almira  (Shepherd,) 
married  Sept.  13th,  1864,  No.  (1441.)     He  is  of  the  firm  of  Whittlesey 
&  Felt,  dry  goods  merchants,  on  Main  street,  and  is  a  Sabbath  school 
teacher. 

1441.  "Mrs.  FANNIE,  wife  of  William  N.  Felt,"  to  church  Jan.  6th, 
1867,  by  letter  from  Congregational  church  of  New  Preston,  Ct.,  born 
Oct.  14th,  1836,  at  New  Preston,  to  D.  C.  Whittlesey,  of  that  town,  and 
his  wife  Mary  (Cogswell,)  married  Sept.  13th,  1864,  No.  (1440.) 

THEIR    CHILD. 

William  Pomeroy,  born  July  31st,  1865,  at  Richmond,  Va.,  bap.  Aug.  30th,  1867. 

1442.  «  ELIJAH  F.  BLAKE,"  to  church  March  3d,  186?,  by  letter  from 
Congregational  church  of  Winchester,  Deacon  I.  A.  Bronson,  clerk,  born 
May  22d,  1830,  to  Harry,  of  that  town,  and  his   wife  Hannah  (Beach,) 
married  May  1st,  1855,  No.  (1443  ;)  is  a  farmer  by  occupation  ;  residence 
and  farm  in  Stanley  quarter,  bought,  (1865,)  of  No.  849.     He  was  a  dea- 
con in  Winchester  church,  and  elected  to  the  same  office  here,  April  12th, 
1867. 

1443.  "Mrs.  JULIA  M.,  wife  of  E.  F.  Blake,"  to  church  Marcli  3d, 
1867,  by  letter  from  church  in  Winchester,  Deacon  I.  A.  Bron^on,  clerk, 
born  June  14th,  1829,  to  Jared  Clark,  of  Chaplin,  Ct.,  and  his  wife  Julia 
(Storrs.) 

THEIR    CHI1DREN. 

1.  Arthur  Clark,  born  July  20th,  1856,  bap.  at  Winchester. 

2.  Mary,  born  May  15th,  1860,  bap.  at  Winchester. 

1444.  "HANNAH    BLAKE,"  to  church  March  3d,  1867,  by  letter  from 
Congregational  church  of  Winchester,  Deacon  I.  A.  Bronson,  clerk,  born 


OF    NEW    BRITAIN.  483 

May  6th,  1824,  at  Winchester,  to  Harry,  of  that  town,  and  his  wife  Han- 
nah (Beach.)  She  was  a  twin  with  Harriet,  who  died  young. 

1445.  "ITHAMAR  MEEKER,"  to  church  March  3d,  1867,  by  letter  from 
Congregational  church  of  Terryville,  W.  T.  Goodwin,  clerk,  born  March 
1st,  1832,  at  Walnut  Grove,  N.  J.,  to  Timothy,  of  that  place,  and  his  wife 
Phebe  B.  (Wilkinson,)  married  Dec.  27th,  1854,  No.  (1446;)  by  occupa- 
tion a  book-keeper;  was  appointed,  Jan.  4th,  1867,  an  assistant  superin- 
tendant  in  our  Sabbath  school. 

1446.  "  Mrs.  ABBIE  F.,  wife  of  Ithamar  Meeker,"  to  church  March 
3d,  1867,  by  letter  from  church  in  Terryville,  W.  T.  Goodwin,  clerk, 
born  July  17th,  1835,  at  Clinton,  N.  J.,  to  Charles  Townley,  and  his  wife 
Margaret  (Watkins,)  married  Dec.  27th,  1854,  No.  (1445.) 

THEIR    CHILDREN. 

1.  Ida,  born  Oct.  2Cth,  1855,  at  Newark,  N.  J.,  and  bap.  there. 

2.  Phebe  Bell,  born  Oct.  16th,  1861,  at  Newark,  N.  J.,  and  bap.  there. 

1447.  «  STEPHEN  R.^LA WHENCE,"  to  church  May  5th,  1867,  baptized 
same  time,  born  Aug.-  2d,  1828,  at  St.  Albans,  Vt.,  to  Stephen,  of  that 
town,  and  his  wife  Edna  (Clark,)  married  Feb.  27th,  1851,  .No.  (1318 ;) 
his  residence  is  on  South  Main  street. 

1448.  "Mrs.  GENEVRA,  M.,  wife  of  Mahlon  J.  Woodruff,"  to  church 
May  5th,  1867,  by  letter  from  Methodist  Episcopal  church,  Greenport, 
L.  I.,born  April  26th,  1840,  at  Westbrook,  Ct.,  to  Cornelius  Wright,  of 
Greenport,  and  his  wife  Mary  (Sitcher,)  married  Jan.  18tfi,  1865,  No. 
(1259,)  and  is  his  second  wife. 

1449.  "Mrs.  HARRIET  MARIA  NORTHROP,"  to  church  May  5th,  1867, 
by  letter  from  Congregational  church  in  Wallingford,  Rev.  E.  R.  Gilbert, 
pastor,  born  Jan.  8th,  1819,  at  Woodbury,  Ct.,  to  David  C.  Bacon,  of  that 
town,  and  his  wife  Sarah  (Wheeler,)  of  Derby,  married  April  3d,  1839, 
Obadiah  Preston  Northrop,  born  Jan.  6th,  1809,  at  Chatham,  N.  Y.,  to 

.Job,  of  that  town,  and  his  wife  Susan  (Cady.)  He  died,  Nov.  9th,  1862, 
at  Wallingford,  to  which  church  he  was  deacon.  He  had  a  former  wife, 
married  April  2d,  1830,  Nancy  Maria  Judson,  born  Nov.  llth,  1809,  to 
Truman  of  Woodbury,  and  his  wife  Olive  (Stoddard.)  She  died  Nov. 
4th,  1837,  aged  28. 

HIS  SON  BY  HIS  FIRST  WIFE,  NANCY. 

George  Judson,  born  April  29th,  1833,  died  Sept.  12th,  1854,  aged  21. 

HIS    SON   BY    HIS    SECOND   WIFE,  HARRIET. 

John  Bacon,  born  March  27th,  1842,  married  May  8th,  1867,  Bell  Morse,  of  Wal- 
lingford. 

1450.  "Mrs.  ELIZA  FIDELIA,  wife  of  Henry  S.  Wellman,"  to  church 
May  5th,  1867,  by  letter  from  Congregational  church,  Madison,  Ct.,  Rev. 


484  FIRST     CHURCH 

James  Gallup,  pastor,  born  March  23cl,  1834,  at  Killingworth,  Ct.,  to 
Daniel  Stevens,  of  that  town,  and  his  wife  Mercy  (Griffing,)  married  Nov. 
20th,  1859.  He  was  born  Sept.  3d,  1834,  at  Killingworth,  to  Chauncey, 
of  that  town,  and  his  wife  Lydia  (Clark.)  His  residence,  on  Arch  street. 

THEIR    CHILD. 

Ellen  Eliza,  born  March  2d,  1861,  died  March  5th,  1861,  aged  3  days. 

1451.  "MRS.  EMILY  DREW,"  to  church  May  5th,  1867, by  letter  from 
2d  Congregational  church  in  Killingly,  Conn.,  Dea.  J.  Hammond,  Clerk  ; 
born  Aug.  14th,  1821,  at  Killingly,  Conn.,  to  Gurdon  Mason  of  that  town, 
and  his  wife  Sabra  Potter,  of  R.  I.;  married  Nov.  13th,  1842,  Benjamin 
Drew;  born  July  1st,  1812,  in  the  State  of  Maine,  to  Lemuel  and  his 
wife  Sarah  Grierson ;  he  died  May  16th,  1866,  at  Killingly,  Conn.,  in 
his  54th  year.     Her  residence  on  Franklin  Street. 

THEIR   CHILDREN. 

1.  Sarah  Sabra,  born  Feb.  6th,  1844,  died  Dec.  llth,  1851,  in  111.,  aged  8. 

2.  Mary  Maria,  born  Oct.  26th,  1845,  married  Oct.  29th,  1865,  Shubel  H.  Whaples 
of  Newington. 

3.  Byron  Benjamin,  born  May  1st,  1851,  died  same  day. 

4.  Herbert  Andrew,  born  Jan.  6th,  1857,  in  111. 

1452.  "  BERNARD  FRANKLIN  BLAKESLEE,"  to  church  July  7th,  1867  ; 
born  Sept.  2d,  1843,  at  Southington,  to  No.   (1333,)   and  his  first  wife 
Dorothy.     "Was,  1863,  in  company  A,  16th  regiment,  Conn,  volunteers, 
located  at  Portsmouth,  Va.,  was  promoted  to  2d  Lieut,  of  company  G, 
16th  regiment,  1864.     At  this  date  in  a  drug  Store  at  New  Haven. 

1453.  "FREDERIC  GOODHUE  MEAD,"  to  church  July  7th,  1867,   by 
letter  from  Pres.  church  at  Madison  Square,  N.  Y.,  Rev.  Wm.  Adams, 
Pastor;  born  March  19th,  1848,  at  Brattleboro,  Vt.,  to  Larking  G.  of 
that  town,  and  his  wife  Mary  Noyes,  of  Putney,  Vt.     He  is  at  this  date 
book-keeper  at  the  Union  Works. 

1454.  «  MRS.  LEMINA  LUCRETIA  CASE,"  to  church  July  7th,  1867, 
by  letter  from  Congregational  church  of  East  Avon,  Rev.  Geo.  Curtiss, 
Pastor;  born  Nov.  25th,  1822,  at  Granby,  Conn.,  to  Justin  Hayes  of  that 
town,  and  his  wife  Lucretia  Case  ;  married  Feb.  19th,  1844,  Justus   Mar- 
cus Case,  of  Simsbury;  born  Sept.%4th,  1816,  to  Horatio  G.  and  his  wife 
Hepzibah  Cornish.     He  by  occupation  a  farmer  and  land  surveyor ;  he 
died  March  23d,  1864,  in  his  48th  year.     Her  residence  is  on  High  Street. 

THEIR    CHILDREN. 

1.  Martha  Ann,  born  July  12th,  1845,  died  April  10th,  1819. 

2.  Justin  Lucius,  born  Oct.  28th,  IfrSl,  at  Simsbury. 

1455.  "MART  LUCY  HAYES,"    to  church  July   7th,    1867,  by  letter 
from  Congregational  church  of  East  Avon,  Rev.  Geo.   Curtiss,  Pastor; 


OF    NEW     BRITAIN.  485 

born  Oct.  12th,  1844,  at  Simsbury,  to  Justin  Hayes  of  that  town,  and  his 
wife  Lucretia  Case ;  she  is  sister  of  No.  (1454,)  and  lives  at  this  date  with 
her. 

1456.  "  Lucius  W.  CURTISS,"  to  church  Sept.  1st,  1867,  by  letter 
from  the  Congregational  church  in  Hanover,  Erastus   Hubbard,  Clerk  ; 
born  Oct.  5th,  1830,  at  Bristol,  Conn.,  to  Philo  of  that  town,  and  his  wife 
Charlotte  Curtiss;  married  May  15th,  1853,  Hannah  A.  Barker,  of  Ches- 
ter, Ct. ;  she  died  Sept.  llth,  1854,  at  Meriden,  when  second  he  married, 
Dec.  15th,  1857;  No.   (1457.)     He  is  by  trade  and  occupation  a  worker 
in  cutlery,  lives  now,  1867,  on  Park  Street. 

1457.  "MRS.  OLIVE  W.  wife  of  Lucius  W.  Curtiss,"  to  church  Sept. 
1st,  1867,  by  letter  from  Congregational    church  in  Hanover,  Erastus 
Hubbard,  Clerk ;  born  Jan.  21st,  1836,  at  Meriden,  to  Lucas  C.  Hotch- 
kiss  of  that  town,  and  his  wife  Rufina  (Hall,)  of  Wolcott,  Conn. 

THEIR    CHILDREN. 

1.  Nettie  Barker,  born  Aug.  26th,  1860. 

2.  Bertha  Olive,  bora  April  13th,  1863,  died  Sept.  llth,  1863. 

1458.  "LYDIA  MARIA  LOOMIS,"  to  church  Aug.  25th,  1867,  baptized 
same  time;  born  April  16th,  1843,  at  Lenox,  Mass.,  to  John    E.  Parker, 
of  that  town,  and  his  wife  Sarah  H.  Sears ;  married  April  15th,  1863, 
Charles  A.  Loomis  ;  born  Feb.  26th,  1842,  to  No.  (990)  and  his  wife  No. 
(991  ;)  he  died  June  24th,  1866,  in  his  25th  year.     She  seemed  to  be 
called  unexpectedly  and  suddenly  to  go  to  California,  and  the  rule  of  the 
church,  requiring  a  candidate  to  be  propounded  2  weeks  before  admission 
was  by  unanimous  vote  of  the  church,  suspended  on  her  account,  and  she 
was  admitted  to  church  as  above,  and-sailed  the  same  week  to  care  for  an 
invalid  sister,  and  to  live  with  an  aunt  of  theirs  at  San  Francisco. 

1459.  «  MRS.  SOPHIA  C.  PINKS,  wife  of  Edwin  C."  to  church  Sept.  1st, 
1867,  by  letter  from  Congregational  church  of  Hanover,  in  West  Meriden, 
Erastus  Hubbard,  Clerk;  born  April  23d,   1827,  at  Albany,   N.  Y.,  to 
Thomas  Lockrow  of  that  city,  and  his  wife  Harriet  Flower,  of  "Wethers- 
field,  Conn. ;  she  married  Nov.  25th,  1852,  No.  (987.) 

THEIR   CHILDREN. 

1.  Ida  Kate,  born  Oct.  16th,  1853,  at  New  Britain. 

2.  Charles  Henry,  bora  Dec.  4th,  1858,  at  Hanover,  in  "West  Meriden. 

1460.  "  WM.  M.  CHURCHILL,"  to  church  Nov.  3d,  1867,  by  letter  from 
Congregational  church  Southington,  Rev.  E.  C.  Jones,  Pastor  ;  born  Dec. 
22d,  1831,  at  Wolcott,  Conn.,  to  Lewis  of  that  town,  and  his  wife  Caro- 
line Tuttle,  of  Bethany,  Conn.;  married  May  8th,  1854,  No.  (1461 ;)  he 
by  trade  a  machinist,  watch  maker  and  jeweller.     Was  a  3  years'  volun- 
teer in  the  Union  Army,  and  served  his  full  term.     His  residence  on  East 
Main  Street,  south  side ;  built  1867. 


486  FIRST     CHURCH 

1461.  "MRS.  JULIA  M.    CHURCHILL,  wife  of  Wm.  M."  to   church 
Nov.  3d,  1867,  by  letter  from   Congregational  church,  Southington,  Rev. 
E.  C.  Jones,  Pastor  ;  born  Feb.  10th,  1833,  at  Cheshire,  Conn.,  to  Amasa 
L.  Doolittle,  of  that  town,  and  his  wife  Maria  Merriman,  of  Southing- 
ton  ;  married  May  8th,  1854,  No.  (1460.) 

1462.  "  ALMON  N.  WOOD,"  to  church  Nov.  3d,  1867,  by  letter  from 
church  in  Terryville,  W.  Goodwin,  Clerk;  born  Dec.  20th,  1827,  at  War- 
ren, Conn.,  to  David  W.  of  that  town,  and  his  wife  Beulah  Beach,  of  Litch- 
field;  married  Oct.  1st,  1855,  No.  (1463.)     His  residence  on  South  Pros- 
pect Street,  (formerly  the  "  Methodist  Parsonage ;")  he  a  mechanic  by 
occupation. 

1463.  "MRS."  MARIA,  wife  of  A.  N.  Wood,"  to  church  Nov.  3d,  1867, 
by  letter  from  Terryville,  W.  Goodwin,  Clerk;  born  May  16th,  1835,  at 
Harwinton,  Conn.,  to  Sheldon  Osborn  of  that  town,  and  his  wife  Julia 
Bartholomew. 

1464.  "  STEPHEN  G.  ROCKWELL,"  to  church  Nov.  3d,  1867,  by  letter 
from  Congregational  church  .of  Hanover,  in  Meriden,  Conn.,  E.  Hubbard, 
Clerk ;  born  July  26th,  1832,  to  Jesse  B.  of  Providence,  Saratoga  Co., 
N.  Y.,  and  his  wife  Marilla   Ballard ;  married   Nov.    29th,  1855,    No. 
(1465.)     He  works  at  the  "  Etna  Works,"  at  cutlery,  and  lives  in  their 
large  block  at  this  date. 

1465.  "  MRS.  ABBIE  F.  wife  of  Stephen  G.  Rockwell,"  to  church  by 
letter  from  Congregational  church  of  Hanover,  in  Meriden,  Conn.,_E. 
Hubbard,  Clerk  ;  born  Oct.  8th,  1837,  at  Wethersfield,  to  Samuel  H.  Dix 
of  that  town,  and  his  wife  Elizabeth  Kilbourn  ;  married  Nov.  29th,  1855, 
No.  (1464.)     . 

THEIR   CHILDREN. 

.1.  Lillie  Evadore,  bora  Dec.  12th,  1857,  at  Meriden. 
2.  Lula  Frances,  born  Oct.  1st,  1867,  at  New  Britain; 


MISCELLIMOUS-A  PAGE  FOR  THE  CURIOUS. 

Since  the  organization  of  the  first  church  of  New  Britain,  is  109  years. 

Number  of  settled  Pastors  10,  of  whom  now,  1867,  only  3  are  dead. 

Whole  number  of  members  Nov.  1st,  1867,  is  1465,  of  whom  1047  are 
removed  by  death  or  otherwise. 

No.  admitted  on  profession,  73  per  cent,  or  1056.  By  letter,  27  per 
cent,  or  409. 

Members  of  the  church  from  the  most  numerous  or  largest  families,  are, 
Hart  97,  Stanley  71,  Andrews  65,  Judd  55,  Smith  43,  Lee  37,  Booth  38, 
Pennfield  33,  North  32,   Lewis  29,  Clark  25,  Steele  23,  Woodruff  23, 
Belden  19,  Churchill  21,  Whittlesey  17. 
»The  oldest  person  when  admitted,  No.  (853,)  74£  years. 

The  youngest  person  when  admitted,  No.  (1247,)  viz.:  11  years  and 
13  days. 

The  eldest  person  at  death,  No.  (520,)  viz.:  96  years  nearly. 

No.  of  suicides  from  insanity,  members  of  the  church,  3. 

No.  of  persons  members  of  the  church,  at  Alms-house,  and  dying 
there,  6. 

No.  of  members  baptized  in  adult  years,  15|per  cent,  or  231. 

No.  of  members  supposed  to  have  been  baptized  in  infancy,  84|  per 
cent,  or  1234. 

Person  admitted  to  church  by  Dr.  Smalley,  stillliving,  No.  (317,)  No. 
(319,)  No.  (320)  and  No.  (325,)  now  Sept.  1st,  1867,  and  all  females. 

The  average  age  of  the  members  of  this  church  at  death,  is  54^  years. 

The  average  age  of  males  58|,  of  females  51  years. 

Whole  number  of  Communion  Seasons,  654,  average  accessions  to  the 
church,  2T2r^  at  each  communion,  or  about  13£  persons  per  year. 

CLERGYMEN  raised  in  the  parish  and  town  of  New  Britain,  Timothy 
Langdon,  Wm.  Hart,  James  Kilborn,  Isaac  Goodrich,  Raphael  Gilbert, 
Wm.  Whittlesey,  Henry  Eddy,  Allen  Steele,  Eliphalet  Whittlesey,  Bur- 
dene  Hart,  Ebenezer  Steele,  John  S.  Whittlesey,  Levi  W.  Hart,  Thomas 
S.  Judd,  Samuel  Steele,  Salmon  Steele,  Jason  Steele,  Emri  Steele,  Edwin 
Norton  Andrews.  -  . 

PHYSICIANS  raised  in  New  Britain,  Josiah  Hart,  Thomas  Mather, 
Isaac  Lee,  Jesse  Andrews,  Isaac  Andrews,  John  Andrews,  Adna  Stanley, 
Samuel  Hart,  John  R.  Lee,  Henry  A.  Hart,  Thomas  G.  Lee,  Wm  Ellis, 
S.  Waldo  Hart,  Henry  A.  Hart,  jun.,  Harvey  B.  Steele. 

LAWYERS  raised  in  the  town  of  New  Britain,  John  Patterson,  Elna- 
than  Smith,  jun.,  Joseph  Smith,  Ira  E.  Smith,  Ethan  A.  Andrews,  Horace 


488  FIRST     CHURCH 

Andrews,  Francis  E.  Cormvell,  Charles  S.  Andrews,  Sherman  C.  Belden, 
Otis  Nash. 

AUTHORS,  natives  or  residents  of  this  town,  John  Smalley,  D.  D., 
Ethan  Allen  Andrews,  LL  D.,  Elijah  Burritt,  A.  M.,  Elihu  Burritt,  Mrs. 
Almira  Phelps,  Rev.  John  S.  Whittlesey,  Prof.  D.  N.  Camp,  Charles 
Northend,  Geo.  S.  Sherwood,  B.  N.  Comings,  M.  D.,  Rev.  F.  T.  Russell, 
Col.  H.  B.  Sprague,  now,  1867,  Supt.  of  the  State  Normal  School,  and 
several  of  the  clergy  have  published  by  request  single  sermons. 

During  the  year  1862  the  volunteers  from  the  Sunday  School  of  the 
first  church  into  the  Army  to  put  down  the  slaveholder's  rebellion,  was 
24,  of  whom  Sept.,  1863,  8  had  fallen  and  4  were  discharged  and  re- 
turned, leaving  12  in  the  field.  About  the  same  proportion  volunteered 
from  other  schools  and  congregations  in  the  town. 

The  whole  number  of  soldiers  from  this  town  was  640,  of  whom  80 
were  killed  or  died  of  wounds  or  disease. 

ORGAN. 

The  first  church  of  New  Britain,  have  worshiped  109  years  without 
the  aid  of  an  Organ,  until  Sept.,  1867,  when  a  large  and  fine  one  was  put 
into  the  church  by  the  Baumgarten  Organ  Co.,  of  New  Haven.  It  was 
exhibited  to  the  public  on  the  evening  of  Oct.  2d,  by  skillful  organists  to 
the  entire  satisfaction  of  the  appreciative  audience.  The  entire  wind  ar- 
rangement is  peculiar.  The  bellows  is  a  double  acting  force  pump,  placed 
in  the  basement  and  driven  by  one  of  "  Stannard's  Jllotors"  The  wind 
is  conveyed  in  pipes  to  the  "  receiver,"  in  the  organ  loft,  and  from  there 
to  the  various  stops  of  the  instrument.  Whole  expense  some  $5,000  only. 
This  instrument  is  esteemed  a  great  acquisition  and  success. 

I  quote  some  just  and  sensible  remarks  of  editorial,  by  Mr.  Delavan  of 
the  New  Britain  Record. 

"  Last  Wednesday  evening,  the  Center  church  was  well  filled  by  an  ap- 
preciative audience,  assembled  to  listen  to  the  rich  tones  of  the  new  organ. 
The  instrument  is  one  of  great  power,  and  by  good  judges  is  said,  in  some 
respects,  to  equal  the  world  renowned  organ  at  Music  Hall,  Boston.  It  was 
manufactured  by  the  Messrs.  Baumgarten,  of  New  Haven,  and  is  an  in- 
strument of  which  the  Center  church  may  justly  feel  proud.  We  are  un- 
able to  give  a  description  of  it  at  the  present  time,  but  all  who  listened  to 
it  on  the  occasion  of  the  opening  speak  warmly  in  its  praise.  It  was 
played  by  Messrs.  Eugene  Thayer  and  T.  T.  Mansfield — the  former  of 
Boston  and  the  latter  of  Meriden — and  the  applause — greatly  subdued 
by  reason  of  the  sacredness  of  the  place — which  greeted  their  effort*,, 
showed  how  well  they  were  appreciated.  A  very  large  number  of  persons 
came  from  adjoining  towns,  from  Hartford  and  other  cities,  (extra  trains 
being  run  for  their  accommodation)  to  enjoy  the  rich  repast,  and  we  feel 
safe  in  saying  that  none  returned  disappointed." 


APPENDIX. 


SABBATH    SCHOOLS. 

As  the  Sabbath  School  has  become  a  fixed  institution,  a  necessary  and 
blessed  appendage  to  the  church,  we  deem  it  appropriate  to  give  here  a 
brief  history  of  its  establishment  and  success  in  this  parish.  Early  in  the 
Spring  of  1816,  a  board  of  Directors  was  chosen  by  the  congregation, 
then  under  the  care  of  Rev.  Newton  Skinner,  (Colleague  Pastor,  with  Rev. 
John  Smalley,  D.  D.,)  who  appointed  their  junior  Pastor  President  of  the 
board,  and  Deacon  David  Whittlesey,  Clerk  and  Superintendent  of  the 
Sabbath  School.  Mr.  Whittlesey  had  been  a  teacher  of  a  Grammar 
School  in  Hartford,  previous  to  his  marrying  into  Dr.  Smalley's  family, 
in  New  Britain,  and  soon  after  his  coming  to  this  town  had  been  chosen 
a  Deacon  in  the  church.  He  was  therefore  the  man  for  the  office  of 
Superintendent.  A  school  of  some  150  children  was  soon  organized,  and 
very  nearly  after  the  present  mode,  classe's  of  from  6  to  8  with  a  proper 
teacher  assigned  were  formed,  and  occupied  the  pews  of  the  church. 
Each  teacher  was  furnished  with  a  card  on  which  was  written  with  the 
Superintendent's  own  hand,  the  names  of  the  teacher  and  scholars,  with 
blanks  for  the  weekly  record  of  recitations,  for  scripture,  catechism,  and 
hymns,  and  enough  to  last  through  the  summer  season.  The  school  was 
opened  with  prayer  every  Sabbath,  (agreeing  with  the  present  custom.) 
(Mr.  Skinner  had,  previous  to  tin?,  invited  the  children  of  his  congrega- 
tion, once  a  year  in  the  church,  to  recite  the  Assembly's,  the  Historical 
and  the  Doctrinal  Catechisms.)  The  Sunday  Schools  in  Hartford  seem 
to  have  been  organized  1818,  two  years  later  than  this  in  New  Britain- 
This  first  Sunday  School  in  Hartford  County,  however,  had  its  defects, 
and  in  1826  the  present  greatly  improved  system  was  adopted.  We  are 
indebted  to  Rev.  Henry  Jones,  third  Pastor  of  the  church  and  his  intel- 
ligent wife,  for  imparting  new  life  and  vigor  to  this  branch  of  Christian 
effort.  The  names  of  the  successive  Superintendants  were,  (after  the 
spring  of  1826,)  Alfred  Andrews,  (the  compiler  of  this  work,)  Chauncey 
Cornwell,  Henry  L.  Bidwell,  Rev.  R.  G.  Williams,  Rev.  John  S.  Whit- 
tlesey, David  W.  Whittlesey,  Norman  Hart,  Roswell  Hawley,  M.  D., 


490  FIRST    CHURCH 

Dan  Clark,  Charles  Northend,  and  E.  B.  Allen.  Several  interesting  re- 
vivals of  religion  have  had  their  commencement  in  the  Sabbath  School, 
and  from  this  institution  the  church  has  been  principally  replenished.  It 
is  in  connection  here  to  note,  that  this  Sunday  School,  was  one  of  the  six 
formed  into  a  local  Union,  on  the  6th  of  September,  1832,  at  Newington, 
through  the  agency  of  Rev.  Mr.  Grosvenor,  of  the  American  Sunday 
School  Union.  The  original  schools  were  Wethersfield,  Worthington, 
Rocky  Hill,  Newington,  Kensington  and  New  Britain,  and  Sept.  1 1th,  1838, 
the  Sunday  School  of  West  Hartford,  was  admitted  by  vote  at  their  so- 
licitation, and  on  Sept.  20th,  1842,  the  South  church  Sunday  School,  of 
New  Britain,  was  admitted  by  vote  of  the  Union.  This  local  Union  at  its 
organization  1832,  elected  Deacon  Israel  Williams,  of  Rocky  Hill,  Pres- 
ident, and  Alfred  Andrews,  of  New  Britain,  Secretary,  and  it  has  held 
its  anniversaries  in  regular  succession,  from  church  to  church,  in  rotation 
ever  since,  retaining  its  original  secretary  to  September,  1866.  The 
amount  of  good  these  several  churches  and  congregations  have  derived 
from  their  Sunday  Schools,  is  incalcuable.  Established  on  the  principle 
of  human  equality  and  Christian  sympathy,  being  free,  and  the  labors  all 
gratuitous,  bringing  the  young  mind  under  the  very  best  influences  society 
affords,  enjoying  the  prayerful  oversight  of  the  Pastors,  and  the  smiles  of 
our  Heavenly  Father  by  his  Spirit,  how  can  they  fail  to  bless  ?  A  true 
narrative  of  Sunday  Schools  in  Connecticut,  aye,  in  the  free  states,  would 
be  the  brightest  page  of  history  in  modern  times — even  a  tithe  of  the 
important  facts  would  fill  a  huge  volume.  Let  them  be  cherished  then, 
as  one  of  the  best  boons  of  Heaven  to  man ;  not  to  supplant  the  family 
institution  and  influence,  but  to  operate  as  a  help  from  the  family  to  the 
church  and  Heaven.  We  would  not  forget  to  mention  in  this  connection, 
that  "  Infant  Classes"  so  called,  were  inaugurated  about  1835-6  into  sev- 
eral of  the  Sunday  Schools  of  our  local  Union,  and  among  others,  was 
one  of  85  children  commenced  in  the  spring  of  1836,  and  held  in  the 
Academy  building  in  this  place.  The  first  Superintendent  of  this  depart- 
ment was  No.  (607.)  She  left  town  the  next  year,  and  No.  (731)  was 
her  successor  in  that  department.  A  school  or  class  of  this  character  has 
been  maintained  down  to  the  present  period.  It  has  been  of  high  impor- 
tance as  a  primary  or  introductory  to  the  higher  school.  Several  per- 
sons have  had  the  care  of  this  department,  but  no  one  perhaps  has  done 
a  greater  service  than  No.  (1152.)  At  the  31st  anniversary  of  the  Sun- 
day School  Union,  for  this  vicinity,  held  Sept.  1862,  the  school  connected 
with  the  first  church  in  New  Britain,  reported  as  the  whole  number, 
(teachers  and  scholars,)  355.  Of  these  42  per  cent,  were  members  of  the 
church.  And  of  the  resident  members  of  the  church,  it  was  reported  that 
48  per  cent,  were  actively  engaged  in  the  Sunday  School  either  as  officers, 
teachers  or  learners. 


OP    NEW    BRITAIN.  491 


COMMON  SCHOOLS. 

That  the  meeting  house  and  the  school  honse  were  early  and  equally 
cared  for  by  our  ancestors,  is  evident  from  what  has  been  said  in  the  in- 
troduction to  this  work,  and  from  incidental  votes  and  remarks  scattered 
through  all  the  records  of  town  and  parish  doings,  from  the  first  settlement 
of  these  colonies.  It  is  evident  that  the  Great  Swamp  society  had  a  com- 
mon or  district  school,  near  their  meeting  house,  for  as  early  as  1717,  the 
parish  voted  a  committee,  with  instructions  to  report  a  plan  for  "  belter 
accommodations"  And  this  cdmmitttee  begin  their  report  (at  a  subse- 
quent meeting,)  by  stating,  in  substance,  that  the  distance  is  so  great,  the 
roads  so  bad,  they  advise  a  division  of  the  parish  into  five  districts,  and 
that  the  money  allowed  by  the  country  be  divided  according  to  the  list, 
and  that  the  balance  of  expense  in  supporting  these  schools,  be  paid  by 
the  parents  and  masters  of  the  children  taught.  Every  plantation  or  set- 
tlement was  obliged,  by  law,  to  maintain  a  school  three  months  of  the 
year.  The  colonies  provided  a  little  money,  yearly,  for  the  encourage- 
ment of  these  schools ;  it  was  called  country,  colony,  and  excise*  money, 
arising  in  part  from  a  tax  of  four  pence  per  gallon  on  imported  distilled 
spirits.  The  amount  divided  to  this  parish  for  some  years  .after  its  organi- 
zation, was  about  £12  per  annum.  This  amount  did  not  vary  much, 
even  down  to  the  close  of  the  war  of  the  revolution.  "We  are  sure  that 
the  East  street,  (or  Southeast  district  of  New  Britain,)  had  a  common 
school,  located  about  1718-19,  near  the  present  residence  of  Leonard 
Belden.  That  portion  of  our  present  territory,  then  belonging  to  New- 
ington  parish,  and  called  "  Stanley  quarter,"  had  a  common  school  located 
about  1700,  perhaps  in  a  room  of  some  private  house,  as  was  common 
in  the  early  settlement  of  these  colonies,  as  appears  from  documents  still 
extant.  It  appears,  by  inference,  that  the  village  or  town  of  Farmington 
had  nb  public  building  exclusively  for  school  purposes,  until  1688  or  1689. 

The  Southwest  district  embraced  all  Main  street,  from  the  foot  of  Dub- 
lin Hill  to  Kensington  line,  bounded  west  by  Farmington  line ;  the  school 
house  stood  on  the  lot  now  owned  and  occupied  by  Henry  E,  Russell, 
and  was  located  on  West  Main  street,  opposite  the  house  of  Mrs.  Tolles ; 
the  building  was  remarkable  for  a  steep  roof,  and  was  sold  to  "Aunt  Viah" 
for  a  dwelling  house. 

*  Be  it  enacted  by  the  Governor  and  Council,  and  Representatives  in  General  Court 
assembled,  and  by  the  authority  of  the  same,  That  the  treasurer  of  this  colony  pay 
out  to  the  several  towns  the  principal  sums  paid  in  by  them  as  "  Excise  Money,"  to 
gether  with  the  interest  due  at  the  time  of  payment,  taking  a  receipt  therefor,  which 
monies  shall  be  appropriated  to  the  use  of  schools,  as  in  said  act  provided. 

Passed  2d  Thursday  of  May,  1773. 


492  FIRST     CHURCH 

The  Northwest  district  is  supposed  to  be  the  last  of  the  four  located. 
No  data  is  found  to  fix  the  date  precisely,  but  supposed  to  be  about  1740 ; 
the  school  house  was  located  on  (Half-way  Hill)  Osgood  Hill.  The  first, 
or  old  house,  was  sold  to  Ebenezer  Steele,  and  was  added  to  his  own 
house,  for  a  residence  for  his  son  "William,  the  fifer.  Thus  the  parish 
was  furnished  with  four  district  schools,  one  at  each  corner,  which  re- 
mained fixtures,  with  little  variation  of  progress  or  location,  for  half  a 
century.  Besides  the  country  or  excise  money,  and  the  sale  of  the  seven 
western  towns,  "  so  called,"  the  next  means  of  revenue  to  the  schools  in 
Farmington,  (to  which  town  the  territory  under  consideration  belonged 
until  1785,)  was  that  derived  from  the  sale  of  unnecessary  highways. 
Farmington  being  a  large  town,  with  several  forty  and  twenty  rod  high- 
ways, the  avails  were  very  considerable.  The  legality  of  these  sales 
being  questioned,  on  application  of  the  town,  December,  1784,  the  legis- 
lature confirmed  the  sales  already  made,  since  A.  D.  1723,  and  authorized 
further  sales  for  the  same  object.  When  the  town  of  Berlin  was  set  off 
from  Old  Farmington,  and  incorporated  A.  D.  1785,  a  due  proportion  of 
these  funds  was  secured  for  Kensington  and  New  Britain,  through  the 
influence  of  Col.  Lee  and  Col.  Stanley. 

Additions  continued  to  be  made  to  the  school  fund,  down  to  the  year 
1813,  from  the  same  source.  The  next  and  most  important  means  of 
school  revenue,  was  the  sale  of  the  "  Western  Reserve,"  so  called.  This 
was  about  3,000,000  acres  located  in  the  present  State  of  Ohio,  and  owned 
by  Connecticut,  and  was  sold,  1795,  for  $1,200,000.  Through.the  masterly 
management  of  James  Hillhouse,  Seth  P.  Beers,  and  B.  Sedgwick,  it  has 
a  capital  of  over  $2,000,000,  which,  in  1818,  was  forever  made  sure  to 
the  benefit  of  common  schools,  by  the  constitution  of  the  state,  then 
adopted.  The  interest  of  this  fund,  previous  to  1821,  was  divided  to  the 
several  school  societies  in  proportion  to  their  tax  lists,  but  that  year  the 
principal  of  equality  was  adopted,  dividing  the  avails  to  each  child,  be- 
tween four  and  sixteen  years  of  age.  The  same  democratic  principle 
was  also  adopted  by  our  school  society  and  town  in  the  distribution  of 
their  private  and  other  funds.  The  next  source  of  revenue  was  the 
"  Town  Deposit  Fund,"  so  called,  being  that  portion  of  the  surplus  reve- 
nue of  the  United  States  divided,  1837,  to  the  several  states  willing  to 
take  it,  and  by  them  to  the  several  towns,  some  of  which,  and  among 
them  Berlin,  to  which  we  then  belonged,  devoted  the  interest  to  the  sup- 
port of  common  schools.  This  town  deposit  fund  divided  to  New  Britain 
amounted  to  $4,700.  The  consequence  is,  that  New  Britain  not  only 
enjoys  the  common  dividend  from  the  school  fund  of  the  state,  but  also  in 
addition,  the  avails  of  the  private  highway  fund,  and  the  dividend  from 
the  town  deposit  fund,  making  to  each  child,  of  whatever  origin,  between 
four  and  sixteen,  a  yearly  benefit  of  about  $2.50.  This  in  a  district 


OF    NEW    BRITAIN.  493 

numbering  seventy  children,  will  pay  a  female  teacher  some  thirty-six 
weeks.  It  should  be  observed,  however,  that  this  large  dividend  occurs 
only  under  the  most  favorable  circumstances.  So  much  concerning  the 
public  provisions,  for  common  schools,  aside  from  taxation.  Some  may 
ask,  what  kind  of  houses  were  provided  for  these  schools  ?  The  author 
has  seen  but  twB  of  these  original  houses,  one  was  with  as  steep  a  roof 
as  the  most  exquisite  gothic  structure  of  the  present  day.  They  were 
coarse  and  plain,  with  small  windows,  set  high,  large  fire-places,  in  which 
was  burned  in  winter,  at  least  a  cord,  or  128  solid  feet  of  wood  per  week. 
The  books  used  were  Dilworth's  spelling-book,  the  Psalter,  and  Bible,  until 
the  close  of  the  revolutionary  war,  1783-4,  when  Noah  Webster  pub- 
lished his  American  spelling-book,  his  grammar,  and  a  reading  book 
called  the  "  Third  Part."  About  the  same  time  was  introduced  "  Scott's 
Lessons,"  for  a  reading  book,  for  the  first  or  oldest  classes.  An  abridg- 
ment of  Morse's  geography  began  to  be  used  by  a  few  of  the  most  ad- 
vanced scholars,  about  1789,  when  it  was  first  published.  To  the  above 
reading  books  succeeded  the  Columbian  Orator,  the  American  Orator, 
and  the  American  Reader,  in  rotation. 

Some  of  the  early  teachers  in  the  parish,  previous  to  1800,  were  as 
follows,  viz. :  David  Mather,  John  Patterson,  Lemuel  Hotchkiss,  Joel 
Smith,  Timothy  Langdon,  Elnathan  Smith,  Elizur  Hart,  John  Andrews, 
Miles  Andrus,  Moses  Andrews,  jun.,  Salmon  Eno,  Daniel  Ames,  Daniel 
Shipman,  from  Saybrook,  Ashbel  Seymour,  William  Kilbourn,  Asahel 
Hart,  Elijah  Manross,  of  Bristol,  Bela  Judd,  Josiah  Dewy,  Amzi  Stanley, 
Adna  Stanley,  1788,  Samuel  Chapman,  1791,  Isaac  Lee,  jun.,  Timothy 
Stanley,  jun.,  Benjamin  Hart,  jun.  Some  of  the  females  :  Zurviah  Bird, 
Hannah  Garnsey,  Naomi  Burritt,  1788  and  1790,  Nancy  Smith,  of  Elna- 
than, Rachel  Stanley,  Polly  Smalley,  Cynthia  Stanley,  Mrs.  Electa  Lusk, 
Elizabeth  Gridley,  Mehitable  Loomis,  Sally  Churchill,  Lydia  Belden, 
Abigail  Woods,  Polly  Crandall,  Ismena  Hart,  Sally  White,  Asenath  Bass, 
Hope  Talbut,  Lydia  Richards,  Sally  Hart,  Roxy  Lincoln,  Cina  Lewis,  of 
"  White  Oak,"  Farmington. 

The  school  visitors  for  the  year  1798,  appointed  by  the  school  society 
to  "  visit  and  direct  the  several  schools,"  were  Rev.  John  Smalley,  Col. 
Isaac  Lee,  Col.  Gad  Stanley,  Capt.  Jonathan  Belden,  Levi  Andrews, 
Dea.  Elijah  Hart,  James  North,  David  Mather,  Capt.  Nathaniel  Churchill. 
The  record  of  1800,  annual  meeting,  shows  the  names  of  the  same  men 
to  visit  and  direct  the  several  schools,  as  the  law  directs. 

The  school  visitors,  and  committee  to  examine  teachers  for  the  year 
1824,  were  Rev.  Newton  Skinner,  Noah  W.  Stanley,  Alfred  Andrews, 
Romeo  Francis,  Cyrus  Stanley,  Ira  E.  Smith.  And  a  quarter  of  a  cen- 
tury later,  viz.,  1849,  they  were  Rev.  Samuel  Rockwell,  N.  W.  Stanley, 
Rev.  William  P.  Pattison,  E.  A.  Andrews,  Alfred  Andrews,  Hubert  F. 


494  FIRST     CHURCH 

North,  Rev.  John  M.  Guion,  Rev.  Stephen  Rushmore,  and  Marcellus 
Clark.  The  list  of  School  visitors  was  appointed  annually  by  the  school 
society,  and  usually,  and  properly,  embraced  the  clergy  of  different  de- 
nominations, and  a  few  others  conversant  with  school  matters.  It  is  a 
singular  fact,  that  the  present  mode  of  putting  all  common  schools  under 
the  care  and  patronage  of  the  several  towns,  is  exactly  fhe  primitive  prac- 
tice of  our  fathers  in  the  early  settlement  of  these  colonies.*  The  people 
have  found,  after  trying  the  working  of  ecclesiastical  parishes,  and  special 
incorporated  school  societies,  that  the  town  is  the  only  proper  and  legiti- 
mate conservator,  and  patron  of  common  schools.  From  the  year  1754, 
the  ecclesiastical  parish  had  the  oversight  of  the  common  schools  within- 
its  limits,  down  to  1784,  when  the  town  of  Berlin  was  incorporated,  and 
when  each  parish,  Kensington,  New  Britain,  and  Worthington,  were  also 
incorporated  into  separate  and  special  school  societies,  having  powers  and 
duties  conferred,  to  regulate  schools,  and  protect  and  improve  "  burying 
grounds." 


NORMAL  SCHOOL. 

The  Normal  school  of  the  state  of  Connecticut  was  instituted  in  the 
year  1850,  and  located  at  New  Britain,  which  happened  to  be  the  same 
year  that  the  town  was  incorporated.  It  is  an  honor  and  a  blessing  to 
the  commonwealth.  The  seventeen  years  of  its  existence,  as  an  experi- 
ment, and  an  experience,  has  proved  it  worthy  of  patronage  and  support, 
not  only  by  the  state  as  such,  but  by  the  community  at  large. 

The  whole  number  who  have  been  benefited  by  its  instructions,  i-s  2,349, 
a  large  majority  of  whom  have  been  ^females.  A  large  proportion  of  the 
whole  number  have  taught  more  or  less,  (as  was  expected,)  and  many  have 
become  permanent  "  Educators."  The  effect  is  apparent  upon  our  com- 
mon schools,  in  raising  a  higher  standard  of  excellence ;  and  this,  not- 
withstanding the  great  influx  of  foreigners.  As  a  public  institution,  capa- 
ble of  much  good,  it  is  generally  appreciated  by  the  people  of  the  state,  and 
especially  by  the  town  of  New  Britain.  Like  all  other  public  institutions 
that  ask  appropriations  annually  from  the  state  treasury,  for  support,  it  is 
subject  to  severe  criticisms ;  but  these  even  have  a  salutary  influence 
upon  its  officers,  as  a  stimulus.  "  If  our  friends  do  not  tell  us  our  faults, 
our  enemies  will."  Our  mission  as  a  community,  is  to  prevent  vice  and 
promote  virtue.  Hence  the  importance  of  educating  the  "educators.'' 

•Connecticut,  by  her  Legislature,  May  session,  1856,  conferred,  by  special  act,  the 
powers  and  duties  of  school  societies,  with  a  very  few  exceptions,  upon  the  several 
towns  of  the  state. 


•OF    NEW     BRITAIN.  495 

which  principle  is  well  illustrated  by  the  old  and  homely  proverb,  that  "an 
ounce  of  prevention  is  worth  a  pound  of  cure."  Our  personal  experience 
of  more  than  a  half  century,  in  training  to  some  extent,  more  than  3,000 
pupils  in  various  schools,  leads  us  to  make  these  suggestions  and  remarks. 
The  hasty  act  of  the  Legislature  of  1867,  on  the  last  day  of  the  ses- 
sion, in  suspending  this  institution,  by  cutting  off  its  supplies,  was  unwise 
in  the  extreme.  The  people  were  not  only  surprised,  but  shocked  by  the 
reckless  blow.  Connecticut  can  ill  afford  to  dispense  with  this  means  of 
advancing  its  educational  interests.  If  it  is  not  what  it  might  be,  and 
ought  to  be,  then  make  it  so.  It  is  not  to  be  supposed  -  that  the  people 
are  ready  to  relinquish  to  New  Britain,  the  building  and  grounds,  worth 
some  $100,000,  without  some  good  reason. 


EVANGELICAL  AND  PROTESTANT  CHURCHES 

WHICH   HAVE    GROWN    UP   IN   NEW   BRITAIN,  .OR   BEEN    OFFSHOOTS  ' 
FROM   THE    FIRST    CHURCH    AND    CONGREGATION. 

And  first  the  BAPTIST,  which  has  already  been  alluded  to  in  the  history 
of  Dr.  Smalley's  ministry ;  several  of  the  constituent  members  of  that 
church  were  formerly  members  of  Dr.  Smalley's,  and  nearly  all  members 
of  his  congregation  at  a  previous  date.  They  were  early  called  separates, 
held  their  first  meetings  at  the  house  of  Samuel  Smith  in  Stanley  quarr 
ter,  but  subsequently  at  the  old  Hinsdale  House  on  East  street,  where 
their  church  was  first  organized,  June  IGth,  1808,  the. following  persons 
being  the  original  and  constituent  members,  viz. :  Jeremiah  Hubbard  Os- 
good,  Elijah  Francis,  Gideon  "Williams,  Thomas  Booth,  John  Osgood, 
Moses  Smith,  Oliver  Weldon,  Dan  Wright,  Sarah  Hollister,  Lydia  Os- 
good, Mary  Booth,  Sarah  Hinsdale,  Anna  Daniels,  Rebecca  R.  Steele, 
Mary  Osgood,  Sally  Weldon,  Jerusha  Weldon,  Lois  Booth,  Betsey  War- 
ner, Roxana  Wright.  To  the  above  list  of  constituent  members,  were 
added  the  next  year,  Asahel  Hart,  Isaac  Goodrich,  Lydia  Hart,  Electa 
Goodrich,  Ruth  Hinsdale,  Sarah  Smith,  Allen  Steele,  and  Lucy  Steele. 
They  occupied  private  houses  and  school  houses  for  public  worship  until 
1828,  when  they  furnished  themselves  with  a  small  church  edifice,  and  set. 
it  at  the  foot  of  "Dublin  Hill,"  directly  at  the  head  of  Main  st.  In  1842, 
they  built  on  the  corner  of  Main  and  West  Main  streets,  one  of  the  best 
locations  in  the  town.  This  church  numbers  now,  A.  D.  1867,  250  com- 
municants. Their  S.  School  was  organized  by  Rev.  Mr.  Shaler,  in  the 
spring  of  1829.  From  the  organization  of  the  church  to  the  spring  of 


496  FIRST    CHURCH 

1828,  it  bad  no  resident  pastor.  Rev.  Enoch  Green,*  who  lived  at  Mid- 
dletown,  exercised  the  pastoral  supervision  until  his  death,  March,  1825. 
visiting  them  sometimes  monthly,  and  sometimes  semi-monthly.  In  the 
spring  of  1828,  Rev.  Seth  Higby,  the  first  resident  pastor,  began  his 
labors  with  the  church,  which  were  continued  eighteen  months ;  while  he 
was  with  them,  their  first  house  was  built.  From  autumn,  1829,  till  au- 
tumn, 1831,  Rev.  N.  E.  Shaler  had  the  pastoral  charge;  during  this  time 
the  first  reference  to  a  Sabbath  School  was  made  in  the  report  to  the  As- 
sociation. The  next  pastor  was  Rev.  Geo.  W.  Appleton,*  who  did  not 
give  satisfaction,  and  ceased  to  labor  as  a  minister  in  less  than  a  year ;  he 
came  in  the  spring  of  1832.  For  more  than  a  year  the  church  was  with- 
out a  pastor.  In  the  summer  or  autumn  of  1834,  Rev.  Amos  D.  Watrous 
became  pastor,  and  continued  till  the  spring  of  1837 ;  ^after  this  date  there 
was  no  resident  pastor  for  two  years,  Rev.  Messrs.  O.  Allen,  G.  Robbins, 
(and  for  the  last  year,  up  to  his  death,)  Rev.  Matthew  Bolles,*  supplying 
the  desk.  In  April,  1839,  Rev.  H.  S.  Haven*  became  pastor,  and  continued 
till  the  summer  of  1841 ;  just  before  he  left  the  church,  began  the  erection 
of  the  present  house  of  worship.  From  Sept.,  1841,  until  April,  1847, 
'Rev.  Levi  S.  Barney  was  pastor  of  the  church.  Rev.  Elisha  Cushman 
regularly  supplied  the  church  from  June,  1846,  until  April,  1847,  but  did 
not  consider  himself  regularly  settled  as  pastor.  From  April,  1847,  until 
January,  1851,  Rev.  Wm.  P.  Pattison  was  pastor.  For  the  six  months 
following  there  was  no  pastor.  In  July,  1851,  Rev.  Robert  J.  Wilson 
was  called  to  be  pastor,  but  left  in  October,  1852,  and  was  succeeded  by 
Rev.  E.  P.  Bond,  who  was  ordained  Dec.  2d,  1852.  Rev.  Mr.  Bond 
left  July,  1865,  for  the  "Connecticut  Literary  Institution"  at  Suffield,  Ct., 
as  its  principal,  and  Rev.  W.  C.  Walker  was  recognized  as  their  pastor 
the  same  year.  This  congregation  has  so  increased  as  to  be  straitened 
for  room,  and  have  just  now,  1867,  voted  unanimously  to  build  a  new 
and  larger  house  of  worship. 

NOTE. — Mr.  Bond  kindly  furnished  the  above  for  this  work,  and  says  those  pastors 
marked  *  are  deceased. 


THE  METHODISTS  OF  NEW  BRITAIN. 

The  first  Methodist  preaching  in  this  town,  of  which  we  have  been  able 
to  find  any  account,  was  by  Rev.  Henry  Bass,  in  1815,  while  on  a  visit 
from  South  Carolina  to  this  his  native  home.  The  next  we  find  to  have 
been  by  Rev.  William  Jewett,  an  itinerant,  and  in  1816,  both  in  the  <'0s- 
good  Hill"  school  house.  Small  meetings  were  held,  often  in  private 


OF     NEW    BRITAIN.  497 

houses,  in  which  Capt.  Oliver  Weklon,  (who  had  moved  here  from  Ken- 
sington, as  a  shoemaker,)  took  the  lead.  Rev.  David  Miller  also  preached 
here  about  1818,  and  some  have  it  that  he  formed  the  first  class.  No 
record  of  these  early  transactions,  or  of  the  organization  of  a  church  or 
society  is  found.  The  compiler,  after  diligent  search  in  this  town  and 
vicinity,  has  found  nothing  authentic,  except  in  relation  to  the  purchase 
of  the  laud  upon  which  their  house  of  worship  stands.  A  private  mem- 
orandum of  Rev.  Raphael  Gilbert,  late  deceased,  from  his  family  in 
Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  reveals  an  item  of  historic  interest,  to  this  respectable 
and  flourishing  society,  as  follows :  "  The  first  Methodist  class  in  New 
Britain  was  composed  of  the  following  persons,  viz :  Oliver  Weldon, 
Sally  Weldon,  Cecelia  Weldon,  Manila  Weldon,  Daniel  Kilby,  John  Steele, 
Rena  Steele,  Mary  Eddy,  James  Steele,  Oliver  Newell,  Phebe  Bronson, 
Samuel  Wilson,  John  R.  Jewett,*  Hester  Jewett,  Clarissa  Gilbert,  Patty 
Kilby,  Wm.  Steele,  Esther  Steele,  Linas  Gilbert,  and  Nancy  Tryon,  and 
on  the  6th  day  of  May,  1820,  Raphael  Gilbertf  was  appointed  class 
leader."  The  same  memorandum  states  that  Raphael  Gilbert  was  ap- 
pointed an  exhorter,  Feb.  18th,  1821,  and  local  preacher  Oct.  9th,  1823. 
His  family  record  shows  that  he  died  June  6th,  1863,  at  Whitestone,  L. 
I.,  and  buried  at  "  Cypress  Hill  Cemetery,  L.  I."  The  land  records  of 
the  town  of  Berlin,  (to  which  we  belonged  at  that  date,)  show  that  Sam- 
uel Booth  sold  for  $79.50,  to  Richard  S.  Cornwell  a  piece  of  land  in 
New  Britain,  on  Main  st.,  4  X  10  rods,  where  the  present  edifice  of  the 
Methodist  society  now  (1867)  stands,  then  abutting  east  on  the  highway 
and  north  on  Norman  Woodruff's  house-lot,}  and  on  the  same  day  Rich- 
ard S.  Cornwell  deeded  for  the  sum  of  $79.74,  received  to  his  full  satisfac- 
tion of  Raphael  Gilbert,  to  him  the  said  Raphael  in  trust  for  the  Meth- 
odist church,  (he  being  bound,  to  deed  the  same  to  the  trustees  of  said 
church,)  the  same  40  rods  of  land,  and  on  the  6th  day  of  May,  1828 
Raphael  Gilbert  and  Betsey  his  wife  deeded  the  same  land  to  Allen  Judd, 


*This  is  the  famous  J.  B.  Jewett  of  notoriety  as  a  prisoner  of  the  Indians  at  Noot- 
ka  Sound  for  a  number  of  years,  a  narrative  of  which  was  published  and  made  a  s>eu- 
sation  at  the  time.  Jewett  was  a  noted  singer  as  well  as  Methodist. 

tit  is  well  known  by  a  few  persons  still  living,  that  Raphael  Gilbert,  although  a  hard 
boy,  and  played  truant  at  school  so  much  as  to  be  unable  to  read  in  public  at  the  time 
of  his  conversion,  yet  the  grace  of  God  so  changed  the  current  of  his  life  that  he  soon 
learned  to  read,  and  became  a  man  of  leading  influence  in  the  early  development  of 
this  society.  Probably  no  one  knew  its  history  better,  and  this  memorandum  appears 
conclusive  and  reliable  oil  sight.  It  has  names  and  dates,  and  comes  from  the  class 
leader  himself. 

jWhen  Arch  street  was  laid  out,  it  cut  off  the  cast  end  of  this  lot  a  little,  and  the 
trustees  also  sold  to  Dr.  Woodruff  some  20  feet  from  the  nortn  side. 

32 


498  FIRST     CHURCH 

Ferdinand  Hart,  Samuel  Richards,  Moses  Cook,  and  Linus  Burwell, 
trustees  of  the  Methodist  church  in  New  Britain,  in  trust  that  they  shall 
erect  or  build  a  house  or  place  of  worship  for  the  use  of  the  members  of 
the  Methodist  Episcopal  church  in  the  United  States  of  America,  accord- 
ing to  the  rules  and  discipline  which  from  time  to  time  may  be  agreed 
upon  and  adopted  by  the  ministers  and  preachers  of  the  said  church  at 
their  "  General  Conference."  This  locality  furnished  an  eligible  site  for 
their  edifice,  which  was  erected  the  same  summer  the  dee^d  was  procured, 
and  although  not  finished  inside  for  some  years,  the  first  meeting  was  a 
quarterly,  late  in  the  year  1824;  there  had  been  one  quarterly  meeting 
in  the  place  previous  to  this,  and  held  in  the  chambers  of  Moses  Smith's 
house,  April,  1824.  This  quarterly  in  the  church  was  conducted  by  Rev. 
Mr.  Spicer,  of  Hartford.  This  first  house  of  worship  was  cheap  and 
plain,  and  gave  place*  in  1854  to  the  present  commodious  and  neat  one. 

According  to  common  usage  in  this  church,  those  who  stood  fair  and 
faithful  at  the  end  of  six  months'  probation,  were  admitted  to  full  com- 
munion, (if  they  thus  desired,)  and  in  the  absence  of  all  evidence  to  the 
contrary,  we  conclude  the  constituent  members  of  the  church  were  the 
same  persons  named  above  as  in  the  first  class,  and  that  their  names  were 
sent  to  the  quarterly  meeting  or  conference  about  the  close  of  the  year 
1820.  To  these  21  constituent  members  were  soon  added  the  wife  of 
Raphael  Gilbert,  Wm.  Hart,  Mary  Dobson,  Isaac  Dobson,  Allen  Judd, 
Huldah  Wright,  Eliza  Wright,  Abigail  Smith,  Allen  Steele,  Polly  Rich- 
ards, Marinda  Bronson,  Sally  Weldon,  Leonard  Deming,  Mrs.  Howd, 
Chauncey  Beck  with,  Ebenezer  Steele,  Ferdinand  A.  Hart,  Linus  Bur- 
well,  and  the  wife  of  Linus  Gilbert,  and  perhaps  others.  This  church 
and  society,  so  weak  at  the  beginning,  and  which  struggled  so  bravely 
many  years  against  poverty  and  odium,  has  been  a  great  blessing  to  the 
community,  has  raisedf  many  bright  and  shining  lights,  has  been  favored 
with  frequent  revivals,  and  has  had  some  excellent  pastors.  The  present 
number  of  resident  members  now,  (1867)  is  about  200.  Their  Sunday 
School  has  been  flourishing,  and  was  organized  A.  D.  1 829.  Their  late 
pastor  was  Rev.  George  Lansing  Taylor,  who  left  in  1865  for  Brooklyn, 
N.  Y.,  and  their  pulpit  has  been  since  supplied  by  Prof.  Newhall,  of  Wes- 
leyan  University,  and  by  Rev.  Dr.  Scudder,  of  Hartford. 

Perhaps  some  special  remarks  should  be  made  just  here,  before  closing 
this  sketch,  in  honor  and  remembrance  of  the  last  name  on  the  list  of  the 

*The  old  house  wai  sold  and  moved  to  the  east  side  of  Arch  street,  and  used  as  a 
factory  for  ax-helves,  but  now,  1767,  is  occupied  by  the  "American  Fruit  Basket  Co." 

tMinisters  raised  by  this  church,  and  sent  out  mostly  to  the  west,  Raphael  Gilbert, 
Allen  Steele,  Ebenezer  Steele,  Salmon  Steele,  Jason  Steele. 


OP    NEW     BRITAIN.  499 

first  class,  Nancy  Tryon ;  her  maiden  family  name  was  Root,  in  1810  was 
a  member  of  Dr.  Porter's  church  in  Farmington ;  she  lived  in  Berlin, 
Kensington  and  New  Britain,  her  family  having  been  broken  up,  and  she 
having  no  certain  dwelling-place.  What  "  Sister  Hollister,"  No.  79,  was 
to  the  Baptist  society  in  its  forming  state,  such  was  "  Sister  Tryon "  to 
the  early  history  of  the  Methodist  society.  They  were  both  remarkable 
for  prayer,  piety  and  zeal.  With  warm  hearts  and  good  conversational 
powers,  they  pressed  their  missionary  labors  with  eminent  success.  It 
shows  what  earnest  female  workers  can  do  in  any  good  cause.  There 
was  a  Mrs.  Tryon  in  Berlin,  a  Methodist,  called  Mother  Tryon,  whose 
maiden  name  was  Squire,  and  the  two  are  sometimes  confounded. 

The  following  is  copied  from  the  first  subscription  for  building  the 
church ;  it  was  drafted  by  Ira  E.  Smith,  Esq.,  originally,  and  then  copied 
for  subscriptions. 

"  We  the  subscribers,  whose  names  are  hereunto  annexed,  do  hereby 
promise  and  agree  to  pay  to  the  Methodist  Episcopal  church  the  sums 
respectively  affixed  to  our  names,  whenever  we  shall  be  thereto  hereafter 
requested,  to  be  applied,  laid  out  and  expended  in  the  erection  of  the 
Methodist  meeting  house,  the  seats  of  which  are  to  be  free  to  all  persons ;  the 
said  house  to  be  erected  upon  a  certain  lot  or  piece  of  land  situated  in  the 
society  of  New  Britain,  in  the  town  of  Berlin,  lying  immediately  south  of 
Norman  Woodruff's  house  and  lot,  which  said  lot  has  been  this  day  conveyed 
by  Richard  S.  Cornwell  to  Raphael  Gilbert,  in  trust  for  the  aforesaid 
Methodist  society.  It  is  understood  and  provided  that  our  said  subscrip- 
tions are  to  be  null  and  void,  and  in  no  wise  binding  upon  us,  unless  the 
building  of  the  said  house  shall  be  commenced  within  one  year  from  this 
date.  Berlin,  July  1st,  1824." 

Subscribers'  Names.  Money.          Materials.         Work. 

Raphael  Gilbert,  $30.00'                            $20.00 

Linus  Gilbert,  30.00                               20.00 

Allen  Judd,  15.00                              10.00 

Lorenzo  P.  Lee,  $50.00 

Iva  E.  Smith,        .  15.00           35.00 

Richard  S.  Cornwell,  10.00           20.00 

Elias  Blinn,  10.00 

Philip  Lee,  '  3.00             4.00 

Asa  Cowdry,  20.00 

Noah  Hamblin,  9.00                                 1.00 

Naboth  L.  Steele,  2.00                                1.00 

Samuel  Judd,  5.00                                 5.00 

Francis  Hart,  5.00 

Avery  Atkins,  3.00 


500 


FIRST    CHURC  H 


Money.        Materials. 

Work. 

Henry  Steele, 

$2.00 

Betsey  Pennfield, 

15.00 

Salmon  Steele, 

3.00 

Clarissa  Gilbert, 

$15.00 

Saxa  Hooker, 

10.00 

Ashbel  Hooker, 

$6.00 

Ira  Gilbert, 

15.00 

Solomon  Sanford, 

10.00 

Dan  Wright, 

1.50 

Amzi  Judd, 

3.00 

Jeremiah  Goodrich, 

10.00 

Hezekiah  Johnson, 

5.00 

Abigail  Smith, 

10.00 

Joseph  Holmes, 

3.00 

Hezekiah  Seymour, 

1.00 

Ge9rge  Doolittle, 

2.00 

Daniel  Judd, 

4.00 

Cyrus  Stanley, 

1.00 

10.00 

Cyrus  Hart, 

5.00 

5.00 

Leander  S.  Hart, 

1.00 

Richard  Southmayd, 

6.00 

3.00 

Theodore  Riley, 

5.00 

Moses  W.  Beckley, 

10.00 

John  Parsons, 

6.00 

Mary  Wright, 

1.50 

Mary  Ann  Weldon, 

1.00 

Samuel  Kelsey, 

15.00 

Aziel  Belden, 

2.50 

2.50 

Oliver  Richards, 

5.00 

Zacheus  Brown, 

3.00 

Leonard  Deming, 

1.50 

Edward  White, 

1.00 

Charles  Hurlbert, 

1.00 

NOTE. — The  author  feels  justified  in  publishing  the  above,  because  it  reveals  the 
time  and  origin  of  the  first  successful  effort  towards  building  the  first  meeting-house 
of  the  Methodists  in  this  town,  about  which  there  has  been  so  much  speculation  and 
enquiry.  The  fact  that  Ira  E.  Smith,  Esq.,  was  elected  for  the  first  time  representa- 
tive of  the  town  of  Berlin  the  succeeding  spring,  shows  that  his  liberality  was  duly 
appreciated. 


OF     NEW     BRITAIN.  501 


EPISCOPAL  CHURCH. 

Next  in  order  of  time  was  the  origin  of  St.  Mark's  Protestant  Episco- 
pal Church.  The  first  service  according  to  the  usages  of  the  Protestant 
Episcopal  Church  was  held  in  New  Britain  in  the  old  Academy  building 
on  the  17th  of  Jan.,  1836,  the  Rev.  Silas  Totten,  D.  D.,  of  Trinity  Col- 
lege, Hartford,  officiating. 

On  the  28th  of  Aug.,  1836,  the  parish  was  duly  organized  at  a  meeting 
attended  by  the  following  named  persons  : 

Ira  E.  Smith,  Hezekiah  Seymour, 

Lorenzo  P.  Lee,  Cyrus  Booth, 

Emanuel  Russell,  John  B.  Parsons, 

George  Francis,  Arthur  Pendleton, 

John  Fairbrother,  Henry  Baldwin, 

Philip  S.  Judd, 

The  Rev.  Dr.  N.  S.  Wheaton,  Chairman. 
Lorenzo  P.  Lee,  Secretary. 

Their  first  place  of  permanent  worship  was  built  in  1837,  and  stood 
where  the  present  residence  of  George  M.  Landers  stands.  This,  how- 
ever, soon  became  too  strait  for  the  growing  congregation,  when  they  sold  it 
for  a  dwelling-house,  and  built  on  West  Main  st,  in  the  year  1848.  It 
was  enlarged  in  1859,  and  a  chapel  built  at  the  side,  and  a  new  and  larger 
organ  procured. 

At  the  first  meeting  of  the  parish,  the  following  officers  were  legally 
elected : 

Lorenzo  P.  Lee,  Ira  E.  Smith,  Wardens ;  and  Emanuel  Russell, 
Frederick  T.  Stanley,  Hezekiah  Seymour,  George  Francis,  Ralph  Dick- 
inson, Cyrus  Booth,  Vestrymen.  Charles  N.  Stanley,  Clerk. 

In  1836  there  were  8  communicants,  in  1862  there  were  113,  and  in 
1867  they  number  170. 

Bishop  Brownell  held  one  service  April  17th,  1836.  The  Rev.  Dr. 
Wheaton,  President  of  Trinity  College,  officiated  from  June  19th,  1836, 
to  April  1 6th,  1837.  The  Rev.  Thomas  Davis  officiated  from  April  23d, 
1837,  to  June  1st,  1838.  The  Rev.  Z.  H.  Mansfield  and  the  Rev.  John 
Williams,  the  Assistant  Bishop  of  the  Diocese,  officiated  from  June,  1838, 
to  Nov.,  1840. 

The  Rev.  John  M.  Guion  was  Rector  from  Dec.  2d,  1840,  to  1845. 
The  Rev.  Chas.  R.  Fisher  officiated  from  Christmas,  1845,  to  Easter, 
1846.  The  Rev.  Abner  Jackson,  then  Prof,  of  Trinity  College,  since 
President  of  Hobart  College,  officiated  from  April  19th,  1846,  to  Dec, 
23d,  1848. 


502  FIRST     CHURCH 

The  Rev.  Alexander  Capron  was  Rector  from  Nov.  19th,  1848,  to 
Easter,  1855,  and  Rev.  Francis  T.  Russell  was  called  to  the  Rectorship 
on  the  fourth  Sunday  after  Easter,  1855.  [He  kindly  furnished  the 
above  for  this  work. — ED.]  He  closed  his  labors  in  St.  Mark's  church 
the  last  Sabbath  of  March,  1864,  and  he  was  succeeded  by  Rev.  Leonidas 
Bradley  Baldwin  as  Rector,  Oct.  1st,  of  the  same  year,  who  is  still  Rector 
July,  1867. 

In  the  absence  of  all  record  as  to  who  constituted  the  original  church 
or  communicants,  the  few  still  living  think  the  following  were  the  constit- 
uent members,  viz.:  Hezekiah  Seymour,  Solomon  Churchill,  Lucy, 
widow  of  Nathaniel  Dickinson,  Betsey,  wife  of  Emanuel  Russell,  Andrew 
G.  Graham,  Emeline  Russell,  Jennette,  wife  of  L.  P.  Lee,  Mrs.  Theresa 
Bassett,  Mrs.  George  Francis. 


THE  2D  OR  SOUTH  '  CONGREGATIONAL   CHURCH. 

This  offshoot  was  entirely  from  the  first  church  and  congregation  in  the 
town,  and  has  already  been  noticed  in  previous  pages.  Their  present 
Pastor,  Rev.  C.  L.  Goodell,  was  ordained  and  installed  Feb.  2d,  1859, 
and  was  successor  of  Rev.  Samuel  Rockwell,  who  was  dismissed  June 
20th,  1858,  after  a  ministry  of  fifteen  and  a  half  years.  The  number  of 
resident  members  in  this  church,  1862 — 20  years  after  its  organization,  was 
226,  but  in  Jan.  1867,  is  308.  It  has  a  flourishing  Sunday  School,  and 
the  church  and  society  are  distinguished  for  large  contributions  to  benev- 
olent objects. 

They  built  during  1865,  66,  and  67,  a  beautiful  church  edifice,  of  "Port- 
land free  stone,"  costing  some  $135,000,  which  stands  on  nearly  the  same 
ground  occupied  by  the  former  one,  which  was  moved  to  the  extreme  east 
end  of  their  lot,  and  used  for  worship  while  the  new  one  was  being  built. 

On  or  about  the  13th  of  June,  1867,  the  Pastor  of  this  church,  Rev. 
Mr.  Goodell,  sailed  in  company  with  Rev.  M.  Dudley,  of  Middletown, 
and  others  on  a  tour  of  observation  in  Europe.* 


*A  Joint  Stock  Company  was  formed  Nov.,  1867,  of  some  1 5  principal  business  men 
of  the  village,  with  a  capital  of  some  $15,000,  and  bought  a  lot  of  Wm.  A.  Churchill, 
adjoining  to  the  new  meeting  house  lot,  on  the  east,  and  bought  the  old  South  Church 
edifice,  and  this  company  are  now  enlarging  and  fitting  it  to  move  east  and  south  about 
its  size. 

The  design  is  to  make  a  convenient  "  Public  Hall,  "  a  room  for  the"  "  Young  Mens' 
Institute,"  and  "  Christian  Association,"  and  the  basement  to  rent  for  useful  purposes. 

This  is  a  laudable  enterprise,  and  these  gentlemen  will  deserve  the  thanks  of  the 
community. 


OF     NEW    BRITAIN.  503 


Of  Protestant  churches  in  New  Britain,  it  only  remains  to  speak  of  the 
"  Second  Advent"  Their  first  meetings  were  held  in  the  State  House, 
(so  called)  in  Hart  quarter.  After  about  two  years,  (perhaps  more,)  the 
meetings  were  removed  to  the  school  house  in  the  village,  by  Bassett's 
corner.  Some  objections  being  made  to  the  use  of  it  by  the  proprietors, 
the  worshipers  built  a  small  edifice  on  Arch  Street,  A.  D.  1850.  They 
delayed  adopting  a  creed,  or  church  order  on  account  of  the  variety  of 
views  and  opinions  entertained  by  the  worshipers.  They  are  few  in  num- 
ber, and  only  have  preaching  occasionally.  Many  of  them  had  formerly 
belonged  to  the  different  Evangelical  churches  of  the  town,  and  some  of 
these  returned  to  their  former  connections,  after  a  few  years  had  passed, 
leaving  the  members  that  remained  few,  and  feeble  as  a  community  or 
society.  The  society  as  such,  was  organized  Aug.  9th,  1850.  Charles 
Burt  was  appointed  Agent,  and  a  piece  of  land  was  rented  of  Mr.  Theron 
Hart,  and  a  small  house  of  worship  built  the  same  season. 

An  uncommon  interest  has  been  manifested  this  summer,  1867,  in 
protracted  meetings,  in  addition  to  their  number  on  profession,  and  bap- 
tisms by  immersion. 

St.  Mary's  or  the  Catholic  church,  was  built  substantially  of  brick  in 
1850,  and  was  enlarged  in  1863.  The  building  will  seat  more  persons 
than  any  other  charch  in  town,  and  the  congregation  embraces  about 
1000  persons,  700  of  whom  are  communicants.  The  church  is  located  on 
Myrtle  Street,  and  Rev.  Luke  Daly  is  the  Priest,  now  1867,  and  has  been 
from  its  first  organization. 

They  have  a  school  house  near  the  church,  which  will  accommodate 
300  day  school  children. 

Their  Sunday  School  was  organized  as  soon  as  their  church  was  fin- 
ished; and  1866  a  large  and  good  toned  bell  was  procured  for  the  church. 


MANUFACTURERS,  THEIR  PROGRESS. 

New  Britain  had  a  name  as  an  Ecclesiastical  Society,  1754,  and  con- 
tinued a  staid  farming  community  for  about  half  a  century,  when  by  the 
mechanical  skill  and  industry  of  some  two  or  three  individuals,  it  began  a 
career  of  progress  in  the  mechanic  arts,  which  at  the  close  of  a  century 
has  culminated  in  the  title  of  a  manufacturing  village.  If  the  reader  will 
peruse  the  sketches  No.  (443)  and  No.  (461)  in  connection  with  what 
follows,  he  will  see  how  the  steps  of  this  progress  have  been  developed. 
The  first  articles  of  hardware  ever  manufactured  and  .offered  for  sale 
from  this  village,  were  produced  by  these  men  and  put  into  market,  the 


504  FIRST    CHURCH 

summer  of  1800,  and  thus  a  system  of  demand  and  supply  was  established 
which  has  continued  from  that  day  to  this.  Seth  J.  North,  No.  (449,) 
having  learned  the  blacksmith's  trade  of  his  father,  was  received  into  the 
brass  shop  of  his  brother  James  for  a  time,  when  and  where  he  soon  dis- 
covered that  the  brass  business  afforded  profits,  with  which  the  common 
jobbing  of  the  blacksmith  could  not  begin  to  compare  ;  having  become  of 
age  in  August,  1800,  his  mind  was  made  up — he  would  carry  on  the  busi- 
ness himself,  and  his  brother  James  removed  to  Cherry  Valley,  N.  Y. 
The  "  Sugden  place,"  (so  called,)  near  the  present  residence  of  Henry 
Stanly,  having  come  into  possession  of  Seth  J.  North,  Feb.,  1803,  by  deed 
of  his  father,  the  old  house  (where  the  first  sleigh  bells  were  made)  gave 
place  for  his  family  residence,  when  he  built  opposite  more  extensive 
shops  than  had  ever  before  been  used  in  New  Britain. 

These  two  brass  foundries  of  Seth  J.  North  and  Joseph  Shipman,  were 
continued  down  to  1840  without  competition,  the  markets  of  Boston  and 
Albany,  and  New  York  and  Philadelphia  being  divided  between  them. 
They  continued  the  leading  business  until  1830.  The  capital  on  which 
these  two  concerns  were  started  was  borrowed  of  the  Rev.  Dr.  Smalley ! 
Lathes  were  then  propelled  by  foot  power ;  as  business  increased  horse 
power  used  down  to  1830,  when  steam  power  was  first  introduced  by 
Stanley,  Clark  &  Waters,  where  the  lock  business  first  began  in  the  build- 
ing now  occupied  as  a  Union  store,  and  steam  is  now  in  use  throughout 
the  village. 

In  1807,  a  company  composed  of  Seth  J.  North,  Isaac  and  Thomas 
Lee,  Wm.  Smith  and  Joseph  Shipman,  was  formed  for  making  jew- 
elry, and  various  articles  were  made,  ear  drops,  breast  pins,  &c.  Thi  s 
comment-ed  in  a  small  building  where  the  barn  of  O.  C.  Stanley  now 
stands,  and  had  been  the  residence  of  "  Old  Aunt  Viah,"  so  called.  In  a 
year  or  more  it  was  found  necessary  to  build  larger,  and  a  new  company 
was  formed,  a  large  shop  was  built  a  little  north  of  the  present  residence 
of  Dr.  Hart,  and  when  the  business  was  abandoned  three  or  four  years 
afterwards,  the  building  was  bought  by  Isaac  and  Thomas  Lee,  and  moved 
on  the  east  side  of  the  road,  and  occupied  as  a  dwelling.  It  has  been  re- 
cently known  as  a  hotel  kept  by  J.  W.  Humphrey,  and  removed  to  Cedar 
street,  when  the  present  Humphrey  House  was  built.  This  jewelry  com- 
pany was  the  second  branch  of  business  attempted  until  1812. 

In  Dec.,  1812,  Alvin  North,  Seth  J.  North,  and  Hezekiah  C.  Whipple 
began  what  was  called  the  "  Plating  business,"  on  Alvin  North's  corner. 
Silver  plated  copper  wire  was  drawn  and  made  into  hooks  and  rings  for 
men's  overcoats,  hooks  and  eyes  for  women's  use,  curb  chains  for  bridles, 
&c.,  which  business  has  never  been  abandoned,  terminating  at  last  in  plat- 
ed saddlery  hardware,  by  O.  B.  North  &  Co.,  and  H.  Butler  &  Sons,  and 
hooks  and  eyes  by  North,  Stanley  &  Co. 


OF    NEW    BRITAIN.  505 

During  the  war  a  company  was  formed  to  make  roller  buckles,  and  the 
buildings  stood  on  ground  near  the  old  Post  Office.  Knives  and  forks  were 
made  by  Jesse  Hart,  on  the  corner  of  West  Main  street,  where  is  now 
the  Baptist  church.  Wrought  iron  table  butts  were  made  by  Chauncey 
Wright.  Bureau  locks,  bellows  pipes,  sad  irons,  &c.,  were  made  by  Sam- 
uel Booth  and  Norman  Woodruff,  and  wooden  candlesticks  by  -  Theron 
Hart.  The  peace  of  1815  closed  up  these  different  branches,  and  the 
brass  foundries  of  Seth  J.  North  and  Joseph  Shipman,  and  the  plating 
business  of  Norths  &  Whipple  were  the  only  manufactories  in  1816,  at 
the  close  of  the  war. 

During  this  period  of  fifteen  years  the  agricultural  interests  of  the  soci- 
ety of  New  Britain  had  been  improved  and  enlarged,  and  the  population 
of  the  society  had  increased.  The  store  of  Elnathan  Smith  was  the  first  in 
the  limits  of  the  parish  on  what  is  called  the  "  East  street."  In  1805  and 
1806  Isaac  and  Thomas  Lee  built  the  first  store  within  the  present  limits 
of  the  Borough,  at  the  N.  W.  corner  of  the  green,  where  is  now  the  resi- 
dence of  Henry  North.  From  1816  to  1821  little  progress  was  made 
either  in  business  or  population,  except  in  the  outskirts  of  the  parish. 

The  new  meeting  house,  recently  known  as  the  "  old  north  church," 
and  at  present  as  "  Strickland  Hall,"  was  erected  in  1822,  by  the  Con- 
gregational society,  there  being  no  other  ecclesiastical  society  then  here 
occupying  any  church  edifice.  A  Baptist  society  was  organized  in  1805, 
and  a  Methodist  society  in  1818,  neither  at  this  time  having  any  place 
for  public  worship.  The  location  of  this  church  formed  a  nucleus  for  the 
growth  of  the  village.  In  the  following  year,  1823,  the  Messrs.  Lees 
built  the  stone  store  opposite  the  new  church,  and  soon  after  the  store  of 
O.  R.  Burnham  &  Co.,  was  built  on  ground  where  now  stands  the  resi- 
dence of  Curtis  Whaples,  afterwards  removed  and  now  known  as  the 
"  South  store."  From  1817  to  1823,  Messrs.  Lees  manufactured  a  few 
buttons,  snaps,  hooks  and  eyes,  and  glass  beads  were  made  into  various 
articles,  and  the  plating  business  of  hooks  and  rings,  hooks  and  eyes,  cloak 
clasps,  &c.,  had  been  commenced  and  continued  by  L.  P.  Lee  &  Co., 
several  years.  The  brass  business  had  branched  off  in  the  hands  of 
Chauncey  Cornwell,  Josiah  Dewey,  Norman  Woodruff  and  others  ;  and 
James  North,  Jr.,  had  returned  from  Cherry  Valley  in  1818,  and  resumed 
his  former  business  as  brass  founder.  No  great  additions  of  new  branch- 
es were  made  until  1830.  The  business  already  established  had  however 
been  much  extended  from  1823  to  1830,  and  largely  increased  in  1836. 
The  financial  crash  of  1837,  paralyzed  a  large  portion  of  its  business, 
heavy  losses  were  made,  and  it  was  not  until  1843  that  they  might  be  said 
to  have  successfully  resumed  business.  From  that  time  to  1857,  nearly 
all  branches  have  been  successful,  and  large  additions  have  been  made  to 
the  capital  and  business  of  the  village.  The  manufacture  of  hardware 


506  FIRST    CHURCH 

has  been  its  leading  feature,  and  the  principal  exceptions  are  the  shirt 
factories  of  Isaac  N.  Lee&  Son,  Julius  Parker  and  Wm.  Binghatn;  the 
hook  and  eye  establishment  of  North,  Stanley  &  Co.,  the  jewelry  business 
of  Churchill,  Stanley  &  Co.,  and  the  New  Britain  Jewelry  Company, 
and  the  New  Britain  Knitting  Company,  the  latter  one  of  the  largest  and 
most  successful  corporations  in  the  place.  To  the  above  list  should  be 
added  as  hardware  manufacturing  establishments,  "  Russell,  Erwin  & 
Co.,"  "  The  Stanley  Works,"  "  F.  H.  North,"  "  J.  B.  Sargeant  &  Co.," 
«  O.  B.  North  &  Co.,"  now  "  J.  Shepherd  &  Co.,"  "  P.  &  F.  Corbin," 
"H.  F. North  &  Co.,"  now  "North  &  Judd Manufacturing  Co.,"  Landers, 
Smith  &  Co.,"  now  "  Landers,  Frary  fy  Clark"  "  Humison  &  Beckley," 
"  The  Maleable  Iron  Works,"  "  Judd  &  Blakesley,"  «  E.  Doen  &  Co.," 
and  last  but  not  least,  "The  Union  Manufacturing  Co.,"  built  1866. 
Some  of  these  companies  are  said  to  have  indirectly  coined  money  during 
the  war,  and  all  with  their  perfected  machinery  are  able  to  compete  in 
most  articles  of  "  hardware  "  with  the  old  establishments  and  cheap  labor 
of  England. 

This  article  in  substance  was  prepared  some  years  since  by  Mr.  F.  T. 
Stanley,  a  native  of  this  place,  and  a  gentleman  whose  name  is  identified 
with  the  honor  and  progress  of  the  town,  and  who  has  kindly  consented 
that  I  might  use  for  this  work  what  of  it  I  deemed  proper.  I  add  some 
items  which  his  modesty  suppressed.  [Ed.] 

In  workers  of  other  materials  is  the  "  Stanley  Rule  and  Level  Co.," 
(doing  a  large  business,)  and  "  The  American  Basket  Co.,"  and  several 
carriage  and  other  shops  and  factories ;  in  all  of  which  is  supposed  to  be 
employed  an  aggregate  amount  of  capital  of  over  two  millions  and  a 
half— $2,500,000. 

The  chief  drawback  on  the  business  of  New  Britain  has  been  the  ex- 
pense of  transportation.  Being  inland  and  about  10  miles  from  the  river 
this  was  considerable.  This  might  have  been  relieved  by  the  Hartford 
&  New  Haven  Railroad,  in  1840,  but  was  not  materially,  their  road 
passing  too  far  east.  In  1850,  the  Hartford,  Providence  &  Fishkill  Rail- 
road passed  directly  through  the  village,  and  afforded  better  facilities,  and 
in  1866  the  Middletown  extension,  and  when  the  Hartford,  Providence 
&  Fishkill  extension  and  double  track,  now  called  "  Boston  &  Erie,"  are 
completed,  (the  latter  running  directly  to  the  coal  mines  of  Pennsylvania,) 
New  Britain  will  enjoy  facilities  for  transportation  and  commerce  equal 
to  any  inland  town  in  the  state.  Through  the  intelligence,  the  liberality 
and  enterprise  of  the  villagers,  churches  and  schools  have  been  produced, 
the  streets  have  been  graded,  the  side  walks  paved,  the  dwellings  and 
public  buildings  furnished  with  gas,  and  as  a  crowning  excellence,  both  of 
beauty  and  utility  combined,  the  "  Water  Works,"  (devised  by  the  inven- 
tive genius  of  our  fellow  citizen,  Mr.  F.  T.  Stanley,  1857,)  have  been 


OF    NEW    BRITAIN.  507 

made  a  success.  *  While  the  "  Water  Works,"  extinguished  the  devouring 
flames,  they  equally  extinguished  the  projector  as  a  public  benefactor. 
While  we  thus  distinguish  Mr.  Stanley,  for  introducing  the  use  of  steam 
engines  for  driving  jour  machinery,  and  water  to  supply  them,  it  will  not 
be  forgotten  that  Maj.  Seth  J.  North,  was  for  nearly  a  half  century  the 
leading  business  man  of  the  town.  Having  far  reaching  and  comprehen- 
sive views,  while  land  was  $25  per  acre,  he  secured  a  large  tract  in  the 
village.  Having  superior  executive  power,  he  always  conducted  his  ope- 
rations to  the  most  favorable  results.  Being  ambitious  to  accumulate,  a 
combination  of  circumstances  seemed  to  conspire  to  gratify  his  desire. 
His  tact  and  talent  for  business,  his  wealth,  his  public  benefactions,  and 
private  charities,  have  secured  for  him  a  reputation  in  this  direction  to 
which  few  ever  attain. 

*  That  it  is  so,  is  demonstrated  by  the  fact  that  owners  of  property  located  within 
the  reach  of  these  works,  can  be,  and  are  insured  against  loss  by  fire,  at  the  very  lowest 
possible  rates,  that  like  property  is  insured  under  the  most  favorable  circumstances  any 
where  in  the  country — thus  making  New  Britain  in  this  respect,  a  safe  place  either  to 
invest  property  or  to  do  business. 


INDEX 


OF  THOSE  WHO  OWNED  THE  COVENANT  CALLED  "HALF- WAT  COVENANT,1 
REPRESENTED  BY  ROMAN  NUMBERS,  FROM  PAGE  125  TO  131. 


I. 

II. 

III. 

IV. 

V. 

VI. 

VII. 

VIII. 

IX. 

X. 

XI. 

XII. 

XIII. 

XIV. 

XV. 

XVI. 

XVII. 


Hezekiah  Andrus,  No.  112. 

David  Mather,  No.  138. 

John  Kilbourn,  No.  86. 

Wife  of  John  Kilbourn. 

Noah  Taller. 

Wife  of  Noah  Taller. 

Samuel  Smith. 

Ebenezer  Dickinson. 

Wife  of  Ebenezer  Dickinson. 

Thomas  Hart. 

Robert  Booth. 

Thomas  Lusk. 

Mary,  wife  of  A.  Lewis. 

Eunice,  wife  of  E.  Wright. 

Amos  Wright. 

Wife  of  A.  Wright. 

Joshua  Kilbourn. 


XVIII. 

XIX. 

XX. 

XXI. 

XXII. 

XXIII. 

XXIV. 

XXV. 

XXVI. 

XXVII. 

XXVIII. 

XXIX. 

XXX. 

XXXI. 

XXXII. 

XXXIII. 

XXXIV. 


Wife  of  Joshua  Kilbonrn. 

Andrew  Lusk. 

Wife  of  Andrew  Lusk. 

Lemuel  Hotchkiss. 

Wife  of  Lemuel  Hotchkiss 

John  Lusk. 

Jonathan  Eno. 

Wife  of  Jonathan  Eno. 

John  Patterson. 

Wife  of  John  Patterson. 

Elias  Hart. 

Wife  of  Elias  Hart. 

Elijah  Smith. 

Jacob  Brandigee. 

Wm.  Horton. 

David  Lnsk. 

Wife  of  David  Lusk. 


ALPHABETICAL  INDEX 

OF  THE  MEMBERS  OF  THE  FIRST  CHURCH  IN  NEW  BRITAIN,  IN  CHRONO- 
LOGICAL ORDER,  AS  FOUND  ON  THE  CHURCH  RECORD,  AND  REPRE- 
SENTED IN  THIS  WORK  BY  CORRESPONDING  NUMBERS. 


ALLEN. 

ANDREWS. 

Elliot  B.,     - 

-  1237 

Thesta,   .... 

429 

Sarah,  wife  of    - 

1323 

Sthan  A.,     - 

-    464 

ALVERGNAT. 

Alfred,    .... 

478 

Victor,         ... 

-  1303 

Caroline  B.,  wife  of 

-    479 

Julia  R.,  wife  of 

1304 

Phebe  L.,            -           -  -      »-. 

497 

MaryB.,      -            ... 

-     508 

AMES. 

Daniel, 
Wife  of  - 

-     172 
173 

Abigail, 
John,  jun.,   -            -            - 
Keziah  L.,           - 

532 
-     539 
555 

ANDERSON. 

James,          ... 

1403 

Mary,  wife  of  Selah, 
Curtiss,  - 

-     564 
581 

EunicejM.,  wife  of 

1404 

John  C.,       - 

-     613 

ANDREWS. 

Amv,  wife  of  Ira, 

642 

Widow  Mary, 
Moses,    ... 

-       20 
53 

Mary  L.,  wife  of  Alfred,     - 
Orpha,    - 

-     657 
665 

Wife  of 

-       54 

Roxana,       - 

-     672 

Jacob,      ... 

106 

Aaron,  C-, 

684 

Hezekiah,     - 

-     112 

Ezekiel,  jun., 

-     690 

Levi,       - 

122 

Rhoda,    - 

721 

Wife  of 

-     123 

Electa,  wife  of  Aaron  C.,    - 

-     745 

Samuel, 

124 

Huldah,  second  wife  of  Ezekiel, 

762 

Ichabod,       - 

-     126 

Sarah,  wife  of  Ezekiel,  jun., 

•     783 

Moses,  jun., 

191 

Jane,       - 

784 

Wife  of        - 

-     192 

Julia  Ann,   - 

-     785 

Isaac,  Dr. 

196 

Caroline,             ... 

786 

John,  Dr.      - 

-     197 

Mary, 

-     932 

Lois, 

212 

Margaret,            -       *-'  •  -  '     •  - 

946 

Elizabeth,     - 

.     222 

Ellen  M.,      - 

-     976 

Elijah,     - 

245 

Edwin  N., 

1052 

Phebe,  wife  of  Dr.  John,    - 

-     249 

Laura,  wife  of  Henry  W.,  • 

-  1076 

Wife  of  Nathaniel, 

250 

Cornelius, 

1103 

Nathaniel,    - 

-     251 

Julia  A.,      - 

-  1212 

Rachel,  wife  of  Elijah,  - 

252 

BennetJ., 

1273 

Betsey,  widow  of  Dr.  Isaac, 

-     298 

Ellen  A.,      - 

-  1281 

Widow  Anna,     - 

312 

Jennie  L.,           ... 

1366 

Ezekiel, 

-     313 

Ann  Eliza,  wife  of  Cornelias, 

-  1380 

Wife  of  - 

314 

AVERT. 

Abigail,  wife  of  Josiah, 

-     329 

Tamar,  wife  of  Russell, 

-     951 

Rachel,  - 

344 

BABCOCK. 

Ebenezer,     - 

-     359 

Julia  S.,  wife  of  Dr.  E.  D., 

993 

Caroline,  wife  of  Dr.  John, 

378 

Marv  S.,      - 

-  1245 

Lucy,  wife  of  E.  A., 

-    392      Louisa,    -            -            -.        '- 

1358 

510 


FIRST    CHURCH 


BACHELDER. 

-  1001 

BELKNAP. 

Maria  C.,  wife  of  Moses  P., 

-    644 

Moses,         -           • 
Rosanna,  wife  of  Moses, 

1002 

Theodore, 

BEVINS. 

922 

BAKER. 

Widow  Ellen  T.  P.,  of  Anson, 

-  1288 

AldenA.,    - 

" 

BIDWELL. 

BALDWIN. 

MarciaL.,    - 

-  1249 

Henry  L.,     . 

BIGLOW. 

-     746 

BANCROFT. 

Jacob  W.,     - 

-  1202 

Samuel, 

BARBER. 

-  1049 

Sarah,  wife  of    - 
Elizabeth,  wife  of  Hiram,   - 

1203 
-  1430 

Hannah,  wife  of  William,   - 

BARRET. 

.       84 

BISHOP. 

Mary  Ann,  - 

-     788 

Thomas  E.,              -           - 
Jennie  B.,  wife  of  Thomas  E.,  - 

-  1271 
1272 

BLAKE. 

Lucius  D.,   - 
Susan  M.,  wife  of 

-  1321 
1322 

BARTHOLOMEW. 

Elijah  F.,     - 

-  1442 

Widow  Eunice, 
Emeline, 

-    323 
616 

Julia,  wife  of      - 
Hannah,       - 

1443 
-  1444 

BARTLETT. 

BLAKESLEE. 

JohnN.,       -           - 
Ellen  S.,  his  wife, 

-  1282 
1283 

Charles,  - 
Lydia,  wife  of 

1333 
-  1334 

Nellie  S.,     - 

-  1388 

Bernard  F., 

1452 

BASS. 

BLINN. 

Asenath, 
Lydia,     - 

.     270 

474 

Lois, 
Julia  Ann, 

-       99 
1102 

Gunilda, 

•    574 

BONNET. 

BASSETT. 

Jane  Smith, 

-  1438 

William, 

376 

BOOTH. 

Ozias  B.,             - 
Emeline,  wife  of 
Lois,  wife  of  William,   - 

876 

-    877 
882 

Widow  Anna, 
Nathan,              - 
Wife  of 

-       21 
65 

-       66 

MaryS.,      - 
Ebenezer  D.,      - 

-     941 

1087 

Elizabeth,  wife  of  Joseph, 
James, 

155 
-     165 

BATES. 

Wife  of  James,  - 

166 

Kilbourn,     - 

-    374 

Robert, 

-     193 

BEEBE. 

Austin, 
Elizabeth,  wife  of 
Anna,           - 

BEECHER. 

-  1140 
1141 
-  1413 

Wife  of  Robert, 
Fanny,  wife  of  Nathan, 
James,  jun.,        - 
Nancy,  wife  of  Cyrus, 
Olive,  wife  of  James,  jun., 
Samuel         - 

194 
-    261 
338 
-    340 
358 
-     370 

Mrs.  Charlotte  A.,  - 

-  1345 

Frances,  wife  of  Osmyn, 

431 

BELDKN. 

George,        - 

-     519 

Jonathan,     - 
Wife  of  - 

-     158 
159 

Mary  B., 

Cyrenus,       - 

536 
-     538 

Anna,  wife  of  Leonard,       - 
Roxy,  widow  of  Leonard, 
Nancy,          - 
Hannah  J., 
Jerusha,        - 
Rhoda  R., 

-    233 
324 
-    365 
499 
-     506 
556 

Leura  F., 
Elisha  S.,     - 
Alvira,  wife  of  Elisha  S., 
Lucetta,       - 
Osmyn,  - 
Nancy  N.,    - 

629 
-     648 
649 
-     671 
673 
-    789 

Nancy,  wife  of  Alvin, 

-     579 

Laura,     - 

790 

Edwin                              "            " 

727 

Hubert, 

-    791 

Mary  Ann,  wife  of  Edwin,  - 

-    787 

Nancy,    -            -            -            - 

792 

Alvin       - 

955 

Horace,         ... 

-    793 

Edwin,          ... 

-     964 

Almira,  wife  of  Horace, 

1034 

Betsey  A., 
Charles  H.,  - 

968 
-  1097 

Helen  M.,    - 

Lester  S., 

-  1113 
1114 

Charlotte  B.,      - 

1124 

Harriet,  wife  of  Lester  S.,  - 

-  1115 

Caroline  M., 

-  1193 

Elisha  S., 

1116 

Francis  A.,         - 

1209 

Edward  M., 

-  1165 

Martha  Maria, 

-  1365 

Fanny  C., 

1180 

OP    NEW    BBITAIN, 


511 


BOOTH. 

Wilbert  H., 

-  1219 

BUTLER. 

Maria,     ... 

530 

George  B., 

1242 

Sally,  wife  of  Solomon, 

-     548 

George  C.,   - 
Horace  W., 

BO8WORTH. 

-  1339 
1393 

Sarah,     - 
Julia  M.,      - 
Walter  C  , 

794 
-     973 
996 

Lafayette,     - 
Mary  J.,  wife  of  Lafayette, 
Emily  A.,  third  wife  of  Lafayette, 

-  1301 
1302 
-  1351 

Fanny,  wife  of  Charles, 
Catharine  Maria, 

CADWELL. 

-  1042 
1264 

BRACE. 

Benjamin,    - 

-    382 

Mrs.  Mary  Ann, 

-  1327 

CADY. 

BRADLEY. 

Corancey,     ... 

-  1118 

Edward  E.,  - 

-  1236 

CAMP. 

BRAINARD. 

Joseph  E.,    - 

-     229 

Mrs.  Flora,  - 

-  1300 

CAPROK. 

BRAY. 

John, 

-    558 

Mary,  wife  of  Daniel, 
Elizabeth  A.,      - 

-  1005 
1006 

Sally,      .           -     .       - 

576 

M.  Rozella, 

-  1313 

BREWER. 

CAREY. 

Hannah,       ... 

-    225 

Henry  L.,    - 

-     994 

BROCKWAY. 

CARPENTER. 

Maria,  wife  of  Alvah, 

-    580 

SamuelS.,   - 

-     681 

BRONSON. 

Joshua,  ... 

682 

Sibil,  wife  of  Noadiah, 
Jemima,  -            -            -            - 

-    160 
218 

George,        -           -           . 
S.  Elizabeth,       - 
Ellen 

-     914 
1170 

Widow  Phebe, 
Widow  Abigail, 

-     285 
708 

Walter  G., 

-  1171 
1261 

William  C.,              -            -     . 

-  1223 

CARRINGTON. 

Abijah, 

Nathan  S.,         - 
Charlotte,  wife  of  Nathan  S., 

-  1348 

Eli,         -           .           „ 

699 

BROOKS. 

CARTER. 

Lucy, 

Susan  S.,     - 

BROWN. 

Eleazer, 
Wife  of  Eleazer, 
Jesse,            ... 

601 

.    283 

284 
-    350 

Ezra,       -            ... 
Elizabeth,                 -      -     . 
Lois  D., 
Stanley  A.,  - 

352 
-     795 
796 
-  1338 

BUCKLAND. 

Azuba,          ... 

-  1044 

CASE. 

SethE., 
Minerva  E.,  wife  of  Seth  E-, 

-  1167 
1168 

BUCKLEY. 

Mrs.  Lemma  L., 

-  1454 

Ruth  S.,       - 

-  1370 

Mary  A., 

1384 

CATHN. 

Isaac,            - 

-     763 

BUEL. 

Mrs.  Sally,  - 

-  1427 

Rebecca,  wife  of  Isaac,  - 

764 

CHAMBERLIN. 

BURRITT. 

Abiram, 

-  1153 

Naomi,         ... 
Wife  of  Elihu,   - 
Widow  Eunice, 

-     202 
290 
-    301 

Sophrone,  wife  of  Abiram, 
Cornelia  A., 

1154 
-  1213 

Betsey,                .           .           . 
George,        ... 

Emily,     - 

400 
-    417 
418 

CHAMBERS. 

Francis,        - 
Wife  of  Francis, 

-  1371 
1372 

Mary, 

-     501 

CHESTER. 

Elihu,      -.-- 

584 

Edwin  S.,    -           . 

-  1332 

Isaac,            ... 
Eunice  W., 

-     598 
599 

CHURCHILL. 

Janna,           - 

Q7 

Elijah  H.,     - 
Ann,  wife  of  Elijah  H., 

-     754 
755 

Wife  of  Janna, 
Nathaniel,     - 

y  / 
98 

l/Y/i 

Elizabeth  H.,  wife  of  William, 

-  1205 

Wife  of  Nathaniel, 

1U4 

105 

BUTLER. 

Solomon,      - 

-     240 

Solomon,      - 

-     452 

Wife  of  Solomon, 

241 

Horace,  - 
Betsey,  wife  of  Horace, 

465 
-     466 

Elizabeth,  wife  of  Sage, 
Sage, 

-     254 
257 

512 


FIRST     CHURCH 


CHURCHILL. 

Cnndace,  wife  of  Solomon,  Jan., 
William  A., 

-     388 
695 
-     753 

COOK. 
Oliver  D.,     - 
Lucy  B.,  wife  of  Nathan  R.,      - 
Nathan  R.,  - 

-    227 
897 
-     909 

Laura, 
Maria      * 

797 

Lewis  R., 

1218 

Sarah'B.,  Wife  of  William  A  , 

-     885 

COOLEY. 

Eliza  J., 

1023 

Sarah, 

-  1117 

Isabella  J.,  - 

-  1179 

1   1   01 

CORNWELL. 

Sarah  A., 
William  W., 
Frederick  H.,      - 
William  M.,             -  .         ; 
Julia  M.,  wife  of  William  M.,   - 

CLARK. 

Widow  Elizabeth,    - 

I  1  Ol 

-  1239 
1240 
-  1460 
1461 

-     185 
221 

Isabel, 
Robert,   - 
Wife  of  Robert,       - 
Chauncey, 
Abigail  S.,    - 
MaryB., 
Stephen  W., 

-     215 
296 
-    297 
401 
-     615 
669 
-     688 

Jane,       - 
David, 

-     255 

272 

Robert,    - 
Francis,        - 

798 
r     799 

Marv,      -            ;  T  ,     " 
Prudence,  wife  ot  John, 
Elizabeth,  wife  of  Solomon, 

-    384 
395 
-     399 

Adeline, 
Sarah  G.,      - 
Arthur  T., 

895 
.     935 
1243 

Solomon, 

434 

COSLETT. 

Chauncey,    - 
Mary,  wife  of  Chauncey, 
Henry  W.,   - 

-    477 
572 
-     628 

£01 

Mary,      - 
Lydia  S.,      - 
Sarah,  Widow  of  Francis, 

404 
-     488 
636 

Widow  Polly,  of  Abner,    - 
Matthew, 
Abi, 

uol 

-     639 
645 

-     658 

COUCH. 

Huldah, 
Ebenezer, 

-     201 
336 

679 

COUPLES. 

Dan, 

Matilda, 

-     703 

Matilda,  wife  of  Robert,      - 

-  1362 

Sarah 

712 

COWLES. 

Rhoda,  wife  of  Matthew,    - 

-    715 

Pitkin, 

-     304 

Marv,      -            -            ' 

732 

CRANDALL. 

Lois  C., 

978 
.1067 

Polly, 

-     291 

Rebecca, 
William  W.,            - 
S.  Adeline, 

-  1098 
1120 

CROSBY. 

Sylvia,  wife  of  Elisha, 

-     894 

Mrs.  Fanny, 

-  1381 

CULVER. 

CLARY. 

Nelson  S.,    -            - 

-  1436 

Eliza  F.,       - 

-  1290 

Mary  M.,  wife  of  Nelson  S.,     - 

1437 

CLOYEB. 

CURTISS. 

Benjamin,    -           -    . 
Sarah,  wife  of  Benjamin, 

-  1368 
1369 

Polly,  wife  of  Shubel, 
Samuel  E., 

-    362 
761 

COATS. 

Julia  Ann,    - 

-     800 

Chloe  Almira, 

COGSWELL. 

-     630 

Lucius  W., 
Olive  W.,  wife  of  Lucius  W., 

1456 
-  1457 

Matilda, 

-     531 

CYLER. 

Elizabeth,  wife  of  Rev.  Jonathan 

701 
,  -     714 

Dr.  Vernor, 
Caroline  R.,  wife  of  Dr.  Vernor, 

-  1196 
1197 

COLEMAN. 

DARLING. 

John,            - 

-      74 

Mary  A.,      - 

-  1215 

Experience,  wife  of  John, 

75 

DARROW. 

COLLINS. 

Clarissa, 

-  1133 

Manila,        - 

-     870 

DAY. 

Alonzo,  - 

CONE. 

1007 

Mary  Ann,  wife  of  J., 

-     801 

Hetty,           - 

-     363 

DEMING. 

Erastus,  - 

371 

Anna,           ... 
Chloe,  widow  of  Treat, 

-     551 
573 

COMINGS. 

Dr  B.  N.,    - 

-   1109 

Elizabeth  L., 

-     939 

Maria,  wife  of  Dr.  B.  N., 

1110 

DEWEIR. 

Emma  S.,    - 

-  1411 

Julia  Anna, 

-  1379 

OF    NEW     BRITAIN. 


513 


DEWY. 

EMMON9. 

Rebecca,       - 

-       26 

N.  F., 

-  1131 

Daniel,    - 

85 

Amelia  S.,  wife  of  N.  F., 

1132 

David, 

-     102 

Alexander  F., 

-  1415 

Wife  of  David,  - 

103 

ERWIN*. 

Josiah,          ... 
Esther,    - 

-     179 
398 

Maria,  wife  of  C.  B., 

-     805 

Josiah,  jun.. 

-    480 

FELT. 

Mary,      - 

597 

William  N., 

-  1440 

George, 

-     626 

Fannie,  wife  of  William  N.,      - 

1441 

DICKINSON. 

FISHER. 

Charles, 

-  1157 

Sarah, 

-     164 

Anna,  wife  of  Charles, 

1396 

Fannie  L.,    - 

-  1397 

DOOLITTLE. 

Joseph  H., 

425 

Rosina,  wife  of  George, 
Fitch  Edward,    - 

-     640 
693 

Wife  of  Joseph  H., 
Abijah,   - 

-     426 
906 

Emily  Eliza, 

-     702 

Honor,  wife  of  Abijah, 

-     907 

Lydia  M., 

802 

FRANCIS. 

George  L.,   - 
Abigail  S., 

-     803 
929 

Elijah, 
Wife  of  Elijah,  - 

-       91 
92 

DOWD. 

Sylvia, 

-     205 

Charles  F.,  - 

-  1198 

James,     - 

3.04 

Harriet  M.,  wife  of  Charles  F., 

1199 

Wife  of  James, 

-     355 

Esther,  wife  of  Allen,     - 

387 

DREW. 

Emily, 

-  1451 

Elijah,  jun., 
Romeo,  - 

-     413 

470 

DUDLEY. 

Catharine,  wife  of,  - 

-     417 

Amos  E.,     - 

-  1019 

Lucy,  wife  of  James,  jun., 
Dorothy,  wife  of  Edwin, 

473 

-     709 

DUNHAM. 

Jane  Eliza,         ... 

729 

Solomon, 

76 

Mason,         - 

-     806 

Elizabeth,  wife  of, 
Widow  Dorcas, 

77 
-     310 

Abigail  Hazard, 
Catharine  A., 

930 
-     947 

Lucina,   - 

619 

Robert,   - 

1158 

EDDY. 

Lury  Ann,   - 

-  1257 

Nancy,  wife  of  Thomas, 

-     419 

FRANKLIN. 

William, 

451 

Emeline, 

-     553. 

Joseph,      >x.- 

-     462 

FRINK. 

Rebecca, 
Emeline, 

494 
-     495 

Widow  Catharine,  - 

-  1014 

Henry,    - 
Julia  Ann 

582 

-     596 

FRISBEE. 

Enoch, 

-  1003 

Eliza,  wife  of  Enoch,     - 

1009 

EELS. 

Susanna,      ... 

-  1010 

John, 

-     402 

Sarah  M., 

1011 

ELLIS. 

FULLER. 

William,       -       '     - 

-     717 

Noah, 

-     186 

Wife  of  William, 

7.8 

GAGER. 

William,  jun., 

-     804 

Lucy  P.,       - 

-    875 

Sylvender, 
Charlotte,      - 
Irene,  wife  of  John, 
Edwin  C.,    - 
Jerusha, 

869 
-     949 
956 
-     970 
980 

GARDNER. 

Champlain,  - 
Avaline  S.,  wife  of  Champlain, 
Lucretia  L., 

-  1341 
1342 
-  1343 

Syl  vender,    - 
Lovisa,  wife  of  Sylvender, 

-  1079 
1080 

GARNSEY. 

James  Kasson, 

-     230 

Gustavus  A  , 

-  1220 

GIDDING9. 

Julia  C.,  wife  of  Gustavus  A.,  - 

1221 

William  W., 

-  1265 

Henry  J., 

-  1260 

Cornelia  A.,  wife  of  William  W., 

1266 

Marion  R., 

1386 

Martha  M.,  - 

-  1314 

William  H., 

-  1390 

William  H., 

139L 

Mrs.  Amelia, 

1424 

Frederick  W., 

-  1418 

33 

514 


FIRST     CHURCH 


GILBERT. 

Widow  Mary, 
Rene,  wife  of  Moses,      - 

-     152 
751 

HAMBLIN. 

Noah,      - 
Erastus, 
Ellen  E.,' 

513 
-     728 
552 

GILLET. 

Richard,       - 
Elizabeth,  wife  of  Richard, 

-  1012 
1013 

Mary  S.,  wife  of  Solomon,  - 

HANNOE. 

Joseph,         - 

-  1254 
-  1362 

GLADDEN. 

-     219 

HARRINGTON. 

Phebe,  wife  of  Samuel,  - 

266 

Hannah,  wife  of  Simeon,     - 

.     521 

Elizabeth,  wife  of  Azariah, 

-     269 

HARRISON. 

Stephen, 

286 

Frances, 

-  1186 

Wife  of  Stephen,     - 

-     287 

HART. 

Reuben,  - 
Sally,  wife  of  Reuben, 
Marcia,   - 

522 
-     523 
614 
-     663 

Elijah,  1st,   - 
Wife  of  Elijah,  1st, 
Judah,  sen., 

-       49 
50 
-       51 

Laura, 

700      Elijah,  2d, 

52 

Minerva, 
Snrah  Ann, 
William  Henry, 
Charlotte  M.,      - 

-     807 
1231 
-  1253 
1399 

Thomas, 
John, 
Jehudi, 
Wife  of  Jehudi,  - 
Dr.  Josiah,  - 

-       93 
101 
-     118 
119 
-     127 

GLENDINNIXG. 

Wife  of  Dr.  Josiah, 

128 

James, 

-  1060 

Benjamin, 

-     131 

GOODRICH. 

Wife  of  Benjamin, 

132 

Martha,  wife  of  Samuel,      - 
Jedediah, 

-       28 
63 

Judah,  jun., 
Wife  of  Judah,  jun., 

-     140 
141 

Wife  of  Jedediah,    - 

-       64 

Asahel, 

-     174 

Samuel, 

69 

Widow  Comfort. 

180 

Zebulon, 

-       72 

Elijah,  3d,    - 

-     181 

Mercy,    - 

120 

Wife  of  Elijah,  3d, 

182 

Isaac,            ... 

-     253 

Bethel, 

-     183 

Lois,  wife  of  Zenas, 

258 

Abigail,  - 

203 

GOODWIN. 

William  S.,  - 

-  1419 

William,       - 
Wife  of  Thomas, 
Joseph, 

-     208 
209 
-     210 

GRAY. 

Peter, 

-  1434 

Abijah,    -            -            - 
Ismena          - 

211 
-     216 

^  I  U 

Martha,  wife  of  Peter,   - 

1435 

Anna,  wife  of  Asahel,    - 

224 

GRIDIEY. 

Klizur, 

-     231 

Widow  Ruth, 

-     234 

Wife  of  Elizur,  - 

232 

Betsey,   - 

235 

Hannah,  wife  of  Elisha, 

-     236 

Oliver, 

-     238 

Huldah,  wife  of  Bethel, 

243 

Wife  of  Oliver, 

239 

Aaron,           ... 

-     247 

Adelia, 

-     364 

Wife  of  Aaron,  - 

248 

Mary,  wife  of  Ebenezer, 

414 

Ozias, 

-     281 

Edwin, 

-     808 

Wife  of  Ozias,    - 

282 

Elizabeth, 

809 

Mary, 

-     292 

Ellen, 

-  1192 

James,     - 

293 

GRISWOLD. 

Wife  of  James, 

-     294 

Wife  of  Jonathan,  - 
Hannah,  wife  of  Gideon, 
Jonathan,     - 
Naomi,  wife  of  Riley,    - 
Lucy  Jane,  -                    •    - 
Laura  B., 
Cynthia  S., 

16 
27 
83 
810 
-     811 
873 
-     974 

Dr.  Samuel, 
Nancy, 
Rhoda,    - 
Anna,  wife  of  Abijah, 
Sylvia,    - 
Sarah,  wife  of  Salmon, 
Francis,  - 
Nancy,  wife  of  Bethel, 

311 
-    317 
325 
-     326 
335 
-     347 
353 
-     361 

HALL. 

Bulah,     - 

380 

Royal  S.,     - 
Cornelia, 

-     817 
818 

Olive,  wife  of  Cyprian, 
Lticina,  wife  of  Jesse,    - 

-     383 
397 

HAMBLIN. 

Ozias,  jun.,  -             -             - 

-     407 

John, 

-     446 

Otis, 

408 

Eunice,  wife  of  John,     - 

447 

Esther, 

-     405 

Rhoda, 

-     502 

Pamela,  wife  of  Ozia«,  jun., 

410 

OF     NEW     BRITAIN. 


515 


•       HART. 

HIGGINS. 

Lydia,           ... 

-    412 

Josephine,    - 

-  1137 

Rosetta,  wife  of  Salmon, 

415 

Nelson,  - 

1155 

Jesse,            - 

-     430 

Delia  B.,  wife  of  Nelson,    - 

-  1156 

Salmon,  ... 

441 

MaryE., 

1410 

Selah, 

-     453 

HILLS. 

Jemima,  wife  of  Selah,  - 

454 

Elvira, 

-     711 

Chester, 
Jonathan, 

-    481 

483 

HIN8DALE. 

John              ... 

-     162 

Ira,  - 
Orpha,  wife  of  Ira, 
Salome,        ... 
Emily,    - 
Adna, 
Sophia,   - 

-    484 
485 
-    498 
503 
-     516 
533 

Elizabeth,  wife  of  John, 
Gilman,        -            -            • 
Anna,  wife  of  Gilman,  - 
Mary  Louisa, 
Marilla,  wife  of  Gilman, 

163 
-  1015 
1016 
-  1020 
1146 

AmziW.,    - 

-     537 

HOBABT. 

Aaron,  jun., 

542 

JohnM.,      - 

-     720 

Widow  Sarah, 

-     546 

HOLLISTEB. 

Widow  Rhoda,  - 
Caroline  U., 

563 
-     602 

Sarah,  wife  of  Stephen, 
Stephen, 

-       79 
169 

Artemas  E.,        - 

622 

Lucy,  wife  of  Abijah, 
Sarah,  widow  of  Stephen, 
Stephen, 

-     634 
638 
-     646 

HOLME9. 

Everett  C.,  - 
Laura  P.,  wife  of  Everett  C.,    - 

-  1150 
1151 

Cynthia,  wife  of  Stephen, 

647 

HOTCHKIBS. 

Mehitable,  wife  of  Edmund, 
Samuel  M., 

-     654 
686 

Ladwick,      - 
Wife  of  Ladwick, 

-       67 

MaryG.,      - 
Elijah,  4th, 
Louisa,  wife  of  Elijah,  4th, 
Elizabeth,  wife  of  Cyrus, 
Lucinda, 
Burdette, 

-     713 
722 
-     723 
724 
-     770 
771 

Lemuel, 
Wife  of  Lemuel, 
Martha,  wife  of  Ladwick,  jun., 
Ann  R.,  - 
Mary  P.,  wife  of  Alvin, 
Emily  F.,  wife  of  George  F.,    - 

-    m 

188 
-     278 
1085 
-  1094 
1292 

George, 

-     812 

MaryL.,      - 

-  1408 

Elizabeth,  wife  of  George, 

813 

HOUGH. 

Jonathan  T., 

-     814 

David, 

-     756 

Samuel  W.,  M.  D., 

815 

Maria,     - 

757 

Juliette, 

-     816 

Amy,           ... 

-     760 

Louisa,    - 

896 

Norman, 

774 

Cyrus, 

-     917 

Harriet,  wife  of  Norman,     - 

.     775 

Angeline  C., 

936 

Phebe,  wife  of  David,    - 

819 

Lucina,         ... 

-     937 

Elizabeth,     - 

-     820 

Rev.  Levi  W.,    - 

944 

Mary  B  , 

881 

Norman  L., 

-     945 

Cordelia, 

-  1123 

Deacon  Norman, 

954 

HOWD. 

Antoinette,   - 
Newton  F., 

-     960 
972 

Betsey,   '     • 

-     736 

Nancy  A.,    - 
Ellen,      - 

-     985 
1033 

HOWEL. 

Leverett, 
Mary  E.,  wife  of  Leverett, 

-  1224 
1225 

HARTMAN. 

HUBBABD. 

Mrs.  Catharine  D.,  - 

-  1383 

Abiathar,      - 

-     965 

Ernest  August,  - 

1420 

HULL. 

HAWLEY. 

Betsey,         -           -           -    • 

-     662 

Dr.  Roswell, 

-  1068 

Widow  Lucy,     - 

821 

Mary,  wife  of  Dr.  Roswell, 

1069 

HUMPHREY. 

Jane,  second  wife  of  Dr.  Ros\ 

<rell,  -  1100 

Mary  F.,  wife  of  William,  - 

-  1088 

HATES, 

HUBLBURT. 

Mary  L.,      - 

-  1455 

Enos  S., 
Priscilla  H.,  wife  of  Julius, 

-     7oO 
1230 

HAZZABD. 

Stephen, 

-     587 

JEROME. 

Arma, 

-  1030 

HENRY. 

Anna,  wife  of  Arma, 

1031 

Esther, 

-  1112 

Olive, 

-  1062 

516 


FIRST      CHURCH 


JEROME. 

Emily  A., 

1103 

KEENET. 

Widow  Mary,  of  Hart, 

-  1099 

Franklin  M., 

-  1238 

KEL8ET. 

JONES. 

John, 

-      57 

Eliza  S.  W.,  wife  of  Rev.  Henry, 

-     588 

Wife  of  John,    - 

58 

Rezin  G., 

773 

Maria  S.,      - 

-     600 

Aurelia,  wife  of  William  B., 

-  1072 

Julia  Ann, 

766 

Deveraux, 

1217 

Abi,  wife  of  David, 

-     958. 

Aurelia  Melvina, 

-  1367 

Caroline  A.,  wife  of  Enoch, 

1058 

JODD. 

KENTON. 

Benjamin,    - 

22 

Widow  Jane  K., 

-  1228 

Wife  of  Benjamin, 

23 

KETJHEN. 

James, 
Uriah,     - 

38 
39 

Mrs.  Julia  F.  Van,  - 

-  1312 

Wife  of  Uriah, 

-       40 

KILBOCRN. 

Nathan,  - 

41 

Ruth, 

15 

Wife  of  Nathan, 

-       42 

Wife  of  Daniel,        .      - 

18 

Phincas  - 

43 

Daniel, 

-       70 

Wife  of  Phineas,     - 

-       44 

Anna,  wife  of  Joseph,    - 

78 

John,  sen., 

45 

John, 

86 

Wife  of  John,  sen., 

-       46 

Mehitable, 

157 

John,  jun., 

134 

Josiah, 

-     200 

Wife  of  John,  jun., 

-     135 

KNAPP. 

Wife  of  Seth,    - 

151 

Mary  E.,  wife  of  Frederick, 

-  1074 

Anthony, 

-     178 

Frederick, 

1163 

James,     - 

195 

KOEHLER. 

Selah, 
Esther,  wife  of  James,  - 

-     199 
318 

Adolphus,     - 
Margaret,  wife  of, 

-  1422 
1423 

Nancy, 

-     360 

Aurora,  - 
Daniel, 

369 
-     435 

LAMB. 

Jemima, 

-      71 

Hannah,  wife  of  Daniel, 

436 

LAMP8ON. 

James,  jun., 

.     459 

Harriet  N.,  - 

-     824 

Salome,  wife  of  James,  jun.,     - 

460 

LANGDON. 

Almira, 

-     500 

John, 

-     107 

Polly,  wife  of  William, 

524 

Wife  of  John,    - 

108 

Harry, 
Emma,  wife  of  Samuel, 
Betsey,  wife  of  John, 
Ursula,  widow  of  John, 
John, 

-     540 
560 
-     632 
637 
-     674 

LAWRENCE. 

Harriet  L.,  wife  of  Stephen  R., 
Emma  C., 
Stephen  R.,  - 

-  1318 
1359 
-  1447 

William,  jun.,    - 

705 

LEE. 

Nancy, 

-     730 

Widow  Elizabeth,    - 

-       24 

Julia  "A.,  wife  of  Harry, 

733 

Deacon  Josiah,  - 

33 

Eliza,  wife  of  Richard, 

-     822 

Wife  of  Deacon  Josiah, 

-       34 

Oliver  S., 

823 

Isaac, 

35 

Julia  A.,  wife  of  Amon, 

-     898 

Wife  of  Isaac, 

-       36 

Deacon  Morton, 

918 

Stephen, 

37 

Emily  A.,  wife  of  Oliver,    - 
Samuel, 

-     959 
969 

Kata,  wife  of  Stephen, 
Abigail,  wife  of  Isaac,  3d, 

73 
154 

Deacon  Alhcrt  D.,  - 

-  1028 

Isaac,  3d,      - 

-     168 

Richard, 

1119 

Elizabeth,  wife  of  Col.  Isaac,     - 

170 

Hannah  B., 

-  1121 

Mary,  third  wife  of  Col.  Isaac, 

-     177 

Hubert  L., 

1125 

Nancy,  wife  of  Isaac,  jun., 

348 

Julia  E.,  wife  of  Hubert  L., 

-  1126 

Isaac,  jun.,   - 

-     351 

Lorin  F., 

1190 

Thomas, 

356 

Josephine,  M.,  wife  of  Lorin  F., 

-  1191 

Electa,  wife  of  Thomas,      - 

-     357 

Edward  M.,       - 
Jane  P.,  wife  of  Edward  M., 

1235 
-  1299 

Minerva, 
Betsey,  wife  of  Isaac, 

385 
-     386 

Martha,  wife  of  Rollin, 

1326 

Thirza,    - 

504 

Ethan, 

-  1335 

Dr.  Thomas  G., 

-     545 

Melissa,  wife  of, 

1336 

Electa,    - 

583 

Rollin  D.,    - 

-  1377 

Caroline, 

-     609 

Martha  L.,        - 
Grace  Ellen, 

1378 
-  1387 

Nancy,  wife  of  Philip,  - 

655 

-     694 

OF    NEW    BRITAIN. 


517 


LEE. 

LU8K. 

Laura,  second  wife  of  Thomas,  Esq. 

740 

Thomas, 

10 

Almira  S., 

825 

Wife  of  Thomas, 

11 

Angeline, 

826 

Elizabeth,  wife  of  Thomas,  2d, 

-      90 

Esther  L.,  third  wife  of  Thos.,  Esq., 

880 

Electa,    - 

226 

Dr.  John  R.,                        -            - 

900 

Anna,  wife  of  Seth, 

-     242 

Caroline  A.,  wife  of  I.  N., 

989 

Mary,  wife  of  John, 

276 

Abbie,  wife  of  I.  N., 

1152 

LYFORD. 

Isaac  S., 

1166 

Albina, 

-  1431 

LEWIS. 

Adonijah,     - 
William, 

88 
109 

LYMAN. 

Julia  Mills,  - 

-  1375 

Wife  of  William,    .- 

110 

LYON. 

Wife  of  Adonijah, 

111 

Mary  E.,  widow  of  Homer, 

-  1229 

Polly,           .... 
Elisha  S., 

184 
394 

MAITLASD. 

Seth,       '*    - 

439 

David,    ^      - 

-  1233 

Lydia,  wife  of  Seth, 

440 

MALLORY. 

Keziah,  wife  of  Elisha  S.,  - 

455 

Mrs.  Sarah  Jaue,     - 

-  1402 

Isaac, 
Erastus,        - 
Wife  of  Erastus, 
Edward,       - 

458 
567 
568 
5«9 

Anthony  J., 

MALTBY. 

Isaac, 

1426 

-     228 

Betsey  L., 
Julia  Ann,    ... 

577 

578 

MARSHALL. 

Eliza  Ann,  wife  of  William  C., 

-     780 

William  G., 

595 

MATHER 

Adeline, 
Barton,    -                        - 

617 
625 

Joshua,          ... 
Wife  of  Joshua,  - 

-      47 

48 

Caroline,      - 

633 

David, 

-     138 

Charles,  - 

677 

Wife  of  David,  - 

139 

Julia  Ann,  wid.  of  Seth,  of  Farming'n 
Charles  M., 
George, 
Widow  Ursula,  - 

,765 
916 
919 
957 

Mary  Ann,  - 
Wife  of  Joseph, 
Joseph, 
Betsey,    -                        - 

-     204 
207 
-    217 
334 

Horatio  S.,  - 
Jane  E.,  wife  of  Horatio  S., 

983 
1003 

Widow  Rebecca,      - 
Jerusha, 

-     375 

379 

LINA8ON. 

Cyprian, 

-     463 

Ellen,           .... 

1188 

MCELRATH. 

Eliza  A., 

1189 

Widow  Jane, 

-  1276 

LINCOLN. 

Samuel,  - 

1337 

Huldah,  wife  of  Simeon,     - 

273 

MC  LEAN. 

Elizabeth,  widow  of  John, 

319 

Phebe,  wife  of  Oscar, 

-     779 

Sarah,  third  wife  of  Simeon, 

393 

Mrs.  Phebe,  widow, 

1082 

LIN8LEY. 

George  G.,   - 

-  1174 

Solomon  F. 

1319 

Charles  O., 

1175 

Lucy  A.,  wife  of  Solomon  F.,  - 

1320 

Susan  J.,  wife  of  Charles,   - 

-  1207 

LOMADY. 

Lemuel, 

878 

MEAD. 

Frederick  G., 

-  1453 

LOOMI9. 

MEDBURY. 

Timothv  W., 

990 

Mrs.  Emeline, 

-  131J 

Chloe,  wife  of  Timothy  W.,      - 
Philo  A., 

991 
1047 

MEEKER. 

Ithamar, 

-  1445 

Pollv  Ann,  wife  of  Philo  A.,     - 

1048 

Abbie,  wife  of  Ithamar, 

1446 

Olive  M.,      - 

1142 

MEIG8. 

Lydia  M., 

1458 

Widow  Elizabeth,    - 

-     879 

LORD. 

MERIMAN. 

Sophrone  M., 

1043 

Salmon, 

-     692 

LUDDINOTON. 

Emma  M.,  wife  of  S.  G., 

1055 

Collins,         - 

161 

MERRILL. 

Mabel,  wife  of  Daniel,   - 

302 

Eleazer, 

-     279 

Amelia  A.,  wife  of  Doctor, 

1305 

Wife  of  Eleazer,       .     - 

280 

Luana  A., 

1306 

Wife  of  Chauncey, 

-     288 

518 


FIRST     CRURCH 


MERWIN. 

James  B.,     - 

-  1065 

NORTH. 

Hubert  F.,    - 

-     831 

Adeline, 

832 

Elizabeth  B.,  wife  of  Darius, 

-  1291 

Julia  A.,       - 
Georgiana, 

-     899 
903 

MILLS. 

Louisa, 

-     904 

Mary 

-     827 

Cordelia  M.,       - 

934 

MINOR. 

Omri  M.,      - 

-  1061 

John  B., 

-  1143 

Cybelia,  wife  of  Omri  M., 

1062 

Willie  A., 

1361 

Lucius  J.,    - 

-  1063 

MIX. 

John  C., 

1064 

Elisha, 

-     828 

NORTUEND. 

MOORE. 

Mrs.  Mary  L., 
MaryL., 
Emma  L.,     -            - 

-  1344 
1346 
-  1357 

Charles, 
Lucy  Ann,  wife  of  Charles, 
John, 
Charles  A., 

-  1144 
1145 
-  1161 
1162 

Mrs.  Emily, 

1394 

NORTHROP. 

MORGAN. 

Harriet  Maria, 

-  1449 

Mrs.  Louisa  O., 

-  1330 

NOYES. 

MORSE. 

Sarah  J., 

-  1138 

Samuel  R.,  - 

-     697 

OLDS. 

Anna  C.,  wife  of  William, 

963 

Caroline  S.,  wife  of  Oliver  P., 

-     888 

Hannah,       • 

-  1022 

ORTIZ. 

Ann  E., 

1208 

Elizabeth  C.,  wife  of  Pedro  P.,  - 

1280 

MURPHY. 

John  W.,     - 

-     741 

OSBORNE. 

Charles  E.,   - 

-  1286 

MURRAY. 

ElamP., 

1328 

Ann  E., 

-     992 

Maria,  wife  of  Elam  P.,      -      . 

-  1329 

NEWELL. 

Lydia  M., 

1354 

Lucy, 

-     661 

Platt  D.,       - 

-  1401 

Mary  Ann,  wife  of  John  A., 

1073 

OSGOOD. 

NICKER9ON. 

Polly, 

-     262 

Susan,  wife  of  Rev.  Major  A., 

-     772 

Julia  Maria,  wife  of  Lester, 

641 

NOBLE. 

PARKER. 

Sylvester  W., 
Sarah,     - 

-  1234 
1298 

Isabella, 
Julius,     .... 
Lueinda,  wife  of  Julius, 

-     836 
864 
-     891 

Hugh  Henry, 
Emma  G.,  wife  of  Hugh  Henry, 

-  1226 
1227 

Henrietta,            ... 
Ellen  W.,     - 
Mrs.  Eunice  S., 

998 
-  1178 
1373 

NORTH. 

Charles  J.,    - 

-  1392 

Lydia, 

-     146 

William  E., 

1416 

James,    - 

149 

Wife  of  James, 
Mercy,     - 
Asher, 
Wife  of  Asher,  - 
Alvin, 

-     150 
153 
-     259 
260 
-     330 

PARSONS. 

Isaac, 
Wife  of  Isaac,    - 
Fanny,  wife  of  Henry  L.,    - 
Orville  W.,         -            -            - 
Eliza, 

-     129 
130 
-     635 
738 
-     739 

Anna,  wife  of  Alvin, 
Orpha, 
Betsey,  wife  of  Seth  J., 

331 
-     366 

396 

Widow  Dorcas,  - 
Henry  L.,     - 

782 
-     924 

Clarissa,  wife  of  Alvin, 

-     411 

PATTERSON. 

James,  jun.,       ... 
SethJ.,        -            -       '     - 

443 

-     449 

Deacon  John, 
Wife  of  Dea.  John, 

2 
3 

Eliza  S., 

593 

William,      - 

55 

Henry,  2d,    - 

-     624 

Anna,     - 

80 

William  B., 

650 

Ruth, 

81 

Sarah,  wife  of  William  B., 

-     651 

Sarah,  wife  of  William, 

82 

Henry,    - 

743 

PEASE. 

Lauretta,  wife  of  Henry,      - 

-     744 

Asaph, 

-  1036 

Harriet  A., 
Frederick  H., 

769 
-     829 

Clotilda,  wife  of  Asaph, 
Julius  W.,    - 

1037 
-  1038 

Sarah  R., 

830 

Mary  II.,  wife  of  Julius  W.,      - 

1039 

OF    NEW    BRITAIN. 


519 


PEASE. 

PIERCE. 

Mary  C.,      - 
Lucy  J., 
L.  Hoyt, 

-  1040 
-  1041 

1389 

Benjamin  F., 
Samantha,  wife  of  Benjamin  F., 
William  J.,  - 

1045 
1046 
1050 

MattieF..     -            -            -      ' 

.-  1407 

PIERPONT. 

Julius  H., 

1414 

J.  Evelin,     - 

1274 

PECK. 

Mary  A.,  wife  of  J.  Evelin, 

1275 

Elnathan,     - 

-     920 

PINKS. 

Martha,  wife  of  Nehemiah, 

950 

Esther,  wife  of  Jonathan,    - 

865 

MaryS.,       - 

-     967 

Esther  F., 

981 

Susan  R.,            -            -            - 

1053 

Edward  P.,  - 

986 

James  G.,     - 

-  1054 

Edwin  C., 

987 

Lydia,  second  wife  of  Nehemiah, 

1075 

Sarah, 

1122 

George  S.,    • 

-  1279 

Marion  E.,          - 

1289 

PENNFIELD. 

Mrs.  Sophia  C., 

1459 

Nathaniel,    - 

-     116 
117 

POND. 

\Vifo  of  Nathaniel, 
Phineas, 

-     175 

Mrs.  Elizabeth,  - 

1428 

Wife  of  Phineas, 

190 

PORTER. 

Milla, 

-     213 

Mrs.  Irene                           * 

1129 

Elizabeth, 

214 

Nathaniel,  jun., 

-     237 
320 

POTTER. 

ElviraS.,     -            -            -            - 

874 

Eunice,'  wife  of  Asahel, 

-     332 

Andrew  P., 

911 

Huldah,  wife  of  Silas,  .- 

341 

PRATT. 

O*71 

Betsey,    - 

389 

Elizabeth,  wife  of  Andrew, 
Andrew,              -            -           '• 

27  1 
345 

Elizabeth,  wife  of  John, 

-     432 

Second  wife  of  Andrew, 

346 

Nancy,                            «• 

457 

Betsey  W., 

492 

Phineas,  jun., 
Chester,  - 

-     469 

486 

Nancy  D.,    - 

PRIOR. 

493 

Sally             ... 

-     496 

Lydia,     - 
Sylvester,     - 
Ruth,  wife  of  Phineas,    - 

509 
-     518 
526 

Calista  L.,  wife  of  Prosper, 
RoenaW., 

RASCOE. 

1297 
1405 

Aurelia,  wife  of  Chester,     - 

-     528 

Joseph  H.,   - 

1363 

Polly,  wife  of  Nathaniel, 

549 

RAYMOND. 

Harvey, 

-     833 

William  F., 

1315 

Lydia,     - 
Mary  Ann,   - 
Lucy,  wife  of  Harvey,   - 

.     834 
-     835 
889 

Mrs.  Elizabeth,  wife  of  William  F., 

RECOH. 

1316 

467 

Dennis, 
Fidelia,   -            -            -            - 

-     961 

977 

Lucy,  wife  of  John, 
Samuel,         - 

468 
510 

PERKINS. 

Minerva,  wife  of  Jesse, 

527 

Rachel  Maria, 

-     664 

Alrneda        - 

837 

Sarah  M., 

707 

Charles  C.,          - 

966 

Harriet, 

-     726 

Augusta  H., 

975 

Newton  W., 

1216 

Roxy,      - 

1400 

FERRIN. 

RHODES. 

Ann  Eliza,  wife  of  Rev.  L., 
Bernadotte, 
Addison, 

-  1201 

1324 
-  1350 

Lucy  A.,      - 
Widow  Harriet  B.,  of  Henry  E., 
Thomas  R., 

1214 
1248 
1398 

Catharine, 

1353 

RICE. 

Lois, 

-  1374 

Ephraim, 

176 

Aaron,     - 

1395 

RICH. 

PETTIBONE. 

Thomas,       - 

305 

Widow  Fanny, 

-  1089 

RICHARDS. 

PHILIPS* 

Thomas,       - 

4 

Matilda,       - 

-  1077 

Wife  of  Thomas, 
Samuel                                   * 

5 
12 

Eliza,      -            --- 

1078 

Wife  of  Samuel, 

13 

PICKETT. 

John,             - 

95 

J.A., 

-  1169 

Lydia,  wife  of  Amos,    - 

277 

520 


FIRST     CHU  RCH 


RICHARDS. 

8HIPMAN. 

Daniel, 

-     575 

Joseph, 

461 

Experience,  wife  of  Daniel, 

591 

Eliza,      - 
Abigail  G., 

607 
608 

RILEY. 

Ralph      - 

678 

Mehitabel,  wife  of  Theodore, 

-     427 

John  '•---- 

696 

Emily  M.,  wife  of  William  H.,  - 

1160 

Orpha, 

734 

RIPLEY. 

Elizabeth,  wife  of  Horatio, 

781 

Rev.  Erastus, 

-  1307 

SISCO. 

Anna,  wife  of  Rev.  Erastus,      - 

1308 

Dianna         - 

612 

Eugine  B.,   - 

-  1364 

SKINNER. 

ROBBINS. 

Frederick  O., 

-  1091 

Ursula,  wife  of  Rev.  Newton, 

391 

ROBERTS. 

-     198 

SLATER. 

Pliny, 

1024 

Ruth,  wife  of  Aaron, 

220 

Polly,  wife  of  Pliny,      - 

1025 

Irene,  . 

-  1129 

SLOPER. 

Mary  S.,  wife  of  Frederick  A.,  - 

1134 

Sarah  A.,  wife  of  Daniel,    - 

1086 

Caroline  M.,  wife  of  Meriels, 

-  1255 

'      SMALLEY. 

ROBINSON. 

John,  D.  D., 

1 

Elizabeth  H., 

-  1211 

Sarah,  wife  of  John,  D.  D.,      - 

96 

MaryE., 

1421 

Rebecca, 

315 

ROCKWELL. 

SMITH. 

Stephen  G., 
Abbie,  wife  of  Stephen  G., 

-  1464 
1465 

William,       - 
Wife  of  William, 

6 

7 

RODGERS. 

Ebenezer,      - 

8 

Jane,  wife  of  John  B.,        -    • 

-  1139 

Wife  of  Ebenezer, 

9 

ROOT. 

Joseph, 

25 

Widow  Hannah,      - 

-       56 

Jos°ph,  ]'un., 

29 

Perc*es,    - 

367 

Wife  of  Joseph,  jun., 

30 

Hannah,  wife  of  Joseph, 
John,      - 

-    448 
594 

Jedediah, 
Wife  of  Jedediah,    - 

31 
32 

Dennis, 

-     691 

Mary,  wife  of  Samuel,  - 

89 

Phiueas, 

13G 

Philena,  wife  of  Philander  P., 
Leander  P., 

-     838 
866 

Wife  of  Phineas, 
Chloe,  wife  of  Elnathan, 
Esther,  second  wife  of  Joseph,  jun., 

137 
156 
167 

RUGG. 

Solomon, 

-     147 

Susannah,  wife  of  Elijah,    - 
Wife  of  Levi,      - 

223 

289 

Elmina, 

433 

Wife  of  William/    - 

295 

SAGE. 

William, 

337 

William, 

-     999 

Daniel, 

423 

Lucy,  wife  of  William,  - 

1000 

Wife  of  Daniel, 

424 

SANDERS. 

Dolly,  wife  of  Lemuel, 

437 

Adaline,  wife  of  Ephraim,  - 

-     839 

Lucretia,  wife  of  William, 
Desdemona, 

472 
48? 

SENIOR. 

Caroline, 

-  1004 

Benjamin, 
Chloe,  wife  of  Abijah, 

515 
520 

8EWARD. 

Elvira,  wife  of  Benjamin, 

627 

Lydia  H.,  wife  of  Rev.  D.  M., 

887 

William  IL, 

652 

SEYMODR. 

Marcia,  wife  of  William  H.,      - 

653 

Widow  Hannah, 

19 

Susan, 

667 

Sarah,  wife  of  Lewis, 

268 

Eli, 

747 

Moses  D.,     - 

-    420 

Eliza, 

758 

Abigail,  wife  of  Moses  D., 

421 

Caroline, 

759 

Henrietta,  wife  of  O.  H.,     - 

-     656 

Harriet, 

840 

Mary  Ann, 

668 

Maria, 

841 

SHERMAN. 

Martha  E.,  wife  of  Rev.  C.  S., 
Esther  W.,  second  wife  of  Rev.  C. 

-     995 
S.,1026 

Eli  B., 

Elizabeth, 
Emcline,  wife  of  Eli  B.,      - 
Eliza  S.,  wife  of  Sidney, 

871 
933 
988 
1051 

SHIPMAN. 

George  L.,   - 

1081 

Marv,  wife  of  Joseph, 

-     349 

Ellen  S., 

1127 

Lucy,      -            -            -           - 

456 

Mary  Ann,  - 

1136 

OF    NEW     BRITAIN. 


521 


SMITH. 

STANLEY. 

Mary  Annette,  wife  of  James,    - 

1195 

Amelia, 

-     933 

Emeline  G.,  wife  of  George, 

-  1278 

Cordelia, 

940 

SNATH. 

Melvina,  wife  of  F.  T., 

-     948 

Eliza  G.,      - 

-     867 

Everett  L.  , 

971 

Elvira  C.,  wife  of  Augustus, 

-     984 

SOUTHWORTH. 

Maria  K.  wife  of  Walter, 

997 

Eliza, 

-    507 

S.  Elizabeth, 

-  1017 

MaryE.,             ... 

570 

Julia  C., 

1018 

Richard  S., 

-     923 

Charlotte,     - 

-  1027 

Nancy  H.,  wife  of  Richard  S.,  - 

928 

Ellen  M., 

1105 

Caroline  E., 

-  1106 

James            -            • 

-  1164 

Harriet,  wife  of  R.  S.,    - 

1317 

Caroline  Eliza,   - 

1173 

8PAULDING. 

Alice  L.,      - 

-  1182 

Josaphine,  wife  of  Alva, 

-  1206 

Mortimer  H.,      ... 
HellenA.,    - 

1185 
-  1244 

8PEKCEK. 

Rachel, 

-  666 

Mary  M., 
Cordelia  R.,  wife  of  Thomas, 

1246 
-  1250 

STANLEY. 

Catharine  R.,      - 

1251 

Noah, 

-       14 

Mary  E.,      - 

-  1252 

Timothy, 
Wife  of  Timothy,    - 

113 
-     114 

Nancy,  widow  of  Dr.  Adna, 
Sophia, 

1295 
-  1296 

Gad,        .... 

115 

Jesse, 

1349 

Mary,  wife  of  Gad, 

-     125 

Martha  E.,  - 

-  1385 

Wife  of  Seth,     - 

isa 

Sarah  A*., 

1409 

Abi,  wife  of  Amon, 

-     339 

Grace, 

-  1412 

Lucy  L.,              ... 

342 

8TEDMAN. 

Dolly, 
Lucy,  wife  of  Jesse, 
Abigail,  wife  of  Cyrus, 

-     343 
403 

-     422 

Widow  Lucina, 
Mary,  wife  of  Samuel,   - 
John      ' 

-     145 
333 
-     544 

Adna,      - 

438 

Ira,  .... 

-     442 

STEELE. 

Wakcman,  N.,    - 

475 

Wife  of  Ebenezer,   - 

-     148 

Elizabeth,  wife  of  Wakeman  N., 

-     476 

Beccarena,  wife  of  William, 

246 

Eliza,  wife  of  Ira, 

529 

Lucy, 

-     265 

Amon, 

-     550 

Allen,     .... 

306 

Chloe,  widow  of  Gad,    - 

589 

Wife  of  Allen, 

-     307 

Charlotte,  wife  of  John, 

-     592 

Sabra,    - 

316 

Julia  Ann, 

603 

Jason, 

-     372 

Augustus,     - 

-     604 

Susanna,  wife  of  Josiah, 

377 

Abi,        .... 

605 

Diadema,     - 

-     390 

Julia  Ann,  2d, 

-     606 

Salmon, 

406 

Catharine  A., 

618 

Josiah,  jun., 

-     444 

Emily  11.,     - 

-     659 

Prudence,  wife  of  Josiah,  jun.,  - 

445 

John,       .... 

675 

Selah,  jun.,  - 

-     482 

Thomas, 

-     680 

Roswell  S., 

514 

William  B., 

687 

Chloe,  wife  of  John, 

-     571 

Henry, 

-     704 

Edmund, 

689 

Alonzo,  - 

716 

Phebe,  wife  of  Selah,  jun.,  - 

-     719 

Elizabeth,     - 

-     842 

Abigail,  wife  of  Roswell, 

725 

Margaret, 

843 

Mary, 

-    742 

Almira, 

-     844 

Selah,     - 

852 

Nancy  D., 

845 

Trial,  wife  of  Selah, 

-     853 

Lot, 

-     846 

Maria,  wife  of  Ira, 

910 

Martha,  - 

847 

Elbridge, 

-     982 

Amzi, 

-     848 

STILLMAN. 

NoahW., 
Laura  F.,  wife  of  Noah  W., 

849 
-     850 

Eliza  S., 

1159 

John,  2d,             ... 

851 

8TODDARD. 

Walter, 

-     884 

Elisha, 

-     854 

Anna,  wife  of  James,     - 

886 

BTON1. 

Harriet, 
Timothy  W.,      - 

-     908 
-915 

Sylvanus, 
Harriet,  wife  of  Sylvanus, 

-     776 

777 

Ira,  jun., 

-     921 

Levi  B., 

-  1029 

Margaret  Hills,  - 

931 

Eliza  H.,  wifo  of  Sylvanus, 

1056 

522 


FIRST    CHURCH 


STONE. 

TURNER. 

Mary  Ann,  wife  of  William, 

-  1135 

Widow  Jane, 

-  1277 

Mar'yE., 

1176 

TTLER. 

Lizzie  D.,  wife  of  Levi,       - 

-  1204 

Lucy, 

-    660 

STOW. 

TJP80N. 

Widow  Phebe, 

-  1021 

Shelden,       - 

-     450 

STRICKLAND. 

Julia  Ann, 

623 

Almira,  wife  of  Stephen,    - 

-    855 

JaneN., 

-     857 

Anna,     • 

1128 

VIETS. 

Ellen  L,      - 

-  1183 

M.  Adelia,    - 

-  1331 

Elenor  J., 

1356 

STRONG. 

Amos  E.,     - 

-     737 

WAINWRIGHT. 

Sarah,  wife  of  Noah,      - 

748 

Wife  of  Samuel,      - 

-     187 

Henry  P.,    - 

-  1148 

WALTER. 

Sarah  A.,  wife  of  Henry  P.,      - 
Sarah  M.,     - 

1149 
-  1355 

Henry, 
Annan  H., 

-   1066 
1241 

SWEARS. 

Anna  F.,  wife  of  Henry,     - 

-  1267 

Mary  Ann,  - 

-  1187 

Henry  S.,           - 

1340 

8WEET. 

WARD. 

Dennis, 

-     912 

Mary  Ann,  - 

-  1084 

SWIFT. 

WARNER. 

Edmund  E., 

-  1284 

Edmund, 

-     890 

Mary  C.,  wife  of  Edmund  E.,  - 

1285 

Charles  A., 

913 

MaryW.,     - 

-  1406 

WARREN. 

TALCOTT. 

Almira,  wife  of  Alanson,    - 

-     927 

Eliza, 

-  1294 

George  F., 

1096 

TATLOR. 

WASHBURN. 

Daniel 

327 

Lucy, 

-     735 

Wife  of  Daniel, 

328 

WATROUS. 

THOMPSON. 

Emily  H.,     - 

-     868 

Elijah, 

-       94 

WEBB. 

Sarah,  wife  of  Elijah,    - 
Moses, 

100 

-    308 

Eodolphus,  - 
Harriet  M.,  wife  of  Eodolphus, 

-  1432 
1433 

Wife  of  Moses,  - 

309 

WEBSTER. 

George, 
Lucy  C.,  wife  of  George, 
Ann  Eliza,  wife  of  Charles, 

-     952 
953 
-  1256 

Abigail,  wife  of  Joshua, 
Stephen, 

-     171 
322 

Angeline,  wife  of  James, 

1352 

WELDON. 

-     517 

THORNTON. 

William,      - 
Sarah  J.,  wife  of  William, 

-  1222 
1223 

Susan  F.,  wife  of  Samuel  A.,    - 
Samuel  A., 

1194 
-  1258 

William  H., 

-  1417 

WELLMAN. 

TIBBALS. 

Eliza  F.,       - 

-  1450 

George  L.,   - 

-     925 

WELLS. 

T    A*T1 

-     299 

TOMLINSON. 

Charles, 

-  1439 

.L/e\i, 
Wife  of  Levi,      . 
Lydia, 

300 
-    368 

TRACT. 

Hannah, 

489 

L.  N., 

-     778 

Elva, 

-     490 

Thomas, 

856 

Marilla, 

491 

Jane  Ann,  wife  of  Thomas, 
Charlotte,  second  wife  of  Thoma 
Elizabeth  A.,      - 
Lucy  A., 

-     926 
s,     1035 
1172 
-  1177 

Horace, 
Lemuel, 
Pamela,  wife  of  Horace, 
Levi  S.,  - 

-     511 
512 
-     643 
942 

Ellen  N.,             ... 
Solomon  F., 
Almira  N.,  wife  of  Solomon  F., 
William  E., 

1210 
-  1269 
1270 
-  1325 

Deacon  Lemuel  E., 
Lucelia,  - 
Israel  S.,      - 
Harriet,  wife  of  Levi  S., 

-     943 
979 
-  1059 
1093 

TRTON. 

Herman  F., 

-  1360 

Susannah,    - 

-     554 

WESTOVER. 

TUCK. 

Amos, 

-     683 

S.  N.,  wife  of  J.  W., 

-  1130 

Mary  Ann,  wife  of  Amos, 

698 

OF    NEW     BRITAIN. 


523 


WETMORE. 

WIN8LOW. 

Timothy  S., 
Cleora,  wife  of  Charles  H., 

-     872 
1382 

Charlotte,  wife  of  Rev.  Horace, 

1090 

WOOD. 

WHAPLES. 

Margaret,     ... 
Curtiss, 

-     144 

858 

Almon  N.,    - 
Maria,  wife  of  Almon  N., 

1462 
1463 

WHIFFLE. 

WOODFORD. 

Sarah,  wife  of  Hezekiah,     - 

-     525 

Evelin,         - 

752 

William  C., 

749 

Edwin  A., 

1071 

WHITING. 

Widow  Cornelia,      - 

1200 

Sarah  Ann, 

-     710 

WOODRUFF. 

Isaac  P., 

1309 

Avalina  S.,  wife  of  Isaac  P., 

-  1310 

Ruth,            ... 
Joseph,    .... 

17 

59 

WHITNEY. 

Edwin,- 

-  1070 

Wife  of  Joseph, 
Simmons             ... 

60 
61 

Ebenezer,            ... 
Widow  Annis, 

1095 
-  1101 

Wife  of  Simmons,  - 
Norman              - 

62 

381 

Ann  E.,  wife  of  John,   - 

iro? 

Abigail,  wife  of  Norman,    - 

557 

WHITTLESEY. 

Amos,     - 

565 

David, 

-     321 

Wife  of  Amos, 

566 

Phebe,  wife  of  John  S., 

416 

Ursula,    -            -            -            - 

621 

Sarah  G.,     - 

-     534 

Sarah,           - 

670 

William, 

541 

Henry  M., 

685 

Mary, 

-     585 

Betsey,         - 

861 

Nancy  S., 

610 

Maria,     - 

862 

John  S.,        - 

-     611 

Alma, 

863 

Rebecca, 

731 

Harriet,  wife  of  Dr.  Lucius, 

902 

David  W.,   - 

-     767 

Dr.  Lucius,  - 

905 

Calista  C.,          - 

768 

Widow  Nabby  A., 

1057 

Elizabeth  P., 

-     859 

Sallv,            - 

1147 

Eliphalet, 

860 

Mahlon  J., 

1259 

Eliza,  wife  of  Rev.  J.  S.,     - 

-     883 

Simeon,        - 

1262 

Dolly  B.,  wife  of  David  W.,    - 

892 

Mary  B.,  wife  of  Mahlon  J.,     - 

1263 

JohnE.,   -    - 

-  1083 

Sarah  T.,  wife  of  Nelson,    - 

1268 

Louisa  M.,  wife  of  Rev.  Willian 

i,     1111 

Genevra  M.,  2d  wife  of  Mahlon  J., 

1448 

Louisa  H.,    - 

-  1247 

Maria  C.,  wife  of  Frederick, 

WILCOX. 

1429 

WOODS. 

Hepzibah,  wife  of  John, 

87 

Lucia  H.,  wife  of  Lucas,    - 

-  1287 

Abigail,  - 

264 

WRIGHT. 

WILLIAMS. 

Albert,          -            -            - 
Robert  G., 
Amelia  S.,  wife  of  Robert  G., 

-     676 
893 
-     901 

Catharine,  wife  of  Joseph,  - 
Ezekiel,  .... 
Wife  of  Ezekiel,      - 

133 
142 
143 

Harriet  M.,  wife  of  Henry  E.,  - 
Alfred  P.,     - 
Jennie  E., 

1184 
-  1376 
1425 

Reuben,              ... 
Widow  Keziah, 
Martha,  wife  of  Reuben, 
Deacon  Benjamin,   - 

244 
256 
267 
274 

WILSON. 

Grace  M.,    - 

-  1232 

Wife  of  Deacon  Benjamin, 
Abigail,  wife  of  Charles,     - 

275 

409 

WINCHELL. 

Olive,  wife  of  Uni, 

547 

Lucy,  wife  of  Miles  C., 
Eliza,      .... 

-    428 
505 

Dorothy,  wife  of  Col.  Joseph, 
Lucy  H., 

559 
586 

Lucy  M., 

-     535 

Harriet,  wife  of  Harvey,      - 

590 

James  H., 

543 

Matilda,  - 

620 

Calvin, 

-     561 

Lucy, 

706 

Chloe,  wife  of  Calvin,   - 

562 

Catharine  O.,     - 

1092 

524 


GENERAL     INDEX. 


INDEX 


ALPHABETICALLY  ARRANGED,  SHOWING  THE  PAGE  WHERE  SUCH  NAMES 

OCCUR  IN  THIS  WORK  AS  ARE  NOT    DIRECTLY  OR  INDIRECTLY 

REPRESENTED    BY   NUMBERS. 


ABBOTT,  Joel,  99. 

Samuel,  Esq.,  99. 
ADKINS,  Benjamin,  86. 

David,  186. 

Benoni,  187. 

AICHINSON,  William,  Rev.,  122. 
AIKEN,  William  P.,  Rev.,  119. 
ALEXANDER,  Caleb,  Rev.,  83. 
ALLEN,  Ethan,  Col.,  69,  133. 

Joseph,  69,  133. 

Isaac,  164. 

Ephraim,  184,  340. 

William,  Dr.,  325. 

E.  B.,  490. 

O.,  Rev.,  496. 
ALLIS,  William,  58. 

John,  58. 

ALVOBD,  Eliphaz,  150. 
AMES,  John,  1 88. 

Daniel,  198,  493. 
ANDRE,  Major,  128. 
ANDERSON,  Benjamin,  226. 
ANDREWS,  John,  13,  14. 

Abraham,  13. 

Daniel,  13,  166. 

Joseph,  13. 

Daniel,  Jr.,  19,  27,  29,  30,  31,  33,  56, 
87,  166. 

Ephraim,  33. 

Joseph,  Dr.,  33. 

Moses,  44,  59,  85,  2.32,  29  J,  346. 

Gad,  4,  45. 

John,  of  Newington,  27,  29,  57,  139. 

Joshua,  Dea.,  71. 

Jacob,  166. 
Hezekiah,  125. 
Levi,  88,  221. 
Samuel,  173,  180. 
Phineas,  184,  253. 
Ichabod,  173,  204. 

Alfred,  3,  92,  93,  95,  100,  104,  115, 
118,273,489,493. 


ANDREWS,  E.  A.,  Prof.,  96,  99,  111,  487, 
488,  493. 

E.  B.,  Rev.,  Ill,  114,  115. 

Samuel,  Rev.,  Ill,  112. 

E.  W.,  Rev.,  112. 

Henry  W.,  155,248,425. 

Elisha,  158,  246". 

John  Henry,  160. 

Joseph,  of  Newington,  172. 

Chauncey,  Dr.,  175. 

Moses,  Jr.,  193,  493. 

Milton,  Dea.,  197. 

Elijah,  213,  219,  454. 

Josiah,  218,  225,  227,  237. 

Truman,  219. 

Benjamin,  219. 

Noble,  252. 

James,  265,  410. 

Samuel,  Jr.,  273. 

Ira,  285,  388. 

Edward,  301. 

Thomas,  301,336, 

Gordon  S.,  308. 

Adna  G.,  312. 

Sidney,  Col.,  318. 

Marvin,  340. 

Anson,  336. 

Jonathan,  134. 

Jesse,  Dr.,  85,  487. 

William,  Rev.,  112. 

Benjamin,  33,  134. 

Ali,  4. 

Joseph,  146. 

Omri,  454. 

Edwin  N.,  Rev.,  487. 

Isaac,  Dr.,  487. 

John,  Dr.,  487,  493. 

Horace,  Esq.,  488. 

Charles  S.,  Esq.,  488. 

Miles,  493. 
APPLETON,  Samuel,  23. 

George  W.,  Rev.,  49o. 


GENERAL     INDEX. 


525 


ASPINWALL,  Aaron,  44. 
ATWATEK,  Jason,  Rev.,  97,  98. 
ATKINS,  Irenius,  Rev.,  367. 

Avery,  499. 

ATKINSON,  William  P.,  313. 
AUSTIN,  Richard,  31. 
AVERT,  Jared,  Rev.,  121. 

BACON,  Leonard,  D.  D.,  94. 

Joel,  305. 
James,  212. 

BACKUS,  William  W.,  Rev.,  121. 
BALDWIN,  Charles  L.,  228. 

Henry,  501. 

L.  B.,  Rev.,  502. 
BANCROFT,  David,  Rev.,  475. 
BANKS,  General,  117. 
BARBER,  William,  142. 

B.  B.,  101. 

Grandison,  202. 

Luther,  Rev.,  237. 
BARNEY,  Levi  S.,  Rev.,  496. 
BAKER,  Benjamin,  318. 
BARTON,  Joseph,  272,  278. 
BARTLET,  Moses,  Rev.,  36,  70. 
BATES,  Phineas  P.,  208. 

David,' 2 18,  250. 
BARTHOLOMEW,  John,  57. 

Abraham,  236,  269. 
BARNES,  Thomas,  13,  16,  189. 

Julius,  101. 

Judah,  160. 

Theodore,  220. 

Elias,  293. 

Selah,  263,  314. 

Blakesley,  239,  302. 
BASS,  Henry,  Rev.,  496. 
BASSETT,  Eli  W.,  408. 

O.  B.,  198. 

Cornelius,  251. 

William,  337. 
BKBEE,  Thomas,  215. 
BEECHER,  James,  177. 

Thomas  K.,  Rev.,  311. 
BEE,  Captain,  310. 
BEEMAN,  Josiah,  218. 
BEERS,  Seth  P.,  492. 
BECKLET,  Richard,  Sergt.,  16,  27,  140. 

Benjamin,  27,  52,  57,  68,  141,  142. 

Daniel,  29,  58. 

Joseph,  29,  140,160. 

John,  56,  159. 

Richard,  Jr.,  29,  33. 

Daniel,  Jr.,  58. 

Elias,  183. 

Moses  W.,  229,  500. 

Luther,  297. 

Birdsey,  432. 
BECKWITH,  Enos,  228. 

Chauncey,  498. 

BELLAMY,  Rev.  Dr.,  70,  81,  133. 
BELDEN,  Samuel,  27. 

Ezra,  46,  184, 191,  206,  209. 

Aziel,  290,  500. 


BELDEN,  Joshua,  Rev.,  56,  63,  70,  71,  72, 
129,  131,  202. 

Leonard,  209,  236. 

Ezra,  Jr.,  191,  220. 

Jonathan,  Captain,  85,  493. 

Bildad,  177. 

John,  205. 

Henry,  244. 

Aaron,  261. 

Sylvester,  261. 

Sherman,  C.,  Esq.,  488. 
BENEDICT,  Abner,  Rev.,  72. 
BILL,  Joseph,  218,  219. 
BIDWELL,  James,  226. 

Henry  L.,  489. 
BIRD,  Thomas,  11,  27,  201. 

Joseph,  14,  134. 

James,  11,  14,  28. 

Jonathan,  Rev.,  120. 

William  M.,  328. 

Isaac,  279. 

BISSEL,  Nathaniel,  9. 
BLAKE,  Elijah,  Dea.,  122. 
BLIN,  Peter,  22,  164. 

Elias,  499. 
BODWELL,  A.,  220. 
BOARDMAN,  Richard,  33. 

Ephraim,  44,  45. 

Josiah,  57. 

BOLLES,  Matthew,  Rev.,  496. 
BOND,  E.  P.,  Rev.,  119,496. 
BOOGE,  Ebenezer,  Rev.,  63,  147,  178. 
BOOTH,  Robert,  16,  29,  46,  126,  181. 

Nathan,  44,  59,  138,  162,  217,  248. 

Elisha,  46,  181,  222,  224,  261,304. 

Samuel,  100,  104,  108. 

Ebenezer,  271. 

Stephen,  281. 

Salmon,  211. 

Joseph,  162,  181,  182,  234,  241,  298. 

Cyrus,  291,  501. 

Thomas,  181,  495. 

John,  204. 

William  S.,  298. 
BOTSFORD,  Isaac,  Col.,  101. 
BOOSEY,  James,  Mr.,  9. 
BOWERS,  Benjamin,  71. 
BOYD,  Peter,  297. 
BOYINGTON,  Albert,  266,  229. 
BRADLEY,  Willie,  238. 

Charles,  238. 

BRACE,  Joab,  Rev.,  89,  91,  94,  95,  98,  99, 
101,  111,  112,  116. 

George,  194. 

BRADFORD,  William,  282. 
BRAINARD,  Orrin,  420. 
BRIGHAM,  Samuel,  164. 

Edward,  475. 

BRINSMADE,  H.  N.,  Rev.,  121 . 
BRANDIGEE,  Jacob,  63,  130. 
BREWER,  David,  206. 
BRONSON,  John,  13. 

Richard,  13,  14. 

Jacob,  15. 


526 


GENERAL    INDEX. 


BRO.vsojf,  Jacob,  Jr.,  19. 

Samuel,  28. 

Benjamin,  30. 

Samuel,  Jr.,  29, 30, 31,  32,  34,  35,  42, 
56,  136,  152. 

Elijah,  40,  46,  50,  184,  200. 

Asahel,  235. 

Timothy,  44. 

Aaron,  44,  46,  57. 

Job,  44,  45,  152,  188,  204. 

Joseph,  126,  232. 

Elisha,  50,  57. 

Charles,  35,  58. 

Josiah,  58. 

Isaac,  Dea.,  89. 

William,  29. 

Jesse,  252. 
-    James,  167. 

Orestes,  D.  D.,  184,  185. 

Simeon,  188. 

Luke,  224,  339. 

Ira,  224. 

Roger,  225. 

Theodore  C.,  241. 
BROWN,  Aaron,  Rev.,  50,  51. 

Martin,  104,  224,  283. 

Owen,  Dea.,  83,  84. 

John,  84. 

Horace,  240,  395. 

Zacheus,  500. 

Elias,  246. 

Isaac,  201. 

BRTAN,  George,  Rev.,  97. 
BUCK,  Jonathan,  27,  33. 

Ezekiel,  33. 

Enoch,  33. 

Stephen,  33. 

Pelatiah,  135. 

Titus,  174. 

BUCKLEY,  William  J.,  399. 
BUCKINGHAM,  Thomas,  Rev.,  56. 
BUEL,  David,  217. 

Ira,  217. 

BULLOCK,  Bradford,  330. 
BULL,  Thomas,  14,  15. 

Moses,  31.     • 

Martin,  Dea.,  89,  148,  374. 
BULLARD,  Charles  H.,  Rev.,  122. 
BUNNEL,  John,  Rev.,  63,  64. 
BURGEES,  John,  324,  326. 
BURRITT,  Elihu,  74,  119,  226,  229,   245, 
278,  486. 

Elijah  H.,  100,  488. 
BURT,  Charles,  503. 
BURWELL,  Linus,  498. 
BUTT,  Asa,  138. 
BUTLER,  Moses,  275. 

Oscar,  327. 

Richard,  275. 

Orange  C.,  203. 
BUSH,  Benjamin,  146. 
BURNHAM,  William,  Rev.,  20,  21,  23,  24 
38,  42,  46,  47,  49,  50,  51,  55,   56, 
59,  60 

William,  Capt.,  31,33,  37,  42. 


BURNHAM,  Josiah,  23,  51,  58, 
Appleton,  23. 
Jonathan,  30. 
Elisha,  58. 
Thomas,  23. 

William,  of  Wethersfield,  23. 
Oliver,  Esq.,  262. 

CADWELL,  Lucius  T.,  276. 
CALLENDER,  Edward,  302. 
CAMP,  Joseph,  33. 

John,  33. 

Joseph  E.,  Rev.,  80. 

David,  80,  207. 

Charles  W.,  Rev.,  325. 

Leveret  L.,  258. 

D.  N.,  488. 

CAPRON,  Alexander,  Rev.,  502. 
CAPEX,  Elbridge,  319. 
CARRIWGTON,  David,  251. 

Elias,  Dr.,  230. 

Uriah,  234. 

Nathaniel,  296,  307. 

Abijah,  81. 

CARPENTER,  Joshua,  363. 
CASK,  Hezekiah,  128. 

Seth  E.,  Esq.,  448. 
CATLIN,  Isaac,  191. 
CHAPMAN,  Rev.  Mr.,  79. 

Gilbert,  305. 
CHAPIN,  Calvin,  Rev.,  81,  95,  105. 

Ephraim,  Rev.,  207. 
CHAUNCEY,  Nathaniel,  Rev.,  216. 
CHESTER,  John,  75. 
CHIDSEY,  Anson,  Dea.,  216. 
CHURCH,  James  Mr.,  39,  217 

James,  320. 
CHURCHILL,  Janna,  125. 

Nathaniel,  33,  167,493. 

William  A.,  104,  105,  111,  119. 

Joseph,  119. 

Solomon,  502. 
CLARK,  John,  14,  26,  55. 

Daniel,  Capt.,  10, 17. 

Samuel,  Rev.,  55,  59,  71,  73,  139. 

Joseph,  63,  306. 

Abner,  91,  184,  241,  306. 

Matthew,  104,  193. 

Dan,  104,  115,  490. 

Solomon,  63. 

John, 194,195,  204,  222. 

Abel,  253,  300. 

Oman,  259. 

Edwin,  268. 

William,  275. 

Asa,  Captain,  291. 

Sylvester,  300. 

Elijah,  323. 

Marcellus,  493. 
CLEAVELAKD,  John  W.,  474. 
COAN.  Rev.  Mr.,  84. 
COE,  Henry  L.,  316. 
COCHRAX,  William,  276. 
COGGSWELL,  Jonathan,  Rev.,  97,  98,  101 

Nathaniel,  Dr.,  99. 


GENERAL     INDEX. 


527 


COGGSWELL,  Joseph,  143,  158. 
CRAWFORD,  G.,  Rev.,  82. 
CRANE,  John  R.,  Rev.,  101. 
CROOK,  Col.,  113. 
CROSBY,  Elisha,  339. 
CROW,  Asahel,  252,  254. 
CROCKER,  Zebnlon,  Rev.,  101. 
COLT,  George  D.,  316. 

James  W.,  454. 
COLE,  John,  13,  19,  44,  53,  54,  58. 

Samuel,  14,  29.'. 

Nathaniel,  37,  42,  186. 
Job,  42. 

Nathan,  44. 

Stephen,  44,  53,  54,  159. 

Matthew,  44,  76. 

Elisha,  44,  53,  54,  59. 

Ezekiel,  261. 
COLTON,  Abijah,  Dea.,  89. 

Roderic,  Rev.,  94. 
COMINGS,  B.  N.,  Dr.,  117,488. 
COMMITTEE,  Standing,  123,  124. 
CONONT,  Shubel,  53. 
CONGDON,  George  W.,  82. 
CONE,  Ambrose,  215. 

Daniel,  247. 

Joshua,  249. 
CORNISH,  Wallace,  327. 
CORBIN,  Philip,  341. 
CORXWELL,  Chauncey,  Dea.,    104,   489, 
505. 

Timothy,  Capt.,  203,  228,  170. 

Ralph,  221,  287. 

Richard  S.,  497,  499. 

Stephen,  287. 

Stephen  W.,  170. 

Francis  E.,  Esq.,  488. 
CONSTITUENT  Members  of  South  Con- 
gregational Church,  106,  107. 
COOK,  John,  220. 

George,  220. 

Daniel,  247. 

Moses,  498. 
COSLET,  Francis,  161. 
COSSETT,  Samuel,  189. 
COUCH,  Thomas,  199,  239. 

Ebenezer,  239. 

Amos,  302. 
CURTIS,  Homer,  320. 

Shubel,  210. 

Amos,  210,  247,  252. 

Harvey,  213. 

Samuel  E.,234. 

Peter,  Major,  254. 

William,  30. 

Andrew,  303. 

DAGGET,  O.E.,  Rev.,  121. 

Francis,  345,  360. 
DANIELS,  David,  188. 

George,  232,  251. 
DALY,  Luke,  Rev.,  503. 
DAVIS,  Rev.  Dr.,  101. 
DAY,  Jacob,  289. 

Daniel  J.,  311. 


DEACONS  of  First  Church,  122. 
DELANS,  Mortimer  F.,  208. 
DELEVAN,  Mr.,  488. 
DELIBAR,  James,  Maj.,  215. 
DEMING,  Horace,  252. 

Elizur,  302. 

Edward,  19. 

Jacob,  29,  30,  36,  42. 

John,  33,  159,187. 

Ephraim,  33. 

Joseph,  57,  59. 

Moses,  58- 

William,  94. 

Levi,  Dea.,  98. 

Lardner,  58 

Zebulon,  165,  187. 

Chauncey,  185. 

Treat,  185. 

Gideon,  238. 

Philip,  273. 

Barzilia,  281,  367. 

Robert,  366. 

Franklin,  400. 

Stephen  W.,  474. 

Leonard,  498. 
DEMON,  Jonathan,  9. 
DEWEY,  Daniel,  16,  19,  33,   40,  44,46, 
59,  74. 

Daniel  of  Hartford,  331. 

Oliver,  170. 

Josiah,  493,  505. 
DEWOLF,  Edward,  319. 

Stephen,  166,  206. 
DICKERMAN,  Isaac,  Capt.,  39. 
DICKINSON,  Nathaniel,  58,  502. 

Samuel,  140, 203. 

Ebenezer,  125. 

Elihu,  125,  163. 

Elijah,  221. 
Dix,  Leonard,  27. 
DIXON,  James,  Hon.,  342. 
DOR,  Edward,  Rev.,  47,  48,  49. 
DOBSON,  John,  221. 

Isaac,  498. 
DOEN,  Edward,  380. 
DOOLITTLE,  Mark,  Hon.,  4. 

George,  337. 

Julius  S.,  344. 
DORMAN,  Charles  A.,  370. 
DUDLEY,  Lord  Guilford,  412. 

M.,  Rev.,  502. 
DUNBAR,  Henry,  219. 
DUNHAM,  Samuel  C.,  296. 

Warner  N.,  Dr.,  352. 

Cornelius,  154,  204,  232,  321. 

Sylvanus,  155,  188. 

Reuben,  Capt.,  158. 

Samuel,  202. 

Harvey,  229. 
DUTTON,  Benjamin,  Dea.,  89. 

EATON,  John,  247. 
EDDY,  Thomas,  161,  247. 

Harlowe,  165,  179,  184,  200,  222. 

Jesse,  171,  274. 


528 


GENERAL    INDEX, 


EDDY  .Charles,  171,221. 

Benjamin  F.,  247. 

Henry,  Rev.,  487. 

EELLS,  Edward,  Rev.,  47,  48,  55,  70, 130, 
258. 

John,  Rev.,  71. 

James,  Rev.,  80. 

EGLESTON,  Nathaniel  H.,  Rev.,  116. 
ELDERKIN,  Daniel,  59. 
ELTON,  Syvester,  255, 
ELLSWORTH,  Oliver,  78,  109. 

David,  78. 

ELIOT,  John,  Rev.,  83. 
ELLIS,  John,  16,  28,  160,  286. 

William,  16,  32,  35,  38,  104,  108,  147. 

Moses,  171. 

Martin,  286. 

William,  Dr.,  487. 
EMMONS,  Nathaniel,  Dr.,  78,  79,  83. 

Samuel,  78. 

EMERSON,  Ralph,  Rev.,  394. 
ENO,  Jonathan,  127,  149. 

David,  167. 

Salmon,  223. 
EVANS,  Ebene/.er,  211. 
EVEREST,  C.  B.  Rev.,  254. 

Cornelius,  254. 
EVERET,  George,  321. 
EXPLANATIONS,  124. 

FAIRCHILD,  Daniel,  Dea.,  235. 
FAIRBROTHER,  John,  501. 
FE\K,  Nathan,  Rev.,  72,  79. 
FISKE,  Wilbur  D.,  336. 
FIELD,  Thomas,  231. 

Robert,  231. 

George  C.,  231. 

FINNKY,  Charles  G.,  Rev.,  215. 
FISHER,  Charles  R.,  Rev.,  501. 
FITCH,  John,  193. 
FISH,  William,  J.  M.,  340. 
FLAGG,  Abijah,  237,  248,  285. 

Augustus,  248. 

Ethan,  291. 
FLINT,  Amos,  261. 
FORD,  Joseph,  163. 
FORBES,  Samuel  G.,  274. 
FORT  UN  B,  James,  221. 
FOSTER,  Ransom  R.,  328. 

Hiram,  112. 

Moses,  152. 

Thomas,  164. 

Chester  M.,  .328. 

Ralph,  468. 
FOWLER,  James,  43.    - 

Amos,  Rev.,  64,  65,  66,  120. 

Daniel,  66. 

William,  66. 

Daniel  B  ,  279. 

FRANCIS,  Elijah,  69,  92,  95,  98, 104,  108, 
198,221,495. 

John,  92,  207. 

George,  138,  501,  502. 

Roger,  147.  205. 

James  of  Wethersfield,  157,  162. 


|  FRANCIS,  Justus,  Maj. ,168,  178,  202,287. 
Anson  W.,  276. 
Cyrus,  287. 
Darwin,  344. 
Henry,  277,  283. 
Applcton,  243. 
Edwin  J..  201,203.211,266. 
Josiah,  205,  214,  254. 
Allen,  205. 
Romeo,  493. 
FULLER,  Noah,  125. 
Gad,  125. 
Ephraim,  175. 
Hiram,  183. 
Ambrose,  267. 

GALPIN,  Caleb,  Serg't,  50,  51. 

Feet,  21 7. 

Benjamin  D.,  183. 

Samuel,  29   57,  70,  98,  475. 

Samuel,  jun.,  57. 

Daniel,  Dea.,  94. 
GARNSET,  James  K.,  81,  208. 

Peter,  164. 

Solomon,  164,  208. 

Jesse,  Rev.,  263. 

GALLAUDET,  T.  H.,  Rev.,  121,  342. 
GAY,  Ebenezer,  Rev.,  89,  90. 
GAYLORD,  William,  284. 
GILBERT,  Raphael,  Rev.,  487,  497,  4(H, 
499. 

Linas,  497,  499. 

Ira,  500. 

Jonathan,  17,  57,  181,  293. 

Ebenezer,  Jr.,  181. 

Ebenezer,  28,  29,  34,  56,  150. 

Moses,  19,  42,  130,  213. 

John,  29,  57. 

Hooker,  255. 

1   GIDDINGS,  Solomon,  325. 
!   GILLETT,  Michael,  227. 
GLADDES,  Azariah,  204,  219,  220. 

Henry,  269. 

Truman,  347. 

Walter,  Capt ,  461. 
GLADWIN,  George,  249. 
GOFF,  Silas,  jun.,  193. 

Rev.  Mr.,  83. 

Jacob,  139. 

GOODELL,  C.  I,.,  Rev.,  502. 
i   GOODRICH,  Allen,  38,  42,  149,  154,  15G, 

.    220. 

Elisha,  38,  42,  58. 

Eleazer,  Col.,  71. 

Zebulon,  125,  161. 

Zebulon,  iun.,  125. 

Samuel,  Kev.,  94,  95,  93. 

Charles  A.,  Rev.,  94,  95,  98,  101. 

Cvprian,  Dea.,  108. 

John,  19,  160,  217. 

Samuel,  59. 

David,  Esq.,  135,  149. 

Asahel,  154,  177,  215,  243. 

Orrin,  177. 

David,  182. 


GENERAL     INDEX. 


529 


GOODWIN,  Oliver,  183. 

Elias,  220. 

Jamin,  220. 

Jerry  D.,  226. 

Henry,  336. 

Isaac,  487,  495. 
GOODMAN,  Moses,  98. 
GOODWIN,  Thomas,  57. 

Horace,  426. 

JohnH.,  112,  270. 
GOLD,  Rev.  Mr.,  70,  133. 
GRAHAM,  Andrew  G.,  502. 
GRANT,  Joel,  Rev..  112. 
GRAY,  Nathan  S.,  309. 
GREEN,  Enoch,  Rev.,  496. 
GRIDLEY,  Samuel,  15,  29,  57,  59. 

Thomas,  19,  29,  59. 

John,  29,  57,  211. 

Ebenezer,  58,  59,  117,  215. 

Amos,  58,  59. 

Frederick,  Rev.,  119. 

Horatio,  Dr.,  101. 

Edwin,  175,  259. 

Arthur,  457. 

Stephen,  198. 

Oliver,  201. 

Solomon  D.,  242,  331. 

Joel,  242. 

Alexander,  247. 

Seth,  262. 

Rezin,  Capt.,  357. 
GRIMES,  Al.,  46. 
GROSVENOR,  Rev.  Mr.,  490. 

HALL,  Samuel,  Rev.,  36. 

Amos,  190. 

Jarvis,  247. 

Thomas  S.,  348. 

Giles,  Capt.,  236. 
HAMBLIN,  John,  273. 

Phineas,  166,  264. 

Solomon,  220. 

Ebenezer,  234. 

Samuel  A.,  271. 

Oliver,  344. 

Asahel,  344. 

HAMERSLEY,  William  J.,  207. 
HAMILTON,  George  F.,  335. 
HANCOCK,  William,  29. 

Thomas,  29. 

Daniel,  29. 
HARRIS,  Abraham,  58. 

Joseph,  29. 

HARVEY,  Thomas,  Gen.,  230. 
HAVEN,  H.  S.,  Rev.,  496. 
HART,  Thomas,  Dea.,  19,  21,  22,  24,  25, 
27,  28,  30,  32,  37,  38,  39,  41,  42,  43, 
48,  49,  50,  56,  57,  71,  214. 

Isaac,  25,  26,  28,  30,  42,  44,  47,  57. 

Nathaniel,  30,  42,50,  141. 

Daniel,  26,  52,  55,  323. 

Hezekiah,  28,  43. 

Samuel,  29,  30,  38,  46,  222. 

Ebenezer,  42,  46,  57,  231. 

Selah,  Col.,  34,  76,  145. 

34 


HART,  Matthew,  34,  35,  37. 

Judah,  44,  59,  298. 

Elijah,  45,  59,  74,  88,  89. 

Timothy,  53,55,  231. 

Job,  59. 

Elijah,  Jr.,  59. 

Elias,  63,  129. 

Josiah,  Capt.,  11. 

Stephen,  Dea.,  13,  14,  15,  149. 

Stephen,  Jr.,  14. 

John,  Capt.,  11,   13,  15,  19,  20,  25, 
26,  150. 

Thomas,  Capt.,  11,  14,  19,  21,  22, 
149. 

Noadiah,  253. 

Jehudi,  177,  200. 

Judah,  Jr.,  177. 

William,  Rev.,  81,  487. 

Simeon,  Dea.,  99,  116. 

Norman,  100,  108,  110,  489. 

Adna,  104,  309. 

Samuel,  Dr.,  105,  487. 

Jonathan  T.,  35. 

J.  C.,  111. 

Norman  L.,  120,  489. 

Edmund,  191. 

Jonathan,  201. 

Frederic,  251,271,395. 

Roswell,  206. 

Henry,  212. 

Horace,  214. 

Zachariah,  218. 

Roger,  219. 

Asahel,  223,  244,  493,  495. 

Stephen,  of  N.  B.;  226,  231,  235,  305. 

Leander  S.,  232,  500. 

Chester,  239,  266. 

Burdett,  Rev.,  487. 

Levi  W.,  Rev.,  487. 

S.  Waldo,  Dr.,  487. 

Elijah,  3d,  493. 

Ferdinand,  498. 

Cyrus,  500. 

Elizur,  493. 

Truman,  273. 

Nelson,  284. 

William,  295,  498. 

Philip,  295. 

Linas,  296. 

Salmon  N.,  298. 

Richard,  302. 

George,  312,  402. 

Henry  A.,  Dr.,  315. 

Selah,  Jr.,  348. 

Salmon,  353. 

Thomas,  of  N.  B.,  388. 

Abijah,  388. 

Josiah,  Dr-,  487. 

Theron,  503,  505. 
HAWES,  Joel,  Rev.  D.  D.,  92,  94,  95, 101, 

118,  119. 
HAWLEY,  Roswell,  M.  D.,  115,  116,  118, 

489. 

HAYDEN,  Waldo,  188. 
HAYNES,  John,  Esq.,  Gov.,  9. 


530 


GENERAL     INDEX, 


HEATH,  Buckley  P.,  418. 
HEMSTED,  Josiah,  268. 
HEKKICK,  Rev.  Mr.,  109. 

Sylvester  P.,  226. 
HESS,  William  H.,  420. 
HEWLETT,  Comfort,  297. 
HILLS,  Joseph,  44. 
Jonathan,  44. 
Abraham,  44,  46. 
Moses,  44,  155. 
J.  H.,  Dr.,  196. 
John,  209. 

David,  46,  165,  177,  200. 
Alonzo  P.,  309. 
Charles  H.,  274. 
George,  275. 
•  Lester,  336. 
Ransom,  364. 
HILL,  Ithurel,  203. 
HICKOCKS,  Joseph,  15. 

Samuel,  15. 
HICKS,  Thomas,  180. 
HILLHOUSE,  James,  492. 
HINMAN,  Michael,  212. 

Augustus,  247. 
HIOLEY,  Sylvestei,  198. 
HIOGINS,  Edward,  471. 
HILLARD,  E.  B.,  Rev.,  60. 
HIGBY,  Seth,  Rev.,  496. 
HINSDALE,  Hosea,  Col.,  186. 

Elijah,  145,  163,  185,  186,  215,  226. 
Barnabas,  185. 
Theodore,  Rev.,  185. 
Oilman,  392. 
Lorin,  413. 
John,  Capt.,  38,  163. 
HITCHCOCK,  Franklin,  209. 
Amos,  269. 
Reuben,  289. 

HOOKER,  Samuel,  Rev.,  10,  14,  154. 
Thomas,  Rev.,  10. 
John,  18,  47. 
Hezekiah,  Serg't,  37. 
John,  Esq.,  23,  47,  49,  50,51. 
Seth,  59. 

Edward,  Dea.,  101. 
Andrew,  57. 
Samuel,  154. 
Martin,  147. 
Horace,  Rev.,  78. 
Giles,  154. 

Thomas,  191,  222,  223. 
William,  229,  305. 
Ashbel,  288,  500. 
Saxa,  500. 

HOLBROOK,  Willys  T.,  462. 
HOLMES,  Stephen,  Rev.,  63,  158. 
HOLI.ISTER,  Gershom,  29,  42,  140. 
Samuel,  40. 
Stephen,  46. 
George,  378. 
Stephen,  Capt.,  140. 
Solomon,  157. 
HOPKINS,  Joseph,  44. 

Edward,  Esq.,  Dep.,  9. 


HORTON,  William,  63,  130. 
HOLCOMB,  Asahel,  219. 
HOTCHKISS,  Ladwick,  46,  59,  65,  69,  73. 
Lemuel,  67,  221,  225,  493. 
Milo,  34. 
Josiah,  156. 
Timothy,  254. 
HORSINGTON,  James,  44. 

John,  184. 

HOSKINS,  Shubel,  198. 
HOUGH,  Norman,  352. 
HOWD,  Benjamin,  280. 
HOWLAND,  Edgar,  342. 
HUBBARD,  Samuel,  29,  36,  56. 

George,  Serg't,  29,  35,  37,  44,  58, 

143. 

Watts,  58. 
Timothy,  56. 
Richard,  58,  143. 
Abel,  145. 
Edwin  E.,  370. 
Warren  J.,  399. 
HUGGINS,  Samuel,  163,  181. 
HUGHES,  David  P.,  241. 
HULL,  Mr.,  9. 

Rev.  Mr.,  109. 
Elijah,  190. 

HUMPHREY,  Daniel,  285. 
Solomon,  353. 
Henry,  .344. 
Hector  F.,  344. 
J.  W.(  504. 

HUDSON,  Barzilia,  101. 
Thomas,  179,  204. 
HUN,  Samuel,  33. 
Nathaniel,  33. 
David,  318. 

HUNGERFORD,  Libeus,  177,  200. 
Seth,  177. 
Tertius,  251. 
HUNTLEY,  Carlos,  290. 
HUNT,  Phineas  R.,  266. 
HUNTER,  Roswell,  263,  292. 
HUNTINGTON,  Jonathan,  53. 
Enoch,  Rev.,  71,  72,  202. 
David,  Rev.,  72. 
HURLBURT,  Charles,  500. 
HYDE,  Caleb,  Gen.,  129. 

IMLAY,  William  H.,  255. 
[NDIAN,  Seankeett,  17. 
IVES,  O.  B.,  422. 

JACKSON,  Abner,  Rev.,  501. 
JEROME,  Arma,  203. 

Andrew,  231. 

Benjamin,  329. 
JEWETT,  S.  D.,  Rev.,  119,  316,  359. 

Jeremiah,  Dea.,  316. 

Joseph,  316. 

William,  Rev.,  496. 

John  R.,  497. 
JOHNSON,  Benoni,  160,  219. 

Ephraim,  190. 

Horace,  194. 


GENERAL    INDEX. 


531 


JOHNSON,  Jarvis,  350. 
JONES,  Henry,  Rev.,  92,  93,  94,  95,  308, 
311. 

Daniel,  Major,  95,  111,  311. 

W.  G.,  Rev.,  112. 

Isaac,  223,  291. 

Alfred,  291. 

Resin  G.,  353. 
JUBD,  Thomas,  Dea.,  13,  14, 15,  140. 

William,  14,  18,25,  346. 

John,  14,  23,  40,  44,  59,  129. 

Benjamin,  14, 16, 1 9, 20, 25, 26, 28, 32. 

Thomas,  Jr.,  15,  44. 

Richard,  16,  33. 

Anthony,  Dea.,  16, 19,  21,  22,  27,  29. 

Daniel,  27,  500. 

Uriah,  40,  44,  45,  59,  69. 

James,  40,  44,  45,  59. 

Benjamin,  Jr.,  40,  44,  45. 

Allen,  497,  498,  499. 

Phineas,  40,  44,  49,  59,  69. 

Amos,  44. 

Nathan,  44. 

Morton,  Dea.,  115,  118. 

Heman,  159,  254. 

Amzi,  222,  223,  500. 

Bela,  223,  493. 

Franklin,  223. 

Cyrus,  227. 

Ainon,  290. 

Nelson,  291. 

Anthony,  Jr.,  341. 

Samuel,  371. 

Albert  D.,  Dea.,  439. 

Thomas  S.,  Rev.,  487. 
JCDSON,  Rev.  Mr.,  46,  47. 

KEENKY,  M.  W.,  108. 

Niles  M.,  341. 
KELLOGG,  Nathaniel,  13. 

Joseph, 13. 

A.  S.,4. 

Martin,  175. 

Anson,  216. 
KELSEY,  Stephen,  26,  27,  29,  33,  37. 

John,  26,  27,  29,  40,  44. 

Charles,  58. 

Enoch,  16,  255. 

Enoch,  Sen.,  170,  210. 

Samuel,  205,  500. 

William,  Jr.,  312,  314. 
KENDALL,  George,  468. 
KENT,  Martin,  125. 
KILBORN,  Lemuel,  74. 

John, 126. 

Timothy,  229,  273. 

Josiah,  126,  160. 

Joshua,  127,  221. 

Daniel,  139. 

Samuel,  129. 

George,  140. 

Seth,  235. 

Erastus,  268. 

James,  Rev.,  487. 

William,  493. 


KILBY,  Simeon,  305,  400. 

Daniel,  497. 

KIMBERLY,  Nehemiah,  208. 
KINNEY,  Franklin  S.,  342. 
KIRKPATRICK,  Andrew,  Chief  Justice, 

99,  342. 

KISSAM,  Richard,  207. 
KISBY,  John,  58. 
KNOWLES,  Samuel  M.,  286. 
KROM,  Peter  J.,  201. 

LANGDON,  John,  13,  14,  15,  80,  189. 

Joseph,  16,  19,  37,  57. 

Samuel,  35,  37,  38,  42. 

Jonathan,  59. 

Timothy,  Rev.,  80,  487. 

John,  Rev.,  80. 

Jabez,  111. 

Thomas,  134. 

Isaac,  157. 

Joseph,  Dea.,  210,  255. 

Gad  E.,  307. 

Frederic,  328. 

LANDERS,  George  M.,  286,  501. 
LEE,  Stephen,  11,  16,  19,  20,  25,  28,  37, 
38,  40,  44,  46,  48,  49,  56,  62. 

Jonathan,  25,  '.28,  42,  57,  244. 

John,  14,  19,  57,  209,  210,  287, 

Isaac,  Dr.,  29,  44,  51,  65.  69,  73,  487. 

Josiah,  Dea.,  38,  40,  45,  59,  63,  65, 
69,  185. 

Isaac,  Jr.,  Esq.,  40,  51, 62,  63,  65, 68, 
69,  71,  73,  74,  76,  85,  129,  221, 492. 

Stephen,  Jr.,  44,  65. 

Thomas  G.,  Dr.,  64,  487. 

John  R.,  Dr.,  64,  487. 

Theodore,  74,  186. 

Timothy,  145,  221. 

Ashbel,  145. 

Thomas,  Esq.,  88,  92,  93,  97,  98. 

L.  P.,  92,  499,  501,  502. 

I.  N.,  110,  111,  112,  506. 

Martin,  209. 

Orrin,  268. 

Philip,  499. 
LEWIS,  William,  14. 

Isaac,  16,  19. 

Jonathan,  Capt.,  35,  37,  40,  44,  47, 
51,  63,  74,  148. 

John,  Rev.  Mr.,  80. 

Alvah,  82. 

Charles  M.,  91,323. 

William,  Jr.,  or  Capt.,  14,  140. 

Adonijah,  46,  126. 

Seth,  of  Farmington,  202. 

Thomas,  209. 

William,  3d,  209. 

Seth,  223,  336. 

Henry,  260. 

Timothy,  298. 

John  G.,  300. 

Edward,  306. 

Oliver,  Dea.,  321. 
LINCOLN,  Elisha,  164. 

John  R.,  183. 


532 


GENERAL     INDEX. 


LINCOLN,  Simeon,  183,  256. 
LITTLE,  Ephraim,  Rev.,  72. 
LOCKWOOD,  James,  Rev.,  47,  48,  55,  70, 

71. 
LOOMIS,  John,  13. 

Samuel,  14. 

Timothy,  222. 

Grove,  241,  402. 

Randolph  B.,  349. 
LONG,  Henry,  311,  393. 
LOTHROP,  Elijah,  Rev.,  55,  71. 
LOVELAND,  Elijah,  229,  243. 

-   William  G.,  290,  386. 
LUDDINGTON,  Daniel,  230. 
LUSK,  David,  130,  206,  212,  254. 

Andrew,  127. 

Thomas,  126,  161. 

Seth,  131,  385. 

Solomon,  131,  206,  382. 

John,  238. 

Elizur,  161. 
LTMAN,  Chester  S.,  Rev.,  107,  108. 

Chester,  109.        „ 

MAHAN,  Rev.  Mr.,  208. 
MAKIN,  Charles,  320. 
MALTBY,  Isaac,  Rev.  Mr.,  80. 

Benjamin,  Dea.,  207. 
MANROSS,  Elijah,  493. 
MANSFIELD,  T.  T.,  488. 

Z.  H.,  Rev.,  501. 
MARSH,  Jonathan,  Rev.,  36,  264. 

John,  Capt.,  39,  261. 

John,  Rev.,  72. 
MARTIN,  David,  Dr.,  315. 
MASON,  Capt.,  9. 
MASSET,  George  L.,  328. 
MATHER,  Joshua,  40,  44,  59,  183,  274. 

David  Ensign,  69,  85,  493. 

Charles,  Dr.,  95. 

Richard,  Rev.,  148. 

Atherton,  148. 

Cotton,  180,  250. 

Joseph,  225,  302. 

Thomas,  Dr.,  487. 
MAY,  Elea/ar,  Rev.,  71. 
McCREARY,  William,  228. 
MCDONALD,  James  M.,  Rev.,  101. 
McKiNLEY,  William,  280. 
MCKNIGHT,  John,  195. 
MCLAUGHLIN,  George,  228. 
McVoYi-Peter,  263. 
MEAD,  Mark,  Rev.,  81. 

Jonas,  81. 
MKIGS,  Return  J.,  201. 

John,  Major,  281. 
MERIAM,  Ezekiel  R.,  385. 

George,  389. 
MERRILLS,  Channcey,  130. 

Abraham,  226. 

Timothy, 

Allen,  150. 

Seth,  150. 

MERRIMAN,  Albert,  177. 
MESSENGER  Jumes,  338. 


MILDRUM,  Mark,  160. 
MILLER,  Peter,  206. 

William,  289. 

David,  Rev.,  497. 
MILLS,  Rev.  Mr.,  76. 

Jedediah,  Dea.,  173. 

Charles  S.,  112,  119. 
MINER,  Rev.  Mr.,  80. 
MINISTERS,  120,  121,  487. 
MITCHELL,  Joel,  58. 
Mix,  Stephen,  Rev.,  56,  57. 
MOON,  Gary  B.,  276. 
MONROE,  Jairus,  329. 
MORGAN,  William,  251. 
MOORE,  William  H.,  Rev.,  417. 

Isaac,  14,  15. 

Sheldon,  Esq.,  35. 

James  P.,  194,  283,  350. 
MORSE,  Abner,  Rev.,  4. 

John,  424. 

MORRIS,  M.  N.,  Rev.,  119. 
MORTON,  Thomas,  27,  29,  35. 
MOSIER,  Austin,  226. 
MCMFORD,  Joseph  P.,  381. 
MUNSON,  Reuben,  171. 
MYGATT,  Sylvester,  182. 

NASH,  Henry,  Esq.,  258. 

Otis,  Esq.,  488. 
NEAL,  William,  125,  126,  158,  178. 

Abraham,  255. 
NEGRO,  Saul,  35. 

Ashbel,  57. 

Richard,  141. 

Pharoah,  35. 

Lot,  35. 

NETTLETON,  Asahel,  D.  D.,  121,  280. 
NEVERS,  Henry  S.,  417. 
NEWEL,  Thomas,  13,  14,  160. 

Nathaniel,  15. 

Samuel,  Rev.,  56,  231. 
-  Gad,  Rev.,  79. 

Isaac,  79. 

Samuel,  19. 

John,  Capt.,  168,  193. 
NEWHALL,  Rev.  Prof.,  498. 
NEWTON,  Alfred,  Rev.,  121. 

Roger,  Rev.,  10,  13. 
NICKERSON,  Jesse,  166. 
NIMS,  Phina,  226. 
NOBLE,  Luke,  146. 
NORRIS,  Rev.  Dr.,  173. 
NORTH,  Jedediah,  326. 

John,  14,  23,28,  180. 

Thomas,  16,  19,   20,  26,  27,  28,  56, 
139,  180. 

Ebenezer,  40. 

James,  42,  88,  95,  217,  493. 

Isaac,  42,  51,  57. 

Hubert  F.,  493. 

Alvin,  69,  95,  295. 

William  B.,  91,  100,  337. 

O.  B.,  91,  196,  504. 

Seth  J.,  Major,  92,  93,  97,  98,  100, 
105,  272,  504,  506. 


GENERAL     INDEX. 


533 


NORTH,  Nathaniel,  153,  156. 

Frederic,  156,  159,  211,  257,  278. 

Orrin  S.,  191. 

Henry,  224,  245,  251,  505. 

Seth,  of  Berlin,  263. 

Joseph,  273. 

NORTHEND,  Charles,  Prof.,  488,  490. 
NORTON,  John,  14,  15,  19,  25,  27. 

Isaac,  19,  23,  25,  26,  28,  37,  56. 

Samuel,  15. 

John,  Jr.,  11,23,29,34,  155. 

Isaac,  Jr.,  44. 

Jeclediah,  57,  138,  152. 

Elnathan,  57. 

Job,  58. 

Roger,  58,  158,  287. 

Lewis  ML,  Dea.,  4. 

Albert,  287. 

Richard,  287. 
NOTT,  John,  Scrg't,  27. 

Nathaniel,  28,  29. 

Jonathan,  292. 

OGDEN,  Rev.  Mr.,  94,  101. 
OLCOTT,  Rufus,  377. 
OHCUTT,  Rev.  Mr.,  119. 

Frank  E.,  448. 
OLLISTER,  Mr.,  9. 
OLMSTED,  James,  161,  226. 

John,  248. 
OHTON,  Thomas,  14. 

James,  410. 
ORTT,  John,  196. 
OSBORN,  David,  222. 

N.  S.,  111. 

Elisha,  350. 
OSGOOD,  John,  Dea.,  165,  246,  267,  495. 

Jeremiah  H.,  86,  165,  195,  218,  495. 
OWNED  the  Covenant,  125,  131. 

PADDOCK,  Jonathan  R.,  412. 
PAGE,  Benjamin,  379. 
PALMER,  Orland,  294. 
PARDEE,  Phineas,  Dea.,  94. 
PARMELEE,  Erastus  P.,  200. 
PARK,  Prof.,  77. 
PARISH,  Elisha,  82. 
PARKER,  Richard,  289. 

Charles  264. 

Erastus,  289. 

Julius,  506. 

Hiland,  243. 

Titus,  146. 

Rufus,  146. 

Frederick  F.,  471. 
PARSONS,  John,  500. 

Benjamin,  Dea.,  134. 

Abraham,  44. 

John  B.,  501. 
PATTERSON,  John,  Dea.,  63,  65. 

James,  133,  242. 

D.  W.,  Dr.,  4. 

William,  59,  70,  133,  194. 

John,  Esq  ,  73,  128,  487,  493. 

Edward,  128. 


PATTERSON,  William  P.,  Rev.,  493,  496. 
PEASE,  Violet  H.,  354. 
PECK,  Samuel,  29,  56,  57. 

Moses,  44,  47,  50,  222. 

Samuel,  Jr.,  44,  57. 

Amos,  44. 

Abijah,  58. 

Elnathan,  105. 

Elisha,  57. 

Elijah,  57. 

Tracy,  Hon.,  4. 

Eldad,  78. 

Henry  F.,  258. 

Stephen  B.,  389. 

Jason,  305. 

Nahemiah,  375. 

Reuben,  166. 

Henry,  172. 

Miles,  231. 
PEMBER,  Elisha,  319. 

Henry,  319. 

PENDLETON,  Arthur,  501. 
PENNFIELD,  Asahel,  204. 

Nathaniel,  170,  247. 

Samuel,  204. 

Jesse,  210,  238,  255. 

William,  210. 

Enos,  210. 

PERRIN,  L.,  Rev.,  118,  119,  120,  319. 
PERKINS,  Nathan,  Rev.,  87,  89,  90,  94, 
98. 

Lyman,  338. 

George,  Rev.,  17,  116. 
PHELPS,  Mrs.  Almira,  488. 
PINNEO,  Bezeleel,  Rev.,  80. 
PITKIN,  Timothy,  Rev.,  55,  70. 
POMROT,  Benjamin,  Rev.,  71,  72. 
POND,  Ex-Gov.,  4. 
PORTER,  Robert,  11,  13,  14. 

Thomas,  13,  14,  15,  30. 

Thomas,  Jr.,  14. 

Samuel,  15,  94. 

Nehemiah,  16,  19,  23,29. 

Norman,  21,  36. 

Joseph,  37,  42,  43,  46,  47,  49,  50,  51, 
58. 

William,  53. 

John,  57. 

Aaron,  59. 

Elijah,  74,  154,  178. 

Ebenezer,  79,  94. 

Isaac,  Rev.,  80,  89,  90,  94. 

Timothy,  80. 

Noah,  D.  D.,  89,  90,  91,  95,  98,  101, 
108,  109,  111,  112,  115,  118. 

Amos,  49. 

Ebenezer,  Rev.,  79. 

Amzi,  168. 

Abel,  158. 

Richard  S.,  164. 

Eli  H.,  392. 

Luther,  209. 

Bryan,  233, 268. 

Seth,  178. 

Gideon,  222. 


534 


GENERAL     INDEX. 


PORTER,  Selah,  Capt.,  256. 

Samuel,  178. 
POST,  George  R.,  376. 

RAPELYE,  Andrew,  211,327. 

RATCLIFF,  Henry,  340. 

RAWSON,  Andrew,  Rev.,  81,  82,  84. 

Samuel,  Rev.,  82,  83. 

Ferine,  81. 
RAY,  Abner,  231. 
RAYMOND,  William  F.,  169. 

Samuel,  273. 
RBCOR,  Michael,  212,  220,  296. 

Philip,  260. 

Jesse,  296. 

RENNOLDS,  Joseph,  277. 
RICHARDS,  George  A.,  296. 

Araon,  286,  399. 

Thomas,  134. 

Obadiah,  15. 

Joseph,  173. 

Amos,  161. 

Oliver,  173,  500. 

John,  180,  181.      ' 

Samuel,  498. 
RIGS,  John,  Capt.,  39. 
RICH,  John,  Capt.,  71. 

Thomas,  81. 

Cyrus,  Capt.,  231. 
RICHARDSON,  Plina,  247. 

Merrick,  354. 
RILEY,  John,  245,  267. 

Theodore,  275,  500. 
RIPLEY,  Erastus,  Rev.,  122,  395. 
ROBERTS,  Aaron,  Dr.,  197,  273. 

Merills,  338. 
ROCKWELL,  William,  Dea.,  71. 

Samuel,   Rev.,    108,   109,    111,112, 
116,  119,  312,  493,  502. 

Alpha,  312. 
ROBINSON,  William,  Rev.,  68. 

John, 165, 219. 

Otis,  213. 

ROBBINS,  Royal,  Rev.,   94,  95,  98,  99, 
108,  109,  111,  112. 

Allen  A.,  119. 

Joshua,  Capt.,  139,  174. 

Uni,  168. 

G.,  Rev.,  496. 

ROCKWOOD,  L.  B.,  Rev.,  119. 
ROOT,  Timothy,  30. 

Daniel,  140. 

John,  14,  23,  27,  29,  30,  33,  42,  57. 

Stephen,  19,  30. 

Jonathan,  30. 

John  of  Hebron,  23. 

John,  jun.,  23,  156. 

Joseph,  142,  151, 152. 

Seth,  193,  274. 

Samuel,  211. 

John  C.,  228,  262. 

Orrin,  274. 
ROWE,  Elbert,  371. 

ROSSEN,     probablv    Rawson,    Grindall 
Rev.,  55.     " 


ROE,  John,  29. 
RUMSEY,  Walker,  164. 
ROSSELL,  Jonathan,  11,  12. 

William,  Rev.,  47,  48,  70. 

Daniel,  Rev-,  55,  64,  71. 

Thomas,  196. 

F.  T.,  Rev.,  488,  502. 

Henry  E.,  491. 

Emanuel,  501,  502. 
RUGG,  Mathew,  219. 

William,  219. 
RUSHMORE,  Stephen,  Rev.,  494. 

SAGE,  David,  47,  58,  179. 

Jedediah,  Dea.,  89,  198,  214. 

Solomon,  204. 
SANDERS,  Pliny,  247. 
SANFORD,  Isaac,  267. 
SANGER,  Ethiel,  296. 
SAWYER,  A.  J.,  314. 
SAVAGE,  Joseph,  Dea.,  14. 

Elisha,  203. 

SCUDDER,  Rev.  Dr.,  498. 
SCOTT,  Edmund,  15. 
SCOVILL,  John,  1 5. 
SEDGWICK,  Stephen,  29. 

B.  M,  492, 

SEELEY,  R.  H.,  Rev.,  116. 
SEWARD,  Dwight  M.,  Rev.,  100, 101, 102, 
103,  104,  112. 

Sdti,  Dea.,  102. 
SEXTON,  Deming  W.,  254. 
SKYMOUR,  Richard,  15, 19, 138,  146,  200. 

Samuel,  19,  20,  26,   28,   42,  43,  56, 
139. 

Ebenezer,  19,  29. 

Jonathan,  29,  163,  199,  200,  224. 

Thomas,  Capt.,  39. 

Jeremiah,  Dea.,  111. 

Ira,  129. 

Lewis,  180,  220. 

Eliakim,  199. 

Hezekiah,  157,  227,  500,  501,  502. 

Orson,  Dea.,  239. 

Joseph  W.,  257. 

George,  321. 

William  A.,  321. 
SHALER,  Rev.  Mr.,  495,  496. 
SHEPHERD,  Josiah,  238. 
SHERMAN,  Charles  S.  Rev.,  110,  112. 

Josiah,  111. 

Roger,  Hon.,  111. 
SHIPMAN,  Joseph,  182,  272,  504. 

Newell,  276. 
SIMS,  E.  D.,  Prof.,  280. 
SKINNER,  Newton,  Rev.,  74,  85,  87,  88, 
89,  486. 

Roswell,  82,  90,  255. 
SLADE,  Gov.  Ex.,  402. 
SLATER,  Benjamin,  Capt.,  301,  319. 

Elam,  192,  206,  319. 

Norris,  274. 

SMALLEY,  John,  D.  D.,  55,  59,  63,  66, 
69,  70,  71,  72,  73,  77,  78,  80,  82, 
83,  84,  85,  87,  488. 


GENERAL     INDEX. 


535 


SMALLEY,  Benjamin,  69,  133. 
SMEAD,  Henry  D.,  226. 
SMITH,  Moses,  146,495. 

Lemuel,  133. 

Ebenezer,  135,  136,  155,  223. 

William,  14, 15. 

Ephraim,  11. 

Joseph,  19,  28,  40,  46,  59,  129. 

Samuel  of  Ken.,  19,  28,  30,  44,  49, 
58. 

Jonathan,  Sen.,  27,  135. 

Jonathan,  Jr.,  27. 

Joseph,  Jr.,  40,  44,  46,  47,  59. 

Azariah,  40. 

Jedediah,  40,  44,  46,  59,  201. 

Noah,  44. 

Daniel,  44,  49,  266. 

Samuel  of  N.  B.,  86,  146,  226,  240, 
251,  294,  495. 

Elijah,  63,  129,  200,  257. 

Elnathan,  69,  76,  85,  133,  225,  453, 
487,  505. 

David,  Kev.,  83,  230. 

Ira  E.,  Esq.,  93,  323,  487,  499,  501 . 

William,  95. 

Eli,  104. 

William  H.,  105,  107,  119. 

Levi  O.,  150,  214,  271,  341. 

Hiram,  156. 

Seth,  176. 

Joseph  L.,  Esq.,  183,  487. 

Solomon,  200. 

Elizur  N.,  240,  283. 

Abijah,  294. 

Thomas,  322. 

Ira  B.,  328. 

Enos  M.,  387. 

Joel,  493. 

SPOOR,  Charles,  182. 
SPRAGUE,  H.  B.,  Col.,  488. 
SQUIRE,  John,  58. 

Solomon,  232. 

Asa,  326. 

STACY,  Mansfield,  325. 
STANLEY,  John,  Capt.,  13,  14,  137. 

Thomas,  1st,  135. 

Thomas  of  Ken.,  58,  156. 

John,  Dea.,  14,  15. 

John  of  Ken.,  19,  28,  30,  35,  37,  44. 

Nathaniel,  Esq.,  37. 

Thomas  2d,  26,  55,  68,  168,  216. 

Noah,  68,  69,  73,  85,  93,  193. 

Timothy,  Dea.,    67,    135,   218,  244, 
262. 

Gad,  Col.,  76,  85,  87,  288,  348,  492. 

Adna,  Dr.,  92,  93,  295,  487,  493. 

Amon,  95,  104,  107. 

F.  T.,  100,  312,  501,  506,  507. 

Ira,  Jr.,  104,  117. 

Timothy  W.,  3,  104. 

William,  312. 

Gad,  Jr.,  91. 

John  2d,  104,  25.3. 

N.  W.,  3,   104,   107,  115,  118,   119, 
210,  493. 


STANLEY,  Augustas,  105. 

O.  C.,  Ill,  201,  227. 

James,  116. 

Selah,  156. 

Oliver,  168,  218,  244,  250,  326. 

Amzi,  188,  248,  493. 

Thomas  3d,  193. 

Seth,  193. 

John  Mix,  195. 

Jesse,  231,  259,  397. 

Samuel,  246. 

Thomas,  4th,  259. 

Henry,  272,  504. 

Oswyn,  281,  336. 

Cyrus,  288  327,  493. 

Walter,  314. 

Lot,  314. 

Hezekiah,  336. 

Walter  H.,  391. 

Timothy,  Jr.,  493. 
STANNARD,  George  H.,  275. 
STEBBINS,  Luke,  57. 
STEDMAN,  Thomas,  233. 

Samuel,  223. 

John,  74,  156. 

William,  166. 

Theodore,  178. 

Willard,  291. 
STEABNS,  Edwin,  Hon.,  4. 

Isaac,  321. 
STEELE,  Samuel,  13. 

Joseph,  Dr.,  16,  28,  29,  37,  42,  57, 
154. 

James,  58. 

Ebenezer,  59, 170,  181,  212, 213,  220, 
276,  492. 

Ira,  162,  299. 

William,  170,  197,  296,  492,  497. 

David,  184. 

Josiah,  232,  234. 

Mr.,  9. 

Horace,  243. 

Emri,  277,  487. 

Roswell,  299. 

Avery,  290. 

Frank  A.,  468. 

Harvey  B.,  Dr.,  487. 

Jason,  Rev.,  487. 

John,  497. 

James,  497 

Henry,  500. 

Allen,  Rev.,  487. 

Ebenezer,  Rev.,  487. 

Samuel,  Rev.,  487. 

Salmon,  Rev.,  487,  500. 
STEPHENS,  Benjamin,  191,  192. 

Timothy,  277. 
STILLMAN,  Ebenezer,  Dea.,  98. 

Giles,  435. 
STILES,  Ezra,  Pres.,  50,  68,  70,  85. 

Benjamin,  218. 
STODDARD,  John,  33. 

Marcus,  116. 
STOCKING,  Luther,  156. 
STONE,  Elisha,  217. 


536 


GENERAL     INDEX, 


STORKS,  Erastus,  229. 
STOWE,  Thomas,  108-,  170. 

Zebulon,  170. 

Charles  M.,  308. 
STRONG,  Huit,  Dea.,  58,71. 

Cyprian,  Rev.,  72,  76,  95. 

John,  Lieut.,  74. 

Bela,  156. 

Ira,  196. 

Noah,  413. 

SUGDEN,  Thomas,  177. 
SWEET,  James,  274. 

TAGGART,  Benjamin,  243. 
TALCOTT,  Mr.,  9,  17,  33. 
TAYLOR,  James,  Rev.,  66. 

Gad,  Dea.,  89. 

Nathaniel  W.,  D.  D.,  107,  121 

Joseph,  182. 

Othniel,  236. 

Green,  237. 

William,  253. 

George  L.,  Rev.,  498. 
TAX  LIST  for  1772,  see  pp  75,  76. 
TENNY,  Caleb  J.,  Rev.,  98,  99. 
TERREL,  Hazzard,  350. 
TERRAMOOGYS,  (Indian,)  17 
THACHEH,  George,  Rev.,  118. 
THAYER,  Eugene,  488. 
THOMPSON,  Thomas,  13,  14,  27,  191. 

John,  14,  27. 

Samuel,  29,  35,  42,  43   57. 

Daniel,  163. 
THOMPKINS,  E.  B.,  101. 

William  A.,  307. 
TIBBALS,  Stephen,  329. 
TILTON,  David,  Rev.,  289 

John,  289. 

TOLLES,  Orris,  222,  323. 
TOTTEN,  Silas,  Rev.,  D.  D.,  501. 
TODD,  Doctor,  64,  300,  382. 
TRACY,  Thomas,  290. 

John,  Capt.,  303. 
TRAVER,  Simon,  208. 
TROTT,  Mr.,  9. 
TRUMBLE,  Jonathan,  53. 

John,  Rev.,  167. 

Joseph,  94. 
TRYON,  Joel,  219. 
TYLER,  Professor  of  Amherst,  199. 
TUCKER,  Mark,  Rev.,  Ill,  112. 
TULLER,  Elijah,  128. 

Asa,  175,  236. 
TURNER,  Titus,  80,  207. 
TUPPER,  Martin,  Rev.,  121.- 

Benjamin,  Col.,  128. 
TUTTLE,  Eber,  352. 

UNDERWOOD,  Alvan,  Rev.,  122. 
UPSON,  Benoni,  Rev.,  73,  78,  89,  90 
263. 

Samuel,  119. 

Noah,  275. 
UPHAM,  Luke,  237. 
UTLEY,  Samuel,  Rev.,  409. 


VAUGHN,  Elisha,  213. 
VENTERS,  Moses,  13,  14. 
VIBERTS,  L.  A.,  332. 
VIETS,  John,  128. 
VORBURGH,  Henry  D.,  296. 

WADSWORTH,  Samuel,  11. 

John,  11,  14,  15,24. 

William,  Capt.,  11,  71,  74,  193. 

Seth,  209. 

Eliphalet,  171,227. 
WAKEMAN,  Stephen,  230. 

Ezborn,  230. 
WALDO,  Hjratio,  Rev.,  120. 

Horatio,  Jr.,  294. 
WALKER,  Abraham,  313. 

Caleb  R.,  193. 

W.  C.,  Rev.,  496. 
WALKLEY,  David,  175. 

Stephen,  Jr.,  343. 
WALTER,  Henry,  115. 
WARFIELD,  Curtiss,  281. 
WARNER,  John,  14,  15,  138,  198. 

Thomas,  15. 

Richard,  101. 

Jason,  166. 

Daniel,  176. 

Demas,  195,  226. 

Norman,  314. 
WARREN,  Israel  P.,  Rev.,  412. 

Abraham,  33,  138. 

Will,  138. 

Butler,  306. 

WASHBURN,  Rev.  Mr.,  256,  346. 
WATSON,  John,  322. 
WAUGH,  George,  289. 
WEBB,  David,  119,  210. 

James  H.,  221. 

Thomas,  353. 
WEBSTER,  Mr.,  9, 

Jonathan,  286. 

Horatio,  247. 

Joshua,  155. 

Daniel,  Hon.,  81. 

Noah,  LL.  D.,  96,  311,  493. 

David,  58,  202,  243,  276. 

Abner,  188. 

Amos  A.,  190. 

Albert,  211. 

Isaac,  235. 

Theodore,  305. 

Eli,  417. 

WEED,  Hiram,  350. 
WEIR,  Walter,  318. 
WELDON,  Oliver,  495,  497. 
WELCH,  Theodore  E.,  419. 

Constant,  196. 
WELLS,  Mr.,  9. 

Robert,  Lieut.,  23,  172,  229. 

Hugh,  Sergt.,  27. 

Thomas,  Col.,  71,  174. 

James,  Dea.,  89. 

Roger,  101. 

Horace,  104. 

Edwin,  119. 


GENERAL     INDEX. 


537 


WELLS,  Joshua,  199. 

Elisha,  229. 

Gideon,  174. 

Jonathan,  168. 

Levi  S.,  235. 

Levi,  239. 

Rice,  248. 

Lemuel,  285,  286. 
WHAPLES,  Ephraim,  33. 

Jonathan,  154. 

Samuel,  U',7,  253. 

John,  33, 131. 

Daniel,  198,  201,  221. 

Curtiss  L.,  100,  505. 

Elizur,  139. 

WHEATON,  N.  §.,  Rev.  Dr.,  501. 
WHEDON,  James,  253. 
WHEELER,  Eleazor,  223. 
WHEELOCK,  Eleazor,  Rev.,  70,  133. 
WHITING,  Mr.,  9. 

Adna,  403. 
WHITNEY,  Dr.,  359. 

Henry,  359. 
WHITE,  Joseph,  259. 

Edward,  500. 
WHITMAN,  Samuel,  Rev.,  11,  15,  24,  47, 

48,  56. 
WHITTLESEY,  Elisha,  Rev.,  231. 

Eliphalet,  33,  487. 

Jabez,  33. 

Samuel,  36. 

David,  Dea.,  88,  92,  93,  95,  97,  104, 
105,  107,  108,  110,  256,  489. 

William,  Rev.,  107,  109,  116,  120, 
487. 

John  S.,  Rev.,  112,  488,  489. 

Roger,  Esq.,  133,  263. 

Eliphalet  of  Stockbridge,  235. 

John  B.,  Rev.,  172. 

David  W.,  489. 
WILLIAMS,  Rev.  Mr.,  91. 

Israel,  Dea.,  98. 

A.  F.,  108. 

Cyrus,  111. 

Stephen,  166. 

George,  250. 

Samuel,  260. 

Elisha,  263. 

Gideon,  288,  495. 

ErastusD.,382. 

William,  227. 

R.  G.,  Rev.,  463,  489.* 
WILCOX,  Edward,  108. 

Jeremiah,  266. 

Lyman,  474. 
WILLARD,  Simon,  33. 

William,  Dea.,  94. 

Mrs.  Emma,  51,  144,  186. 

Daniel,  245. 

WILLMARTH,  John,  350. 
WILSON,  Moses,  231. 

William,  260. 

Archelaus,  Esq.,  280. 

Robert  J.,  Rev.,  496. 
WIXCHELL,  Miles  C.,  301. 

35 


WINCHELL,  Dan,  267. 

Nathaniel,  25,  27,  29,  38,  58. 

Nathaniel  Jr.,  58. 

Ebenezer,  186. 

Solomon,  46. 

Hezekiah,  46,  57,  59. 

Hezekiah,  Jr.,  46. 

WINSLOVT,  Horace,  Rev.,  115,  116,  117, 
119. 

JohnH.,  117. 
WOOD,  John,  160,  219. 

Joseph,  Hon.,  109. 

Eli,  254. 

Luke,  Rev.,  309. 

A.  R.,  342. 

WOODBRIDGE,  Ashbel,  Rev.,  47,  48,  55, 
70. 

Timothy,  Rev.,  56. 
WOOUFORD,  Horace,  309. 

Joseph,  15. 

D«rius,  182. 

Romania,  193. 

Austin,  246. 
WOLCOTT,  Mr.,  9. 

Peter,  194. 

Samuel,  256. 
WOODRUFF,  Matthew,  14. 

John,  14,  16,  25,  26,  28,  29. 

Joseph,  40,  46,  59,  188,  232. 

Simmons,  40,  44,  46,  59. 

Lucius,  Dr.,  110,  116,497. 

Elijah,  46. 

Noah,  142,  294. 

Appleton,  166. 

Truman,  177. 

Joshua,  253. 

Abraham,  193. 

Norman,  497,  505. 

Ozem,  189. 

Apheck,  189. 

Azmon,  283. 

Chauncey,  304. 

Ephraim,  438. 
WOODWARD,  Isaac,  80. 

Dr.,  300. 

Israel  B.,  Rev.,  80,  89,  90,  256. 
WOODWORLH,  W.  W.,  Rev.,   108,  109, 

111,  112. 
WRIGHT,  Jonathan,  33. 

Judah,  126,  129,216. 

Ezekiel,  126,  180,  210. 

Simeon,  301,  302. 

Joseph,  Col.,  181,  232. 

Reuben,  178,  216,  220,  324. 

Benjamin,  Dea.,  88,  181. 

William,  Rev.,  111. 

James  L.,  Rev.,  121. 

Albert  A.,  Dr.,  230. 

Joseph,  216. 

Justice,  261. 

Uni,  209. 

William,  195. 

Dan,  495. 

Silas,  253. 

Thomas,  270. 


538 


GENERAL     INDEX. 


WRIGHT,  Henry,  293. 

Chauncey,  505. 
WROTHAM,  Simon,  13,  14. 
WTARD,  John,  227. 
WYLLYS,  Hezekiah,  11,  12. 


WTLLYS,  George,  10,  27,  43. 
WYATT,  John,  13. 

YATES,  Edward,  385. 
YEMANS,  Joseph,  193, 


